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I'm doing it with PCOS!
02-04-2011, 08:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Indiana
Posts: 531
S/C/G: 302/ticker/175
Height: 5'5"
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I'm doing it with PCOS!
I'm reposting from the 100lb club because I heard you guys could use some motivation!
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101lbs to be exact! I can't believe it - I've lost 101lbs in less than 9 months. It's like I gave birth to a small teenage girl.
I feel like I wasted so much time sitting around thinking about how insurmountable this weight loss felt, how lofty the goal seemed. I felt like I could lose weight forever and never be close to my goal. But then I just stopped sitting around thinking about how hard it would be and DID it - and you know what? It wasn't that hard. All I've done is eat better and eat less, drink more water, and move my body. I don't diet to the extreme - I still eat pizza, chips, cookies - I just eat less of them and eat them in moderation. I don't exercise excessively - I workout 45-120 min daily, but not because I think it is necessary, but because I actually like it now.
Full disclosure? I was 5'5" and 302lbs - which is a hard pill to swallow, but it is what it is. That means after losing 101lbs, I still have another 26lbs to lose before I'm even considered not obese anymore. Man, that sucks, right? But I don't care! I know I'll do it eventually - eventually I'll just be overweight. And I can't wait to be overweight!
Seriously - if you think you can't, you are wrong. Wrong! I know its hard when you're starting out at a higher weight, and think there is no way that you can do it, that it seems like too tall a mountain to climb - its NOT. Just start walking - you'll get there eventually. Just DO something - ANYTHING! And see where it takes you.
I love this place - thank you for being on this journey with me.
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What I didn't put in my original thread was that I have PCOS - I had very irregular periods (like once a year maybe?) even when being treated with Metformin. I was/am taking 2000mg of Metformin daily, but it wasn't until I started losing weight that I saw any kind of change in my periods, hair growth, etc. I am insulin resistant, so I know I have to watch my carbs, and when I don't, I can see it on the scale. With my diet, I watch my carbs (but don't severely restrict) and always link with protein. Since I've lost weight, I've actually had 3 periods on my own (go me!) and am having a 31 day cycle now - incredible! I stopped taking the Metformin about 3 weeks ago because I ran out and wanted to see how it would affect my weight loss - I need to contact my doctor because I don't know if I should still be on 2000mg daily if I've lost 100lbs.
Anyway, that was nice and winded! I just wanted to put it out there for the other PCOS girls that weight loss IS possible - I think the biggest difference for me was following a lower carb diet - not Atkins or South Beach, but the insulin resistance diet...which was basically just keeping carbs to a certain amount and linking with the appropriate amounts of protein.
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02-05-2011, 01:42 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 285
S/C/G: 339/ticker/168ish
Height: 5'9"
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fitkristi that's awesome to hear  . Thanks for sharing your success story. Very good to know that your cycles got to be 31 days and other symptoms are better also I am sure.
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2nd goal -10% body weight lost
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1st goal-get below 330- reached 10/2010 
2nd goal-10% of body weight lost-
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02-05-2011, 08:37 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,409
S/C/G: 200/163.6/150
Height: 5'5"
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That's an amazing accomplishment! 101 lbs!!!!!
Thank you for reposting here.
It's always good to hear when someone from PCOS finds the way to lose the weight. Yeah, those carbs are tricky for us, aren't they???!!!!
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02-07-2011, 04:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: CA
Posts: 145
S/C/G: 224/209.6/155
Height: 5'7"
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awesome!!!!!!!! congratulations on your lifestyle change...what kind of exercise did you start with and what do you do now?
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Goal 1 - 198lb - Feb 28th- onelander! (new shirt)
Goal 2 - 188lb - March 24th- anniversary-(wears skirt)
Goal 3 - 178lb - May 5th - (new jeans)
Goal 4 - 168lb- June 17th- my bday(wear a dress)
Goal 5 - 158lb -July 29th- sons bday (wear shorts)
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02-07-2011, 04:42 PM
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The Divine Mrs. C
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,592
S/C/G: 270/220.6/140
Height: 5'7
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awesome! Very inspirational!
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WI 1: -5.4; WI 2: -4.1; WI 3: -4.2; WI 4: -2.3; WI 5: -3.0; WI 6: -3.5; WI 7: - 4.0; WI 8: -2; WI 9: 0; WI 10: -2.4
Trying like crazy not to fit into my genes.
My "Lose 40 for July 4th" Challenge!
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02-07-2011, 05:03 PM
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Soul Cyster
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 4,392
S/C/G: 235/seeticker/135
Height: 5'3"
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Great job! Hopefully you can lower your dosage if not completely eliminate it 
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02-09-2011, 04:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: US
Posts: 285
S/C/G: 224/212/140
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Yay! Congrats to you, Kristi.
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02-09-2011, 06:38 PM
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PCOS/IR/Hypothyroid
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 3,340
Height: 5'8"
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Woot! 
That's great!
A.
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02-21-2011, 12:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Texas
Posts: 238
S/C/G: 270/ticker/160
Height: 5 ft 3ish
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That's amazing and inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing!
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02-23-2011, 01:12 PM
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Laney in Onederland!
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Posts: 273
S/C/G: 216/180.4/136
Height: 5'3"
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It's so glad to hear that there's hope with PCOS, I'm so proud of you. Way to go! You're an inspiration to the rest of us
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02-27-2011, 06:58 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 699
S/C/G: See tracker
Height: 5'5"
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Thank you for sharing, very inspiring!
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Onderland!
"Fall down seven times, get up eight" - Japanese Proverb
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06-23-2011, 09:21 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 27
S/C/G: 396/321/180
Height: 5'9
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Could you tell me what you did at the beginning? I have PCOS and I am almost 30. Its so hard for me to do it on my own. Any help would be great.
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06-23-2011, 09:41 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: The Lone Star State
Posts: 38
S/C/G: 216/189/150
Height: 5'6"
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Keep us posted on what your doc says. I'm on 2000 mg of met, too, have been for years. Even tho I've only got 39 lbs to go to goal, I'm afraid of coming off met. I don't want to go right back where I started from.
Congrats on the loss!!!!
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