what diet do you do?
 

Which diet do you pcosers do?

I do weight watchers at home. I lost 80 lbs with it about 9 years ago...it's the only thing I found that works for me because I can have any type of food that I want to. It's kind of like calorie counting simplified. There are plans out there that I can't understand how someone could stick with it...there's as many plans as there are people out there, it seems.

Along with my PCOS, I'm a carb addict (not a happy combination), so I've turned to South Beach Diet. Phase I (2 weeks) is cutting carbs and sugar as much as possible and allowing your body to detox. Then you go to Phase II and slowly re-build the way you eat; brown instead of white, whole grains, etc. I'm almost done with Phase I and I've lost 8 pounds since starting it. It'll slow when I enter Phase II, but I'm thrilled to have found something that works for me.

Hey! I too am a carb addict and currently doing the South Beach Diet. I started Phase 1 at the beginning of the week and have already lost 5 pounds. This lifestyle change seems to really work. I have had family members who have used it for the past couple years.

I don't do any diet. I'm just eating healthier - cut out most fast food, sugar and reduced carbs (bread is a MAJOR weakness). I am doing the treadmill 45 - 60 minutes a day. I have treats - do a HUGE brunch out every 3 weeks or so - fried food once in a GREAT while - still being naughty and having a bagel at DD a few mornings a week - trying to stop that.

I'm on Jenny Craig..so far soo good. I'm taking Meridia for my insulin resistance and I'm losing weight. But I'm not really cheating either. I tell myself if I'm going to invest all this money in weight loss, I can't screw it all up with eating out or cheating.

I do South Beach as well :)

I'm loosely following the ediets Low Glycemic Diet. It's given me lots of good recipe ideas. It's very similar to South Beach, but it seems easier to me. It emphasizes all the same things, but with lots of options and different combinations than I'd seen before.

Kim

My endo told me low carb like atkins or sugar busters. He did ok South Beach but I haven't been able to be disciplined enough to stick to any of those.

Trying 6 week body makeover
 

I have been on (and off) atkins, sb, just lowcarbing with organic foods, etc for years. After being on met xr for 9 months, weight stayed the same (I would lose a few pounds, then they would be right back, so just water) until about a month ago when my weight went up again. NO WAY. My doc said that is the depression, so I started wellbutrin. After doing 6wbmo for a week I have lost 6 pounds. It is HARD and so limiting, but if I can lose some of this debilitating fat I will do just about anything.

I am following Anne Collins' low GI diet.

Southy
 

I'm trying South Beach but am at the beginning phase and so far nothing too spectacular.

I am doing LA weight loss...I did fine for first few months but then plateaud for past few months. Doctor just put me on metformin, so hoping that helps a little...

Just kind of my own thing, following the WW principles. I've lost 8 pounds in 1 week and 2 days:carrot: so obviously I'm doing something good lol

I'm counting calories and exercising. It's relatively slow going but at least it's working.

I count calories and try to eat healthier. I work out quite a bit.

I somersize with Suzanne Somer's diet plan. It's awesome and what I like best about it is that there isn't any counting. I don't have to count points, calories, carb grams, fat grams, etc. The plan simply consists of not eating white flour, starches, or sugar. So, I stll can have whole wheat bread. BUT, the secret is the food combining. Protiens cannot be eaten with carbs and vice versa. May sound confusing but once you get the hang of it I find that it's quite liberating. It is a low carb diet in nature, although you are able to have some whole grain carbs.

I'm doing LA Weightloss because last year I lost over 30 lbs. Then I got pregnant WITHOUT fertility drugs. This is NOT common, but I gained almost all of it back. It really works though! I'm sure I would have lost more had I not gotten preggers!

I follow the WW Core program plus I exercise an hour and a half a day 4 times a week. I was dx with Insulin Resistance back in October - and since my doc put me on Metformin I've lost 14 pounds. It's very slow - I think mainly because I was previously eating well and exercising (only 30 minutes a day/daily last year) and my body was already "healthy" except for finding out about the IR of course.

But I love the Core program. Grains. Protein. Beans/Legumes. Low Fat/FF Dairy. Soy Cheese products. Whole Wheat Pastas. I absolutely LOVE core!

Metabolic Research Center here - it's basically low carb, high on lean protein, and they give you protein drinks. Teaches your body to stop burning sugar and carbs and burn protein instead. Great for PCOS, since no sugar/caffeine/low carbs.

I just do my own thing...just started though. I juice EVERYDAY...every glass has the colour of the rainbows in it. I stopped eating processed carbs..upped my protien and upped my veggies and yes fruit (fruit is not evil!). I combine that with metformin @ 1500. I just started AF(something I NEVER get so somethings improving) so my scale went up a bit but I'm hoping when she's gone it will go down. Good luck everyone with your diets/life changes!

I have been following The Glycemic Load Diet by Rob Thompson since right before Christmas. It is similar to the other low carb diets. I eliminate bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, etc. So far, I have only lost about 2 lbs.

I am breastfeeding and one doctor says I'll lose a lot of weight (not yet!) and another says no matter what I do nutritionally, the weight will stay on until I stop breastfeeding. <sigh>

I count calories.

I count calories and try to keep my carbohydrate intake below 40% of my daily total. I also only eat sprouted grain bread because of it's low GI...and then I workout 6-7hrs a week.

What does this entail MS Teacher? I dont' think I have heard this :?:

I just watch what I eat and since I have a crippled leg, its hard for me to exercise :(

Juice, it has been shown, is already processed, and therefore your body adjusts to that. Your better off eating the whole fruit!

I'm doing low glycemic.

Kelly

No grains
 

I have been doing no grains or sugar for almost 2 weeks and I feel immensely better. The only starchy foods I eat are oats and yams, since they are very good for insulin and hormone function. I found that with PCOS even whole wheat grains were leaving me hungry and I still had to pig out on them, and they left me feeling bloated. So I avoid corn (even corn chips), rice, pasta, cakes, cookies, and bread. I can't belive I feel so incredible. Here's my typical day:

Breakfast: Cranberry and Blueberry Oat muffin from Trader Joe's (no flour or sugar- wow!!); Earth Balance natural margarine. Coffee with one creamer and a little Stevia.

Lunch: chicken salad- lettuce, grilled chicken, 1tbsp crumbled Blue cheese, 1 tbsp olive oil.

Snack: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, celery

Dinner: Turkey meatballs or fish or chicken, with as many veggies as I desire, and a big salad. If I'm craving carbs I'll have 1/2 yam and it's incredibly sweet and delicious.

My cheat foods are: Wawa No Sugar Added ice creams; Terra Root Chips (like potato chips but they are made from root veggies and yams- they are to die for!!!); low-glycemic dark chocolate; Trader Joe's Oat muffins; hot wings and blue cheese (on a high-calorie cheat day).

This has been working well for me. I went out to lunch recently and my boyfriend ordered chips and cheese dip so I asked for a side of celery and dipped that into the cheese. It was awesome! I know the cheese dip isn't good every day but on the weekends I treat myself. And I find it hard to overeat b/c I don't get that carb/sugar endless hunger. I get satisfied quickly and have been eating smaller amounts.

I lost by eating a very raw (but not vegan) diet. I slowly transitioned to Whole Foods (lots of veggies, fruits, legumes, minimal meat and some grains).

I am currently on a vegan diet and it's working well. Again, lots of vegetables, lots of fruit (LOVE fruit:)), legumes, and whole grains. I've been losing/maintaining for 4 years now.