Hi! Diagnosed with pcos for awhile now, stopped taking pills for more than a year and the weight gain was shocking!!!

I'm really looking at getting Mounjaro prescribed for me (here in the UK looks like I have to go thru boots or asda doctors as my GP won't give it).

I think I only want to have it for maybe 3-4 months.For those that stopped taking Mounjaro, did you gain the weight back or was able to maintain?

Also read that I need to stop Mounjaro atleast 2 months before I start to try and get pregnant which is a bit of a mixed feeling because we have been trying for more than a year now but I guess I will have to do it and hope that when I lose weight it can help with my fertility.

Hi everyone, I am looking to save some money and buy some meals ( just dinners ) from a meal delivery service that makes low calorie meals so that I can save some time , money and have some variety. My question is are these meals okay to eat for PCOS and are they really as nutrient dense as they all claim? If you have any recommendations of services that provide fresh nutrient meals please let me know (:

I (27F) have been told by my doc I have insulin resistant pcos. I currently weigh 227lbs, at 5'3. When I wake up and throughout the day I barely care about food. I can eat the blandest stuff just to get full, or not eat anything at all. My sleep schedule is insanely messed up. I go to bed at about 6am, and wake up about 1pm. A lot of times the first couple hours I won't even feel like eating and won't eat till like 3pm. If I do eat something it's small like yogurt or something. But throughout the day food doesn't cross my mind much.

Until night comes that is. At night I start having all kinds of cravings and food just feels so loud. I want sugary stuff. Ice cream, waffles with syrup, soda. I wanna snack like chips and stuff, eat leftovers, all that stuff. I have a habit of watching TV and eating, and I always wanna eat at night and watch TV while doing it. What causes this??

hello , I am bit confused I am taking metformin n letrozol to conceive but I have severe gut issues ( acid reflux )as well for this I need to have Ganaton 50 mg twice daily + vocinity 10 mg But I am not sure is it safe to take while trying to conceive.. My fertility specialist said yes it is safe .. but deep down I am still in fear because I already had 2 early miscarriages . I just want be more cautious this time .

I want to try it but don’t really know what anti androgenic means

Hi everyone first time posting in here wanting some thoughts and advice. 32F here 162cm, 70kg. Taking 1g Metformin daily. I was 62kg end of last year and I recently weighed myself again and I was 70kg 35% body fat. I’m hoping to lose 6-7kg and am fearful my weight will spiral out of control as I have intense food cravings especially sugar and insulin resistance. I’ve always liked being active but I feel I need to change something major to achieve my goal weight. I’ve shared my plan below I’m hoping someone with experience dealing with PCOS weight gain can give me advice on whether I’m doing too much/too little or just straight up handling this the wrong way.

Hoping to do Pilates twice a week, strength training twice a week (focusing on mainly squats, deadlifts and bench presses) and do spin classes twice a week. I also walk to and from work daily (total of 1 hour). Before this was doing spin once a week, pilates once a week and weightlifting twice a week on top of walking to work.

I try my best to eat healthy but I am of a culture that eats a carb heavy diet. I’m hoping to limit my carb intake to 100g daily and eat multiple servings of veggies and fruits daily. Fruits and veggies I can do easily not sure how I can cut carbs. I do all my own meal prep and use a meal kit (Marley spoon) for dinners 3x a week and I mostly choose low carb/calorie meals. The other nights I’ll put a schnitzel in the oven and have some steamed veggies with it. I do have a HUGE sweet tooth and I don’t want to cut out anything so I think I should allow myself a small portion of chocolate/ice cream whatever I fancy daily. I am insulin resistant but my blood sugar is within limits.

Before this I will admit I wasn’t watching my sugar intake and there’s always snacks around me at work and I often found myself eating 4-5 snack size mini chocolates a day plus more at home. The desire for sweets is something I’m having so much trouble controlling. I also don’t think I can cut carbs totally because I get very hungry and binge on sweets otherwise. Any advice from this amazing community would be so greatly appreciated!

Checking out if anyone has gone through the same before. I know I'm diagnosed with PCOS, I've had an appointment with my gyn yesterday and did the regular check up tests. She told me that it looks like I've ovulated lately and she prescribed me some treatment for another conditions. I can't take the treatment while I'm having my period and she assured me yesterday that it looks like I'm not gonna have any period soon according to the ultrasound and due to the fact that I've already had it 2 times this month. Well, it came again this morning, and I've had cramps and suicidal thoughts, unstable depressive mood and creepy appetite lately. I have also had some changes in my diet in the last month, I've increased my carbs and consumed more sugar than usual due to emotional eating and I've been less active than usual, and I gained 2 kgs. Currently going through lots of stress and disordered eating habits, and I would like to know if it's correlated. I'm pretty scared of endometriosis and got checked for it, I'm still waiting for the results. My weight is within normal range still, yet my acne got worse and I'm also noticing some hair fall. Seeking advice!

