PCOS-DIET Messages for May, 2001: I went through the Hugs program and follow a very moderate diet now.

I went through the Hugs program and follow a very moderate diet now.

From: Tracy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 29 May 2001 08:35:12 -0500 (CDT)

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My previous physicians had me trying a variety of special diets to help with the treatment of my PCOS.

Lowcarb, reduced carb, low calorie, etc....

Nothing really made any difference. I spent about 2 and a half years trying to find the proper diet, and wound up gaining a ton of weight in the process.

I finally just decided that I could not deal with trying another special diet and researched around for just good solid nutritional advice.

I found the Hugs program, and they basically teach healthy eating habits. It is not a diet because we do not count calories or grams of anything. You just learn about nutrition, and how to distinguish real hunger from emotional hunger. We do not even weigh. It really is about relearning healthy eating habits.

So, I get a lot of non starchy vegetables, whole grains (100% whole grain bread, spelt grain pastas, steel cut oats, brown and wild rice), legumes, leaner protein and dairy, a little fruit. I keep refined sugars and starches and high fat foods as treat items and as a small part of my regular diet. If I want a sugared item or high starch item, I have it in a smaller portion in place of my regular whole grain starch portion.

A normal meal for me consists of meat, 2 non starchy vegetables, and some kind of starch, usually whole grain. The nutritionist calls it "The Chinet Plate Diet". Visualize a Chinet paper plate. The big compartment is for vegetables (non starchy) one small compartment is for leaner meat, and the other small compartment for whole grain starch. I try to have moderate portions. Luby's Lu-Ann plates are very good examples of a good well portioned meal. Meat, 2 veg, and starch. If I have to have more, I make it things like celery, cucumbers, sometimes carrots (raw, they don't raise my blood glucose levels really at all) or an extra bowl of salad or vegetable soup. (I make a really good not very starchy or sugary veggie soup from V-8 juice, vegetable stock and chopped non starchy veggies).

I still have things like spaghetti, but with spelt grain pasta and no sugar added sauce and a large salad on the side. There is esentially nothing that I cannot have as long as I have it in the proper proportion within my daily diet. Even fruit as a snack before I exercise, I love to sit and snack on a teacup full of frozen non sugared mixed berries. It is light and there are enough sugars to help carry me through my workouts.

About the only things I really limit besides sugar and junk food and high fat meats and dairy are potatoes, white rice, corn, white breads, white flour pastas. I work these in in smaller portions here and there when I really want them.

It really seems to be working well for me, with the healthier eating and the meds for the PCOS and hypothyroidism, I have been able to lose enough weight to start making a difference, and I am exercising regularly again.

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Tracy

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