Alliwan Member

It might be the wheat actually. Some people have found they have a wheat sensitivity only after they've come off of it and then tried it again. Same sometimes with diary.

Met is used if you have Insulin Resistance, which many PCOS women have, but not all with PCOS will. You need a FASTING INSULIN LEVEL test, NOT a glucose test. Most of us with IR have normal glucose but the insulin is high. You and your doctor will not know if you need it unless you get the fasting insulin test. Many…

Ive actually made a few of your recipes. Did the stuffed jalapeno peppers but I used those small sweet peppers. Daughter said they were ok, but she's not a pepper fan. Hubby LOVED them! I cant eat them because they are a nightshade but they smelled amazing! Did some chocolate covered strawberries and daughter loved those.…

Then you should have learned in your studying nutrition that many need to go LC for medical reasons, not everyone, but many do. There was a good thread a few days back http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10108477/why-dont-the-low-carb-folks-believe-in-cico/p1 that can help you understand why some do LC, whether…

Same here. Ive been maintaining the last almost four months or so because I have logged but let myself eat what I wanted as long as it was low carb. Havent lost anything and actually gained four pounds or so but stayed steady around that four pound mark. Late last week I went back to trying to restrict to see if I can…

medical condition also

Actually, I would too even as a LC myself. I am very glad this thread is here so it helps those who dont LC see that we're not all crackpots and sometimes the newbies come into the LC boards and yell 'I can haz all the meats!!' just like they do in the general forums. Now everyone can direct them where they will find the…

Again tho, the arguement would be over semantics. They say CICO didnt work but what they meant was CICO on an mfp recommendation, SAD, etc didnt work and they had to tweak their macros by lowering carbs for it to work. When you have a medical condition that makes you super sensitive to carbs or the effects things get…

Whether to count calories or not was a big discussion last week on of the LC forums here. Many can eat to full and stop, so they dont count. Not that they say CICO doesnt work but they dont have to count calories per say for eating LC to work for them. Some still count calories even if they dont need to for weight loss,…

Ok I finally broke down and got some of these off Amazon. I have no idea how often I will use them but they are just too good looking to pass up. We do religious conferences a few times a year and other all day shopping trips so I am hoping to use them at least once a month or so. Because of food allergies and diet…

In the low carb forums here, they acknowledge that LC means something different for everyone but welcomes anyone who wants to join. Typically under 100g total a day is considered low carb in the groups ive seen, where under 20g net is considered Keto level. The low carb label is fairly arbitrary. But most people who…

Amazon doesnt ship to canada? Here i thought Amazon was all about world domination! I am disappointed :'(

LOL love it! I think that's what all of us on here with PCOS are trying to do. Just wanted to say cut your ovaries some slack, it isnt completely their fault. :p

I just going to throw this out there...it isnt all your ovaries fault. Women with PCOS who have had full hysterectomies including the removal of the ovaries have still had the hormonal problems with PCOS, including IR, hair loss, manly hair growth, hormone imbalances, etc

There is a lot of stories and information on people who have tried using the macros the way MFP or other similar sites have set it up and not been able to lose weight. They have made doubly sure they were doing it right and still not lost weight. Once they dropped the carbs, they could eat at the same calorie amounts but…

I think it was stated a few pages ago in this thread, but newbies who come to mfp dont always understand CICO and jump on the low carb bandwagon because of all the hype about it recently. They dont research it, like other diet choices (vegan, vegetarian, meatatarian, etc) and just figure oh, low carb means high protein and…

HAHA cute! Same here but mine is a german shepard/rottweiller mix so he's too big to stand in the dishwasher. he has to lick them before they go in :wink:

Sure, I was told I was hypoglycemic even tho I never had a test showing I had low blood sugar and that's why i was dizzy or hungry, etc. Some were told just to eat less and the hunger would stop, or not to stand up so fast and the dizziness would go away, or the weight gain was because they were eating too much and not…

This a VERY good point! This is often the case with those who find they can 'only lose weight on LCHF' and get chastised for it.

That would be a perfect example. I dont know if you were on MFP during that 3 year period but many here were. They were logging, then came here to ask why it wasnt working, got some good advice so they lowered their calories, weighed in grams, didnt lick spoons, fed their family over salted food cause they refused to taste…

I agree, but knowing something is wrong and getting a doctor to acknowledge that is often two different time lines. Some women on my friends list have had it take over 10 months before the PCP finally understood she wasnt lying about her CI or CO and send her a referral to an endocrinologist who specialized in her problem.

And i can understand that too. I know there are some who are called out and have lots of excuses as to why they didnt log or they forgot to log or w/e. But there are others who do open their diary and get chewed out for weighing in ounces instead of grams, etc. It is nice when thread like this get information out there so…

Only if you know you need an endorcrinologist to begin with. Who randomly asks to see one unless they know there is a problem first? That can often be the problem they ask their regular doctor and he doesnt know enough to send them to an endocrinologist and their numbers are normal so he figures, like many here, they are…

The 'joy' of pcos is no one has the same as anyone else. That is why it is called a syndrome. So there are thin pcos women and fat pcos women. There are women with cysts on their ovaries and those that dont. There are women that lose hair on their head and grow manly hair and some that dont. There are some who have IR also…

Many on here will basically call the person who said this that they were lying and to open their diary for more inspection, etc long BEFORE they are given suggestions on what to ask for from the Doctor. Not saying you do, as I dont know you or your posting history really. But Ive seen that scenario often and some come to…

yes and yes, the hormones, whether from something like pcos or from insulin and your metabolic syndrome or IR CAN, but doesnt always, change ones calorie expenditure. I doubt, but i dont know for sure, that most who do LCHF dont do it because limiting cake, ice cream, etc is fun or that they love torturing themselves. Most…

Sometimes Yes I would think so. But if you've ever been on Metformin, which is what the most popular IR med is, the more carbs you eat the more things 'run' thru you. Being on the potty all day with LBS (leaky butt syndrome) is horrid. And even then, the meds only control so much insulin production, doesnt fix it. So…

This is the issue for many on LCHF. There are stories upon stories of ppl who ate a SAD, say 1500 calories a day and exercised and didnt lose weight or gained. Then they ate 1500 calories a day and exercised but ate LCHF and they lost weight in the short and long terms. Insulin is a hormone, if you have high insulin like…

* For many on LCHF, that is correct. For those with medical issues, the issue is much murkier. But for those who are 'normal' and can listen to their bodies signals, yes it works that way.

I am not sure which LCHF diet you did, but most now endorse low carb, high fat, adequate protein. So fatty meats along with the full sodium bacon. Fiber can cause issues with some on the meds for IR so dont eat any or very little fiber and have no problem with potty or other issues. There are a lot of ppl coming into LCHF…