Re: am I fat
From: Nikki (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 22 May 2001 14:40:36 -0000
Hi Sonnet,
Thanks for the info and I would love for you to run through thing with me.
Nikki
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Sonnet)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Subject: Re: am I fat
>Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 08:33:27 -0500
>
>Hi there Nikki :)
>
>This whole weight issue with PCOS is a nightmare symptom, isn't it? It
>seems sometimes like no matter what you do, how little you eat, how much
>you excercise, you can't ose weight. Two years ago I spent a year where
>I was walking at LEAST 10 miles a day, eating low fat, no sugar, and
>less than 1800 calories a day. (I am a VERY large woman, tall and
>muscular as well, so 1800 is very little for me.) In that same year, I
>not only didn't lose weight I GAINED 50lbs! I couldn't believe it! I can
>so understand your frustration.
>
>Liek I said, I'm a big woman. Currently I weigh around 330lbs. I have
>a brother and sister - one biological and one adopted - who are
>borderline eating disorders, though they are relatively thin. I like to
>think that I know a lot about PCOS and I feel like I manage my health
>pretty well. Even at this weight, I'm extremely healthy.
>
>The thing is, our bodies are just so different when you have PCOS. Our
>metabolism is different, and you can't treat it like you would a
>'normal' metabolism. Diet and excercise, especially low fat diets,
>don't make much difference with us except for making things worse,
>really! There's a whole insulin issue that needs to be addressed and
>it's important to learn how OUR bodies work so we can work with them.
>Then it's possible to lose weight. Otherwise, as you and I both have
>discovered, it's just impossible.
>
>The good enws is there are medications and things you can do that will
>help your body run more efficiently and be healthier. I'd be more than
>happy to help you figure some of this stuff out and walk you through it,
>just drop me an email! Failiing that, I'm always around to be a diet
>buddy or someone to vent to. Okay?
>
>I wish you luck! And I'm so glad to hear that you've got such a wise and
>caring husband who looks out for you when you don't eat! listen to him!
>:) Sorry this got so long...
>
>Sonnet
>
>At Mon, 21 May 2001, Nikki wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >Well I am also FAT and tired of looking at myself in the mirror, I am
> >terrified of getting on the scale, and I hate myself though the one good
> >thing is My husband, he was there when I was diagnosed six years ago and
>he
> >went out of his wasy to find out what I would be going through and what
> >effect it would have on my Body, He is amazing but as I tell him I know
>what
> >I look like but he just says he loves me more and more everyday,,,,, well
> >back to the FAT side I weigh 130kg's ( i think it is about 290 pounds and
>am
> >Five foot 6, I know I am overweight I have tried everything I have been
>at
> >gym about 6 months and do a 2 hour programe everynight and eat very
>Little (
> >six ricecakes in the evening and on the weekend I have one cooked meal
>and
> >guess what I have hardly lost weight maybe a few pounds, My doc has now
>put
> >me on Metformin ( been on it about a week) so I am hopeing that this will
> >help, I know how depressed you can get, At my gym there art a lot of Big
> >people who started the same time as me who do gym then go and eat a huge
> >meal and when it come to weigh and measure time they are down a stone and
>a
> >few inches,,,,,, that is when it is the worst for me..... so I feel what
>you
> >feel as well,,,,, Oh well I guess we are all made one way or the
> >other.......feel free to contact me on my email adress if you need to
>chat
> >anyone welcome: persian_n@hotmail.com
> >
> >have a good day ladies
> >
>
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>Email always welcome to: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>
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