I lost 95 lbs and conquered my PCOS!

I have PCOS (poly cystic ovarian syndrome) and I left it untreated for several years and just ignored my poor health. This lead to me having multiple miscarries, due to my hormones being out of whack and my body would automatically reject the potential baby. I also had prediabetes, but no longer due to my change in diet/exercise. In the summer of 2011 I witnessed my dad have a heart attack. Well I was at work, but I went straight to the hospital after I got off work. It scared me, seeing him like that. He survived, but had to have quadruple bypass surgery, which I took the day off work to be with him. I remember taken him to his therapy afterwards and the months it took for him to recover from the ordeal. I kept thinking, that could be me next time. It made me take a long hard long at myself and my poor health. I decided to not allow myself to continue down the path I was on. I made a change which started in January 2012.

The city I live in does this thing called "the pound plunge" its a 12 week weight loss competition, you have teams of 4. The team that drops the most pounds wins the grand prize, which is a cruise vacation, also have lots of little prizes as well. So I joined and only lost 15 lbs during those 12 weeks. I kept going after it was over, I stuck with the Zumba class I had started during the pound plunge. I kept eating healthy and took walks, I researched PCOS and found tips on how to treat it naturally, and what foods to avoid. I also got with a doctor and talked about treatment for my PCOS and got put on birth control, which I stayed on for about a year in a half. I couldn't have children due to being overweight, and since my husband and I want children I did what I needed to get healthy, so I could be a mother.

Fast forward 2 1/2 years, I currently wear size 4/6 US women's Jeans, and S shirts. My feet, fingers, breast, everything shrunk! I went from a 42DDD to a 36C, from a size 10 shoe to a size 8 shoe, from a size 9 wedding ring to a 7.5 ring, it's just amazing how tiny I am now. I love it! Anyways as mentioned in the last paragraph I did all this so I can have a baby. I went off my birth control the beginning of August and BAM! I'm pregnant, currently 9 weeks everything looks good, and my body is not rejecting it this time. I'm experiencing every symptom fully for the first time in my life. I had been pregnant before, but my hormones dropped so fast and I would loose it before I could really have any symptoms or morning sickness. I have a goal set to only gain 30 lbs during my new adventure, and keep up with the diet and light exercise. I know this post is very long, but for those who read it I hope it can bring you some motivation. I never wanted to get skinny for vanity sake, it was always health oriented and I could care less the size clothes I wear as long as I'm healthy.

Here's some old pictures:

Taken May 2007
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Taken in Jan 2010
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Taken Dec 2011
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Now some progress photos:

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Those are a pair of size 20 Jeans that used to fit me!
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