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70/30 is the usual response. But the style of exercise is not unimportant. Particularly for women with PCOS. We're at greater risk of CVD and osteoporosis, so load-bearing exercises that strengthen the muscles (incl. the heart) and therefore the joints, and impact on bone density are a must. Being generally active is also…
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I have lost a heck of a lot of weight with PCOS without cutting out carbs. Just cutting down refined carbs, but every person can benefit from doing that. PCOS is a condition that manifests itself in so many ways, what works for someone else may not work for you. So work from the least restrictive diets down to the most…
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What is a "small deficit" and what are the NET cals you normally consume? With Stronglifts, if you're a total beginner, you might find 5x5 to be too much volume when you start adding plates. You might have found you can go 5x5 with the empty bar with good form, stack 5lbs on next session and go 5x5 with good form, but the…
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What was your diet like? what was your routine like? what did you sleep like? Needs more info.
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Sounds like mild low blood sugar or low blood pressure. They have similar symptoms. I've had both before... I get clammy, weak, a little irritable, lightheaded and the feeling of vertigo (like the room is unstable) if I remain standing. Sometimes my ears also ring. It goes away if I sit down and breathe deeply. I usually…
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Join a class. Martial arts, team sports, or something. Volunteer (it's better than not working). Learn a new skill. Take in some new sights, go somewhere local you haven't been for a long time, see how it's changed... set yourself a challenge every day... start a project that will take you a week or longer to complete...…
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Your calories are way too low most days if your diary is logged accurately. If it isn't, you haven't been counting calories. A fully logged day here and there isn't going to do it. Also, a lot of your fully logged days show very high amounts of "calories earned" from exercise. If you're not totally sure that's accurate, it…
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About 120lbs or thereabouts in 3 years, but about 70lbs exclusively through 2 years logging here on MFP.
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It's definitely a confounding subject to discuss just using the words "low-carb or keto" alone, haha. For me, personally, a low-carb high-fat diet doesn't work at all mainly due to having lost my gallbladder. A diet too high in fat can cause similar pain to what I had prior to having my gallbladder removed, and in general…
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This is true. 100g is counting NET carb intake, not total though, right?
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It's pertinent to the OP, though maybe more comprehensive than the original question seemed to want. I don't see why it would be considered hijacking. It hasn't gone off-topic like the majority of other long-ish threads on MFP... in fact, it's curiously stayed topical for a thread here. ETA: I should add that "low-carb"…
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Perhaps I do have an issue with reading. But you seem to be making contradictory statements, so that might explain it. I will admit on the first page I had actually confused something someone else had said as something you had said, so I'd initially unfairly attributed it to you... but the above emboldened seems to suggest…
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OP hasn't been diagnosed with PCOS, let alone PCOS and IR, nor diabetes, and you recommended low-carb, high-fat, moderate protein diet as the most beneficial diet for all women with PCOS. I don't disagree that low-carb is beneficial for diabetes... but as has been said previously, not all women with PCOS have diabetes, IR,…
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Well, I asked for peer-reviewed studies that say a low-carb/keto diet is superior for losing weight with PCOS and/or managing the symptoms of PCOS, as the other poster has claimed. There aren't any, at least that I'm aware of, which is why I asked for them to be provided. As I pointed out, the studies you provided don't…
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And how are you calculating your output? (exercise cals) Your deficit might be "off" but you should definitely still lose weight. Aside from the obvious things like water retention, etc. there's no reason you shouldn't.
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You should still lose weight if you're in a deficit for the week... how much is the same as asking how long a piece of string is. Your diary is empty, so I'm not sure how you're calculating your intake.
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A pilot study partially funded by the Atkins Foundation (high risk of bias), and the studies I posted also took note of depression and quality of life factors. It found no benefit of using keto/low-carb over a more conventional diet for this purpose, and took note that losing weight at all improved depression, hirsutism,…
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8lbs in the first week wouldn't have been all fat. 0.5lbs seems more like an actual fat loss, but there are a billion things that could affect the difference between your loss the first time you tried these routines and this time. Contrary to popular belief your body doesn't "get used" to exercises and stops you losing…
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More than 7.8mmol/L two hours postprandial is likely prediabetes. Prediabetes and IR don't go hand-in-hand, though IR is a risk factor and a symptom of it. Chronic levels of blood glucose above 7.8mmol/L is damaging to organs. Peaks and troughs, even for sustained periods [read: hours], of blood glucose levels are…
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I just wrote out a fairly comprehensive response, but then my internet decided to drop out when I posted... and MFP doesn't save what has been typed. Too bad I can't remember it word-for-word. As I said earlier in the thread, unrefined carbs with PCOS & IR also help maintain healthy levels of blood glucose - and is…
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Why do you say that? I'm very interested in your reasoning for such an absolutist stance. ETA: I should point out that this question is with consideration that your definition of glycaemic control seems to be limited to low-carb/ketogenic diets. In response to the other part, most recently I had my A1C levels tested when…
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Second-hand anecdotal advice (I don't have scoliosis) but the only issues you may have with that specific problem is difficulty in creating a "shelf" on the spine of your scapula for the bar to sit on. A herniated disc is something you will need to be very careful of. Start very light, work on your form before even…
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I think we're putting the cart before the horse a little here. Glycaemic control is not necessary unless one is prediabetic or diabetic. Like I mentioned previously, I have insulin resistance, and I do little to control my carb intake besides choose more whole sources. I have successfully managed to reverse my prediabetic…
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Low-carb diets are used to control hormonal balance, in essence, I think we can agree. A low-carb diet will never be as effective as weightlifting for this purpose, and if one is training with a significant volume and with significant weight, going low-carb or ketogenic makes muscle growth difficult and impacts on energy…
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Doctors are not dietitians (RDNs), either. A dietitian will have more and better information on controlling or reducing the symptoms of PCOS through diet than an endocrinologist or a doctor would.
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I have PCOS & IR. I've stated this many times, but you don't have to go low carb, I never have and I've had tremendous success just following a calorie-controlled protein-focused diet whilst exercising. Choosing your carbs more wisely (less refined, more whole) is a general given, but it's also a general given for all…
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Really? that's creepy as funk. The character is something like 13 years-old. I could go for Joel naked... Yaars and yaars ago when Tomb Raider first came out, there was a PC patch you could apply to make Lara run around naked. And considering the camera angles when that girl crawled... That's the first instance of that…
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Eat your food, but don't forget to exercise. Jumping into the pool or the sea and swimming your butt off will help. Walk wherever you can (because walking and seeing the sights is wonderful). Do some fun activities if they're available at your resort, instead of just lounging. Dance. Do some research beforehand and see how…
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I get through about 2 dozen eggs a week. Whole eggs. I bought egg whites in a carton once. Once. As for cholesterol, your diet really doesn't affect it that much long-term. Your body is a very clever thing and has a way of knowing how much cholesterol you're taking in, how it will affect your blood cholesterol (if at all)…
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The only thing I can think of is the possibility that they were doing it for increased blood flow. Increased blood flow = more rapid removal/drainage of "lactic acid" from the muscles.
