Hi everybody
Hi there everybody, I am new here and thrilled to have found you. I am a fellow PCOS woman and lately it's become clear to me that I have to pay more attention to my PCOS if I want to get to my goals. I used to think it was just an issue for my fertility woes but I now believe it should be a life issue!
I am 40, have a wonderful 2-year old son and have been married 12 years. I did not start gaining weight until my mid-twenties, and then it just piled on. And has stayed.
I just started Weight Watchers again, I have had good success in the past but always slide back to my starting weight. (I should say, I have gone from being really fat to medium fat, but never gone all the way back down to a slinky weight!)
What motivated me to seek you guys out, and hopefully I will have something positive to add to your community, is that after I had my son, I could not lose weight the way I had before. I literally did not lose a pound by just cutting calories. I am now trying to mix low-carb and insulin-resistant tips from my doctor and nutrionist with the WW program. I am also taking Glucophage. I am boldly attempting to cut sugar from my diet: I started writing down what I did NOT eat as well as what I did in my journal! I already feel more perky, I have to admit, the six small meals thing seems to be helping with my energy levels. And I am STUBBORN. If this does not work, at least I will have given it my best shot. But I realized, I am not yet ready to lay down my size 24 pants in defeat. So wish me luck and I hope to be talking to you in the future!
PS I put my post name as Krister because my sister calls me her Krister Cyster, for the PCOS cysts... I'm still not sure if that's nice or not!
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