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Originally Posted by Clmiller0782
I am 30 y/o, was dx with pcos when I was about 23-24. Had lap band surgery in 2008 and was down to 145 lbs... My goal weight. Yay. Not so fast..... Back up to 185 lb now. Granted I was not exercising and was eating pretty horribly. In early April of this year I got myself a YMCA membership. Changed my eating habits drastically. I have been consistently going to the gym 6x/week for an hour each day and on Tuesdays I do 3 classes which totals 2.5 hours of intense cardio/strength training/core work.... Plus see a personal trainer once a week. My calorie intake is about 1300-1400 a day, high protein.
Recently saw a nutritionist and was told to lower calories to 1200 a day. Also following up with endocrinologist soon - August 13th. I was recently put back on metformin, only 500 mg, and the nutritionist spoke to the endo and he said I might need an increase.
Nothing seems to be working. I have not lost a single pound in 3 months! In fact I have gained weight and inches as my clothing is fitting tighter the ever. Tried diuretics to see if I was holding water weight, tried diet pills, tried upping water intake, tried lowering carbs and sugar intake, got myself a fitbit (it's a pedometer on steroids -- it's amazing)..... Tried EVERYTHING!!! I am at my wits end and am so frustrated. I don't know if it's the pcos or something else that is terribly wrong that my body is holding on to this weight. Has anyone else experienced this? Help!! I feel so alone. And drs aren't any help. They just tell me to exercise more, drink more water, eat less calories. For goodness sake I'm only eating 1200 a day as it is.... And average 600-650 calorie loss per day in exercise. That is a huge calorie deficit daily probably about 1000 at least.
Sorry to ramble.... Just so tired of doing this and being on this wheel.... I don't know how much more I can take.
No worries.
How about if you post a sample of your daily menu?
Also, little things that you may or may not be doing:
- Are you weighing/measuring your food?
- How much water are you drinking?
- What are your macros (ratio of carbs/protein/fat)?
And YES, actually, for PCOS women, losing weight can be a struggle, but usually it's a question of finding out what works for your body type. That's the hard part because what works for one, maybe not work for someone else -- our physical chemistry is different and our psychological make up is different.
I went through a period where I also exercised my little body off and didn't lose weight. It took a while to figure out that exercising my calories off wasn't going to work, it had to be the food more than exercise.
Also, depending on what kind of PCOS patient you are, other things may work or not work for you.
I found a great blogger who has this site:
http://www.paleoforwomen.com/
She writes about PCOS and becoming healthy eating a paleo diet. She, differently that what many people think about paleo, claims that women need to eat "healthy" carbs in order to have a healthy reproductive system. She explains how our endocrine system is much more complex than that of a man's and there are too many studies that only support certain diets/fasts for men... and that doesn't work for women.
She is also another that is finding a connection between stress/adrenal system/PCOS and how overstressing ourselves can actually make our PCOS symptoms worse and stop weight loss.
You sounded a little bit stressed out... maybe you need to rethink how you're approaching this. Rather than focusing on how much weight you're losing, maybe you need to focus on how HEALTHY you're becoming, regardless of the weight.