I have just found your group and joined I thought sharing my story may help others

I am 45 and was diagnosed with PCOS when 29. In that time I have had 2 DC's, a hysteroscopy and a ablation. A lil over 6 years ago i weighed 173.1 kilos (380 pounds) and now I weigh 91.9 kilos (202 pounds) I wanted to share what i did WHEN successful (I have not adhered to this as much over the last year and struggled to lose weight so am going back to it)

I started eating 1800 calories and now eat 1400 calories a day. I calorie cycle which means currently my cals average out to 1400 cals but I have high and low cal days. I usually do the high days on my highest exercise days, a example of my current calorie cycle is as below


monday : 1200
tuesday : 1300
wednesday : 1200
thursday : 1600
friday : 1200
saturday : 1800 (weigh in day)
sunday : 1500

I also have a low calorie day the day before weigh in and weigh in day is my highest calorie day. Food wise I have no more then 4 grain serves a day (usually 2 weetbix/bowl of cereal and 2 slices of bread at lunch....saturday which is my high calorie day is the only day I will eat grains at night)...I restrict processed cheese and only eat cottage or feta cheese (full fat). Eat 1-2 pieces of fruit per day all my other foods are unprocessed (altho i do drink diet coke its the only thing i havent managed to fully cut out yet)

Exercise wise I exercise 4-6 days a week (altho i currently have a broken wrist so cannot do that much at the moment) I predominantly do cardio and also 1-3 weight sessions a week. I do a lot of les mills classes....and also a lot of stair climbing, treadmill, xtrainer work) I also try and ensure I do body balance once a week (I feel its good for me mentally)

Anyway pardon my rambling - I thought this may help some others,also if anyone wants to add me as a friend feel free

Also I dont take metfomin and never tried to get pregnant. My cycle is now every 28-30 days. I still have facial hair,,,but my cycle is better....acne pretty much all gone.


kazz