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Re: the Zone diet - it works but has anyone lost weight?
From: Jessica (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:48:11 -0500 (CDT)
I have just been diagnosed with PCOS and am still trying to understand
it all. It has been 6 weeks and I have been on the 40-30-30 diet, which
is a shorter version of The Zone, which I have tried before. I am not
overweight, but could stand to lose anyway. Since doing the 40-30-30 I
have lost 16 lbs., and countless inches. My dresses and pants are too
big and my scale keeps creeping down. I don't like my meal plans,
although there is alot to eat, glucophage makes me nauseous. I wish you
success in your endeavors!
At Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Jennifer wrote:
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>I've been following the Zone diet for the past 5 months with excellent
>results, at least according to my bloodwork. In three months' time,
>zone eating, exercise and glucophage have brought my fasting insulin,
>cholesterol and testosterone levels down to low normal. On paper, it
>appears that this regimen has reversed my PCOS. Good news for sure,
>however looking at me is another story. After all this hard work, I
>still have 20 out of the 25 lbs I gained at the onset of my insulin
>resistance about 3 years ago. Ugh!! My thyroid function is normal and
>my insulin levels are so low as to not be interfering with weight loss,
>so I can't understand what the problem is. Is there anybody out there
>that has lost a significant amount of weight on the Zone. It seems to
>work fine for the folks with Type II diabetes, but I've not met anybody
>with PCOS who's tried the Zone and succeeded with substantial weight
>loss. Thanks in advance for any insight.
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