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Diet and PCOS?

slepygrl
slepygrl Posts: 249 Member
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Hey Everyone!
I'm looking for information on a good diet plan. Should I follow a low carb, diabetis, no carb type of plan? Any suggestions would be great!!

Thanks!

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  • Lupercalia
    Lupercalia Posts: 1,857 Member
    If you're insulin resistant, it's important to really watch your carbohydrate intake. If that is the case, then I'd answer "yes" to your question. If you're not insulin resistant, just eat in a sustainable way....whatever that means for you. Generally speaking, most people don't find limiting carbohydrate to be a sustainable thing, so if you don't have to do it, or if it seems overly restrictive to you, you'd probably be best avoiding that sort of a diet.

    I'm insulin resistant and have a bunch of food intolerances/sensitivities. So I've had to limit carbs as well as stop certain foods. I eat according to paleo principles. I found I really enjoy eating this way and don't miss 99% of the stuff I had to stop eating, so for me, it's very sustainable. Everyone is different in this respect, though. Find something you can stick with for the long term, that's the best advice.
  • ilovemaluco
    ilovemaluco Posts: 3
    Hi! I thought I would share my story. I was diagnosed with PCOS 9/20/13 and my doctor told me that along with metformin I should change my diet and exercise. I have started exercising 3 days a week for an hour at a time and I have also eliminated gluten. Now, I don't really eat gluten free bread but I do have gluten free pasta every once in a while. I have just switched to eating more veggies and rice. I also love beans. I also switched to splenda instead of sugar in my coffee. I try to not have a lot of sweets (not that hard since a lot of sweets have gluten). I have also stopped having cow's milk. I switched to almond milk and it's only 30 calories a serving and has 50% more calcium than regular milk. So I only drink water and almond milk as juices have too much sugar and just have the whole fruit instead. I do have activia every once in a while. I started this diet the weekend after I found out and in less than 2 weeks I have already lost 6 pounds. I have noticed that I am not as gassy, bloated, less headaches, my insomnia has disappeared and I have more energy throughout the day. I also feel less hungry throughout the day. Something that I also try to do is leave 2-3 bites of food on my plate. I feel great!
  • Crystallee145
    Crystallee145 Posts: 147 Member
    My doctor has just told the Mediteranian diet is good to follow. It's basically fresh veggies, fruit, fish, and less red meat adn staying away from refined and non-natural ingredients. I dont know much about it yet, but the recipies look good.
  • Alliwan
    Alliwan Posts: 1,245 Member
    Most PCOS are insulin resistant so a low carb diet is helpful for those that are. Excersise is essential for PCOSers and many of us cant eat back our excersise calories or our weightloss stalls. Also in much of the new research its show that many PCOSers have a much lower bmr and tdee than someone the same height/weight/age as a non-PCOSer, so your calorie needs might be lower, sometimes much lower, than mfp is going to give you. Its going to be trial and error for you for a bit, find a balance between calories and excersise, see what works for you.

    I eat low carb or i find i have a hard time dropping the weight even if im within my calorie goals, i also have to keep my calories lower than the 1800 or so that mfp gave me and i only eat back half my excersise calories at the most, and usually eat back none of them. Even this weightloss is EXTREMELY slow, like 8 lbs in 4 months. Its very very very very frustrating but it still 8lbs less than i weighed before, as i keep telling myself.

    the mediteranian/south beach diet is good for pcos according to many, so maybe start there? its eating more veggies, fish, chicken and fewer carbs and the carbs you eat are whole carbs, like brown rice not white, whole wheat bread, etc

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