The following is a message I posted on the PCOS page. Jennifer mentioned that i should post it here and get involved in the Low Carb board. I LOVE carbos. I don't really love any food, but I definitely have a strong magnetic connection to carbos...I hope you guys can relate. I've tried Atkins....to no avail. I'm going to do some research and check the recipes. I'm a VERY strong person, so once I start, here I go. I hope we'll get to know each other better and we can all be supportive of each other. After reading this post though, please let me know your thoughs. Thanks!!
This was posted about a week ago. My Doctor is doing some testing for PCOS and will test my thyroid next week.
"Ok, so I'm a 3FC virgin. Today is my first day on here. I found the site while looking for information on POCS or whatever it's called. What a great idea for a website. I'm addicted already. Anyway..today is the first day of the rest of my life. No, really. Today I go to the gyno for my yearly. Not that all or any of you care, but work with me. I'm 23 years old. I'm about 5'11 and 300 pounds. Yes, I did just write that. It's not a typo. It might seem shocking and it IS. ESPECIALLY if you saw me. I'm not as big as you might think a 300 pounder should be. Anyway, I've tried EVERYTHING. I've been big all my life. I come from a long line of big people (how many of you have heard that before?). My dad played pro football, older brother played college football and I follow right in those genes. I look like the typical offensive lineman. But, I'm a girl. I haven't always been 300 pounds...thank god. Even when I wasn't exactly 300 pounds I was still around 220. Anyway, about 2 years ago, I started putting it on. I noticed it, but didn't really notice it. I was playing college women's rugby (using that football frame) and was doing 2-40 minutes halves of pure running. It didn't make sense to me, but i didn't do anything about it. (Note: About a year before that, I decided that I didn't want to try the throwing up my meals anymore.) Ok, so I started exercising more and more trying to get it gone. When I say exercise, I mean, 3 or 4 times a week walking on the treadmill. *This is nothing compared to what I do now. Whew! Anyway, it still didn't work. I was about 280 at this time, which was about a year ago. So, this past July I decided I was going to wage WAR on my weight issue. Since then I've been walking 3 miles-4 times a week(at about 3.7 mph), swimming 50 laps-5 times a week (30 minutes) and lifting weights with 20 more minutes of Cardio 3 times a week (1 hour total). I'm sure you're thinking, what's she eating? Well, I'll tell you. I eat less than the average 100 pounder. I average about 800 calories. My personal trainer has said that my body has just gone into starvation mode and is storing whatever I eat. So, I try to eat about 1200 calories.....300 pounds. I know the whole muscle weighs more than fat bit and i get it. It just gets frustrating. This is where I am now. I'm sick of being fat. I've tried the Atkins, Sugar Busters all of them. I don't eat a lot. I'm not a closet junkie. Nothing. Interesting note though. I DO have some facial hair recently. I have pains in my lower right quadrant. My periods are irregular. Adding all this together, my nutrionist last year told me to talk to my gyno about POCS. She prescribes glucophage (500mg) and within a week, I'm transferred from my job then I moved (back home to another state). I Never talked to my gyno and only tried the gluco for about 3 days. I didnt' really feel comfortable taking something for something i wasn't sure I had. So, about a year later I am finally deciding to see a doctor. For a while I felt like I was looking for an excuse for being fat, so i didn't bother going to the doc. Now I've just decided I have nothing to lose, except weight. So here I am. Does anyone with POCS have similar signs or issues? I'm kinda curious what my doctor will say today. We're not the most advanced area down here in the Florida Keys. When I mentioned the glucophage to my regular doctor, he just said...hmmm. Might as well have told me, get over it honey. You're fat, you eat too much, and I know, secretly you like chocolate cake...ALOT. I'm not really sure why I posted except just to unload (others did it so I figured I could). I'm only 23 and don't want to think of the possibilty of not being able to have children. I'll deal with that when I have to. For right now, I just have a gut feeling that POCS is what it is. We'll see though. I guess I just want all of you to keep up the good work. Appreciate what you have and continue to strive to be something better. That's all you can do. Keep updating...i'm VERY interested. Thanks for listening. "