PCOS Success stories...

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I'm excited to read all of the posts here for some positive reinforcement!

Great tips, suggestions and I see it has worked for you. I simply cant gain anymore weight, it has been out of hand. I gain so easily. I can not quit for my health's sake. It's not even about looks anymore. I just want to feel better. I will be more mindful about the types of calories I eat. I thought I was already, but based on this week, I must do better. As far as excersise, I have been unable to fit in this week (busy with huge project at work, barely sleeping too) I have to make at least 30 min a day for excersice. Thank you again for sharing, it helps knowing others have struggled and yet conquered/conquering!

I agree a million percent... If ONE more person tells me I perfect the way I am (nice compliment but it's counterproductive) and shouldn't obsess over losing weight or to love my body ot to gain more confidence I will scream!

This year I had 2 miscarriages. I was finally diagnosed with PCOS even though id known for years I had it. I was also diagnosed with fatty liver disease and an enlarged heart as well as having diverticulitis..... I'm Not doing it for vanity reasons OR because I don't love myself... I am doing it BECAUSE I love myself and I don't want to die!! So people that shove things in my face they I simply can not eat are simply people that I can't be around a lot.....they are enablers and not good for my health.

Ok, I know I just posted on this, but I wanted to reply to these posts. I have PCOS, fatty liver disease, enlarged heart, have had 1 miscarriage, used to have high blood pressure (which is what lead to the enlarged heart), and was prediabetic. YOU ARE RIGHT, getting people out of your life who are enablers and who sabotage things because they want you to feel just as bad as them (sorry, but its true) is SO IMPORTANT. I know these people may be your friends, but if they are doing this, they are not a genuine friend. If they can't look at your health and realize that yes, eating ONE cupcake can sincerely damage the streak you may be on, leading to days or weaks or months of binge eating, and trigger that downward spiral back into bad habits, therefor VERY negatively effect your health, don't allow them in your life. In short (& rather blunt terms) that person could care less if you died. Just think of it that way.

Ok, rant over. lol

Gluten Free diet... I done this two years ago and it worked wonders very quickly.

It is so hard to stick to though, the moment I stopped was the moment all the weight crept back on and my symptoms reappeared.

Give it a go!!

I have PCOS and I am currently down 50 lbs. I was on clomid (and first provera) to conceive my son but currently I am not on any medication because I am hoping, trying, praying, wishing to conceive again and my husband doesn't wish to use fertility treatments but I don't seem to be ovulating.

I am currently 215 lbs on 1000 mg metformin and have a pretty bad case of PCOS as well. I have just about every symptom listed -_- yay..... lol anyways, a few years back I had started at 180 lbs and some how got down to 145 lbs just through walking and dancing while cleaning around my tiny tiny trailer that I lived in (And I mean TRAILER! The kind you tow.) It was a pretty amazing weight loss since it dropped so fast! I dropped it all within 3 months! Well I started gaining weight again in 2011 and got to my highest weight of 228 lbs No bueno!! Thankfully dropped instantly but I realized that I need to work out again. Also, partially thankfully, I lost my job so I now have time to work out constantly.
I started at 222.6 and have already lost about 7 lbs and am at 215.8. I have found that the most effective way to lose weight while working is to find some time to mix it in with what you are doing. If you are sitting try to move your torso a lot and your legs as much as you can. I did this when I was alone because I didn't want to look crazy and also did it while I was driving. When I am cleaning my house I put on music to make it more enjoyable and make sure that I take the time to bust out in dance and even when stationary I am moving my legs and body to the beat of the music. A great song to dance to is "work B*tch" by Britney Spears. It is VERY motivation! When you are sitting down watching TV fill up two LARGE water bottles and use them to do curls and other various arm exercises.
Also PORTION your meals!!!! It REALLY helps to count calories because it teaches you to portion what you are losing.
I usually set a low goal for myself because I generally work it off and then it allows me to eat more (Or feel like I am eating more.) you will hate it at first but your body will adjust and will feel SOO much healthier!!!
Watch the carb intake, those are BAD BAD BAD news for us PCOS ladies!! I still have some but I have SEVERELY reduced the amount that I take in on a weekly basis. I do still have my cheat days, quite frequently, but I make sure to work off what I took in if it wasn't very healthy. And it is good to occasionally binge but try finding healthier things to binge on Special K has a brand of chips that is VERY low calorie/sodium/carb and they have various flavors. There are also some gluten free rice chips that you can get that are low calorie and taste pretty good on their own (They taste salty!! )
Just remember that there are SEVERAL things that you do in the day that burn calories and you can look it up to see if it is listed and if it isn't then find out what the average amount of calories burned per minute is, add it on here and track it that way. Also, fornication burns calories and a lot more than you think :P Foreplay included!
Track your inches as well!!! Your weight might not fluctuate but your waste size might!
Don't get discouraged by the scale going up occasionally because that WILL happen! Weigh yourself every morning and take it as it is. Just think to yourself, "It will go down and I will look great if I keep it up!!"
I hope this has helped you. If you want some more support feel free to add me as a friend. I would love to have some PCOS ladies to chat with through this journey.

