Will this work? I hope so! 80lbs to lose with PCOS

Im 30 and have PCOS, i would love to be able to really do this and lose weight to make my dreams of starting a family become easier..

Im new to this but have about 5 stone to lose and would love to make some friends who have similar experiences to me.

Feel free to friend request me

175g of carbs is a good place to start with PCOS. Like the rest of us with PCOS, you are probably a "carb addict". Start with the 175 but work to get it around 100g. That seems to be what most people do and it seems to work. You don't have to get rid of all carbs or do drastic low carb. Just stay away from the processed carbs and go for fruit and vegetables and a few low carb/high fiber options.

My name is James, currently I'm 33, started using this regularly last year when I had the app on my tablet, but the company that makes the tablet uses an unheard of app system that doesn't support mfp. I found a comparable app for working out, but not that tracks anything to do with eating on their (Coby) apps program GetJar. I have a degree from the UMD, am a certified nursing assistant (CNA) in Maryland with what I'm told is an extensive knowledge of vitamins, natural supplements and of the human body. I've been learning about how to safely control my weight since I was heavy in high school, topping out at 255lbs my junior year. I'm now 15 yrs later and 49 lbs lighter, ready and willing to help anyone who needs it, just ask. This program, MFP, I've found very useful in creating and following an healthy diet. Good luck all, follow what you know, don't give into temptations (I was terrible at this when younger), be healthy and stay happy!

I'm 45 and have had PCOS all my adult life, although I wasn't diganosed until 14 years ago, after the birth of my 5th child. It was like a miracle to me, to finally realize that it wasn't all in my head!! At diagnosis I weighed about 230lbs (I'm 5' 3.5", with a large frame) and just taking Metformin allowed me to drop down to close to 200lbs without much effort. I have floated around in that range, dropping some serious weight once, but the death of a loved one sent me back into overeating mode once again. That was about 3 years ago.

Now, my head is in the right place, and I've dropped down to 177lbs and counting. This is since April of this year! I highly recommend this site, especially if you are like me, and can tolerate entering what you eat honestly on the food diary here, and faithfully entering your exercise as well. If you aren't yet, weighing and measuring your food is the best way to calculate your calories. I've done it before, but it was still very eye-opening to me when I first started doing so on here. I had been eating much too much! It showed.

The best advice I can give to you and anyone who is attempting to change their lifestyle to a healthier one in order to drop excess weight and become healthier is to make only ONE CHANGE at a time. It becomes overwhelming to try to do it all at once, and at least for me, is what leads to discontinuing the healthy program, and falling back into the old habits. I started out by adding more fruits and vegetables into my family's diet. I made more effort to get enough fiber in my diet (that is to prevent diverticulitis) and I have found that when I do, I don't feel hungry so often. That is a huge help. My most recent change was to make a serious effort to drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water a day. I don't count coffee, soda or tea, just water, so I'm getting plenty of liquids. Doing that has helped clear up the PCOS caused acne, and I only get menstruation-related acne now.

Best of luck to you all. I know that sometimes having PCOS makes losing weight more difficult, and conceiving children more difficult, but it can be done.

Hi! That really helps hearing that something worked for you. My nutritionist told me to start with 1500 calories a day and spread out carbs over 3 meals at 45-60grams each. No more than 175g per day and have a snack between lunch and dinner because I eat at that time around 6-7 hours apart. She said try to incorporate protein in every meal. Do you track carbs or just stay away from them? I tend to eat a lot of them before starting this because it helped with the nausea from the glucophage (metformin). I am trying to learn how to spread it out and reduce portions.

I attempt to stay away from any processed carb. I do eat veggies and fruit. I try to keep my carb count to under 100 and my protein above 100. I have not been put on any meds for my PCOS, yet, but I have heard a lot about metformin and the side effects of that.

I think Isa Moskowitz, a cookbook writer, has PCOS. She wrote a healthly cookbook, because of it. It's vegan though, called Appetite for Reduction.

Hi Everyone! I haven't been a very active MFP member as I use another food tracking website. I was diagnosed with PCOS this week after suspecting that I had it for quite a while. I stumbled upon this thread while googleing losing weight with PCOS. I could use a few fellow PCOS friends that are trying to lose weight!! I am trying to 60 more lbs and could use some serious encouragement. lol. Feel free to add me if you want. :-)