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Re: diet help and carb cravings!
From: cw (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:35:31 -0600 (CST)
I found that having fresh fruit 10 minutes BEFORE meals helps curb my
appetite and helps me not crave carbs and sugar between meals. My
favorites are canaloupe, oranges, berries, apples, pears, and
peaches/nectarines.
Just a little discovery that works for me. Maybe give it a try??
At Thu, 21 Mar 2002, wendy wrote:
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>Dear Fellow PCOS Patients:
>
>I am sure that someone in this forum there is the ultimate guide to the
>correct diet program that will help me lose weight and stop these carb
>cravings, but I don't know where to start!
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions at all about what books to read, diet
>programs to begin that are SIMPLE. I am on glucophage-xr and that
>seemed to help in the beginning as far as controlling some of my
>cravings, but now it seems that I am a carb junkfood junkie again! I'm
>gaining back all the weight I lost and I'm at my wits end about trying
>to plan my own diet. I need someone or some material that will spell it
>out plainly about how to eat when you have PCOS.
>
>Will diets that work for people without PCOS work for us or do we need
>to modify the diet?
>
>Believe me when I say that I have the intelligence and the tools to
>follow a diet like this (I am studying to be a nurse), but, boy oh boy,
>when it comes to myself all of my education just flies out the window
>and I reach for that sweet thing or high carb meal. I'm constantly on
>the go with school and work so I'm extra tempted to grab things on the
>go also.
>
>Could really use some help. Oh, also, I am not trying to get pregnant
>at this time (probably within the next 4 years) and I am taking desogen
>in addition to the glucophage. My cholesterol is a tiny bit elevated at
>about 214 and my blood sugar and blood pressure as well as all of my
>hormone levels are good. At one point I did exhibit the hirsutism that
>is associated with PCOS but since starting the glucophage it seems that
>that is under control and even becoming lighter again and hardly
>noticeable. My skin is clear also. Now if I can just get my weight
>under control.
>
>I am just so terrified that I'm going to continue to gain weight if I
>don't get my diet under control and start exercising. I just don't know
>where to begin.
>
>Thank you very much for answering a question that has probably been
>visited many many times in the past.
>
>--
>Wendy
>
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