manage pcos

Summerelle. Healthy eating and exercising does help.
No harm in a bit of chocolate.

I have a feeling I got it again. Ive put on so much weight and my back is breaking out. Im working out, watching my diet but nothing’s working. And the irritability…..GRRRRRrrrr!

if you have pcos, does healthy eating actually help in controlling your weight? even if your on the pill

because i feel like i’m wating time with all this dieting. and i really want some chocolate carte d’or right now…

After my glucose test came back all clear I started taking the pill to regulate my hormones. OH my GOD the pain. It was absolutely terrible!!!
I’ve just had an IUD inserted and we’ll see how that goes on the hormone side of things. I’ll pop in to see my doctor in another month or two and we can discuss how I feel on the IUD and the possibility of taking Metformin. I’m still at 106.5 kilos so I’d like to try and get that down within that two months!

I am having one of my unexplained sudden weight gain episodes right now. I’m glad it didn’t happen when I was in school, but I feel terrible about my body right now. I feel so… thick. And none of my clothes fit.

I think this doctor is one of the warmest men in the world. He made me feel very comfortable, and I’m more than happy to go and see him again!

I have to go for a glucose test and have made a second appointment to see him in a month’s time. We’ve decided to make the desicion then on what form of treatment to go for.

My scales broke and I couldn’t afford to buy a new pair—but i definately know I’m still tubby. I’ve been making good choices food wise and getting some excercise at least twice a week so it’s not too bad. I decided that if I waited for a magical weight it was never going to happen, so I booked the appt for May 1. eek – I’m so nervous that I’m going to get yelled at.

My endo was a lot more open and cooperative during this visit. I think he had a hearing aid problem on my first visit. He didn’t have any problem hearing me this time. So that was encouraging.

I was surprised and a little disturbed to find out my thyroid antibodies were up however. Not sure how much it matters, but I seem to remember they had gone down after I started back on synthroid.

Also disturbing, I am over 20 pounds heavier than I was this time last year.

I must work harder at this goal this year. I’m not getting any younger. I’m really tired a lot of the time although I have a full life and get a lot done (unlike my life 3 years ago). Being busy, having a job, and being good at something outside of home does not constitute good physical health. It helps with the depression however.

I think mainly it’s my diet that needs to be addressed and exercise needs to be more consistent and involve more cardio. I am telling myself to implement these changes for my health, not for my appearance.

I have an appointment with my deaf endocrinologist on Friday, and at least I will know what my blood tests are saying.

I didn’t make my appt for the end of September .. Although I am now 106.5 Kilos. Only 6.5 to go!
I will make a doctors appt by the end of this week to get this out of the way. that’s about two kilos a month to lose – totally manageable, if I keep excercising! I’m almost done setting up my work laptop at home so I’ll be able to leave work early, get some excercise in and finish up any work stuff before I go to bed instead of staying at the office until rediculous hours.

I’m 47 and had PCOS all my life with many of the classic signs: long, late periods with heavy bleeding and pain, hairy body, acne, overweight, difficult in getting pregnant, and insulin resistant. I also have hypothyroidism and depression.

About 6 years ago my gyn told me that I was in the early stages of menopause, or perimenopause, because my period stopped for 3 months. I went on birth control pills and spironolactone (for the excessive hair.) The gyn warned me that at some point my periods would change into continual bleeding and I’m probably headed for a hysterectomy if that ever happens.

A year after that, my daughter began having her periods and I stopped taking my pills (I’m a procrastinator and didn’t refill them.) Ever since then, our cycles are in sync, something I never did in my teens with my mom and sister in the same house. Plus they are always 28 days apart, something I’ve never done unless I was on bcp.

Fast forward to now. My cycle is changing – 21 days since the last one and I’m still bleeding strong a week into it. I will wait another cycle and see if this continues and then set up an appt with the gyn to check.