PCOS diet- an average week?

honu18

I'm trying to get a handle on how to eat well for PCOS, and it seems I can't find a balance. I've tried eating low amounts of carbohydrates (made of veggies, an apple, maybe a little bit of oats, nuts and believe it or not..my gummy vitamins). However, I've been doing this on and off for awhile, and I am just so low energy. I like to work out everyday, and I know the transition can be hard, but I literally just feel like I'm pushing against a wall anytime I go to walk or ESPECIALLY walk up stairs. I've found my workouts are so much harder and I am out of breath/breathing heavily VERY easily.

What are some of your example calorie and carb levels that you've found to work? I lost weight last year, but PCOS made me put it back on. I want to lose, but this week in lowering carbs and calories has me at bottom! Also, how often do you indulge/what do you consider an "indulgence?". My sweet rewards were going to be things like luna bars that I was thinking about doing 2-3 times a week to keep myself from going crazy.

darleyschroeder

I also have PCOS. It is very easy to gain the weight, that's for sure.
Have you tried just sticking to a calorie limit and working out? That's what I did and was the only thing that worked for me, regardless of what kind of foods I was eating.

Right now I am sticking to no more than 1,300 net calories.
I lost 70 pounds a few years ago by not going over 1,500 calories most days along with activity.

honu18

I also have PCOS. It is very easy to gain the weight, that's for sure.
Have you tried just sticking to a calorie limit and working out? That's what I did and was the only thing that worked for me, regardless of what kind of foods I was eating.

OH yeah. I did that successfully (I think it was pre-PCOS) and it worked wonders. I was down 12 pounds. Then I got PCOS (went off BC), was working out the same and eating consistently 1300-1400 calories a day and gaining weight on it.

darleyschroeder

Wow, that is crazy. Sorry to hear that. You think you'd easily lose weight with 1,300-1,400 calories.
I wonder what could be making you gain weight, I know that would drive me crazy. Have you tried talking with your doctor about this?

crystalbluewolf13

I had the same problem. I was eating fine and exercising a lot and i put on all the weight i'd lost (6 stone in total!) i finally cracked and went to my GP turns out i had too much blood sugar and it was just storing as fat pretty much all the time. Now i'm on Metformin twice a day and i'm slowly making progress. It's a hard slog though.

EnchantedEvening

Have you had any blood tests done? You may not have the insulin resistance that comes with some cases of PCOS, meaning you could increase your carbs a little bit.

honu18

Yeah I have and my glucose levels were high. That's one of the main reasons they diagnosed me with PCOS because despite gaining weight back, I'm not overweight.

kazzsjourney

I have PCOS and have lost over 180 pounds....i started at 380 pounds. From 380 pounds to 210 pounds i ate 1800 calories, I didnt watch carbs per say except I tried to avoid them with my evening meals.....I still would maybe 1-2 days per week eat them with my dinner time. Now I am under 200 pounds I do the same thing...try to avoid the carbs at night (and when I say carbs I mean grainy carbs not fruit and vegies) and I now eat 1600 calories a day.

Also treat wise I have 100-300 grams of chocolate most days. I watch my sodium very carefully. The chocolate is mostly dark chocolate cocoa 70%. Also I am not insulin resistant.

EnchantedEvening

Have you talked to your doctor about metformin?

cutekatie

I also have PCOS and find myself successful with less then 120 grams of carbs per day. I also make sure I'm under 40% of my daily calories from carbs.
I also have no sugar at all as I also have insulin resistance and sugar isn't good for me.
One thing I found is that when I lift weights I end up building a lot of muscle and thus not lose weight. I don't know if it's my hormones out of wack that cause that.

Simone_King

You know, I have PCOS and the doctor didn;t tell me how to eat. I just..eat. My advice, eat as healthy as you can.

However, I do a lot of moderation. I know my food daiery looks bad today, but it isn't like that always.

I do find myself eatting less..bread. Carbohidrates seem to be bad.

Though for me it's just moderation. I drink my water.

I cut out diet dr. pepper..to one per morning during the work week because simply I need the caffeen. I would drink coffee but about the time I get to it, the coffee has gone cold in my jantior closet.

I eat a lot of veggies and salads...

At the moment, with this I have lost 31 pounds. So it is possible.