As the other gals, I too have PCOS- by sticking to a low carb diet and regularly raking my metformin I have been able to lose 28# since Jan1. Sticking to my 1200 calories is very important and do not eat calories that I have lost during exercise. Oh, Lost of water as well.

I have never been diagnosed but ended up in the ER when a massive cyst burst on my ovaries a few years ago.. I show almost every symptom (recently learned about pcos and have a DR appointed soon) but I started diet and walking 40 minutes a day on February 1st 2014 and I'm already down 25 pounds.

Severe PCOS, started at 196+ lbs and infertile.

Have lost 47 so far since June 2012 and managed to get pregnant without fertility tx, and easily dropped all pregnancy weight. (Baby is almost 6mo old)

Bump to come back & read when I need inspiration I have PCOS and have lost 28lbs so far, but still have a long way to go. Lower carb seems to be the key.

Ahh I needed to find this thread today. So motivating to read through the posts!

I'm PCOS, had an ovary removed because of a benign tumor, and have insulin resistance. Metformin made me sick and BC gave me high blood pressure, so my doctor put me on inositol powder, which basically does the same thing, and also berberine for the IR. I also balance carbs to protein, and never eat more than 35g carbs per meal/snack and stay as close to 1200 cals/day as I can. I've lost 30lbs so far (long way to go) and I workout 5 days a week.

Read some amazing posts on here ladies really inspiring and motivating

I myself has PCOS and severe endometriosis and gained two stone in the last year and a half after invasive surgery.

have lost half a stone and am now trying to shift my last stone and a half.

The best way for me to lose weight, which may be frowned upon but I have had great sucess in the past and only lose it as my health conditions make it nearly impossible to lose weight, is a low calorie diet mixed with loooaddddss of water, light exercise (light due to pain) and vitamins. I am on day 10 and feeling great at the moment but wont weigh myself till day 14 ..... although had a cheeky look at the measuring tape and am down 3/4 of an inch on waist, hips and thighs

The combination of both medical issues together do cause a great deal or depression. I would love children and feel that im constantly reminded every day with the pain I endure that theres about 90% chance that I'll never conceive. Due to this I find I hit brick walls and when I do I comfort eat.... hard! Then one day of that I get into the mind set of 'ruined diet may as well continue whats it matter when I've undone the good I've done' and end up in a vicious cycle.

this is something I have to avoid and would love and appreciate any support to help keep my spirits high


well done again to everyone

I have PCOS as well. I was diagnosed shortly before my 21st birthday via an ultra sound that showed the cysts in my ovaries. If any of you with PCOS need additional support, I sometimes visit the SoulCysters message board for help! Just an FYI.

I'm working on losing weight before my wedding this fall. If all goes well, my fiance and I are considering children, but I know that will be a whole different struggle.

I know I need to cut down on my carbs, especially those with a high-GI load. Any ideas from those with success what to eat? I can't have eggs (I have an egg-white intolerance) or fish, but anything else is fair game. Thanks.

I have PCOS, Insulin resistance and pyrroles disorder (blood disorder that make it difficult to absorb zinc and other vitamins/minerals). I've lost 30.5kg (67 pounds) over the last 9 months. I still have about 43kg (94 pounds) to go. I no longer eat pasta, and try and mostly keep to low GI foods. I'm losing weight at half the rate I should be which is extremely frustrating. But I'm not stopping because even though it's slow, I'm still losing.

I've been using a Leslie Sansone Walk at home dvd and my fitness level has improved so much over the last few months. At the start I could only do a few minutes and now I can usually do 45+ minutes. I also am doing some strength/resistance exercises.

I'm working on trying to get my protein intake up. I'm losing so much hair - unfortunately only the hair on my head that I want to keep, not any of the horrible unwanted hair that grows everywhere else!!

I fell pregnant with my daughter naturally when I was about 124kg (273 pounds). It did take 5 years of charting my cycle with temperatures and ovulation tests. Nothing happened until after I had a hysterosalpingogram (test where an xray is taken after dye is injected into uterus and forced through fallopean tubes) which showed I had a blocked tube. I had a miscarriage and then I had my daughter. I was on metformin at the time. I'm not taking it any more. I didn't gain any weight while I was pregnant, although after she was born I kept gaining.

OMG I almost cried. I'm struggling with this PCOS and always good to see people balancing life with PCOS and have success. You're motivation for sure. Its funny cause I was just crying yesterday about this and everything that goes with it so its a blessing seeing someone push through this and succeed. THANK YOU FOR YOUR STORY!