Thin PCOS weird hormonal feedback?

Tobysgirl212
Tobysgirl212 Posts: 27 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm 5'6" and 117, which is two pounds from my goal at the lower end of the BMI chart. Even though it's unusual I do take metformin for blood sugar control and have been told I have thin person PCOS, or "a touch" of PCOS.

I've always been on the fit, thin side but am shedding the last post-pregnancy pounds. Maybe this is a question for an endocrinologist, but are there hormonal feedback loops that make me a slow loser? For instance, between breastfeeding and my Fitbit activity it says I burn about 2,500 per day. If that were true I'd soon vaporize, haha. Instead since joining and logging accurately I lose at an implied deficit of about 550 calories, or about 1,850 TDEE. Is this what happens normally as you get to a low body fat percentage, or might this be because of the metabolic condition?

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  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    You are not losing because you are already at the lowest healthy weight for your height. You are at the point where trying to lose weight will require starving.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    2500? I think not. 1800.....maybe......
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    edited February 2016
    I am not sure, but I think a BMI chart would show you at UNDERWEIGHT.
    Stop exercising so much and eat more healthy foods.
    Open your diary, and ask people to give you advise on foods to eat.
    If you have an eating disorder, you should not be here.
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    This is something I read on a site about thin person PCOS
    1. Lay off extreme exercise. Excessive cardio is only going to zap your adrenal glands and put your whole system in stress mode which is counterintuitive for ovulation and restoring your pituitary gland’s proper function. Explore gentle forms of movement like yoga that can help balance your hormones and stress levels.
    https://www.floliving.com/conquering-pcos-type/
  • 92019start
    92019start Posts: 80 Member
    edited February 2016
    I would say go see an endocrinologist :)
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I don't understand your confusion. Are you asking why your deficit is 550 instead of 500 to lose a pound?
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Have you been diagnosed with polycystic ovaries or PCOS .. very different things

    Also you are already very low weight, breastfeeding and active?

    Why would you be trying to lose 1 lb a week?
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