PCOS-DIET Messages for January, 2002: Re: So you want to lose weight!

Re: So you want to lose weight!

From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 23 Jan 2002 08:26:10 -0800

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Anonymous,

anonymous wrote: > and stop chewing on BON BON's as you type
> at the computer,I can see you all,:-)

First of all, please state your name. It's not like you're sharing personal information you're sensitive about having out there linked to you. If you're going to be confrontational, own up to it.

I have agreed with much of what you've said until now. Exericise is very important for many reasons, and most of us don't get enough. Personally, I used to go to the gym 5-6 days a week and really liked it. Then I went to grad school while working full time, and had to make many sacrifices on my time (including socializing with my friends--before you say anything). I haven't been able to get back into it since I finished school, but I keep trying.

I was very offended by your last statement. We're not necessarily overweight because we're eating bon bons at our computers. Personally, I haven't had sugar in virtually any form in 2 years (I am on an extremely low carb diet). We are insulin resistant. Yes, some people don't eat right. But, it's a difficult life adjustment. Many women are working hard on it, and others are trying to learn about how to control their insulin through diet, because they were never told before now. With PCOS there is more to it than just cutting sweets. It may take meds, it takes reducing carbs (sometimes very severely, sometimes more moderately). Sometimes even that doesn't work.

While I appreciate your encouragement to move more, please don't fall into the stereotype that overweight people are that way because they just sit there in front of the boob tube eating a pint of Ben & Jerry's and eating a box of chocolates. We've all had to deal with that perception far too much in our lifetimes. We would hope that people on this list would understand.

And, if you're going to insult someone, have the guts to own up to it.

-- Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS

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Don't follow in the footsteps of the masters. Seek what they sought. --Zen saying

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