I am hitting it from all angles. I am taking 1000mg of metformin that I take once a day. I have changed my diet and am eating much better. I do limit my carbs but I have not eliminated them. I also watch how much sugar I'm eating. I drink mostly water and have been doing well to drink the recommended amount or higher most days. Weekends I struggle. I've stuck to low sugar fruits. I am also hitting the gym a lot. I have been getting up at 4am and riding our stationery bike for about an hour and doing some core exercises. Evenings after work and weekends I hit the gym with my husband doing about 30 minutes or so of strength training along with 30 minutes of the elliptical. We just added in 30 minutes on the treadmill since my achilles tendon injury is better. We have one rest day - but I still tend to hit the cardio on those days because I feel off if I don't.

With all three I've dropped 17 lbs in 3 weeks. I'm happy!

The metformin has really helped with the carb cravings. I had bad side effects the first time I took it - mostly because I wasn't eating well. This time around with much cleaner eating the side effects have been minimal.

I have put it in my head that I'm not on a diet. I'm changing what I eat. I prefer what I'm eating now. The temptations have pretty much been gone and I'm thankful for it. It's hard.. but the longer it's been the easier it is getting. I feel about a zillion times better.

That's awesome! I was on the metformin, but stopped taking it (I'm terrible at remembering to take medication).

I'm trying out the Dukan Diet to see if that helps with my weight, and I'm happy to say in 3 days I've lost 7.2 pounds. It definitely works, I've just got to find a way to get over my carb cravings! Whether my weight gave me PCOS or the PCOS caused my weight, carbs are what got me to the weight I'm at. I've got 180 more pounds to lose, so I don't know that this diet is going to be doable long term, but I need to at least get down below the 300 pound mark as quickly as possible!

What's the basis of the Dukan Diet?

I have found so many different things when it comes to a good diet for PCOS & Insulin resistance. Everything I find seems to say low carb/low sugar is going to be the way to go. The amounts you should have vary from what I have found so I am just using my best judgement. First step as far as carbs is concerned is to cut out a lot of the white breads, pasta, etc. Stick to whole grains if you eat them. (That's what I do!) I avoid cereals for the most part (scrambled eggs & turkey bacon with a glass of milk (either the almond milk or 1%) are a pretty normal breakfast for me. I tend to have a sandwich at lunch since our office does not have a microwave. Dinner is usually some kind of meat (turkey, chicken, and pork tenderloin) and veggies. We have cut out all red meat in our diet.