I see you are frustrated. *hug*
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What was the main thing you did/the top piece of advice you could give someone struggling to lose weight with PCOS?
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Know not to compare with nonPCOS people. Your friend has her own biochemistry. You have yours as a PCOS person.
Know that food and exercise is not enough.
Each time I blew up in weight it was hormones gone berserk.
The first time in my 20's it was dx the hypothyroid. After that? If my meds for that were not right, I would blow up. It happened twice more in the late 20's and again in the early 30's. I could be doing food and fitness perfectly but if I got a whoosh! kind of gain from nowhere I would schedule labs. And each time -- yep. Thyroid needed changing. I went from pink to yellow to blue ones. It chilled and my weight got back on track.
This latest "whoosh!" time as I creep to my 40th I thought maybe it was a combo thing of thyroid and perimenopause. Because I was also having hot flashes like crazy.
Did like always and the thyroid showed up perfect. So not that. So I went on a quest for a new OB/Gyn and yup -- perimenopause hormone crazy. Solving that now and seeing weight start to chill again.
So my suggestion is to get a check up. Go ahead and do what you can for fitness and food log/quality of nutrition. But don't miss out on seeing a doc to check on the other part of it.
Also examine your home and habits if any of that can be cleaned up.
Get good sleep. Wonky sleep messes up your hormones.
Reduce your environmental exposure -- like get rid of plastic food containers, nonstick cookware, use green cleaning methods to reduce chemistry in your home.
Buy less /organic meats, milk, eggs, and cheese. We don't need MORE hormones coming in on our food to wreck havoc. So make sure the animal foods you do have are the best quality you can buy.
Check your personal care products -- soap, shampoo, make up, etc.
PCOS may be named for one of the symptoms -- the ovarian cysts. But it is at heart an
endocrine disorder. So keep an eye out for anything that is an endocrine disruptor.
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