Any of you ladies have PCOS?

Totally know how you feel there. I had cystic acne, so it wasn't just horrible to look at, it physically hurt. My whole face was in agony for such a long time, I'm amazed that Dianette actually worked for me! Now I'm on Cilest it is coming back slowly, albeit I doubt it will get as bad as it once was as Cilest is still a contraceptive pill and should keep my hormones somewhat under check!
It may sound silly but sudo cream is my go to for acne, it used to help me so much when I was younger!

Oh wow, good luck with your IVF treatment! Hopefully everything will fall into place for you and your husband. :flowerforyou:

Yeah mine's cystic too, mainly on my jaw and chin, some days it hurts to even smile I'm using the Clinique anti-blemish system and also use Sudocrem at night but still wish for my 'old' flawless skin back everytime I look in the mirror! I've actually started cancelling plans to go out and socialise with people cos I hate how my skin looks and feels so much I would rather stay at home and hide I'm trying to keep positive by telling myself I can go back on Dianette after I've had a baby!! It sucks doesn't it!

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So have you had a good result from making these changes? I am still in the overweight range and really would like to get down to the healthy range to increase my changes of conceiving but I have lost 70+ lbs with a diet club and changing everything I've learnt again feels a bit overwhelming...although I amd starting to struggle now and feel that making those changes would possibly help.

Hi there!

I'm not really sure how to measure my results as I kind of overhauled my life all at once if that makes sense - I changed my diet, the products I use, the supplements I take all at the same time so I don't know what is working and what isn't! My symptoms have improved since I did these things but are still fairly bad if that makes sense!!

Nothing has made any difference for me as far as helping with TTC, I've been prescribed a number of drugs but still don't ovulate, however the fact that I am now in a 'healthy' weight range means that we can start IVF straight away - a friend of mine is in the same situation but has to get her weight down before she can get funding for it. With regards to my weight though, the change in diet (and as such lifestyle) is the best thing I've ever done and I will never go back to my old eating habits, I love eating 'clean'!!

I've decided that I am going to give the low gi diet a really good go after I go shopping tomorrow so I am going to sit down and plan for the week and hopefully see some good results which I will post on here!

PCOS for 13yrs not fun when it comes to loosing weight not to mention the other problems that go with it Feel free to add me as a friend more motivation the better

I've never had acne. Well, once, when i tried Loestrin 24 (birth control) it was so painful on my chin that I only made it 3 days into the pills.

My biggest symptom is my period- or complete and total lack there-of. I'm 28 and have never had one without the assistance of birth control.

The symptom I hate the most though is the facial hair. I tweeze constantly day in and day out. I look like I have acne on my chin because of ingrown hairs, or my own compulsive picking at hairs. I just recently talked to my doc about this, and she said there's nothing really to do about it since it's because of elevated testosterone levels, not lack of other hormones. There are treatments, but they all have side effects.

Yup, me! I was never prescribed anything due to the results the bloodwork gave. Initially doctors just said it would be very difficult to lose weight - but silly them - challenges like that always produce results.
I was on birth control (to ensure I would have a period *for health reasons!) but that was all I ever took. I wasn't trying for a child, and that was the only time my specialist wanted to have me on anything extra.

Start weight - 205. Current weight - 110.

Throughout my entire journey though, the biggest thing I noticed was that weight seemed to "fly off" everywhere but my lower system.
The best advice I could give, based on my own experience would be to ensure to balance the cardio WITH some form of strenght training (even if its something like yoga, pushups&situps, etc) - I started with cardio initially, and neglected strenght training (as a result, I've had to double the work to undo the lose skin)
Yoga was really good for me when I started, and I felt it was the biggest help (just focusing on each movement seemed to give me a sense of control that I was able to apply to day to day movements).
Try to watch your sugar intake too (my biggest weakness- still to this day). I'm in the finishing stages of getting myself to where I want to be...but I embrace every extra mark on my body anyways - both as a reminder of where I came from, and all the work I've done.

Funny thing is - throughout this entire journey - I've almost taken away all symptoms of PCOS (I now ovulate on my own and have real periods...after 15 years of never having had a period!!)

Anyways I'll leave it at that for now, but feel free to ask any questions if you have any! I didn't know anyone who had PCOS, and even in the medical world I struggled to get the help I needed (once I finally saw a specialist, he confirmed everything but even the support locally was a litle tough).

Michelle

I do too

Hello, I was diagnosed at 16. I hear ya that is really tough to lose weight with it. However, instead of concentrating on only exercise to help with excess tummy I would look to your diet. Since PCOS is often associated with Insulin resistance, a lower carb and very low sugar diet would help flatten that out. Insulin resistance specifically causes weight gain in the middle region, so if you target the core issue it may help remove some of that. A lot of people big into fitness use the same tactic, diet usually is more responsible for a flat tummy than sit ups.