Hi all. I feel like no matter what I do, my weight keeps going up.

I was prescribed Ozempic in 2022 and used it for 2 years before my insurance stopped covering it. I did lose 40 pounds on it and I managed to keep it off for 6 months after stopping. But then I got shingles and ended up on prednisone for a month and gained about 20 pounds in that month and since then it’s slowly creeping back up. I’m still almost 10 pounds lower than my starting point, but I need to lose everything I’ve gained and then some.

I don’t want to get back on Ozempic or really any medication like that because of the side effects. I didn’t have nausea, but I had severe constipation and exhaustion.

I cannot take metformin because it causes severe water retention for me. I’m open to supplements and have been using instiotol in the 40/1 myo and d-chiro. What else has helped? I’ve heard good things about Ceylon cinnamon and berberine, but I’m hesitant to try the berberine without doing more research. I’ve seen that it has a lot of negative effects.

It doesn’t seem to matter how much I walk or how exacting I am with controlling my calories and eating clean, the weight won’t come off.

Any advice?

Just curious what anyone lost if they only stayed on 1mg of semaglutide vs going up to 2.5mg. My insurance does not pay for this and I'm about to drop $299 a month for the 2.5mg. It's $199 of I can get 1mg and see success. Even if it doesn't make me lose as fast, I'm okay with that.

Hi!!! I’m trying to refine my diet to get myself off this plateau I’m on! So I have some questions:

1. How many carbs should we aim for in a day
2. If my body has been use to a 1600cal daily for years should I deficit from that? Or should I still calculate the TDEE and minus 500 from that? (It says my TDEE is 2500cals, so a deficit would be 2000 and that’s ALOT of food for me.

I’m on wegovy, and I lost about 11lbs since June. Majority of the weight came off in the first month with a .5lbs or two in the last month. I work out six days week, 10k steps daily, lots of water, and a moderate sleep so it has to be the diet right?! I get about 100-120 grams of protein a day

I have high testosteron and my period is ever 28 days but lasts only a day and a half. I heard about Inositol. What do you think? Should I try it?

My endocrinologist got back to me after reviewing my tests and my food/exercise/meds/supplements journal from the last 7 months and he did ask if anyone could vouch for me that it was accurate, and everyone I live with was able to do so. Since I've lost next to nothing despite a rigid routine. So he asked me to contact my insurance to check coverage for GLP-1s and turns out my insurance covers both Zepbound and Wegovy. First off, it felt so validating for him to say that it isn't all my fault that this isn't working, and to know that I may finally get to losing weight after all the work I'm putting in.

I'm just curious of which people prefer? If youve taken one or the other or tried both, what was it like? What would you recommend? What would I be careful about? I'm leaning towards Zepbound at the moment, but they're both the same price for me.

I recently lost weight, about 10 kg since I last tested my hormones so I asked to re-test them. The results were surprising (will post them at the end).

After looking at it, they have apparently sent a letter my way, and I’m still waiting for that. But in the journal the doctor notes,

“The test results does not confirm PCOS but unclear if patient still has oligomenorre as well as the appearance of the ovaries.”

?????

For context, before receiving the diagnosis PCOS, I took a hormone test and had an ultrasound done where one of my ovaries showed clear PCOS appearance. I also had irregular periods (slightly longer apart) and acne, but the reason I went to the doctor was because I had recently started to bleed a little all the time.

Anyway, I’m extremely curious about the incoming letter to say the least.

