"obese" and struggling with diet

[Anonymous]

I've gone down this road. The issue is it's not SUSTAINABLE. Please try to make lifestyle changes that are sustainable for the long term, even if it means very slowly and steadily.

+1 on PPs mentioning support groups (WW).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:any chance you are pregnant aalready?
lchange in appetite is an early symptom..

Op here- unfortunately no. I’m currently on cycle day 47 so most likely will have to reach out to my RE for provera again. I took a test last Sunday as I was having super sore boobs and nausea but it was negative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I’d encourage you to meet with a therapist and a nutritionist. There is a lot here that suggests that you need some professional help.

Op here- I’ve been seeing a nutritionist once a month since working with a general endocrinologist for my PCOS & hypothyroidism so I do know what and how to eat. She was happy with my meals when I was doing a shake for breakfast, salad for lunch and lean protein and veggies for dinner. She told me to aim for 1200 calories. As for the therapist, I have one who I see once every 6 weeks.

[Anonymous]

OP here- thanks everyone. I’m trying to “force “ myself to eat more and feel like I did better today. I woke up and had a oikos triple 0 yogurt for breakfast and then for lunch I made myself 3 ham/cheese Rollups with some cashews on the side. Planning on doing a bunless turkey burger with veggies for dinner but even with all of this, I’m still at less then 1,000 calories for the day. I’m just NOT hungry and can’t force myself to eat just to get calories in. Most days it’ll be 2pm before I even realize that I haven’t eaten. I know long term this isn’t going to work but I’m still struggling with the fact that my RE wants me to lose 10-20 more lbs before we do femara and after TTC for almost 2 years, I’m becoming obsessed with losing as much weight as quickly as I can.

[Anonymous]

I think you are doing great! Congrats on your weight loss so far. Sometimes people plateau and it takes a while do lose more weight. I am not a Dr or any kind of expert, but you could be on your way to anorexia. Maybe consult a Dr to stop some issues of that kind if that is a worry. My beautiful niece is overweight and bulimic and anorexic, so that is something that worries me. Are you into serious fasting? Your food intake sounds like that, in that case you can search some documentaries on youtube about Soviets and Germans using in the past and now fasting as a health tool under medical supervision. I wish you the best of luck in TTC and your health and weight goals.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You could be eating so much better than you are and losing faster too. Your diet is not well balanced or set up for weight loss even. How about joining Weight Watchers and learning something about nutrition?

Every word of this made me cringe at how wrong it is. People, CARBS ARE NOT A NECESSARY PART OF A HEALTHY DIET. Stop mindlessly repeating the sugar lobby propaganda and update your knowledge of nutrition to the 21st century. If you’re too lazy to do that then please at least keep your ignorant mouth shut.

Before you ask, I don’t even do keto as I’ve always been at a healthy weight. It just makes me cringe so hard to see people who haven’t read a health article since the 80s repeat these debunked myths as if they’re some kind of good advice.

Sorry I touched some sort of nerve.

In 1989 I weighed 277 pounds. I now weigh 124, thanks to WW. I have no idea what your sugar lobby rant means.

NP.

So people do actually lose significant amounts of weight and keep it off long term without surgery? Do tell.

[Anonymous]

OP - how are your hypothyroid symptoms? I ask because at a TSH of 2.5 I gained 20 pounds in a month. My endo prefers a level closer to 1 when TTC.

With PCOS and hypothyroidism (I’m assuming Hashimoto’s), I would be discussing cutting dairy, gluten, and possibly soy with your nutritionist. Both conditions are autoimmune and those three foods can be huge triggers. This isn’t to say to restrict those on top of your lower calorie diet, it’s to change what you eat. With hypothyroidism, it can be a tough balancing act between too many and too few calories because your body will hold on to extra weight if you aren’t eating enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - how are your hypothyroid symptoms? I ask because at a TSH of 2.5 I gained 20 pounds in a month. My endo prefers a level closer to 1 when TTC.

With PCOS and hypothyroidism (I’m assuming Hashimoto’s), I would be discussing cutting dairy, gluten, and possibly soy with your nutritionist. Both conditions are autoimmune and those three foods can be huge triggers. This isn’t to say to restrict those on top of your lower calorie diet, it’s to change what you eat. With hypothyroidism, it can be a tough balancing act between too many and too few calories because your body will hold on to extra weight if you aren’t eating enough.

OP here- I feel like they are well managed. My endo has me on 112mg of levothyroxine and he told me he was happy with my TSH at 2.5. I go back this Wednesday and am getting my A1C checked and TSH checked again so it may have gone down more. I’m not even that familiar with where levels should really be but he said he was good with me at 2.5. Also yes, I do have hashimotos.

