PCOS-DIET Messages for August, 2001: Re: This is my first time here, yet I see myself in all your messages....

Re: This is my first time here, yet I see myself in all your messages....

From: Sally (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 31 Aug 2001 05:19:11 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Jennifer wrote: >
>HI,
>
>I am 25 and have PCOS, I was diagnosed about 2 years ago, but have been
>living with the symptoms since puberty. Like many of you I too never
>thought as a 16 year old girl that my abnormal periods were a big deal.
>When I turned 19 I gained a whopping 70 pounds and went from a size 6-7
>to a size 14 (5'3", 205#'s) I felt very sad and very self consious, and
>to top it all off I was a newlywed. ( My husband is the greatest man on
>earth, and has stuck by me thru all of this...and the 70 pounds.. with
>not even one complaint....well ok maybe a few about the mood
>swings..LOL) Anyway, I went to the dr. and of course they said "oh your
>periods are screwy?..well heres your pills" Im sure this might of
>helped, but I was married and wanted to have a child. So I started
>seeing doctors all the time and trying chlomid and so forth with no
>results.... Now six years (and no children) later it took a nurse
>practioner 15 minutes to say.. "you should be seeing a specialist for
>your PCOS and you should be on a low cab diet and Hey have you ever
>heard of Metformin?"....That was more information then I have recieved
>from all of my doctors combined in the last three years. I start seeing
>my Repro. Endo. on Sept. 21st. I am nervous and excited but all of
>you give me strength. It is so nice to finnaly realize I am not
>alone... That the whole world doesnt see me as just some fat lazy
>person.

Hi Jennifer, I am also new to this condition and this site. I am trying to cut out most process 'white' flours stuff - like cakes, bread, rice, pasta, potation etc - but eating all the fruits veges and healthy foods I want and staying low fat. I don't want to try to follow some low-carb diet to the T. I am not that sort of person. Actually, I am finding it much easier than I thought and am not having any pigout attacks (miracle of miracles!) - so far - though the weight loss is so slow and difficult - cant lose more than 1 lb or so a week even when eating very low calorie. Actually I am finding I feel better when I don't eat (energy-wise) than when I do - is that strange?! - but sometimes collapse (figuratively - cause I feel so tired) after eating. Also the time of day that I eat has an impact - eating carbs in the am has less effect on feeling tired than eating at mid-day or evening. So I am trying to have my main meal at breakfast..... currently in experimentation! I think that part of this is about learning to be in touch with our bodies, particularly what foods have what effect and what makes us feel better (easy to say.... not so easy to do). Nice to have these sites! Best wishes and good luck. Sally

>I am on the other hand a CARB JUNKY and could greatly use any advice you
>can give me on how to stick with this whole low-carb thing....Thanx a
>million!

Previous message: Ann: "I have hit 57 pds in weight loss!!"
In reply to: Jennifer: "This is my first time here, yet I see myself in all your messages...."

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