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Starting my weight loss journey and need some help. Can't distinguish which sites are pure fear mongering or legit lol. Help me out, which foods should I keep as a rule of thumb to avoid? I'm 19, and 155 lbs, 5'0.

Hi. First post on here.. Just wanted to ask for advice? For context, I’ve had pcos since 2022 and only this year have I been consistent with healthy eating and exercise (5 months straight from end of Feb to end of July). I lost a total of 50lbs and finally had my left ovary from polycystic to normal but I had an operation on August so I couldn’t workout for a month and then I got pregnant but miscarried. Had a recent trip as well for 9 days and when I checked my weight this morning, I’m back up 30 lbs. feeling so discouraged already. I don’t know what to do. I feel like all my hard work earlier this year has just gone to waste 😖😭

PS exercises included indoor cycling, lagree, minimal weightlifting. Eating healthy was meal deliveries but it has become so expensive I decided to stop all those and just maintain what my weight has become

What should I do? I feel like I’m spiraling in my mind but can’t get action done this time

I started my weightloss journey around September 16, and since then Ive lost 10kgs (22lbs)! I weighted around 87.9kgs that time and realized I wanted to try and loose weight again, ive tried intermittent fasting for almost a year 3 yrs ago but it didnt do much, and this time I started doing a deficit instead and its worked out alot better for me. I'm not a very active person, my steps average 10k-12k steps a week but those are mostly from days I work, I feel so happy and can already see differences, from dresses I thought I needed to get rid of since they dont fit anymore a few months ago to me trying them on again and being able to zip up easier than ever. I was a bit worried about how fast my weight was shedding as I've read that it isnt healthy to loose too much at such a short time but my defecit is according to my lifestyle im 155cm and 23 yrs old and since im not an active person I eat 1200-1300 a day, I dont starve myself and I am forgiving and understanding to my body on days it needs more food and I give it more food but I dont think 10kgs in 7 weeks isnt that bad, I just really wanna keep this weight off and improve my life again

Hello everyone, hope your are doing well. Coming here to tell you about the small progress i made, which tbh to me it is quite a lot considering it had been a few months with no results and this post might help someone. Maybe what worked for me works for you.

So after dealing with the hardships of pcos and emotional issues i started gaining weight rapidly in about 8 months to the point I actually developed insulin resistance. My family has a history of diabetes so i decided i rlly needed to get my weight in check if i wanted to reverse the insulin issue. I also have a disability so I wasn’t moving that much as a person with a non disability would.

I tried for 5 months prior to this one different things such as a fish and protein rich diet, eating every morning enough protein and getting as many walks as i could. Nothing.

I tried eating mostly veggies and soup and taking supplements as well. Nothing

Tried some other diets doctor suggested as well as nutritionists but I have no idea why it didn’t work.

Finally I decided to try something different that I usually i see some people say people with pcos shouldn’t try because it can make your cortisol rise which I will touch on later but surprisingly it worked for me and I just started 3 weeks ago. I want to note that i also did extensive research on what spiked my sugar levels up, how to avoid it, food and habits to avoid and basically informed myself as much as I could.

So here are the things Im doing:

1. I decided to cut at least 700 calories from my normal calorie intake which I calculated with a tdee calculator.

2. I cut sugars almost completely and replaced sugar with substitutes like stevia.

3. I cut carbs to a very minimum and if i do have them i make sure they are healthy carbs. So no bread and no pasta. This includes limiting high carbs vegetables which i will have just not often.

4. Lots of protein as much as I can have, and I make sure to implement as many as I can especially during lunch time.

5. I will try and recreate foods im used to and make them into healthier low calorie choices. I will recreate hamburgers, spaghetti and all the foods i love with different things. I use for example sweet potato to make the bread for my homemade burgers and zucchini for spaghetti noodles. I recommend you don’t completely switch to a different whole way of eating especially if ur not used to more veggies and stuff cause it’s easier to fall back into bad habits. Trick your mind into getting those delicious tastes but with healthier and low calorie options.

6. identify at what time you are most hungry and have that be your meal were you can consume the most calories.

7. Avoid snacking as much as you can, this will help you control and reduce hunger in the future.

8. I got myself on metformin for the insulin resistance yes it does make yo go a lot but I found that it made a significant difference!

9. Exercise at least an hour a day. This is not for you to burn more calories but to help your body in so many other ways as well as your metabolism and getting inflammation to go away.

10. (Optional) This is something i do and I never rlly planned but I dont eat breakfast not because I dont get hungry but because i work till late hours and I will be waking up at 11am everyday 😅 but I use this to my advantage and make it sort of a fasting thing. Although this is not for everyone and if you can eat breakfast go ahead and do so, consult with a doctor first as well.

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Now to touch on the things that might trigger your cortisol it’s best you go to your doctor and experiment with things like I did, i suffer from high cortisol but surprisingly the things i thought would make it worse helped the most.

I hope this can help someone, i know these are things you can already find on the internet but I wanted to give my experience and say hey it can definitely work if you put these all together.

(Edit) I also forgot to mention drink lots of water, take shots of apple cider vinegar before meals, buy yourself a food scale to make sure your calorie intake is accurate and be careful with secret calories. I recommend watching secret eaters in YouTube it helped me gain a lot of perspective on things you might be eating things that have high amounts of calories and bad stuff that you would never even think about. AND DO NOT LIMIT CARBS ALL TOGETHER if that is even possible… you still need them to survive and function.