Here are the test results, I was on the pill when they took my blood as they instructed me to (I asked beforehand), the testosterone result is still quite surprising:

P—TSH

Resultat 3,69 mlU/L

Referensintervall: 0,27 - 4,2

P—FSH

Resultat 4,4 IU/L

Follikulärfas 3,5 - 12 IU/L Ovulationstopp 4,7 - 22 IU/L Lutealfas\t 1,7 - 7,7 IU/L

P—LH

Resultat 6,1 IU/L

Follikulärfas 2,4 - 13 IU/L Ovulation 14 - 96 IU/L Lutealfas 1,0 - 11 IU/L Postmenopausalt 7,7 - 58 IU/L

P—SHBG

Resultat 27 nmol/L

Referensintervall: 20 - 130

P—Testosteron ✨

Resultat 0,8 nmol/L

Referensintervall: <1,8 (previously this said 0,7 - 1,8, he changed it?) P-Testosteron fastande? (I wasn’t fasting)

P—Östradiol (estradiol)

Resultat 102 pmol/L

Follikelfas 50 - 850 pmol/L Ovulationsfas 150 - 2000 pmol/L Lutealfas 100 - 1250 pmol/L Postmenopausalt < 200 pmol/L

P—Prolaktin

Resultat 274 mIU/L

Referensintervall: 102 - 496

“Resultat” means result, “referensintervall” means the range of normal values. (The results are written in Swedish)

Hello!

I (23f, 5’7 229lb) have been making an effort to lose weight, eating in a calorie deficit, going to the gym 6 days a week, getting enough sleep.

My question is if anyone has workout regimen recommendations. Right now I just follow what my wife does, but she doesn’t have PCOS and I’m worried I’m doing more harm than help. To myself. I might be over thinking it, but was curious if anyone has any recommendations!

(My membership is at Planet Fitness if that helps)

Sorry if this is against community guidelines. Feel free to remove the post if it is. This is mainly me venting, but also hoping that someone may have some suggestions with what I'm going through.

35/f here and was diagnosed with PCOS at 23 after being dismissed by my doctors for years with all the symptoms I was having (hair loss, weight gain/ inability to lose weight, skin issues, cystic acne, terrible periods/ painful cramps).

When I was 27, I finally found a routine that made my life manageable, and for the most part, my symptoms were almost non-existent. I was taking Yaz (birth control) and Spironolactone 2x a day and felt great on my routine. I have always been a pretty active person. I have played sports my entire life, including club sports, and I have regularly gone to the gym.

My eating habits, on the other hand, have always been iffy. I have previously suffered from disordered eating and have never had a great relationship with food. Either eating too little or too much. I was diagnosed with ADHD, and that (and probably my PCOS) is a big factor in my food habits. (I am currently on Vyvanse + have COVID-19 long-term symptoms, and have had no issues with binge eating in 4 years. Food gives me little enjoyment/ dopamine release and hasn't in years.)

When I was 30, I was diagnosed with a DVT from a sports-related injury (although my doctors suspect Yaz was the culprit) and pulled off my birth control. Since then, I have tried a lot of different ways to manage my PCOS and have had very little luck. (Including metformin, strict diet changes, supplements, etc.)

At 31, I opted to have an IUD placed in hopes it would help, and it did a little. I was at least able to maintain my weight and saw some of my symptoms were better managed. Now that I'm at 4 years, I have found there are very few "hormones" left in my device, and all my symptoms have come back tenfold.

I committed myself this year to getting my health in order. I have been actively working out 6 days a week for 1.5-2.5 hours daily. I have also been eating Whole 30 for over 6 months. I occasionally have a cheat meal (about every 9-11 days), but that's it. I don't drink, I don't smoke, and I'm getting no enjoyment from anything in my life. I literally just want to lose weight, but I'm currently at the highest weight I've been in years. I'm 5'10 and weigh 206.

I unfortunately have seen no changes with all of my efforts, and my doctors have been absolutely useless. I begged for my IUD to be swapped out in hopes that that would work, but I was told no. I would have to wait until year 5. I have been logging literally everything I'm eating and was able to show my food diary + apple watch stats, and was told "I should stop eating at 6pm" and I'll lose weight.

I'm feeling so hopeless and honestly wondering what is the point? If I'm going to be fat my entire life- maybe I should just enjoy the shit food and stop working out. I wish I could tell you all I feel good/ get some enjoyment out of my fitness, but I truly don't. I'm really depressed that this is my life. Sorry for the venting, but no one I know IRL understands what I'm going through.

I used to weigh 271 now I weigh 248. For 7 weeks I haven't lost any weight. Myfitnesspal says I can have 2120 to lose 1lb a week and I have been eating less than that. I've tried 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000 and just stayed the same weight. I don't get much excerise other the chores and walking my dachshund is that the problem? I have very limited space to excerise indoors as we live in a tiny house with only one room. I also take 10 different medications and some do cause weight gain. Not able to go to gym because I don't have a driver's license.

