did nothing but gain for 20 years with a few exceptions. At one point I spent a whole year working out at the gym 5 days a week, and counting calories. though I lost 3 pounds in the first month I was killing myself just to stay the same size, until I ate like I was a diabetic. no southbeach, no atkins just plain old diabetic carb counting.

PCOS and insulin resistance often go hand in hand, so managing (not eliminating) carbs is very important in order to diet successfully. I don't 'count' carbs but I just set my default nutrition goals in mfp to 40% carbs and just let mpf track it for me. I have some low gi carbs at breakfast, and a few at lunch, not so much at dinner, and this usually puts me bang on my 40%. Good low gi carbs early, prevent late night binging on high gi carbs. :-)

@minkakross. How many carbs a day do you allow yourself on the diabetic diet. I was borderline dianetic and have a diabetic co-worker that does not count her carbs. I was wondering how much is allowed on that regime. My Dr has me on a lower carb diet but not as low as Atkins. She would like me to count calories as well but I have to stick to one at a time. Once I "master" the carbs I will go to work on the calories. She wants me at 1976. I rearely get that low. I normally hoover around 2200-2600. My calories tend to be higher during the week and lower on the weekend.

I found that I most insulin resistant in the morning and after some experimenting with food and my glucose meter My doctor and I settled on 15g Breakfast, 15-30 grams for lunch up to 45 grams for dinner all snacks were limited to 15g. There are women with PCOS who get pretty even blood sugar just with medication alone but I was not one of them. I ate 1200 calories mostly protein and the scale started moving but much like the symptoms of PCOS can vary from woman to woman my way isn't necessarily the best way for you, but I do recommend getting a cheap glucose meter and checking your blood sugar after fasting, and 2 hours after meals until you know your pattern and how much your blood sugar is really affected by what you eat and how much of it is your PCOS.