180+ pounds down with PCOS :)

mefit87

THANK YOU for posting your success! !You have inspired me to keep on going and that losing weight with PCOS is definitely possible

MsMuniz

Wow, you look fabulous. Congrats on all your hard work, I know you will lose those last 40 pounds in no time!

anewlife4me8610

You look fantastic! How wonderful....Great job!!!!

Melissa22G

You look beautiful! Great loss and good luck with the last 40 lbs!

demonlullaby

this is amazing! congrats!!!!!!

xampx

Congratulations, you look great and you have done brilliantly!

turkeyhunter60

You're incredible! Great job!. Keep up the good health.

Denisecandothis

GREAT JOB! You are amazing!!!!

grdnr03

awsome job! congrats on getting to a healthy self! :flowerforyou:

pacittk

Wow that is wonderful! I was up to 271 and have lost 5.5. That is at least in the right direction! Keep up the good work!

cgarand

I love this! And, I love how in every picture your smile gets bigger and bigger! Beautiful job!

kellehbeans

You are looking amazing. There are so many posts at the moment saying they can't lose weight because they have X or Y - but it just goes to prove that it can be done. Everyone can, as long as they want to. They also clearly haven't seen this post - because this is so inspiring! Well done, definitely to be proud of!

lucy5599

you are amazing and so inspiring!!!!

ninakir88

You are INCREDIBLE!!

iwantdesperately

Awesome job!!! Continued success to you!!!Hard work pays off!!!

grward612

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akarney

Amazing dedication! Congrats on your sucess!

kazzsjourney

how long did this take you....? ...also how long until you were able to exercise...did you start at 380 exercising???....BTW......YOU ROCK....you inspire me.....ty for sharing your story...

I started to lose my weight august 6, 2006. I still have 20-40 pounds to go so still going Exercise wise I initially started by pulling out a small step (i used my phone book) and would step up and down on it. I could only do it about 10 times initially but would do it several times a day...after a while (when i was about 320-330 pounds) I hired a trainer and would do one session a week with her. It was a mixture of cardio/weights...so step ups while holding weights....dumbell rows....ball squats...then as i felt ready i slow increased to more days a week.

kge0891

Amazing!! You're an inspiration!

beckyinma

WOW! amazing. I love your profile pic the best of all of them. The determination and confidence in your expression is inspiring.

debcraig73

Good JOB !! I too have PCOS (they think) -I was wondering- since you have lost the weight has the pcos go away? or is that something that will always be once you have it ? You look great btw ! Keep up the good work !! :happy:

kazzsjourney

Good JOB !! I too have PCOS (they think) -I was wondering- since you have lost the weight has the pcos go away? or is that something that will always be once you have it ? You look great btw ! Keep up the good work !! :happy:

I had blood tests done a couple of years ago and they said my hormone levels were so good you might as well say I dont have PCOS anymore....but i still have some symptoms. Still have the hair issue and my cycle can still be a raging b*tch lol...but before i lost anyweight my cycle was about every 7 months now its every 28-30 days so its vastly improved

nataliescalories

Amazing work!
I'd like to point out that she eats regular carbs every day and appx 2k a day.
Awesome!

Actually, I'd guess she is moving toward maintenance and trying to up her calories right now (OP could illuminate this more), but if you look past February (at all) you will see she averaged 1200 across the week and occasionally ate back exercise (mostly only partially). She also, if I'm not mistaken, has mentioned in other threads that she has PCOS and does NOT have insulin resistance, so carbs would not be as much of a concern for her, but would remain a significant obstacle for women with PCOS and IR.

kazzsjourney

Amazing work!
I'd like to point out that she eats regular carbs every day and appx 2k a day.
Awesome!

Actually, I'd guess she is moving toward maintenance and trying to up her calories right now (OP could illuminate this more), but if you look past February (at all) you will see she averaged 1200 across the week and occasionally ate back exercise (mostly only partially). She also, if I'm not mistaken, has mentioned in other threads that she has PCOS and does NOT have insulin resistance, so carbs would not be as much of a concern for her, but would remain a significant obstacle for women with PCOS and IR.

