PCOS Messages for March, 2000: Re: If we are skinny now...Will we gain the weight????????Skinny PCOSers do you agree??

Re: If we are skinny now...Will we gain the weight????????Skinny PCOSers do you agree??

From: LoriP (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:34:53 -0600 (CST)

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<pcos@forum.obgyn.net> >Date : 30 March 2000 16:08:36
>Subject : If we are skinny now...Will we gain the weight????????Skinny PCOSers do you agree??
>Being a skinny PCOSer I feel is sometimes worse than being over weight.
>>Please don't get me wrong I think we all have equal concerns. Its just
>>having been skinny my whole life...I dont know what I would do if I
>>gained weight. Individuals that have the weight problems...being
>>diagnosed gives them a reason for why they have the problem. For us
>>skinny women we feel like...OK when I'm going to start gaining and
>>growing hair!
>>
>>So no matter what should we be prepared to gain weight? I dont want to
>>sound conceided...but I've always been in shape and skinny. Gaining
>>weight and growing hair totally freaks me out!!
>>
>>I realize I'm lucky because I dont currently have all the symptons but
>>I'm so scared they are going to appear!
>>How should I handle this?
>>
>>I'm a bit obessed with my health and can't believe this is happening to
>>me.....=(
>>

I used to be a skinny pcoser too. The first symptoms I noticed were hypoglycemia beginning at age 9, wacky periods beginning at puberty, and hair growth in my late teens. It wasn't until my early 30's that I began gaining weight. I put the weight on when I was undergoing infertility treatments, and I've never been able to get it all back off. Even now I am not obese, but the extra weight(20lbs) is enough to affect my self image and my long-term health. I am taking metformin now and hope that with dietary changes and moderate exercise that I will be able to slowly regain my former shape. This disease is difficult for anyone, slim or not, to deal with.

Good luck and good health.

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