PCOS/Insulin Resistance SupportSupport for us with any of the following: Insulin Resistance, Syndrome X, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or other endocrine disorders.
Hello and Welcome All to the PCOS WL Support March 2009 Thread!
This thread is about PCOS and Weight Loss Support. If you have PCOS, or think you might, or know anybody that might have it, or your just curious or you just think we are totally awesome, so you just wanna chat with us, please join us!
Losing weight with PCOS is like trying to rollerskate up an icy hill. With all the wonderful lovely side effects, extra facial and body hair, skin tags, dark skin patches, weight gain, etc, etc, etc.........
PCOS Definition:
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) – A genetically-linked hormonal imbalance that prevents ovulation. PCOS also may cause overproduction of estrogen, abnormal thickening of the uterine lining, very heavy and/or irregular periods, as well as acne and facial hair. The latter are caused by an overproduction of male hormones, including testosterone. -- There are tons of info out there on the web, so if you want more info, just go to your favorite search engine (Google, Yahoo, etc) and type in PCOS. Another great site (besides this one of course for info is: Soul Cysters. Also here are a couple links for Forum Abbreviations: Basic Forum Abbreviations and the TTC/Infertility Abbreviations
So please come and join us, won't you? If you or someone you know has PCOS and you want support in WL and just general everyday support, please come and join us. You do not have to necessarily have to be TTC or not TTC. I am currently not TTC, but I hopefully will be soon this year. So if you are or aren't is just fine, we are here for support. If you do not have PCOS and maybe are just curious about the disease, then feel free to join us as well. Everybody is Welcome!!
Wow A Whole Year, Gone.................and now yet another Month......
What Goals did I accomplish in 2008:
Changing my hair style and color, wearing make-up, dressing nicer. Being more open with people, continuing to lower my blood sugar/cholesterol, and basically being a more positive, happier person!
What have I accomplished so far this year:
1) I have lost 35 pounds!!! I weighed myself and found out I was 35 pounds LIGHTER than I thought!!! WHOO-YEAH!
2) I was able to fit into jeans that I hadn't been able too in awhile!!
3) Have consistently ate sensibly and tried to eat as healthy as I can, when possible, I haven't been an angel, but I think I am doing pretty darn good!
4) Made a Gyn appt for Feb. 25th!!!
5) I have Found a Reproductive Endocrinologist!!
**I haven't gotten much done this last month due to us moving, but I have tried to do as well as I can. **
Goals for this month:
1) Make an appt. with a Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE)
2) to continue eating healthy
3) incorporate some sort of exercise
4) To become pregnant!!!
5) To get our house unpacked and organized so I can get started on being as healthy as I can!
This isn't just about PCOS. It is about Life and wanting to get out there and LIVE IT. It doesn't matter if you have PCOS, Endometreosis, Diabetes, or just a bad hair day, we all want one thing: To Look AND most importantly: FEEL better. At least I do. If you feel the same way I do and are struggling with changing your bad ways and habits, then join me, won't you?
Share your daily struggles, and/or your daily accomplishments!!!
Together, we can do this, I KNOW we can!!!
Everybody is
Some come on in, get a cupa whatever and join us in a chat.
I also wanted to add a personal note here. I have come so far and this year is just the beginning of the new me yet to come! So if you are out there and struggling and think it will NEVER happen to you, it can! I am living proof! I have struggled with my weight ALL my life and these last 10 years especially were tough. But I have FINALLY seen results and so I can say IT WORKS, so DON'T QUIT! I am not pregnant yet, but that is my next step!!! Also this is the most AWESOMEST group of people you will ever talk too! They are completely and totally WONDERFUL!
****PLEASE NOTE: I also wanted to add a link for a book that I think is very important for every woman to read, not just women experiencing Infertility Problems: Taking Charge of Your Fertility By: Toni Weschler, MPH. It is very very informative about our cycles, how to tell when you are ovulating, etc, etc. It is a great book to have! I know with the economy a lot of us are "tightening" our wallets, but I bought mine at half-priced bookstore for $6. Also there is the library. Just giving out suggestions because it is a good book to read! Also another book I am currently reading: "Getting Pregnant and Staying Pregnant Overcoming Infertility and Managing Your High Risk Pregnancy" By Diana Raab, B.S. R.N. Very good with LOADS of great info!!
