Re: I need help in loseing weight.
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 20 May 2003 07:22:47 -0500 (CDT)
Read the book "Sugar Busters". And there's another book called the
"Insulin Resistance Diet" that many here on this forum like. There's a
magazine called "Natural Health" that is also excellent in basic whole
healthy living and eating.
Give up the soda pop. Drink water.
When you can, start exercising 5 days a week. Work slowly up to
vigorous workouts of one hour or longer.
At Tue, 20 May 2003, Kim wrote:
>
>I am a 24 yr old female. I have had PCOS for about 8 months now. I
>love my doctor to death because she has helped me so much. I am
>currently taking orthotricyln, which has helped my acne and my cramps. I
>hardly have any break outs anymore. I also wash my face with aveno or
>avon solutions. I also take 50 mg 1xdaily of spironolactone (SP), and
>500 mg of metformin 3x daily. When I first was dignoised with PCOS I
>was only on metformin 2xdaily at 500 mg. Then I went back to see the
>doctor and she took me off the met because my sugar was undercontrolle.
>Then I forgot to take my birth control pills and that threw me off
>again. So now I am on metformin 3x daily. I have gone to a nutrionist.
>I understand what I need to eat but was never told about a low carb diet
>until doing some reasearch myself. Now here is the problem. Las month
>I also was dignosied with sleep apnea after doing a sleep study. Also
>during my research there is a percentage of woman who have PCOS that
>have sleep apeana but this also runs in my family. This is the reason
>why I have no engery. THey say with excercise and weight loss I should
>loose the weight. Now at the end of this month I am going for a breast
>reduction and the only thing I will be doing for awhile is be in the
>bed. I know I will be able to walk most likly after a week. Now I need
>help in finding a good low carb and I was wondering if I switch to diet
>pop instead of drinking regular mess anything up. Please help me. I
>need to loose weight and eat heathier.
>
>Thank you so much,
>Kim
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