I lost 40lbs when on a diabetic diet, wasn't that hard and it worked.
KIM(30 SOMETHING)dh SCOTT- JUST A BABE AT ONLY 30 
DX - PCOS/IR, hyperinsulinenmeia, thyroid failure, depression, infertility with repeated m/c.
7m/c's 8 babies. TTC#1 - forever!!! Last 6 straight with IF meds till May 2002. Finally O'ing with met alone!!
Meds - Metformin 2500, synthyroid, wellbutrin, 81mg asprin, 1mg folic acid, vitamens C&E&daily.
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (janie_t)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-DIET
>Subject: Diabetes cookbooks good for PCOS? (pg, m/c ment.)
>Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 23:40:52 -0500
>
>Hi, all. I'm trying to get proactive about my diagnosis of "mild PCOS"
>(whatever mild means), which I received 9 years ago while living in
>another state. Maybe because my periods have always been pretty
>regular, I never realized the implications of this beast 'til having a
>miscarriage a month ago. Think I'm probably insulin resistant and am in
>search of a PCOS-friendly doc in my current town (Austin, Texas...anyone
>know of any good docs?).
>
>Anyhoo, my head is kind of swimming from all the info I've been reading
>online the past week. Low carb eating is mentioned everywhere. What
>I'm wondering is whether cooking from diabetes cookbooks would fill the
>bill? I've already got a couple Amer. Heart Ass'n. cookbooks and have
>been combing them for LC recipes. And I just ordered a couple diabetes
>cookbooks but haven't received them yet. I decided to go with the
>diabetes cookbooks since PCOS is a precursor to diabetes, and because I
>didn't want to buy a bunch of the trendy LC diet books only to find that
>I hated eating that way.
>
>If anyone has used the diabetic cooking route as a way of caring for
>themselves and their PCOS, I'd love to hear about it!
>
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