Re: Does anyone here over eat?
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 04 Oct 2000 08:02:06 -0400
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I think that I am fat because of both ... Where as I used to be able to eat
certain things with out problem, now I can not .. I used to be able to drop weight
sooooooo fast ... now it won't come off to save my life!!! I also have that male
pattern weight gain ... you know, where it is in the abdomen ... YUCKO!!
anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
> At Wed, 4 Oct 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
> >
> >I was just wondering if anyone hear binge eats. I hear many saying they
> >are fat due to the pcos and I must say I am fat because I eat alot. If
> >no one hear eats alot, then maybe I have a different disease or
> >something. I did post something last month about fat and hormone
> >changes. I ate alot of bad stuff (sugar, simple carbs, caffeine) and
> >none of the hairiness and irregular periods (w/o depo) came about till i
> >was fat. I know I asked a question earlier about IR but I really dont
> >think I have it. I truly think my eating and fatness contributed to the
> >hormonal imbalance. Anyone else feel this way? Anyone else here fat
> >because they eat alot? Thanks in advance.
> >
> >--
> >Neen
> >
>
> --
> I was diagnosed with PCOS at the age of 13 years. I was
> told that I would not be able to have kids and I would never
> have normal periods. I did have children but I think it was
> because I still was not fat, I had my children at the ages
> of 17 and 20. I do beleive though that with the PCOS and as
> it progressed it did make me fat. The reasons I think this is
> because when I reached my early 20's it became easy to gain
> weight. I had never had this problem before so I began
> "dieting". It was then that I began this yo-yo of up and down
> out of contoll starving and binging. The only way I was able
> to lose significant weight was to starve and it would only last
> a short period and I needed to eat and so I began a 10year stint
> of feast and famine. I think that you are right to a certain
> extent. We are probably all fat from over eating or not eat
> ing the necessary combination of food for are illness. The
> key is to find that combination whatever that is. I am as
> large as I have ever been, I get my period sometimes and my
> self-esteem lowers daily. I am happy that I have extemely
> thick hair and my facial hair is controllable by a bit of
> plucking but lets face it whether we over eat, binge, starve
> or whatever I do not beleive that we are on the same playing
> field as those without PCOS.gh
>
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