Hi fellow PCOSers,

I was recently diagnoised with PCOS. I have attemped Weight Watchers several times but have had no success so I am wondering what is the best diet for people with PCOS? Please share your successes.

Sorry to hear about your past struggles. Your going to find tons of us with PCOS really have a problem losing weight with most of the diets that work with normal people. I do a low calorie/low carb diet. If allow myself to eat carbs, then I only eat the non-whites; no sugar, no white bread etc...It is the only thing I have found to work. I have lost 20 lbs with that and exercise. Wish you good luck.

You've been where I am. The traditional diets never worked for me either. I've honestly had the most success with South Beach, which is a GI-based diet. It's different (and I think better) thank Aktins because it doesn't eliminate carbs completely; it just eliminates the bad ones that raise your blood sugar levels really fast, because that floods your system with insulin which encourages fat storage.

Anything low-carb or Glycemic Indexed based should work.

I also find low carb/low fat diets the best way to lose weight. I tried Jenny Craig and WW but any diet that includes carbs (even good ones) doesnt make me lose weight. At the moment I am doing Dukan Diet which so far is the only diet i have ever tried that has really worked for me. I think one of the reasons is that it excludes all sugars including fruit and i can really see the diff. Whatever diet you choose though it has to be something you enjoy and that doesnt leave you starving. I think those two things always leads to breaking diet and post diet binging.

Any diet! Anything that helps us lose weight helps with the PCOS. Ideally, you'd be on a diet that minimizes high GI carbs, but not every diet works for every peron- so don't feel like you have to stick to one.

Thank you everyone for your support! I am going to do south beach diet and hope for success!

I second south beach. I have a degree in nutrition and have PCOS. Any dietitian/specialist would put you on a diet similar to south beach. Lots of small low GI meals though out the day, so that insulin does not surge, is the best way to normalize your hormones. Also the book does a good job of explaining in plain english why certain foods screw up your hormones.

I find that whenever I go on SB and stick to mostly phase 1 foods I get my period like clock work.

Yup- South Beach is the number one recommended "diet" for people with PCOS.

We just can't process carbs like other people and it makes us gain weight.