Weight loss

[erinkelly98]

Hi,

I was diagnosed with PCOS at 18 after having symptoms for around about 5 years, I was put on the pill and, last July, was put on the implant.

Despite this, I still have most of my pcos symptoms, the main one being absent periods.

I was also diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in August last year and was put on carbimazole to treat that.

Since being put on this medication I have gained a significant amount of weight, particularly in my lower stomach, and I’m finding it very hard to lose this weight.

I’m a life long vegetarian and exercise fairly regularly and was just wondering if anyone had any advice on how to shift this fat on my lower stomach as it is making me very very self conscious and unhappy right now.

Thank you!

[Hols969]

The implant is awful from a pcos point of view and makes the symptoms much worse so I would get it removed and go on the combined pill if you can as this will reduce your symptoms, takes 3-6 months to settle down. I havent heard anyone have a good word about the implant or the depo injection so I think they are a no no from a pcos point of view.

I find losing weight easier when I am on the combined pill (it is still slow but not as slow or non existent when I was not on it!!) We store fat very efficiently so make sure you are eating enough if you are exercising, I found exercise confused matters as I was obviously eating too little (I was spinning 4 times a week) for the amount of exercise I was doing, I lost my biggest amount of weight when I stopped exercising for 3 months !! It may be worth just doing weight training type as that is really really good from a pcos point of view as the more muscle mass you have the better (you wont bulk up either)

I've been on the keto diet which I think you could do as a veggie (it is high fat, no carbs) and this is my 5th week - Ive lost 3 inches off my waist and 2 inches off my belly button, only about 6lb (only lost 1/4 last week which I am not entirely sure why so may need to tweak it a bit and up my fat intake as that is key). I havent found it an easy diet but it is shifting my belly fat which is why I am on it (I do find it a bit rich, no issues not having carbs really though just all a bit rich for me). My hubbie ate more carbs and sugar than me and felt rubbish at the end of the first week due to sugar withdrawals I think!!

[Amyjane88]

Hey.

I lost my weight with surger free diet and no white carbs. Xxx

[erinkelly98]

Thank you! My doctor recommended the implant for me as the pill didn’t interact well with my mental health, however, I’ll go back and ask if there’s a better way to manage my pcos symptoms without the implant.

It’ll be hard because I am a carb addict but I’ll start cutting down and go sugar free!

[Amyjane88 in reply to erinkelly98]

I also found the carb thing hard. I have sweet potato insted on white potato. Brown rice insted on white. Same for pasta. And cut down size of meals xxx

[Hols969 in reply to erinkelly98]

if you can get to the three week mark then you have cracked it in my view, I rarely crave carbs any more (don't eat them currently as on carb free) but before I could have a chinese or something and not crave them which I did before (frequently craved noodles!) A lot of diets in my opinion are mind over matter really so it is possible to do.

We are in our fifth week of carb/sugar free and my husband no longer craves chocolate which is a first in 25 years of being together (he is a major chocoholic so I never thought the cravings would go but they have).

One of our trustees (Rachel) lost a massive amount of weight by going sugar free (and is almost 8 months pregnant now). I think sometimes its quite surprising when you see how much sugar you actually consume (I think we are supposed to have 6 tea spoons a day and I think most of us are on way more than that.