If at first you don't succeed

Kick yourself in the butt and do better next time!

So this last week was a total bust. I felt like poo all week so I didn't go to the gym or watch what I ate, which only resulted in making me feel more like poo.

New update: I went to the OBGYN today and had another discussion about PCOS and how the related insulin resistance effects my body and my ability to gain and inability to lose weight.

I've been put on Metformin, which is typically a medication prescriped to patients with type 2 diabetes to help control high blood sugar. I'm not diabetic but because of the PCOS my body acts like it is. It's a very strange situation.

Anyway the doc said this will help with regulating my blood sugar and.. and this is the part that makes me uber happy, it should help me lose weight! Losing weight will help regulate my thyroid, which will help me begin ovulating again, (I haven't had a visit from Aunt Flo since December!) which will help me conceive! Happy Happy Joy Joy to all of the above.

I have to go back in 2 months to see how I'm doing with the new meds and hopefully I'll have some noticable weight loss to show as well!

I can relate!

I can totally relate to the whole PCOS saga.  I was diagnosed many years ago, and I just now feel like I have a doctor that has a handle on the whole thing. 

I took Metformin for a long time.  I didn't have too much trouble with the common gastrointestinal side effects, but it gave me severe leg pains. So, I can't take it anymore.  I did notice when I was taking it that I didn't gain weight as quickly as when I wasn't taking it!  Without met, it seemed like I was gaining 4 pounds a week.  It was out of control for a while.

So, good luck with the medication and the weight loss.  I know it IS possible to lose weight with PCOS, it will just take us longer!  Remember to be patient.

Jen

ive got pcos as well

hey ive got pcos, i know how you feel - it's so tough to lose weight, ! you have to work really hard for every pound, im ttc as well but metformin just made me bleed the whole time (werid i know), hope it works for you though i'm back on clomid again soon

good luck xx