PCOS Messages for May, 2001: Re: interesting thought

Re: interesting thought

From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 2 May 2001 17:49:24 -0500 (CDT)

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Diagnosed, when most of us encounter doctors who tell us PCOS is caused by being overweight, we realise we have an uninformed, behind the times doctor and set about finding ourselves another.

even if you think that eating a super low cal diet is going to work for you, i urge you to find a better informed doctor.

weight and diet can definitely worsen PCOS. i am sure that i would not be as bad off now had i not been bulimic as a teenager. however, as much as i would like to think that this all has to do with eating habits, and that i can be in complete control and reverse the damage any time i like... well, years of being recovered from the ED have done nothing for my PCOS. i can see that my problems with IR started well before my eating disorder, and my diet was no worse than most kids. in fact, it was probably slightly better.

starving to lose weight is bound to backfire. most people can't maintain such a low calorie count for a very long period of time, and when you go off the diet, your body is going to be even more messed up.

if you want to help yourself, find a doctor who truly understands PCOS. women have been suffering under the comment "it's all because you're overweight" for far too long. real treatment options are now available.

and, as someone else mentioned, there are thin PCOSers. i am 5'3 1/2 and weigh 145 or so... yes, i could stand to lose a few pounds but i am by no means so overweight that my problems could possibly be attributed to weight. many women with no weight at all to lose are affected as well. weight alone cannot possibly explain the issues we deal with.

- jodi

At Wed, 2 May 2001, diagnosed wrote: >
>I have been diagnosed recetly with PCOS, my doctor said that first came
>the weight and then the PCOS and not the other way around.
>It's our obssession, girls, with foods, and sweets leads to this the
>hormonal disfunctions.
>I tend to agree with him. Istead of taking all those pills that make us
>sick I just desided to REALLY loose weight even if it kills me, by not
>eating any food at all.(way under 800 calories/day.
>I am on it for 2 weeks now, lost 10 pounds so far.
>What is your opinion?
>Any comments?

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