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Re: endo and weight gain help
From: amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Mar 31 17:13:43 2002
Wow - every time I log on I find someone with the same symptoms - and
usually things i didn't know where symptoms - like my pregnant sized
belly. In terms of weight loss... I have found that by cutting sugar
out of my diet I have been able to lose some weight (but much harder
than for other people) - so I wonder if you are onto something with the
insulin resitance (what are pcos?) I would love to hear more on this...
amy
At Sun, 31 Mar 2002, anonymous wrote:
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>I've also been unable to lose weight that I've acquired since endo
>reared its ugly head in my life. I think it our difficulty in shedding
>the pounds must be somewhat hormonal related -- I've tried diet,
>exercise, to no avail!!! If anyone has the answer out there, please
>share it with us! Whether I'm on the pill or OFF of the pill has made no
>difference in my failed attempts at weight loss???!!!! I thought surely
>that getting off of the pill would make weight loss easier, but oddly
>enough, I've had no such luck?! Since getting off of the pill, I haven't
>had a menstrual cycle -- maybe my system has yet to wake up from the bc
>pills. I wonder whether some/many of us with endo problems, may also
>have pcos/insulin resistance? Does anyone have the answer?
>
>At Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Sarah wrote:
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>>on 3/31/02 3:08 PM, anna at anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>> hi, since i have been on treatment for endo for a year now i have gained
>>> 15 pounds. i am just wondering if i will lose this later and it will
>>> stay like this. would i loose it if i exercise?? i just have a lot of
>>> clothes and i don't know if i should get rid of it and buy new ones or
>>> just hope i lose all the weight and fit in them again. i always have
>>> been the same size my entire life so now it is kind of hard. help
>>>
>>Anna,
>> Oh no, I am so sorry. I thought maybe this just happened to me. I was
>>treated for endo for years but after my surgery when I started the most of
>>intense part of treatment. (the provera, lupron, and higher doses of bcp) I
>>gained 14#. I am tiny so that is a lot of weight for me. That was about a
>>year ago. I tried to exercise and diet and could not get rid of it. Now I
>>didn't try it as faithfully as I should have but you would think I would
>>have seen some weight loss results. Anyway about 3 months ago I quit all of
>>the treatments and have started to see some definite weight loss. (about 7#
>>so far) I just bought some clothes to get me by until I lost all the weight
>>and soon I think I will be back into the old clothes. So my very long answer
>>to your question is yes I think there is hope to lose the weight. You may
>>want to try exercising now to lose some of it but don't get too discouraged
>>if you can't lose it all while you are still on treatment. Hope that helps
>>and I hope you find some relief! Hugs - Sarah
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