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Be careful what you do, the weight comes back fast!From: Kyra (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:39:51 -0500 (CDT)
I was on a low-carb but free calorie diet (eat all the meat and cheese you want) for about a year, and I was down about 35 lbs, but had totally plateued. I hadn't lost even a pound in three plus months, and was getting desperate. I was still obese at 213lbs and wanted to be "normal". Sooooo then, last year I went from 213 lbs in early February to 178 lbs in mid April, losing 35 lbs in only two 1/2 months! At 5'7", I wasn't skinny, but I wasn't fat either, and boy, was I having fun!!! How did I do it? LOW FAT, LOW CAL and LOW CARB- I got serious, plain and simple. I'd have a protein shake OR scrambled egg whites for breakfast, grilled chicken breast, 2 pieces of sliced tomato and steamed veggies for lunch, then more grilled chicken or fish, steamed veggies and salad (with balsamic vinegar as dressing) for dinner. Snacks? Boiled egg whites. You would think I would have been starving but I wasn't, I was too motivated by the rapid loss, losing a clothing size every payday and shopping all the time :) But then, I made a HUGE mistake. I thought "you can't live without carbs forever, it's not good for you". So I went off the restricted carb diet and guess what...now I've gained 60 of the 70 total pounds back. I gained 40 of it in less than three months. When you have PCOS and Insulin Resistance, these changes have to be forever. I may have been able to increase fat and calories, but not sugar. I have proven that eating 3000 calories a day and less than 30g of carbs kept me at a stable weight, where 1500 calories with 90-120 grams of carb packed on all this weight. And, it's a vicious cycle. The carbs make you hungrier, crave more, etc. and the gained weight makes you depressed, so you eat more. I am getting back on track now and going to see a Rep Endo on the 29th of this month. Hoping glucophage will give me better long term alternatives. Anyway, this drug on forever, but I just wanted to save someone else since I've been through the pain of gaining all this weight back myself. Trust me, nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!!!!
-- Good luck and take care,
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