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  • While the weight loss will certainly help matters, PCOS can cause infertility even if you are at a normal weight (I was at 145lbs pre-pregnancy). Talk to your ob/gyn about clomid if you want to get pregnant (this will force your body to ovulate). Additionally, you may want to ask about metformin. While metformin is…
    in Looking for support Comment by bakerrat May 2014
  • The extra skin may tone slightly but will never appear the same as someone who has never had weight problems. If it bothers you a lot, you may want to consider a full or mini tummy tuck. Basically, if there are stretch marks there, the skin will never "bounce back" to its original elasticity.
    in extra belly skin! ugh Comment by bakerrat April 2012
  • What are you eating? If you're not getting enough fiber and healthy fats and/or protein with each meal, you will digest your meal quickly, have a blood sugar spike, and then be tired and hungry just hours after eating. Part of it too for me is timing things so that your body can adjust. I typically adjust my calories down…
    in Advice Please, I'm starved! Comment by bakerrat January 2012
  • If you really like soda, just start making your own. They sell 0 calorie, unsweetened, carbonated water. Take that and add 1T to 1/4c of your favorite fruit juice and you have your own custom soda that's super low calorie and much better for you than the norm. Now... if you're on a caffeine kick from Mountain Dew, you…
    in A little advice would be grand... :) Comment by bakerrat December 2011
  • I weigh in every morning and keep a running log on a pocket calendar. Every Saturday I do the average for the week and log it as my weigh in. I feel this helps as I can modify my diet or exercise if a particular couple days are high and it also controls against highs or lows due to water. So with this system I definitely…
    in When do you log weight loss? Comment by bakerrat December 2011
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