PCOS

It took me almost 8 weeks before I saw my first loss. I only did the calorie counting though at first because I wanted to see if my body would let me lose at all since I've always had problems. 2 years later and I'm down 70lbs. Your body may fight you, but at some point it gives in! I try not to go over my carbs that I'm allotted because that seems to make me gain.

Women with PCOS *can* be more sensitive to carb loads, so many women dealing with PCOS see better success with low carb diets compared to more standard balances. However, PCOS in itself doesn't change physics, and weight loss will occur as long as you are being healthy and your intake is less than your output.

I think we are prone to look for reasons why things aren't working but at the end of the day, things do generally work the same, they just may work at a slower or lower rate. Also, many women who are overweight are diagnosed with PCOS and don't technically have PCOS, but rather the symptoms of it, which can happen when women are overweight. The more these women lose, the fewer symptoms they have. The only way to diagnose PCOS 100% is to have an ultrasound that shows cystic ovaries. I know one of my doctors tried to put the label on me when I know for a fact that I don't have cystic ovaries.

Either way, don't let a label keep you from doing right by your body. You'll get there.

I also agree with what aggelikik says. I have belly fat that refuses to go away even though I work out 5 days a week and my BMI is 19. It's never left me and when I'm bloated (which is almost always) it puffs out really huge and makes me look like I weigh a lot more in that area...well, at least to me.

Going easy on the carbs and refined sugars helped. My symptoms disappeared once I made it out of the 200s. My largest weight was 240ish. Current in the mid 160s

I'm not really sure if I had pcos or not but I certainly had a lot of issues related to weight and insulin resistance. Discolored skin areas improved too.