PCOS Messages for January, 2003: Re: metformin and weightloss

Re: metformin and weightloss

From: sally (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 04:57:23 -0600 (CST)

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I have been taking Metformin since August 2001. I have just hit the 50 lb weight loss mark (started out at about 210). Still have about 15 - 20 to go - but will see how I look as I get closer. I no longer recognise myself in the mirror. My weight loss seems to go in long plateaus and short bursts of progress. Currently am in a progress burst and have lost 15 lbs in the past 2 1/2 months - but before that there was nothing for like 6 months and I was going out of my mind with frustration - cause I was trying so hard and getting no where.

I can't say whether the met has had an impact on weight loss - or not dramatic - but maybe it contributed to the overall management of my pcos and so did help - even if indirectly. And I do feel so much better than before I started treatment. Weight loss is still difficult - but I exercise vigorously (aerobic and weight training) and often and follow a diet very low in refined carbs, and also try to limit calories as much as I can manage. I cannot emphasise enough the benefit of weight training. As you have more muscle you can burn more energy -even at rest, and I personally find that I feel so much better. Exercise even dampens appetite.

However, before I was diagnosed and started treatment (metformin, levothyroxine (for thryoid) and rocaltrol for low calcium) no matter what I did I couldn't lose weight. Now at least it is possible - though difficult.

Most recent research (though perhaps not so recent) - is that calcium metabolism is also implicated in weight loss. So make sure you get plenty (better through diet than just through a supplement - though surely a supplement would not hurt).

Sorry this is so long.

Best wishes

-- Sally

At Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Jeena wrote: > >Can anyone give me any words of encouragement with the Metformin and how >it helped them lose weight. I have had no side effects so far. I would >like to know if you had weightloss and how long it took...Thank you so >much > >-- >hi my name is Jeena and I was diagnosed with PCOS ten years ago. I had problems with conceiving >until I started taking birth control pills. I am now 34 years old and have two children 2 years apart. >I still have the weight, I am at 280 and I have been in Weight Watchers for 2 months. My doctor put me on >Metformin today and I hope to have good results. I hope to hear back from you. Jeena >

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