Hey Sassy!

LOL I guess you can say I always wait for you to post this up and THEN I go ahead and post myself.

Well we were TTC but decided to hold off because I want to be at a healthy weight first and now I am on my way to getting there (with some help of course).

How are you doing??? And how is everyone else???

I hope everyone comes back and starts posting again. We all always seem to reunite at one point or another so thats a good thing.

I miss chatting with my all the ladies and I hope we can all come back and support each other til the very end.

xoxo

Mally

Hi girls! I'd love to post with you guys! This disease definitely made me want to give up. It's like my body was working against all my efforts.

Wanna post little introductions? Here's mine:

Date Diagnosed: May 2006
Diet Plan and Date Started: Atkins, and using daily ketone test strips; started June 1, 2008.
Medications/Supplements: Insulite
Exercise Plan: Strength train 2-3x/wk; horseback riding 3x/wk; barn work 5hrs/wk
PCOS Thoughts and Frustrations: Well a few weeks ago I read in the Insulite pamphlet that PSOC'as store 3/4 of a carb-rich food as fat, while a normal woman stores only 1/4 and then burns the rest as fuel. Then I thought, 'well if I don't eat carbs, and put myself into ketosis, then my body as nothing to store.' So I tried it. I've lost a pound per day and haven't slowed down. I'm hoping once the weight is off I can introduce SMALL amounts of grains back into my diet. I'm also looking forward to getting my period back to regular... if that's possible! It's been absent for a few months now I'm not TTC. I have a boyfriend who lives in Pittsburgh and is visiting me this weekend. I told him NO JUNK FOOD. I might make myself a cauliflower pizza crust (to die for) and try a recipe for low-carb frozen cheesecake (and have a small slice).

Sassy chick,

I'm NOT sorry I asked!!! I'm so sorry you've gone through all that. I know what it's like to be addicted to fast food. That was me in college. McDonald's for breakfast at one point!!! I was drinking and eating myself into ablivion. Then I moved home after I graduated and ate all the healthy stuff my mom makes, and dropped 20lbs, but THAT'S IT. I didn't realize carbs, even healthy ones, were keeping me fat because of my PCOS.

All I can say is just make gradual changes. Go to a local farmer's market and enjoy the experience of buying fresh produce. It can be great therapy. Then just feel what your body experiences after different types of meals. You will soon realize you feel depressed, moody, and cr@ppy from the processed, fast food. And soon you will crave mostly fresh, healthy things.

Can you promise yourself 10 minutes of walking a day? After 10 minutes, you can allow yourself to stop. I think you will find eventually you'll last longer and longer each time, because you WANT to and you feel good.

I know how you feel. I was completely a couch potato, a junk-food addict, and it hurt to even look in the mirror. If I can overcome this, you can, too. All it takes is one bite of junk food to get me addicted (if the taste doesn't completely appal me!). You'll be amazed at how BAD junk food tastes, once you start switching over.

Just a note... I've never had success like this before, losing so much weight and having such small cravings. The first few days I'd have killed for a peice of bread, but now it doesn't even cross my mind. And seeing a 10lb loss in the last 10 days is an amazing motivator. Us PCOS'as are SO sensitive. The smallest set back and we spiral downhill, emotionally and physically.

I highly recommended the Insulite supplements. They will help restore natural nutrients in our brain and body that are making us lethargic and depressed. I felt better within days of taking them.

Just please realize you're not a bad person for having this junk-food addiction, and not exercising. It's not your fault. The junk food and this condition are keeping you addicted and your hands tied. Doctors can tell you all the information you need to hear, but without being able to get ourselves out of the trench it's all useless. You must fix yourself from the inside, before you can fix the outside. It's almost like you have to change your mind, think of yourself as a thin athlete with tons of energy, or picture yourself as how you wish to be.

We are all here for you, 24/7!!! Don't give up!! Just keep trying!

OH one more thing (a sad thing)! My editor just emailed me. She said her brother-in-law has a baseball-sized tumor in his brain and has less than 7 months to live. He has 5 kids ages 7-21. Just like that, he has a few months to live. So sad, and what a tragedy. If we all suddenly found out we had only 7 months to live, would we be proud of the choices we've made up until now? If we knew our lives were coming to an end, would we be happy with how our life has turned out? I am sure if this man could, he'd give ANYTHING to have his biggest problem be weight and eating right. Losing weight is such a simple thing, when you really think about it, but it just seems hard.

Hi girls!!

Had a super busy weekend, so I'm just getting around to posting. Up 3lbs from the weekend, but hey I still lost 7lbs in the last 10 days! Plus it could be water. I ate a little more cheese than usual, and had some low-carb ice cream, which I swear after one serving I craved MORE of it, so ate 1/2 the container. The next time I have a craving I'm just gonna go for the real thing! That will leave me satisfied

Oh wow..I had no idea this was here!! LoL!!! Hi everyone

Wow I didn't know she had PCOS! I want lots of kids (I think, lol), so that's good news!

Wow..I didnt know she has PCOS!! I dont think I want that many kids though, lol. I just want maybe 2 or 3 kids, and thats it!! LoL!! We'll be back on the baby track after we move..I've lost 15 pounds total, so maybe that will help a little bit too??

Sassy~Yay for drinking more water and less Mt. Dew. Mmm, now I want some, and I dont drink caffine that much, lol.

I need to start eating better too. Lately its like I dont even bother eating. I wont eat breakfast, but I'll have a really big lunch, then nothing for dinner. And I'll just walk everywhere. I used to do that in high school ALL the time and my weight stayed the same. Which its doing now. I did eat breakfast today though. I wanted Cheerios really bad, lol. And I gotta have my chocolate milk, lol. I will be eating lunch..its the other half of my sub. So ya..I guess today is an eating day, lol. We'll see if I make it to dinner though.

Ya and what I love is she is skinny and has PCOS!!! So its not just the weight that the drs keep harping about. So HA stupid drs! lol. WTG on the 15 lbs. I just need to get into gear and get movin'. I haven't been eating either. Seems to happen to me at my "lunch" time at work. So I have been eating these new things from Pringles, called Pringles Stix. They are all under 100 calories per pack! My fav is the Pizza, I swear to you it tastes just like a slice of pizza!!! The Honey Butter ones are okay too. I haven't tried the Vanilla or the Crunchy Wheat. But that is what I have been munching on at lunch instead of eating. I just am not that hungry at lunch, so I figure why eat something big if I don't want it??? Oh and the Pringles are in the chip isle next to the regular Pringles. AT lest they were in Wally World. I have also got some of the Pringles Select, I have the Cheddar. Not too bad. I wanna try the Cinnamon Sweet Potato!!! I didn't know they had that one! They aren't too bad on Calories and stuff, about 130 Calories 70 from Fat, for 1 oz or 22 Crisps and 190 in Sodium. I compared them to the Baked Lays, the Cheddar and Sour Cream baked Lays have 120 Calories, 30 from fat and 210 sodium for the same amount 1 oz. So okay not the most healthiest snack, but I don't think the worst.

Anywho..............I hope you all are doing well!!!!