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@ouryve that's a great idea! I looked it up and soya nuggets have a ton of protein. I eat tofu occasionally but I think I'll swap for those instead @AnnPT77 that is amazing advice! Thank you for all the help, I'm saving this post!

So I spoke to my GP this morning, and everything makes sense again, gp specializes in PCOS, here what she said: 1. Low carb is the right track. How do I know? Because I got a period. My oblivious self figured it was my bc implant, but like doctor said, even though it’s real fun to not get one, it’s a sign of being…

@Hanibanani2020 thank you! Congrats for making it through as well! Going to keep everyone’s stories in mind when I feel like giving up 🙏🏻

@thelastnightingale thank you so much again. Like I said previously, if we look back at my history, the only time weight loss has really gone “right” for me was the year I had a near-eating disorder as a teen. I ate undresssed salads only, lunch and dinner, and occasionally a piece of chicken. After that, I tried regular…

@thelastnightingale thank you so much, supportive words are really good to hear. Going to set something up with my gp for sure! PCOS ain’t easy but I think that the low carb is going to be good. At the very least I’m controlling my calories and sugars and I’ll be more prepped for any healthy changes suggested by the doc.…

@NatashaLP2014 seems to have been right, I think the low carb threw off my monthly that I don’t usually get (on bc implant so I only get it a few times every couple years) and I noticed waking up feeling lighter a couple days ago, weight went down to 219 from 222.4 👍 I think the noom diet had too many carbs and fruit…

Thank you @Lietchi. I really do appreciate everyone in this thread coming in with advice and being supportive. I'm not looking for some magical solution to this, I really want to change my weight and I'm willing to try things. It just feels like some folks are just grinding in that I'm miscalculating my food to some…

Also @yirara, if you didn't catch it the first time, no, my body is not working properly. Again, I have PCOS and one of the symptoms is weight gain and difficulty in losing weight. It's already hard enough dealing with the other symptoms (ever had a cyst the size of an orange in your ovaries? It hurts. Bad.) But the amount…

@yirara as I have said multiple times already, Im going to WEIGH everything as everyone suggested, I'm going to talk to my GP as everyone suggested, and Im going to give it time as everyone suggested. I don't know what you want from me here, I'm taking advice. As far as the water fluctuations goes, it's one thing to be up…

@NatashaLP2014 I don’t mind at all. I actually don’t get a real “cycle” (I have the nexplanon implant) but I do get bloating/pms/etc. Last week for the first time in a couple years I actually *did* get it ( pretty normal when I hit my second year of the implant) so maybe that could be affecting this?

@Lillymoo01 I don’t know how a leveled tbsp could be a fluke. Same volume every time. @spiriteagle99 i just bought some electrolytes that I’m starting to add to water! Fingers crossed!

I mean I showed in my photos that my level tbsp measurement was 17g, which matches the calories I’ve been recording.

Thank you @harper16 I'll try that out. If it has correlating graphs, I'm into it! Far easier to figure it out.

@harper16 do you mean like a weight trending app or just a general trending calculator? Which app do you prefer?

@janejellyroll sorry I should clarify, I didn't realize how that came off. Back when I had a nutritionist I had to send her photos every day to prove my portion size, as she couldn't believe that I wasn't dropping weight on her plan (this was before we were aware I had PCOS) and it was really frustrating to have to get her…

@yirara I don't even know what to say to that, I just go by the calorie content. I weighed my cottage cheese, and that's the measurement that matched. I didn't weigh my avocado. I didn't weigh 1/2 tbsp of olive oil. I did weigh the corn and that was the matching measurement. I'll do my best to be more precise but as I go…

@sassymom25 thank you for the encouragement. Honestly, helps more than you know, it's kinda frustrating to have to show over and over that I'm measuring things correctly and that I'm not "cheating". Last weekend I was so super careful about my logging and I tried to do mountain biking again, almost passed out, did throw…

@bmeadows380 I think it's less keto flu (I'm not keto) and more just the huge change in carbs. On noom I was eating probably 250 carbs in a day, just because of the fruit I ate for low calorie density. I chose sedentary for my activity level since I'm no longer commuting. I do usually (save for this week) do 30 minutes to…

@sijomial and @Lietchi i can agree with that. I’ll keep trying the low carb out, I was doing noom over two months and except four that first week, so I think worrying about calorie density was not the way. I have high hopes for the low carb, going to keep pushing forward, be sure to weigh everything and talk to my gp.…

I’ll just try to weigh everything, guess that seems to be the way. As well as talk to my GP. Trying to feel better about it, but I just weighed out my breakfast to hit 280 cals and it’s actually more than the normal serving size I eat, so I may have even overestimated previously -_-

@quiksylver296 yep! 17 grams on the dot.

Am I doing something wrong? It looks accurate to what I have recorded in my diary.

So, for science, I just checked the way I measure PB. Here are the results:

@quicksylver0922 I generally use measuring cups and measuring spoons for anything with a recipe. Leveled measuring spoons for fats, liquids, etc. using the scale for meats, fruit and veg, and generally not touching grains right now but would use four that as well.

@Mithridites Ill try to just stick to the scale, see if it helps. I do eat pb with apples all the time, measuring with a leveled tbsp

@SeanD2407 I am blending them, yes. I use the Tetra Pak liquid protein drink and measure the strawberries out

@ahoy_m8 I’m not sure I understand...1500 (now 1300) isn’t maintenance calories for me. I measure everything, log everything. Not sneaking any food, I have no interest in sabotaging myself. I’m very aware of how to portion food with scales and measurements, spent a lot of my life working in restaurants. I’ll just check in…

@Mithridites thank you! My diary is public if anyone wants to see, it isn’t very long since I switched over from noom, but y’all are welcome to give criticism on it 🤷🏻‍♀️ I do weigh my food on a scale or measuring cups, never just guessing

@durhammfp The last time I saw my doctor about this was about a year and a half ago, I’ve changed insurance since then so I’ll have to find a new doctor. But honestly it may be well worth it at this point. I don’t mind a slow loss and I have no intentions to stop eating healthy, but I’m afraid to even have a normal meal…

Side note, if I were only weighing myself every week instead of every day, my two month graph would be as straight as John Water’s mustache. It would go 222-222-221-221-222-222-221-222. I wish my graph was up and down 😂 but man I can’t even do that