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You're already at a pretty low weight. Probably in your BMI unless you're extremely short. When you get in the lower numbers of your BMI, your body gets comfortable and doesn't want to lose, so it's harder. I learned in a bio class about it I forget the term, but it's our body's biological set weight. Some people's set…

I get ya! I was very active in High School and all of the sudden my junior year, I started gaining weight with the same lifestyle. I gave up and got to about 40 lbs heavier (18kg). I was later diagnosed with insulin resistance which comes with PCOS sometimes and was put on the right track with meds which knocked 10 lbs…

- If you want to lose faster, go to lose one pound a week. If you do 2 pounds, it can get rather excessive. - It's okay to eat back any calories you burn with exercise because MFP already calculates that losing a pound a week for you. You'll see really intense people on boards complaining about people who do that, but go…

PCOS, emotional/stress eating in college, bored eating, knee surgery, and hot head burrito.

I don't know if I'd count it, honestly, and if you do, underestimate your calories. I see people on here trying to scrap whatever extra calories they can by cleaning the house and whatever. Let the normal chores be an extra bonus for you at the end if it aids in losing weight because that's such a hard one to call on…

Okay there's a little but of harshness going on in here. Don't use "fat". That is a harsh word and it till create an unhealthy relationship with food, use words like "overweight". This is because the word "fat" is such a negative word used in society today that it is terrifying to someone to coming that word. Using…

You are being way too hard on yourself. It seems with your diet and your attitude towards this journey. Losing weight is easy and it's hard at other times. Wine is fine, it's like 90 calories a glass... And a bite size snickers is nothing. I have PCOS and have been on this journey eating some hot head, chipotle, and other…

Ok I'm gonna be a little out there with my answer because I completely relate with you because I am not a veggie person, and 2, I just got back from living in Turkey for 7 weeks and those people can really make their veggies. Look up some Turkish recipes for veggies. I am now a huge fan of eggplant, I never used to eat it…

It was posted on a site called "Skinny Gossip" the site is horrific. It's about women obsessing about thinness. Their whole argument is that while some people aim to "get fat" their aim is to be thinner. It's all invalid because both alternatives are unhealthy lmao. It's pretty much a pro-ana site in disguise. Here is…

I have PCOS with insulin resistance. I can honestly tell you that as long as you stay on your meds (usually metformin) and exercise, it doesn't make too much of a difference, I don't even count my carbs. It was really interesting too because I actually don't stay on my metformin consistently (I did at the beginning and…

Yeah just take good care of it.

Yeah on behalf of youngins, I see cougars on the prowl much more than young men, desperately trying to get their youth back somehow when they should just embrace their beauty and age as it is. The nudies are usually trolls anyway.

Where can I find some of these success stories? I'm having a sad/frustrated day and need a boost. I can't follow my own advice today lol

Weighing yourself every day isn't the best way to go. Being athletic for almost all of my life I have seen all sorts of trainers and they have always told me to only record your actual weight on the same day every week and make sure it's in the morning when you have used the restroom and before you eat. Depending on what…

I feel ya. I'm very athletic and I've only lost 12 pounds since last September. 4 weeks ago I started to really go at diet and fitness as well, working out 6 times a week and running about 12 miles in said week- Haven't lost a pound. It's very discouraging. I'm 179 right now, and haven't been 155 since I was about 17 (I'm…

Yeah it's not just for women trying to get pregnant, it's a weight loss aid. It makes me pretty sick but I've lost about 12 pounds on it so far- I'm switching over to the extended-release capsules to reduce the side-effects. The side-effects for many women are gone once you adjust to the medication, I was just one of the…

You should NOT be embarrassed about going to the gym! People of all shapes,sizes,age,gender, and level of fitness are all different in the gym. Honestly I have more respect for people who actually need the gym than those who are so self obsessed. I am actually really in shape even though my body doesn't show it lol since I…

The most common side effects are stomach upsets- nausea and some people report vomiting. A very common thing is to eat something that's a bad trigger, and it literally goes right through you in the next hour or 2. People say that these effects do better in time, and it's true for me. But I still have triggers, I'm going to…

Hmmm I never heard that before. I know you have to get a fasting blood test and if there is insulin resistance they will put you on the medication, I never heard of a weight requirement... Slow release? I don't know if that's what I'm on lol. I have to take two pills a day. The first one is fine, but after the second one I…

I did a whole project on PCOS for my Human Endocrinology course. Metformin has extreme positive effects on fertility. The odds are in your favor for conceiving. If you have to take fertility treatments too, it looks very good for you. You're lucky about the side-effects, they still plague me so much. Sometimes I wonder if…