I’ll definitley check with my nutritionist about maybe cutting those things Out. I do limit my dairy significantly because my body doesn’t handle dairy well at all if I eat a lot of it. Like I had said, I eat 2-3 yogurts a week and then will sometimes snack on a string cheese or sliced Cabot for snacks but that’s not every day. Other then that, I don’t do any other dairy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - how are your hypothyroid symptoms? I ask because at a TSH of 2.5 I gained 20 pounds in a month. My endo prefers a level closer to 1 when TTC.

With PCOS and hypothyroidism (I’m assuming Hashimoto’s), I would be discussing cutting dairy, gluten, and possibly soy with your nutritionist. Both conditions are autoimmune and those three foods can be huge triggers. This isn’t to say to restrict those on top of your lower calorie diet, it’s to change what you eat. With hypothyroidism, it can be a tough balancing act between too many and too few calories because your body will hold on to extra weight if you aren’t eating enough.

OP here- I feel like they are well managed. My endo has me on 112mg of levothyroxine and he told me he was happy with my TSH at 2.5. I go back this Wednesday and am getting my A1C checked and TSH checked again so it may have gone down more. I’m not even that familiar with where levels should really be but he said he was good with me at 2.5. Also yes, I do have hashimotos.

I’ll definitley check with my nutritionist about maybe cutting those things Out. I do limit my dairy significantly because my body doesn’t handle dairy well at all if I eat a lot of it. Like I had said, I eat 2-3 yogurts a week and then will sometimes snack on a string cheese or sliced Cabot for snacks but that’s not every day. Other then that, I don’t do any other dairy.

112mcg of Levothyroxine not mg**

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - how are your hypothyroid symptoms? I ask because at a TSH of 2.5 I gained 20 pounds in a month. My endo prefers a level closer to 1 when TTC.

With PCOS and hypothyroidism (I’m assuming Hashimoto’s), I would be discussing cutting dairy, gluten, and possibly soy with your nutritionist. Both conditions are autoimmune and those three foods can be huge triggers. This isn’t to say to restrict those on top of your lower calorie diet, it’s to change what you eat. With hypothyroidism, it can be a tough balancing act between too many and too few calories because your body will hold on to extra weight if you aren’t eating enough.

OP here- I feel like they are well managed. My endo has me on 112mg of levothyroxine and he told me he was happy with my TSH at 2.5. I go back this Wednesday and am getting my A1C checked and TSH checked again so it may have gone down more. I’m not even that familiar with where levels should really be but he said he was good with me at 2.5. Also yes, I do have hashimotos.

I’ll definitley check with my nutritionist about maybe cutting those things Out. I do limit my dairy significantly because my body doesn’t handle dairy well at all if I eat a lot of it. Like I had said, I eat 2-3 yogurts a week and then will sometimes snack on a string cheese or sliced Cabot for snacks but that’s not every day. Other then that, I don’t do any other dairy.

PP - I struggled with my weight a lot as well. I’m 5’ 3.5” and with dieting got down to 149 from 170 but couldn’t loose more. I had GD while pregnant and managed to only gain 31 pounds. I had to dairy and soy free for my son and the weight just melted off. I’m now down to 114. Some of that is from breastfeeding but until the diet change I was hanging out around 155. After he was born I discovered I couldn’t tolerate gluten anymore - GI distress, bloating, fatigue, very clearly linked to when I ate it. I did have to eliminate all dairy including by-products. Not everyone who eliminates looses weight but given your existing health concerns it’s worth discussing.

Good that symptoms are managed at 2.5 - has he discussed that when you are pregnant that you need your levels checked as soon as your get a positive and then followed throughout pregnancy? My endo immediately increased dosage (and my levels rose by 14 DPO).

[Anonymous]

You might also want to keep an eye on your A1C level before you become diabetic. Exercising daily and eating healthy can help with that.

[Anonymous]

Not bad at all. You are obese. Your body is using stored energy-fat, which is exactly what it is designed to do. You stored up that energy, nothing wrong with your body using it.

Only thing I think is really bad is the multiple times a day of weighing. Weigh once a day, in the morning.

+1

[Anonymous]

Metformin for PCOS. It can help with weight loss and cycle regulation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Metformin for PCOS. It can help with weight loss and cycle regulation

Op here- I’m on metformin actually. I take 1500mg a day since last spring.

I actually just got back from my endo appt and my TSH went from 2.8 to 0.58 and my A1C is at a 5.1. My endo was literally so happy with these results and gave us his approval to move forward with fertility meds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Metformin for PCOS. It can help with weight loss and cycle regulation

Op here- I’m on metformin actually. I take 1500mg a day since last spring.

I actually just got back from my endo appt and my TSH went from 2.8 to 0.58 and my A1C is at a 5.1. My endo was literally so happy with these results and gave us his approval to move forward with fertility meds.

That’s great news OP!