I went ahead and started the March thread early because I will be in the process of moving this week and next week. So I will have very limited, if any, access to the net.
Please do not post here until March 1st!!! (There is a February Thread still open)
TY!
Last edited by Sassy_Chick; 02-22-2009 at 04:57 AM.
ugh. my weight loss is kinda stagnating the last few weeks, though admittedly i haven't been doing a bang up job with the clean eating and staying on plan. i had been making great strides at the gym though (did my first 6 mile jog today!! with 1/2 mile cool down) so i was kinda hoping that would result in loss. oh well. i guess i'll just have to keep trucking. don't have much food at home right now though. will prob be a lot of takeout until the weekend.
Well my bf woke us up after she got off of work this morning. (she works the exact same shift as me -- we work together) Which was kinda good since DH has to go and get our breaks fixed on our car today. So I am here all alone today.
I am so not motivated either. I just want to go climb back into bed and go back to sleep!!!! lol. It is totally beautiful outside today though, its like 60 degrees outside. I have the heat off and a couple windows open.
I know the sunshine and nice weather should motivate me, but it doesn't. I dunno what is wrong with me lately. I am just soooooo tired........and I've been on "vacation" since last week.......I knowe we have moved and all but I honestly didn't do much moving because we had so much help I didn't really need too. I have been helping put things away and I did clean the old apt. But still nothing like what the rest of the people have been doing.
Well I made an appt. with my RE (Reproductive Endocrinologist) my bf's mom recommended him and that was another reason she stopped by this morning, to give me the #, well she just went ahead and dialed and handed me the phone. lol. (yeah she is very um motivating to get things done.....lol)
So my appt. w/ the dr is March 26th @ 10:30 AM. I think I have a plan. I want to try to of course get pregnant ASAP. I will give myself until next September. That gives me more than a year to get pregnant. I am hoping that I can get pregnant right away and then get pregnant again after that because my um time is running out here. So if I do not get pregnant by next year, then that is it. I'm not trying no more because I will just be too old and I don't wanna be an old granny at my kids hs graduation. lol.
Then if I do not get pregnant by next September, I think I am going to go for the WL Surgery. That also give me that amount of time to lose weight on my own as well. I know I have been doing a pretty decent job, but I have a long ways to go yet and I am just really sick of carrying this weight around.
I found out today that I weigh the exact same as my fil does. Now my fil is a foot taller than me, so it doesn't look bad on him, it looks really bad on me. That is the bad part about being shorter, your weight shows.
i actually saw 147 for a brief moment on the scale this morning, but i'm sure it was fleeting. i was a bad bad girl tonight and have not exercised since monday. will try the elliptical tomorrow, on physical therapist's orders. i'm just worried that this forced rest is going to lead to a backslide for me. i was just starting catch my stride in exercising reasonably regularly (for me at least) which has always been a huge challenge for me.
Hi everybody! I am so happy that it's going to be good weather in my neck of the woods this weekend. I'm starting to feel pretty down from all the snow, rain and clouds. I'm ready for sunshine and warm air!!!
Sassy, good luck at the doctor. You just keep working at that weight loss as hard as you can and before you know it you'll be pregnant. Just relax and focus on your body, and let nature take it's course. I've seen so many people come through here TTC that finally made it after they made good headway with their weight loss. You can do it!
sws, I'm sorry you are stuck on hiatus. Is there anything else that your PT will let you do? Maybe even some chair exercises to keep you in 'exercise mode' ?
Well - it's off to bed for me. I'm going to try really hard to sleep. I just can't do it lately.
Well yesterday I went out shopping with my best friend, then we got our hair done. I am a blonde! Ha ha. Well I have blonde highlights. It looks good, well so everybody tells me anyways. I like it, its short and refreshing........
Well this is my last day of vacation. I go back to work tomorrow night......UGH I dread going back to nightshift. I so enjoyed being "normal" again and enjoying the nice weather. Today is going to be even nicer, up to 74!!!! But alas, I have to get back onto a nightshift schedule...........
When I was at the beauty salon I met a fellow Cyster, who has a 5 yr. old. So yes it its possible and she is heavy and did not lose weight and still got pregnant, so I still do not believe that it is ALL about the weight. I know it does not help, and yes I still want to continue to focus on my weightloss, and be the healthiest I can be, but I just do not beleive that it is ALL about the weight. Esp. with Kate from Jon & Kate + 8 (on tlc) who has pcos and is thin and has always been thin. Just my personal and humble opinion.