Actually I deleted "meal names" in the diary recently so going back early february and earlier while it might look like 1200 cals its actually missing a meal so is higher then that...around that time I was eating 1600-1800 cals dependent on whether I exercised that day or not. I am most certainly not in maintenance at this point lol and actually ate around 1800 calories for the majority of my loss. Also it was slightly lower in that time period as I had a broken wrist and my exercise had significantly dropped off...but I was averaging at least 1600 most days in that period.

nataliescalories

Amazing work!
I'd like to point out that she eats regular carbs every day and appx 2k a day.
Awesome!

Actually, I'd guess she is moving toward maintenance and trying to up her calories right now (OP could illuminate this more), but if you look past February (at all) you will see she averaged 1200 across the week and occasionally ate back exercise (mostly only partially). She also, if I'm not mistaken, has mentioned in other threads that she has PCOS and does NOT have insulin resistance, so carbs would not be as much of a concern for her, but would remain a significant obstacle for women with PCOS and IR.

Actually I deleted "meal names" in the diary recently so going back early february and earlier while it might look like 1200 cals its actually missing a meal so is higher then that...around that time I was eating 1600-1800 cals dependent on whether I exercised that day or not. I am most certainly not in maintenance at this point lol and actually ate around 1800 calories for the majority of my loss. Also it was slightly lower in that time period as I had a broken wrist and my exercise had significantly dropped off...but I was averaging at least 1600 most days in that period.

I've changed meal names a few times, but it has never deleted the meals; it just slotted them into different categories (even when the number of categories changed), so I'm not sure how that would have changed the representation of your daily intake. Either way, you've done great!

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Helloitsdan

Amazing work!
I'd like to point out that she eats regular carbs every day and appx 2k a day.
Awesome!

Actually, I'd guess she is moving toward maintenance and trying to up her calories right now (OP could illuminate this more), but if you look past February (at all) you will see she averaged 1200 across the week and occasionally ate back exercise (mostly only partially). She also, if I'm not mistaken, has mentioned in other threads that she has PCOS and does NOT have insulin resistance, so carbs would not be as much of a concern for her, but would remain a significant obstacle for women with PCOS and IR.

Technically most women can slowly up carbs over the course of a year to become more efficient at processing them, even with PCOS.
A good lifting routine and patience can yield great results.
Carbs are not the enemy.
Bad dieting is the enemy and the answer is learning how and when to eat.

kazzsjourney

Amazing work!
I'd like to point out that she eats regular carbs every day and appx 2k a day.
Awesome!

Actually, I'd guess she is moving toward maintenance and trying to up her calories right now (OP could illuminate this more), but if you look past February (at all) you will see she averaged 1200 across the week and occasionally ate back exercise (mostly only partially). She also, if I'm not mistaken, has mentioned in other threads that she has PCOS and does NOT have insulin resistance, so carbs would not be as much of a concern for her, but would remain a significant obstacle for women with PCOS and IR.

Actually I deleted "meal names" in the diary recently so going back early february and earlier while it might look like 1200 cals its actually missing a meal so is higher then that...around that time I was eating 1600-1800 cals dependent on whether I exercised that day or not. I am most certainly not in maintenance at this point lol and actually ate around 1800 calories for the majority of my loss. Also it was slightly lower in that time period as I had a broken wrist and my exercise had significantly dropped off...but I was averaging at least 1600 most days in that period.

I've changed meal names a few times, but it has never deleted the meals; it just slotted them into different categories (even when the number of categories changed), so I'm not sure how that would have changed the representation of your daily intake. Either way, you've done great!

Edit typo

I changed them and removed one of my snacks. If you had looked you would notice there is not two snacks but simply one labelled "snacks" I omitted that in error from my response. But...it doesnt matter....bottom line i ate 1600-1800 calories.

larryc0923

WOW!!!! You have accomplished so much, congratulations!!

saraklaman

Thank you SOO SOO much for posting your pictures!!!! I have about 150 pounds to lose and I often feel very overwhelmed that I will never lose it or that it will take me forever. I am having fun with this site and logging everything i eat. I started 3 days ago and I have already lost 5 pounds so I am feeling good! Please feel free to add me

knitwit704

WOW!