Growing up, I'd always been a lot chubbier than my older sister. We were in the same sports, ate the same food, and had the same lifestyle. As we got older, she stayed thin and I got bigger and bigger. Especially around my mid-section. I think that's a common problem among women with PCOS is problems with belly weight. Slowly my arms and legs started getting pudgier and the rest of me got a wee bit hairier. My arms and legs and GASP I had hair on my upper lip! ( I find that bleaching it and then trimming is a MILLION times better than trying to shave or wax. You can hardly tell it's there, looks like peach fuzz.) It's difficult. Growing up, I ate a very well balanced diet and was always involved in some sort of sport. In high school, I drifted away from sports and geared more towards theater arts and debate. My diet stayed the same, but my activities changed. I gained 35lbs throughout high school. Once I graduated and moved out, it got worse. I still ate fairly healthy but admittedly I ate more junk food than before. I gained another 10lbs. The weight came on fast and is very very hard to come off. Recently I've started doing 10 minute workouts twice a day five days a week. I just started myfitness pal but I've been working on my weight loss for the past two months. I've lost 5lbs so far and it's a lot of work.
Just last week, I had a cyst rupture when I was at work. It was horrible! For some reason when I have a cyst rupture it's usually very late at night/ early in the morning when it happens. I was not expecting it!! It's a very sharp pain that usually has me doubled over. Nothing seems to help. Taking meds or hot baths doesn't even begin to touch the pain. Probably the worst part about PCOS is when the cysts actually rupture, at least for me. I'm really hoping that with diet and exercise the symptoms will decrease. But hearing that yours have gotten worse concerns me. Have you talked to your doctor about it?

I need someone to compare symptoms too and talk about weight loss/gain with this disease.. anyone care to chat?

that sounds like a good idea please feel free to add me as a friend, I'd to compare and talk also regarding weight loss/gain with this disease.

I was confirmed with PCOS recently and had no idea what it meant when it came to my weight, only that being bigger was a "side effect". So glad that there are people on here that I can now talk to and get information about PCOS. I don't have anyone like family or friends that have it so it has been a lonely battle.

Add me I struggle daily with making the right food choices but exercise and trying my best to keep carbs low has helped. I have also decided not to take any supplements. Im always open to chat, as symptoms other than the weight are frustrating too!