Jenn and sws19 -- Thanks I have a really good feeling about this time around with the fertility treatments. I have been to two other drs before but things got in the way, so I think my bf is right, I think its just timing. I think this is the right time. I honestly and truly feel it.........
Sassy, good luck with your new doctor. I know it's not all about the weight, I'm sorry if I made it sound like that. I also wish I was a cyster that didn't have weight issues, like Victoria Beckham! Statistically, weight loss improves fertility chances in PCOS but it's not across the board, just as our symptoms aren't the same across the board.
I'm at work - it's beautiful out and everybody's window shopping and nobody is coming in the store. If I can't be out window shopping with them, I'd like it to at least be worth my while that they come in.
Sassy-I have two wonderful little boys. My first, I got pregnant just staying on my met. The second, I did have to go to a RE. I tried Clomid, that didn't work, then I tried Femara, that work. The last month I was to take it, I got pregnant. They are both my little miracles. I wish you all of the best. I'm here if you need anything.
I have got to get motivated. I haven't been able to go to the grocery store in a long time. As a result, no good food in the house. It's amazing how much easier it is to stay on track when you have good things in the house. I cleaned out the fridge yesterday. My husband said, if child services were to come by and look in the fridge, we would be in trouble. All we have is milk, salsa, cheese, and butter. Well, gotta run and try to clean some more.
Well I'm back @ work. Yay. lol. It was so much nicer though not having to leave so early for work. I am now only 5 min. or so away from work!
Jenn -- Oh I know. I was just stating my personal opinion about it was all. I know that weight loss def. helps so that is why I am of course continuing my wl journey, just was making a statement was all.
Vegaspunkermom!!!!
Xray -- That is so awesome. Gives all of us who are ttc hope.
We also have no good food in the house, except for bananas and yogurt. I've been SO bad since the move because our house is in caos..........I know that is no excuse. DH did finally find those Healthy Choice Pasta things they advertise on tv so I will be trying those soon.
Sassy - Thanks for the welcome! I know you're TTC and would Love to help in ANY way possible! Ive read TCOYF, and other books, and have 5 years charting experience! Tried naturally for 15 months, and on my first Clomid cycle, 50mgs. cd's 3-7, there was my oldest (now 4 and a half!) My middle child was a true miracle, an all natural oops at its finest. Heck, after being annov. for so long, who would have thought that was possible. My baby is another Clomid baby, second round success, 100mgs, cd's 3-7. The Met. never did anything for me, nor did it help me with weight loss. It will happen for you, I KNOW it. If you need anything, let me know!
Well, amazingly, AF is here. Last AF was early January after 5 months of not seeing her. THAT was a doozy. Here she is, on her own, after just skipping 1 month. Now I KNOW it has to be the weight loss, eating right, and exercise, because she would have NEVER come on her own otherwise! Although I despise her as always, it makes me feel good to know something positive is happening to my body!
Hope everyone is doing as amazing as can be for a Monday!
Hi Vegas, thanks. Yeah I've done the Clomid and Met thing, both didn't work for me. I also have read that book (if you see at the bottom of the very first post) My old RE told me that charting is a waste of time for me since I do not ovulate. So I just hope the new RE has some new ideas and does not make me start at the "beginning" again.
I know need to keep positive, but just been hard lately with other aspects in my life right now.
Anywho, glad your here. I know what you mean about those doozy AF's. I'm on a "Break" with mine right now. You know how it goes, flood for months, then dry up for a few months. lol.
March 09' PCOS WL Support (TTCer's are Welcome!!)
I weighed myself and found out I was 35 pounds LIGHTER than I thought!!! WHOO-YEAH! 
and/or your daily accomplishments!!! 
and join us in a chat. 
I have struggled with my weight ALL my life and these last 10 years especially were tough. But I have FINALLY seen results and so I can say IT WORKS, so 
So I am here all alone today. 
You can do it!
Hola
I like it, its short and refreshing........
I go back to work tomorrow night......UGH I dread going back to nightshift. 
But alas, I have to get back onto a nightshift schedule...........
DH did finally find those Healthy Choice Pasta things they advertise on tv so I will be trying those soon. 