Weightless and PCOS

beccapineapple8756

Hello. I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarie syndrome. Which makes weightless a bit more difficult sometimes. Wondering if anyone else has had successfull weigh loss and how it was accomplished!! Let's be friend and work together

rednote49

Hiya. I also have PCOS. Losing weight with PCOS is challenging. I'm losing weight but it is happening very slowly. It's taken me 6 months to lose 15lbs. But hey it's still a loss and it's my halfway mark. I've been focused on lifting weights more than cardio and I'm enjoying how I look and how strong I'v gotten.

Lipsmahoney

47 yo and lost total 130 lbs of which 90 lbs in less that 12 months last year. It is absolutely possible !!!

jsminer827

I'm 34 and was also diagnosed with PCOS earlier this year. For other reasons I started on a journey to regain my health and fitness and I have lost about 40 pounds since the midpoint of this year. I have another 35 or so to go until I hit maintenance (I think?) and I've been struggling recently. Part of it is the time of the year and part of it is that my body has changed a lot and now I'm not *seeing* the same progress since I'm further along.

To start, it was absolutely calories in versus calories out... I didn't pay any attention to macros and was eating like 50% carbs. Now I'm really focused on trying to lose weight in my mid-section and I've been targeting carbs which I think my body processes differently because of the PCOS. I am having mixed success with this, I find that I'm cranky if I push below 30% carbs, but I'm really trying to get back to 20% - some days I'm more successful than others. As with most things the % of carbs is highly debated but it seems like 20-30% carbs is the number most articles on the topic come around to - who knows.

I have also fluctuated between eating to lose two pounds a week and now eating to lose one pound per week. I adjusted that around the time I joined a gym and got a personal trainer once per week. I made the switch because I don't like to eat back the calories burned at the gym - I don't even track them in the app because I hear they over-estimate the burn and I don't want to derail myself by thinking I can consume more calories.

As far as the gym goes, I don't do a lot of running or elliptical or anything like that - mostly strength/resistance training. A lot of core work. I do a cardio class which contains a core component every week but my other visits are focused on strength and endurance. I never believed I needed to join a gym to lose weight, and I still believe that, but the truth is that I did need an education on how I could use my own body to lose weight and tone up. I always thought I needed to run and that was a miserable prospect for me because I don't enjoy it so in that regard, my trainer has been a tremendous asset.

Each of my last official two weigh-ins (once a month) I have lost 6 pounds and I have another next week which I'm confident will show similar progress (my at-home tracking indicates I'm on pace). Part of it has been adjusting my own expectations - the first month where I dropped 16 pounds won't happen again no matter how much I hope for it. If that trend continues then I'm losing about 1.5 pounds per week which puts me ahead of where I want to be given my eating plan (but... that's just CICO not factoring in exercise). So all in all, despite feeling like I'm struggling - I also know it's mental. The numbers indicate it can be done and I'm constantly testing and checking in spite of the PCOS.

Aishap1913

Hey stress and sleep is an important factor with PCOS and weight loss. It’s a struggle for me as well but I don’t want to ever give up I don’t consume carbs after 3 pm ( my choice) because I don’t want my blood sugar to fluctuate in am. Best of luck