Any other women with PCOS trying to change their life?

I have lean PCOS. I was diagnosed officially in 2013 after having recurrent miscarriages. But I'd suspected I had it since my early 20's. I had severe acne, hair showing up in weird places and my period was always late when I was getting it..(35 to 50 day cycles) ....or would go AWOL for like 8 months.

I've never really been overweight except during pregnancy and I was slightly overweight or high end of normal BMI for the year after my son was born. Before my son I had 2 back to back miscarriages. Took Clomid to concieve my son. Then had another miscarriage when he was 14 months old in October 2015. This time it was twins...conceived without Clomid.

After the most recent miscarriage I decided to lose the baby weight from my DS and eat healthy and take supplements to help improve my egg quality (CoQ10 and myo-inositol). I'm eating more balanced, not specifically low carb but lower carb and higher fat and protein. Also whenever I have carbs I true to pair them with adequate amounts of protein so they don't cause my blood sugar to spike and keeps insulin levels lower.

I've lost 15lbs and I'm back down to my wedding day weight. Ready to try again with Clomid.

Cfirsdon wrote: »

aggelikik wrote: »

Honestly, other than fertility struggles, which was a big issue (and those of us who have managed to have kids officially have a "mild" problem), I do not see PCOS as a problem, now that I am done with pregnancies. Pregancies were hard, getting pregnant was hard, carrying to term was hard, I had gestational diabetes, but now this phase of my life is over, it is something I do not even notice any more. Hirsuitism is a problem, but not something really serious in the big picture of health problems one could have, and I wish I would not accumulate every tiny bit of fat on my belly and nowhere else, but again, not something I would really consider serious.

It goes beyond being able to carry children. Untreated here's a part of the laundry list of issues we can get:
Type 2 diabetes
High blood pressure
Cholesterol and lipid abnormalities, such as elevated triglycerides or low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, the "good" cholesterol
Metabolic syndrome — a cluster of signs and symptoms that indicate a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis — a severe liver inflammation caused by fat accumulation in the liver
Sleep apnea
Depression and anxiety
Abnormal uterine bleeding
Cancer of the uterine lining (endometrial cancer), caused by exposure to continuous high levels of estrogen
Not to mention those cysts can rupture

There is no treatment for PCOS. There are lifestyle changes which can control symptoms (I know for myself that I have symptoms as soon as I hit the normal to upper range of healthy BMI, am mostly ok below this, or reduce physical activity) and there are medications to treat symptoms.
Most (not all) of the above mentioned issues are related to obesity. A lifestyle change will solve these.

I too have PCOS and IR...it's a struggle to say the least. I'm currently trying a high protein diet to see if it helps me at all. I am desperate to have a cycle on my own so that I may have a chance to conceive. Has anyone had any success with any of the "fad" diets out? Numerous doctors have told me the only way to lose the weight is surgery. I hope this is not true. At the most I weighed 325 and now I'm down to 268 but the weight is taking forever to drop.

Hi everyone! I am 26 and I was diagnosed with PCOS officially in Summer of 2012. In highschool I always stayed active and ate basically whatever I wanted. At 15 I went on birth control for severe periods and the intense pain they caused me. My periods would completely cripple me. The first month alone I gained 16 pounds. My personal belief is that this is what derailed my hormones.

Months and years later of steady weight gain (and absolutely no weight loss), I hit 230. I usually hovered around 150 before. Finally my sister in law was pretty certain I had PCOS due to my symptoms and urged me to get checked out. I was lucky enough to have a great GYN doctor who also has it. She immediately sent me for blood tests and glucose testing. Sure enough, I had every symptom, testosterone levels were too high, glucose test measured my sugar about 10 points too high after drinking the solution and coming back two hours later. I was put on Metformin and lost about 10 pounds the first month.

I take Metformin 850 2x daily with meals and 100 mg of Spironolactone to lower testosterone, as well as Metoperol 50 mg for blood pressure. Until November 2015, I took birth control but have since stopped. Not trying to get pregnant but I want my hormone levels to balance out on their own. Being on them caused my libido to taper off gradually until it no longer existed.

Weight loss is now possible with the medications, however I'm back up to about 230 after maintaining 220 with no effort. It really sucks to be sitting here at 230 after finding out I have PCOS. Wish I had caught it 85 pounds ago!! Trying to finally get this weight off for good, I've always been sick of being overweight because inside I feel like my old fit self, but now I literally can't stand it anymore. I'm tired of hiding behind black clothes, and hiding from the camera.

Also, at my heaviest I was close to 250 lbs. I'm at about 160 now. Lost the weight through diet and exercise... I had PCOS that whole time and never took medication (didn't know I had it until the cancer, then I couldn't take it because of the cancer so nothing against you lovely ladies taking it!). It's possible to lose the weight without surgery. Low carb, high protein diet worked wonders for me.

I kept gaining weight like crazy and went to a dietician specifically for pcos and got on a diabetic plan that has worked for me without deleting carbs from my diet. I can have 3 meals at 30 carbs each and 2 snacks at 15 carbs each, with 2 hours between each meal or snack. With exercise, I lost 40 lbs in 4 months. It's basically the 40/30/30 diet. 40% carbs instead of 50 but it makes a huge difference. Also I use skinnytaste.com for weightwatcher recipes.

I also have PCOS and don't have many symptoms except overweight/obese and no periods. My blood work looks good so I am not IR. I am very frustrated with not having a regular cycle. I don't get a period without progesterone or being on the pill, which I stopped taking. I don't want to take Metformin because I don't see why I need a medication for IR if I don't actually have that problem.