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Re: Question re: weight loss (just diagnosed with PCOS)From: anonymous@obgyn.netWed, 30 Apr 2003 11:34:26 -0500 (CDT)
At Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Heather wrote: > >At Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Sarah wrote: >> >>I have just been tentatively diagnosed with PCOS. I still have to go >>back to the doctor to check some things before they are sure. >> >>I have been trying SOOO hard to lose weight for the last 7 or 8 months >>(before I suspected I had any kind of health problem). I have had a >>really hard time. I ended up losing 15 pounds by exercising 2 or more >>hours a day and eating 1800-2000 calories/day. Lately I am terribly >>fatigued and I haven't been able to exercise that much, so I haven't >>lost any weight. I would like to lose 40-50 lbs. >> >>Just out of curiosity - if the doctor prescribed, for example, the birth >>control pill to regulate my hormones, will I then lose weight like a >>normal person? Or will it always be this hard, no matter what? I'm not >>exactly sure what makes it so hard to lose weight, if it's the hormones, >>or the insulin stuff, or what! I am so frustrated watching other people >>lose weight so easily, when I try three times harder and never lose an >>ounce. >> >>The doctor said my blood sugar and insulin levels are normal so that >>would make me think I don't have any problems (yet?) with that. I have >>tried to reduce carb intake for months though, and it hasn't helped me >>lose weight... I have only lost two pounds since November. :-( >> >>Any advice is appreciated. >> >>-- >>Sarah >> >Sarah, >I too have just been diagnosed with pcos after 2 doctors. I was >bascially put on birth control and told that I know how to treat it - >diet and exercise. I began just putting on weight and could not figure >out why and why I could not lose wieght. So for someone to tell you to >simply diet and exercise does not have a wieght problem or a clue. I >have been doing alot of research and I will pass anything on to you that >I can. I've read some on carbs and from what I am seeing you need some >carbs, low amounts. I have ordered a couple of books if there is any >helpful info. I will be sure to pass it along. > >Take Care and Good Luck !! Heather
-- I just saw this while doing a search for something else. I hope you have received enough information by now to know that birth control pills can definitely cause weight gain. teh pill was designed t trick your body into believeing it's pregnant--and what does a woman's body do when it's pregnant? It keeps more fat around to protect the baby. In a nutrition course I took years ago, the instructor referred to al hormones as "lypogenics"--I think this means they cause the body to retain fat. It is arrogant for any doctor to tell you that simply dieting and exercising will help you lose wight when they've put you on a lypogenic.
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