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Re: Shaving the face(Don't)Glucophage(Metformin)and points on loosing weight.
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 5 Mar 2002 08:35:21 -0600 (CST)
Why in the world would we take a razor to our face?? Well, I for one
have tried just about EVERY wax and depilitory out there (including
Sally Hansen)and NONE of them have worked on my facial hair. So I shave
- and I have for years with no difference in the texture of the hair. I
don't shave because my mother did, I shave because I will have a
freakish woman beard if I don't, And since you can't make money in the
circus anymore I've opted for shaving. As for the Glucophage not
helping to lose weight... I lost 40 lbs In the first 6 months I took it
without changing my eating habits, my insulin was simply doing what it
was supposed to for a change and did not end up being stored as fat. The
weight loss slowed down after that and I have been low carbing and
walking 2 miles a day and have lost some more but VERY VERY slowly. I
don't think we are upset that the doctors tell us to lose weight...
we're upset when the doctors refuse to look for the reason we are
continually gaining weight when there is no obvious reason for it, even
when we explain to them we are not eating that much and we also feel
like sh*t. What you need to realize is EVERYONE IS NOT THE SAME!!!!!
Before Glucophage I dieted (including low-carbing) and worked out like a
fiend and the only result was that I gained over 100 lbs, I have not
gained another pound since starting glucophage 2 years ago so don't tell
me it doesn't help with the weight. It may not directly be a "weight
loss" medication per se but it did keep me from becoming diabetic and
one of the residual effects of helping my insulin work properly was
weight loss and maintenance- and yes I have also done my part as well.
Please don't be holier-than-thou because you've "done research", many of
us here have been consumed with research since our diagnosis as well, we
are not just sitting here in the dark waiting for a savior to tell us
how we can get better.
At Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Lauree wrote:
>
>Hello out there. I am still reading posts on shaving the facial
>hair off ones face. Why in the world would you take a razor to
>your face and then later in life as you get older the hair be
>thicker and more coarse? I have heard from someone on here that
>this is not true but let me tell you............I see it daily and
>it is true. If you shave your face it will in time be thicker and
>more noticeable. I use sally hansen cream FACIAL hair remover and
>it works just fine and the hairs are not thicker and have not gotten
>thick or darker in the 10 years i have used it.
>
>Metformin/Glucophage same thing just one is the medical name for it.
>It does not help to loose weight UNLESS you low carb/watch what you eat
>and excercise. It is given to you to help you use the carbs in your
>bodies that is not breaking down on there own. You are suppose to take
>it with food or after your meal. If you eat too many carbs on it it will
>cause diareha or stomache upset.
>
>Those that are on it and need to loose weight it is not your cure. Your
>cure is going to be changing your eating habits and until you do it is
>not
>going to work to loose weight and or control it. It starts with you. So
>many of you are not seeing the real point here. When the doctor says
>loose
>weight he is not saying it too hurt you. It is for your health.
>
>You will take the medication and sit and hope to loose alot of weight
>and
>then when it does not happen you all get depressed. I have been there.
>Until
>you control the intake the outcome is not going to be any better on the
>glucophage.
>
>And if anyone out there suggests shaving your face to get rid of hair
>before
>doing The cream hair removers for Facial areas with an occasional
>plucking
>with twizers I can only say when you hit an older age you will be sorry.
>
>There...............
>is hope out there but the easy way out IS NOT GOING TO WORK. IT took
>time to
>gain the pounds and it will TAKE time to loose it too.
>
>I really hate to post like this but i would hate to see someone become
>more
>depressed later down the road for wrongful posts of shaving is the best
>way to
>get rid of facial hair and that the medication they are passing out for
>pcos is
>metformin(glucophage). I lost more weight low carbing without
>Glucophage then
>i am low carbing and working out with glucophage. But my body was not
>breaking
>down the carbs enough. Glucophage for those without diabetes is more
>like a
>preventative then a cure. It is not meant for that it is to help assist
>with a
>a diet and excercise plan. Plain and simple. The doctor will even tell
>you
>to control eating habits while on the medication.
>
>Ladies please ask your doctors more thorough questions to actually get
>the
>truth in what you really need to know. Do not be afraid to ask him or
>her they
>are there to ask.
>
>I see women come into the place i work nearly in tears because they
>shave their
>face and can not loose weight. There mothers shaved and so now they do.
>That
>was not intended for women to do. When young men shave what happens
>when they are in there 30s? It is darker bushier and thicker. I won't
>candy coat all
>this for you. Get yourselves tough and stick to a diet and low carb
>menu and
>do some kind of excercise that fits your way of life.
>
>Since becoming a nurse studing more on pcos on my own and with help from
>doctors and a doctors wife with pcos my eyes have been opened. When
>before I
>would believe all that i read and was nearly falling for all the given
>hope.
>The hope is all in your hands and what you intend to do with it. If you
>read
>anything on pcos it all falls back to watching what you eat and how your
>daily
>life style is. If you do not change it nothing will work for you.
>
>Trying is not a week process it is more like months and months to a life
>time.
>
>Take care
>Lauree
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