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Hard boiled eggs, cheese, greek yogurt, tuna, chicken, turkey, avocado. Combining a protein with simple carbs really helps too, like apple slices with cheese or frozen banana slices with peanut butter (if you can have it).

Experiment with different preparations. If you don't care for something boiled, drizzle OVOO and roast them or put them on the grill. You can use tin foil to make packages, fill with sliced potatoes, onions, a little bacon if you like and cook in the oven or on the grill. Cheese sauce hides a multitude of things. Vegetable…

It's been fabulous for me. It greatly decreases my appetite and cravings, along with lowering my blood sugars. It's best to eat a reduced carb diet for PCOS and IR. I'm not saying no carb, but rescued carb in the 100-125gm range or so. Daily exercise is very important as well, as it helps your body with glucose metabolism.

There's nothing wrong with eggs and bacon for breakfast. If you want cereal, make it a healthier version like Total or Fiber One and not one loaded with sugar, marshmallows etc. I have oatmeal and berries most days, eggs on the weekend. I go for protein first for snacks, so hard boiled eggs, cheese, greek yogurt, peanut…

It's ok to divide up your calories however you wish as long as it works for you and you have no medical issues to accommodate. You do need to make sure your meal is well balanced and supplying the right amounts of protein, fats, carbs etc. My only concern is since you said you've always regained in the past, maybe this…

Welcome and kudos for taking the first steps in getting started! Do as much reading as you can, especially the posts stuck to the top of each board. Those contain great info that everyone always wants to know. My best advise is to consistently log everyday. You can't make changes to your plan if you don't know what's going…

Your post is vague on the specifics and your diary isn't open, so I'll talk in generalities here. Start by committing to weighing/measuring everything you eat and log it for at least 2 weeks. Don't make any changes yet, you are getting a baseline assessment of just what you are really eating currently. Now set up your…

You should start to see the changes soon, so keep going and don't give up! You are doing great! I'd say I started noticing the changes a bit around that 25- 30lb mark but really more so after 40lbs. I started out slightly higher than you. And remember that you don't lose weight evenly around your body. Where one person may…

Make sure the foods you do eat are highly nutritious and calorie dense. Log every single thing you eat, after weighing/ measuring it to ensure your portions are correct. Do this consistently for at least a couple of weeks and see what your true numbers are. You need to make sure you are getting enough protein and healthy…

This varies from insurance to insurance, but if you can demonstrate the loose skin is causing issues other than cosmetic, your insurance may well pay for it. Typically, it's fungal rashes/ infections in the skin folds that are not controlled with topical treatment. But you must go to the doctor and have it documented…

Has he ever talked with a physician about his health? I'd think I'd start by doing that and checking to see if he has any digestive issues, what his blood sugar and cholesterol are doing, blood pressure etc. if there is a medical reason to support a change, he may be more open to it. Then it's not just you "nagging" him as…

You can divide up your daily allotment of calories however you wish. Some like 6 small meals, some just 2 meals. Some prefer a larger breakfast while others want a bigger dinner. There is no right or wrong, it's whatever fits into your goals and lifestyle. Take a look at several different people's food diaries to see what…

If you leave it at sedentary, you need to make sure you are logging all of your activities and eating back at least half of the calories burnt.

Thanks for posting this! It does confirm what I've already figured out. I have PCOS with IR which developed into type 2 about 6 months ago. I've been counting carbs and taking meds but one thing has become clear... If I compare 2 weeks with similar eating, one week with daily exercise and one week of 3 days of exercise,…

Like a previous poster, I am type 2 diabetic, so counting carbs is required. I aim for 100-130gms a day, the closer to 100 the better. And as also pointed out, this includes fruits, veggies, beans, nuts etc not just junk foods. I second the suggestion of always having protein with your healthy carbs. Apple or banana slices…

It depends. As others have pointed out, really low carb is hard to sustain. But for someone like me with type 2 diabetes, managing carbs is not a short term diet, it's a lifestyle change that must be maintained for a lifetime. In my case, yes, reduced carbs is the only way to go. I aim for less than 135gm carbs a day, no…

Unfortunately, there's not much you can do to decrease carb cravings than to force yourself to stop eating so many of them. The first couple of weeks are tough but stick it out and the cravings gradually decrease. It's like quitting soda, smoking or anything else. There's nothing easy about it at first. I stick to carb…

Go to Settings (top right of the page) then Diary Settings. You can change meal names, add more titles etc.

Generally a reduced carb diet is recommended for PCOS, as it often goes hand in hand with insulin resistance. The gold standard treatment for PCOS (besides BPC) is Metformin, which is also taken for type 2 diabetes. Good thing about Metformin is it reduces your appetite along with correcting the blood sugar/IR issues.…

Kudos on taking that big step forward and overcoming your fear of what her reaction might be. Doing those things which scare us is very freeing.

Cheese, greek yogurt, tuna, protein powder added to water, milk or yogurt.

Having 2 servings of veggies is fine although I'd watch the portions of starchy veggies like potatoes and corn. I'd suggest adding some kind of protein to your lunch to keep you feeling full longer. A leftover piece of chicken, tuna, hard boiled egg, cheese, greek yogurt etc.

As long as you aren't diabetic, carbs aren't as big of a deal per say. The problem is that fruit does not fill you up and leaves you hungry in a short while. You really need protein and fats to go with those carbs. Banana slices with peanut butter, apple slices with cheese, berries with greek yogurt are all good examples…

Fantastic NSV!

This seems to be my standard routine. I'll go 3 weeks without losing a thing and start getting frustrated, lose 5-6 lbs in a week, then nothing again for another 3 weeks. It's been this way for several months. Thankfully I started to recognize the cyclic nature of this early on, which helps me to stick with the plan even…

Eating reduced carbs is recommended for PCOS due to the insulin resistance that usually goes along with it. I've found the key for me is adding in exercise. When I slack off on exercising my weight loss slows/stops even while continuing to eat reduced carb and fewer calories. As a previous poster said, exercise helps to…

I've been losing since December and just today went shopping for pants again, for the third time. Tops are much easier since wearing them big is pretty normal and they don't fall down when you least expect it. LOL I've had to replace under garments and shoes as well. (I never thought my feet would get smaller.) How often…

Dannon Lite & Fit and Activia greek. Both are lower in carbs than many, have a good amount of protein and yet taste good.

I agree, your goal is likely too aggressive based upon the amount you have to lose. Generally, a pound a week is quite doable. To calculate calories, simply enter your stats and let MFP figure it out for you.

Walking is an easy place to start. Well-Girl.com has many body weight exercises with instructions. They do a different challenge every month too which can be fun. Really, try out anything that seems interesting to you. Doing the same thing can get boring after a while.