I was diagnosed with PCOS on tuesday. This really explains my recent weight gain, and why it is so hard to lose weight. So this means I have to work out twice as hard, and be twice as strict on my diet. Also, while maintaining decent blood sugar levels because diabetes is a huge risk as well...

SO, anyone have pcos? Anyone have crazy workout regimens or diet plans that could get me to lose some weight? I don't think the normal work out thing is going to do it.

OH and on top of all of it, a side effect of my new meds is "weight gain" haha... ugh...

i don't have personal experience with pcos, but i just came across this website that might be helpful to you!

http://www.soulcysters.com/weight_loss.html

A friend of mine has this.  I know she has so many struggles and I'm so sorry to hear you have this.  :(  It sounds like you have the right attitude! 

Thanks jamichael, that website is great!

Wildfire, it's been a very hard week coming to terms with the fact that I have PCOS and I'm going to have it for the rest of my life, but I am determined to do whatever I can to manage it and live a long healthy life and have lots of babies!

The safest way for me to do that is to lose 20-30 pounds, this will also lower my risk of diabetes and heart disease. So I need to buckle down and get serious, plan on seeing a lot more updates from me on here

Stay positive and stay strong.  Take each day and focus it.  You can be stronger then this.  Remember at all time, health before weight.

I have this! I have PCOS and pre-diabetes which makes it harder to lose weight. I have really tried to cut out sugar from my diet and increase my protein.

L - I have PCOS too. I was diagnosed in 2003, and I was heavier then. I also have hypothyroidism, so working out was frustrating because I felt like I never got results. I had the most success with weight loss from the South Beach diet, which is supposed to help with insulin resistance. Around that time, I really got into weight training, and had also increased my protein intake.

It used to be that if I went off my birth control, I'd have very sporadic, very painful periods, and I had a constant dull ache in my pelvis (on tv ultrasound, my ovaries were full of tiny "cysts" - they're actually "follicles" and not true cysts; but I know not everyone with pcos has this). Since losing weight healthfully and changing my body chemistry in the process, I've gone off bc (I was between insurance plans) and actually had regular, ovulatory cycles, which is crazy to me! What I've learned is that some of this is reversible without meds :)

PM me if I can help you with anything! GL!

Have any of you tried natural hormone replacement?