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Anyone successful in losing weight without metformin?
I tried it before and made me feel bad but I have really been doing pretty good (food wise and exercise) but not losing. Not doing low carb this time (ABS diet). Thinking maybe I need to switch back to low carbing. Considering giving metformin another try but would rather try without it. Any suggestions?
Is it possible you weren't taking the proper dose or form for you? I'm on a lower dose of the extended release formula, just one 500mg pill/day. Before I was on the same dose of the regular (not extended release) kind and I was nauseous and had diarrhea for about 3 or 4 months.
Not to say you shouldn't try losing weight without the medicine, of course, if that's what you want to do Good luck!
I started on 1000mg (kinda high I know), felt great but knew it wasn't working to it's full potential, was upped to 1500mg - OMG I could barely get out of bed! I was so tired all the time. Doc upped me to 2000mg and I felt wonderful again!
I only ever had a bad stomach for a few days with met, eating too many carbs with it will do that. I realised if I was good and ate properly I wouldn't be too icky.
I was on generic glucophage for nearly a year. I was sick so much of the time my doctor ended up taking me off of it.
I went on low-carb and lost over 100 pounds without medication . . . but then I went off plan and gained back 50 of that. Now I am doing calorie counting and losing, slowly, but losing.
Just a quick note to say that I am losing w/o metformin - slowly, but I'm losing. I've lost 17.5 lbs since December. I'm counting calories and drinking water like a looney. That said, my PCOS is (from what I've heard) rather mild..
I had lost weight without metformin when I started my low carb IR diet, but I was hitting MAJOR problems with plateaus after I lost my first 30 lbs. The met certainly helped with that. I'd give the extended release meformin and see how you react to it. You never know, maybe it won't be so bad.
I had lost 70 lbs. without metformin over a 7 month period. My doctor then did a insulin level and said it was 4 times too high. He started me on metformin on 2-17-2006 and now i have only lost 3 lbs. since getting on this med. I am on low-carb dieting. I'm not sure if it's the medicine or the fact that I am only 16 lbs. from my goal weight as to why I am losing so slow now.I am determined to reach my goal even if it takes another year to lose the last 16 lbs., so I keep plugging along.
I don't do low carbing (made me fat) and I certainly don't do metformin. Despite fairly severe PCOS which I've had since I was 16 (now 44), I've lost weight through low fat, healthy sensible eating and exercise. I've also used some herbal remedies to help - apple cider vinegar, cinammon and green tea all of which have benefits for women with PCOS. You can see from my ticker how much I lost. I eat 60% carbs (fruit, veg, wholemeal bread and pasta), I still enjoy a glass of wine, but basically I decided to medicate via diet, not drugs. It works.
Well i was diagnosed with PCOS in December and the doctor put me on glucophage. I refuse to take it, simply because I'm on three other non related medications and honestly I felt that I didn't need to take it. Thus far since the beginning of this year I've lost nearly 30 pounds, primarily due to practicing a lot more strict and healthier diet. I still have a tooooonnn more weight to lose, *but* 12 more pounds and then i will finally be under 200 pounds for the first time in like six years. I guess for everybody it differs, but for me I can't do anything but low-fat/low calorie eating because any other type of diet i can't stay on.
I've lost almost 10lbs and around 15inches since January. I've been exercising like a mad women since then, around 5 to 7 days a week for at least 30min per day and I've been watching what I eat.
My Re had told me that my best bet was to exercise 7 days a week for at least 1 hr to increase my muscle mass, so it would be my muscles who absorb the insuline and not my blood.
Since I work over 10hrs a day during the week, I'm moving mid-April and I'm helping my sister take care of my niece (her EX left when the baby wasn't even born and my sister never realy wanted kids ...until she learned she was pregnant), I can't always afford to take 1 hr to work out. So I, at least, do 30min per day (which is way more than I did before) by taking the stairs to leave my office (I work on the 11th floor), I make sure to walk my dog everynight, when I visit my sister, I make sure to play outside with my niece or dance with her.
I do find that when AF shows up, I can't move, so I find myself starting all over again after almost a week on my back.
Anyone successful in losing weight without metformin?
Good luck!