Body image has been something I’ve struggled with for FOREVER. I never ate a lot but I was gaining more weight than my peers and I was struggling SO MUCH. When I was diagnosed with PCOS I was actually excited cause this was my chance to reverse the insulin resistance! As you can tell from the photo I’ve slimmed up so much and I’ve lost so much inflammation, I’m down from 62.5kg to 56.7kg and I plan to keep going! I feel so much better and I hope this gives hope to all you ladies out there fighting the same battles as me 💗 PS I look blue in the second photo cause it’s my Halloween costume 🌊🌊

Hello everyone! I'm a reporter at the BBC looking into PCOS misinformation on social media. I'm looking to speak to people with PCOS who have experienced some of the false or misleading information from influencers or accounts around PCOS and what it is like to navigate. Have you tried any influencer programs/products/reccomendations? What has your experience been like? You can email me at jacqui.wakefield.ext@bbc.co.uk

Normalize: loosing fat like a healthy human being who has no hormonal issues.

• What was your glucose, insulin and homa before berberine, and 8 weeks after.

My normals are glucose 96, insulin 13, homa 3.3. Did not try Berberine yet.

I’ve been in a 500 cal deficit since August. I’ve only done 3 weigh ins because it really makes me nervous to weigh myself. I haven’t lost a single pound since then. I don’t have much time to be active, but I do take the stairs when I can and go for walks (at school the elevator has been broken for weeks, so I have to walk 6 flights of STEEP stairs to get to my classes).

I’m on Alesse birth control, it’s been about 1.5 yrs since I started it. I’ve had a steady increase in weight since I started taking it, and I’ve noticed it’s been harder than normal for me to lose weight. I used to drop pretty easily and steadily every week, and now not a single pound has been lost.

Has anyone else experienced the same thing but was ultimately successful? I don’t care how long it’ll take me, I just want to feel healthy again.

Did not realize how much weight I really lost until someone asked me for photos at my highest weight vs my current.

My doctor prescribed phentermine and now I'm nervous about starting, I've been reading lots of stuff about palpitations and not being able to drink cofee while on it ( I love my coffe 😭). I suspect I might have adhd so my experience might be different? Any tips? Thank you!

I have been struggling with PCOS symptoms for 3 years now and was finally diagnosed last year (after getting off the pill my blood work unmasked!). I have been off the pill for about a year and my doctor wants me to go back on it. It is honestly the last thing I want to do. I went from 140lbs-210lbs in 3 years (while being a year round athlete and eating relatively healthy). I’m so scared birth control is going to make me gain more weight. did the pill help you guys or make your PCOS worse?

I am 45f and diagnosed with pcos. 5’1 132lb and my goal weight is 115. I gained 20lb over the last 2 years and trying hard to lose with no progress.

For the last month I have been eating low carb, limiting processed food, tracking calories and eating under 1500cal per day, getting 10k steps most days, 2-3x per week resistance training. I also do intermittent fasting a few times per week. The scale has barely moved at all.

I went to the Dr and she ordered a fasting blood draw and my blood sugar was 96. I am concerned about that but my doctor said “it’s normal” and told me to just eat more protein and follow up in 3 months. I feel frustrated bc a 20lb gain is significant for me and I’m concerned that I’m insulin resistant and on track to develop diabetes. 96 is very close to 100 and that’s the beginning of prediabetes.

My doctor seems very un concerned and said nothing about my weight gain when I brought it up.

Anyone have similar experiences or suggestions? I recognize that my weight is not that high but I am overweight for my body type (petite with thin arms/ legs) and just have a big belly that makes me look pregnant.

Ive got around 10-12 stone to lose and my hormones are wreaking havoc. I haven't ovulated once since I came off contraception 3 years ago. I've been offered a medically supervised very low calorie diet (800 kcal a day in soups and shakes) and also a chance to do 1 year Wegovy. I need to pick which one to do.

My goal is to get ovulating again as we have been infertile for the last 3 years because of this and my eldest is getting older by the day. I don't want the age gap to get much bigger. The lack of ovulation is also leading to uterine hyperplasia that's causing massive hemorrhages every month landing me in hospital so it's critical I get my hormones working as quickly as possible.

Have you tired either of these before? How did the affect your PCOS? What would you recommend?

third time posting here but started at a little over 242 sep 10 weighed in at almost 222 today 😭😭😭 all healthily and naturally :,) goal is to be 200 or under by the end of this year im so sosososo happy it is not impossible !!!!!! (i have insulin resistant pcos+thyroid issues+metabolic syndrome etc etc)