Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Was the same for me. Tried intermittent fasting and the weight poured off.
I’m not a pusher of fad diets but the issue for us pcos people is insulin resistance. IF helps regulate insulin production. I did not lose quickly, in the beginning it was like 2 pounds a month. But it ended up being about 50 pounds. I’m out of The obese category and feel confident for maybe the first time ever. Still overweight but feel like I have a new lease on life.
Good luck.
This is so interesting to me. I was diagnosed with PCOS years ago but because I had no fertility issues just kind of forgot about it. Drs seem fairly uninterested. But as I struggle so badly to lose the pounds I gained with my kids and the 5 more I added in 2020 (agh) I’m so frustrated how the weight feels so stuck. I really struggle with getting over hungry and having hypoglycemic feelings unless I eat regularly. Does eating low carb help others with PCOS? That’s basically the only thing that works but I hate eating different foods from my young kids who live most long carbs…
40 year old here with a PCOS diagnosis in my early 20s. IF and low carb have been the best way to regulate my hunger and hypoglycemic feelings. I remember the early days when I felt I couldn’t go less than 3.5 hrs without eating some sort of carbs. Now, the less carb I eat, the less carbs I need. The bug drop of energy, feeling light headed, stomach burns etc.. all of it is gone.
I was never very heavy (115 pounds for 5”5 but apple shape and all the weight I gain goes to midsection), but over the years I have maintained a pretty perfectly stable weight including after 2 kids. I am sure i would have seen much more weight creep if I hadn’t been hyper focused on glycemic index of my food