Ever since I took provera and got my period back, I feel like my cravings are worse and I'm giving in more. Maybe that's part of my issue. I haven't gain though, but haven't been losing as consistently either. Not sure if I'm plateauing or just not pushing hard enough. I saw from another thread you were talking about Trig levels being high. Mine are high as well, but they say my thyroid is fine...so I don't know.

@KnitOrMiss I am diabetic, I'm on metformin 2,000 mg a day and Jardiance 25 mg a day and then I'm supposed to take provera 10 days out of the month to induce my periods, and then I take daily prenatals that my dr perscribed. My trig test results in April when I found out I was diabetic were 307.

This is copied from my results page on my dr's site.

CHOLESTEROL LEVEL 190 mg/dL 125 - 200 mg/dL
HDL CHOLEST 31 mg/dL > OR = 46 mg/dL L
TRIGLYCERIDES 307 mg/dL <150 mg/dL H
LDL CHOL (CALCULATED) 98 mg/dL (calc) <130 mg/dL (calc)

@KnitOrMiss This is the only thing I could find online that says TSH

TSH,ULTRASENSITIVE 1.22 mIU/L mIU/L
Reference Range

> or = 20 Years 0.40-4.50

Pregnancy Ranges
First trimester 0.26-2.66
Second trimester 0.55-2.73
Third trimester 0.43-2.91
General Information
Collected:
04/08/2016 12:37 PM

@HayleyAnne012911

So it looks like insulin resistance raises trigs and lowers HDL. Diabetes compounds this. Beta blockers and other meds can raise trigs, too. But the biggest thing that jumped out at me is this:

A high triglyceride level combined with low HDL cholesterol or high LDL cholesterol is associated with atherosclerosis, the buildup of fatty deposits in artery walls [...].



Having just listened recently to Dr. Berg's podcast at the Diabetes Summit and on Digestive/Nutrient Absorption issues, he advocated over and over again that high levels of vitamin D3 and K2 are needed to go through the arteries like "nets" of sorts, gathering up the various clutter of calcium deposits, fatty triglyceride deposits, and glucose trash clutter. He himself takes 40,000 I.U. of D3 and 400 mcg of K2 (form M-7) each morning. Some K2 can be taken in through truly grassfed organic meats and butter, etc. Otherwise, supplements are available. He says also that if you are going to take a calcium supplement, which he does NOT personally recommend as it's rarely a calcium INTAKE issue, but rather an absorption issue that causes low calcium, you should take it at night, before bed, without food... You can get on his website and correspond with his staff via chat - but they'll almost always recommend that you take your one "free consult call" with him directly to answer specific questions.

That being said, I've recently been increasing my D3/K2 supplements. Also, I've added in ACV on a regular basis with meals and Digestive Enzymes to help with increasing stomach acid - and enzymatic support for my intestines as well - to give my body the best chances of breaking down my vitamins and minerals and properly absorbing them... So, are you going back for a check up this month, or in October? Because I would be absolutely curious and inspired to see if supplementing these things specifically (with the magnesium, potassium, and boron that are co-factors) would help you dump that Trig level in the trash!!

D3 is the "sunshine vitamin" and is very critical to just about any body function ever. Nearly everyone is deficient in it. It's generally a test folks run. Some info on it...

While I don't agree with the indicated dosages here, I do agree with the underlying deficiency issues.

http://pcosdiva.com/2012/11/vitamin-d-a-pcos-deficiency/

http://www.pcosdietsupport.com/supplements/pcos-and-vitamin-d/


And believe me, all of us with PCOS get to that point of finally starting to have things going the right direction and feel like saying, "See, doc, I told you it wasn't just me!!"

i counted out what I take the other day, and it was like 23, and that didn't count what I took twice a day - and I think I've even added something since then... But I've researched everything I take, and honestly, most of the changes have made shocking differences for the better. You CAN get these nutrients through foods, though you might need to increase stomach acids/digestive enzymes to absorb properly.

You can get combination pills. Someone makes a formula that has D3, K2, magnesium, potasssium, and boron all in one, though not my favorite dosages/forms of each. It's like Nature's Way "Bone Health" or something... But if you want to get a whammy pill/drip, I'd say it's worth specific combos, but not multi-vitamins which often have simultaneously too much of some things with too little of others - and vitamins which compete with each other for absorption, rendering one or both mostly useless... Just keep investigating and tweaking.

Personally, @HayleyAnne012911, I think it is nutrient deficiencies in the first place that lead us to things like insulin resistance and diabetes!