Hey everyone!!
Happy Tuesday :) I can't wait for Friday. We are having a nasty storm here in Northern California. I am not sure if it is going to last the whole week or just today but if it's raining Friday I am going to cuddle up to my pillow and blanket & try to read as much as my book as possible :) I need to start taking my Acai pill to get that energy back & start going to the gym again. My gosh I neeeeed to go

JB- We buy HUGE bags if plain chips at costco (Only $2 a bag) and also when we don't use up the bread we feed them that too. But yea it's fun :) I always wonder how often people feed them because their stomachs always seem like bottomless pits - they eat and eat and eat LOL I just hope it doesn't rain this weekend so we can go feed them. What are you going to school for? That's AWESOME that you pushed yourself!!! Keep going! With that attitude and effort you can do anything :D

alrighty ladies I think my lunch break is over. I forgot what time I started my lunch but whatever I have lots to do :-/

have a wonderful day ladies!!!

JB -- Thanks. Yes I am ttc. I have been for about 10 years now and guess what? I think AF started today. I am not sure if its gonna be a full cycle or not yet, but hey its a start, right???!! lol.

Big :hug:

Evening all!

Nicoya - I'm getting my MBA, this is my last semester, I graduate January!

Sassy - hope it all goes well for you. I am not ttc but I will want to next year if everything goes well for me and my fiance, I'd love to have a baby :)

I didn't get my exercise in today because I got stuck in the ER for my sister. She spilled some chemical on her hand during chemistry class. She's ok, it made her skin go all red and itchy. They washed it with saline for 15 minutes and gave her antihistamine for the itchiness. So ya, no exercise..

I've got some reading to do for class and need to start on my paper, will check in tomorrow.

Hope everyone is doing ok :)

Hi All.

Well its official AF is here. Oh well at least hopefully she will be over by the weekend so next week when I am off on vacation, I won't have to deal with her! lol.

JB -- Sorry to hear about ur sister. Glad she is ok. I hope to have a baby too. This is my last year I'm gonna try. :( Just getting too old. So I guess if I do not conceive by my bday next year, we will be trying adoption.

:hug:

Posting again.

You know sometimes I HATE this disease I REALLY REALLY do! :cry:

Hey y'all,
Hope everyone is doin good...
I dont know for sure whether or not I have PCOS...I actually go in to my doc's in the mornin to find out. I just got through being run through the ringer with tests. I have several symptoms: weight gain for absolutely no reason, a couple skin tags, the excess hair in "manly" places, plus those painful infected hair-like sores on my inside thighs armpits and buns. I have the worst scars from them! And this year I have started getting acne all over my body really really bad...
The only thing is I have had a perfect meeting schedule with AF each month...

I have started keeping a food diary, I mean Im not quite sure how Im suppose to be eating if I have PCOS. So for now Im also goin off of what my nutritionist is wanting me to eat, plus taking Alli....

So if anyone has any tips as to what I can do, Im all ears!!

Hi Squeekerz, welcome to 3FC! :wel3:

Weight loss - there are a couple of different ways that might work for you. Many people find that they can only lose weight on a low GI or low carb diet - that generally is an indicator of insulin resistance. So anything from Sugarbusters, to South Beach, to Atkins could work for you. If you don't have any insulin metabolism issues, a regular low calorie diet may work just fine. In either case, the general rule of thumb is that the PCOS'er has to do more exercise than the average chick in order to burn the calories.

My best suggestion is find a diet that you think you can stick with the best, and see if it works for you. If not, keep going down the list. There's for sure a diet for you. :)

Ohh geeze... this explains why I never lose any weight no matter what i do...

well my doc called this mornin to tell me she and another doc had discussed my results its agreed I have PCOS and now she is sending me to an endocrinologist before they begin treatment. Something about my left adrenal glad look a little large?

So I guess I get to inform my nutritionist of this in tomorrow. See how she changes my diet she has me on.

But hey Im glad to know that my weight isnt my fault! Makes me feel a little better.

WOO HOO!! :carrot:

((HEADS UP I tend to ramble in posts sometimes))

SO I went to my nutritionist this morning, and Ive lost 2 LBS!!!
Who knew actually eating would cause weight loss! lol
And I found out, my nutritionist had already put me on a diet for PCOS, and since it seems to be doing me good already Im not goin to change it.

I ended up having to go into the docs the other day, even though she called me, so she went ahead and showed me the results of my tests. And she further explained why Im being sent to a specialist...The only two things that are off on my labs were my testosterone (very high) and the DHEA (slightly elevated). But my glucose and other issues that would occur with the PCOS werent there. So there is a slight confusion to whats going, and that plus the "thick" adrenal gland, is why Im goin to the endocrinologist before they start my treatment.



I know I have heard from quite a few women who have friends that once they started the treatments dropped like 30-40lbs in just a couple months.
Im really hoping Ill be the same way...Gonna stay positive..Im active enough and eating healthy the majority of the time (wont count tonite, 2 slices of pizza and 2 breadstix stretched out over 3 hours :o ... which Ill regret tomorrow, darn Alli!! lol)
All I know is Ill be more than happy if by my 5th anniversary Dec 11, I can put on a size smaller jeans! :D

Hey ladies!!!!

Squeekerz welcome and congrats on the 2lbs. Keep it up!!! I need to do the same - set up an appointment with the nutritionist & I am waiting for my nutrition class to begin :-D

How is everyone doing?? I am doing well -- Working a lot and keeping busy. Not much to report just checking with you all :)

Have a wonderful Sunday :)

Hi all!

Squeekerz - its great that you've lost 2lbs, keep it up. Good luck with your endo appointment & welcome to 3FC :D Keep us updated on your progress!

Nicoya, Sassy & Jennefir - hope you ladies are doing fine!

Carbs started sneaking back into my diet and this started slowing down my progress. Its partially my fault because I'm failing to plan out my day properly but its also due to class stress now that we're stepping into writing our own business plans. I've missed workout twice last week but I'm going to try and catch up, even if it means waking up an hour early to get my workout done and out of the way. I'm bumping my walking routine up by 30 mins this week, will see how it goes.

Have a great day all!! :hug:

Hi everyone! I'm new here, just thought I'd jump right in. It's so nice to see the topics here, b/c I can relate to all of em! With the IR and PCOS, have been unable to conceive thus far, so first of October started on a low carb diet, phentermine, and my bcp again seeing that I am taking the phentermine and don't want to be taking that if by some miracle I got prego ya know? Anyhow, I'm giving myself a year or so trying to lose the weight then we'll be back on the trying to conceive wagon, then I will know it is the not the weight if we are still unable! Until then, hey its fun to practice, LOL! Well that's my story...Look forward to getting to know all of you!