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Re: HELP!... Weight Loss... At the end of my rope!
From: Allison (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 25 Jul 2002 13:43:33 -0500 (CDT)
Not sure if this will help, but I have been talking to a local
nutritionist regarding my own weight / PCOS issues, and I have found out
that diets like Atkins, Sugar Busters, etc. are not necessarily the
best thing for us PCOS'ers. There is a book, you can find in on
amazon.com, called "The Insulin Resistance Diet." It is EXTREMELY
helpful, as far as IR goes and really provides a healty balance of carbs
/ proteins / fats / etc. It also provides some good recipes. My only
advice is to read the book cover to cover. It can be a little confusing
at first. Hope this helps! - Allison
At Thu, 25 Jul 2002, JC wrote:
>
>This month has been absolute hell. I found out my bf cheated on me (we
>lived together for 4 yrs, been together for 8) and so I left him and
>drove across country from NY to CA about 3 weeks ago, by myself, in the
>worst emotional state possible.
>
>It pretty much was a kick in my tail, so I decided I needed to get
>control of my weight in order to get control of my PCOS.
>
>This past year, I have topped out at 232 lbs at my 5'11 height. I left
>NY at 218 and I am now 214, so in that first week I lost FOUR lbs and in
>the past two weeks I haven't budged one pound! I am currently doing
>Atkins. I cheated maybe once a week (not a huge carb blow out, just a
>piece of chocolate here and there). I keep my carb intake to 20g or
>below a day, and I also take L-Cartinine to increase my metabolism, plus
>500mg of Glucophage/Metformin with my dinner (sometimes lunch, too. I'm
>trying to work my way to with each meal b/c right now it totally rips my
>stomach up if I take it with more than dinner), vitamin supplements, and
>I exercise about 5x a week for 30 mins each. I eat 3x a day... not too
>much food though b/c with all the stress, my appetite has gone downhill
>completely so I eat maybe half of what I used to.
>
>I don't know what I am doing wrong! Has anyone else had this problem?
>Any advice or tips? I feel like maybe I should just give up and accept
>that I am going to be fat forever because I try to do things right and
>nothing is working. :(
>
>Help!
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