PCOS/Insulin Resistance SupportSupport for us with any of the following: Insulin Resistance, Syndrome X, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or other endocrine disorders.
Hi Erika! I am popping over here to wish you well! Infact I am not currently at the moment ttc, as I do want to get healthy first, but that is my end goal, but I figure I could probably "qualify" for both threads, at least until I am into the fertility treatments, which will be a while as I don't even have a new Dr. yet.
So I hope its okay for me to "pop" in here. If not, too bad! lol. I'm just kidding. If you don't want me here I will understand.
Erika: I am the same as sassy i am not currently ttc either well at least for the next 2/3 months. I just wanted to say congratulations on the new thread , i hope that you will get a nice flow of people who you can relate too and hopefully help each other out. You will still be stuck with me and Sassy of course.
Good luck with your weightloss and all the best for 2007
Thanks for starting this thread. I am currently working on getting rid of 15lbs that I already lost last year but that mysteriously showed up in September and October. I had a cyst burst in December and I am wondering if I hadn't of fallen off the wagon food wise if the pounds would have left with it. Blah. Anyways...
Here is my food plan for Tuesday:
Today's Goals:
Stick to plan
No pop
No coffee drinks
At least 15 of exercise (I have fallen way off track with this)
Its great to see you again hunni , sorry to hear about the Cyst i hope you are feeling much better now. Good luck with the weighloss too hunni. I think we all sort of fell off the wagon around Christmas but as long as you get back in the saddle its all good.
Take care and look forward to chatting to you more soon.
Hi! Just checking in with all you. I'll miss any of you that used to be on the ttc and wl thread, so I'm going to jump in every once in a while to say hello, k?
Hope everyone gets to their goals, same with me!
I've wondered what happened to you! Glad to see you, sorry to hear about your Cyst. I'm right there with ya, trying to get back on the wagon, its sure not easy.
My name is Heather. I'm 30 yo. I've been on the boards elsewhere (before my computer crashed) now I'm back and was recently dx'd with PCOS. I had been tested for so much stuff by my doc (everything from sleep tests for the exhaustion, xrays, blood tests etc etc) but he gave me no answers. When I went for my yearly well woman I broke down in tears when my new gyn asked about any new medical problems. I told her about all the different tests and the symptoms I was having (ovary pain that I'd had for years and shrugged off cause i didn't think it was anything to worry about, the excessive hair growth that I was just too embarrassed to talk about before, failure to lose weight despite many efforts, excessive sweating, pain after lovemaking (sorry if that's TMI), erratic very heavy periods, etc. and she asked a few questions, drew some blood, did an ultrasound and called me the following week. I have hemorhagic (sp?) cysts currently and all the lab work showed PCOS. She put me on Yasmin bc pills and wants me to come back in a month to see if the cysts are gone. I haven't yet had time to do alot of research on this but I do plan to. My tubes are tied so I'm definately not ttc but now that I have a name for what's been going on and I know I'm not crazy I feel like I need support more than ever (wierd huh?) cause i have no idea what's in store in the long run. She did tell me that this is something that I'll be dealing with for the rest of my life, that there isn't a cure but that the bc will help alot. I'm not sure how but I'm hoping. Anyway that's my story. Sorry to be so long winded. I look forward to getting to know ya'll.
We all understand what its like to get that first diagnosis, it can be scary, but there is more and more info now and more and more medicines and what not for PCOS. I have heard Yasmin is great, one of my friends who has PCOS was on it.
I need to find a new Gyn myself and get in there and get my AF taken care of, I've been on this one since Oct. (off and on) so I can relate. Infact everything you said I can personally relate too, except for the tubes tied, mine aren't and we still want to ttc yet.
But all the other symptoms, YUP! So you have come to the right place! Ask away! Lots of wonderful women here to help you and that know a lot more than I do!!!!!
Hey lookingforhope,
Thanks for the invite. I've been doing well this week with my eating lower carb and exercising. I joined a gym and went again yesterday. Hopefully I'll keep going and lose some weight. It's slow going so far.
Kristina
Heather: Welcome aboard. I hope that now that you know what is going on, that things will get easier from here. You will have to let us know how Yasmin works out for you.
Tiffany: Most definately is the weight hard to lose and then harder to keep off. Hopefully we can all get it figured out for one last time.
Mom2twoboys: Way to go on having a good week eating wise and for taking the big step of going to the gym! I hope that this week is even better for you!
Teresa: Thanks for the good thoughts! I admire your decision to take a break and focus on you for awhile. I hope that the medicine works for you.
Sassy: May this week be the last of your neverending AF. I hope that you find a new doctor quickly and that you can get in as soon as you do.
This week started out well but then I let myself get caught up in some emotional stuff and just blew it eating wise. We renewed our gym membership this weekend and will have to go a combined total of 40 times to make it worth paying the yearly fee over the pay by day. I think that we can do it. I just need to get going. I have a book on cd to listen too and I have a new cd player case that I got for Christmas to make it easier. Now, I just need to get it together.
Anyways, Have a great Monday!
Here is my food plan for the day.
egg muffin-Egg substitute, mushrooms, spinach, ham, onion, cheddarcheese
banana
celery
1oz cashews
1 oz cheese
1/2 serving turkey pepperoni
2 cuties
3 roast beef and provolone rollups
pria bar
1/2 cup grapes
mixed veggies
1 tbls dressing
thin pork chop with bbq spice rub grilled
1.5 cup snap peas with spray butter
Weight Loss with PCOS -- January '07
Teresa 
Heather!
to the thread, Yes losing weight with PCOS is definately very very hard! 
Its like rowing your boat up a waterfall!