Hello! Was diagnosed with PCOS in 2022, in 2023 I lost 55 pounds on a keto diet and lifestyle change in general. I wanted to stop keto so the beginning of this year I just focused on staying in a calorie deficit while focusing on protein and staying semi low carb, I just didn't want to be overly restrictive like how keto. From January to May, I lost nothing gained 6 pounds. I then saw a obesity specialist and she got me on Zepbound, from May until the first week of October I was on the injections but only lost 15lbs. I can no longer afford paying out of pocket for the injections, so I stopped taking them in October and have gained 10 lbs. I am so beyond frustrated with my body. I do strength training 4x a week (with weights no greater than 15lbs), I get at least 8k steps in a day, I stay in a calorie deficit and get at least 100-120g of protein a day. I'm starting to think that it could be something else. My specialist thinks I also have insulin resistance PCOS but I always assumed I had that too, but could there be something else? Has anyone else experienced this and found out they had an additional condition as well? I have a doctor's appointment today so I'm hoping to talk to her about my concerns and maybe do blood work, but we also did blood work before doing the injections and nothing screamed out of the ordinary (than what was expected due to my BMI). Any advise is greatly appreciated.

Does anyone have recommendations for weight loss workouts from home? I don't have any weights, but I do have a resistance band.

I walk every day and I'm trying to incorporate more exercise. Would love to do it 4/5 times a week, for like 30 mins.

I would be very thankful ^^

How long did it take before you started losing weight and did the method work for you? What exercises did you do and did you count calories? I know she says in the book you don't have to. Anyways, currently on week 1 (savory breakfast) and it's been keeping me full for 4 hours, so I know at least that part of the method is working.

I’ve been doing really well with eating healthy and losing weight, but recently I am really really struggling with sugar cravings, specifically chocolatey stuff and anything like that. (Ex. Baked goods, icecream, chocolate, etc). I’m meeting my daily calories, am eating a ton of protein, low carb. I just don’t know how to make these cravings go away because they are getting so bad. And none of the healthier alternatives for dessert or anything give me the satisfaction or flavour that I’m craving

Wondering if this is okay to take while breastfeeding.

Edit: Thank you so much everyone for your responses. I will try to up my calorie intake and increase exercise. I really appreciate the advice I got here today. Very insightful!

Hi! I'm 5'0 and 141 lbs. I have been consuming less than a thousand calories lately although I have a TDEE of 1300 if I want to lose half a kg per week. However, on days when I cross 1000 even by a little or have calories over 800, I see an increase in weight on scale. Although it's not much but I try to walk 2.5 mi every other day. This is a significant increase in my physical activity from a previously sedentary lifestyle.

I see a sharp dip in weight after consuming very little calories which increases the following day if it eat just a little more than the day before. Usually it's a 200-300 gram increase. It's very frustrating. Any idea as to why this might be happening? I don't think it'd be healthy for me to eat any less than I already am.

My testosterone was 0.579ng last time I checked. But I dont understand the measuring. Is it extremely high?

What do people have their nutrient and macro goals set to for apps like MyFitnessPal? I'm insulin resistant so sugar is a bit more of a biggie.

I was only told a month ago I had PCOS and am still getting to grips with it. I have been meaning to call my doctor but don't have any time until my next holiday at work.

Any help is appreciated!

I lost nearly 35 lbs the past 14 months through diet, exercise and Nextstellis. My weight loss plateaued starting this past April, frustrating as I still needed to lose some but I maintained a very steady weight. The past couple months I've started, stopped, started and stopped again Nextstellis and spironolactone. Without changing my exercise and even with getting stricter with my diet, I managed to gain back 15 lbs in like eight weeks.

Not the first time I've lost weight and gained it back super fast...I am super duper trying my best to stop it and turn it around this time before I lose all my hard work. Any advice besides the standard "watch what you eat and exercise"? Because I'm already doing that and I guess my fat has a mind of its own right now 😭

I’m 26. Had blood work done last week and my DHEA was 320, my Dr said anything over 200 is PCOS. I am a runner at least 3 miles 2-3 times per week sometimes more. I eat healthy, diet when I want to but I eat clean for the most part. I’m super sensitive to meds, have VERY bad anxiety and panic disorder. I was started on 500mg of metformin extended release and took my first one today. This evening I feel very anxious, medications affect me so weirdly, steroids make me anxious. Once I was on Mounjaro for weightloss and I was very very anxious. Dr wanted me on metformin for weight loss since I don’t really gain weight but can’t seem to lose. Should I just stop? I’m obsessed that it’s causing my sugar to bottom out, and I feel anxious at times this evening.

(28/F)Hello everybody, I came here to share my experience with Mounjaro and weight loss in general, please share if anyone has a similar experience!

To start with, I always had a VERY hard time losing weight, at 15 I got diagnosed with PCOS and Insulin resistance, so I have quite loads of experience of trying out different things that works me and helps me lose weight, and the only thing that worked was keto. That was amazing for me, just not easily sustainable, as I have ADHD as well and I tend to spontaneously stop my diet time to time… Keto was successful weight loss method for me but after a while I stopped, and in ~ 5 months i maybe gained 3 kgs while I wasn’t paying attention what do I eat and stuff. In January I got on the Depo-provera which my doctor approved that would be “safe” with the my diagnoses, and I won’t gain a bunch of weight. During the 3 months of my first shot I gained some weight but didn’t pay much attention, so I got my next one in April, but in June i realised my pants that were on purpose very loose don’t even fit me anymore. I went from ~67ish kilo to 85 first, and I was 94 kg when I started Mounjaro on the 19th on September.

So far my journey on Mounjaro is incredibly disappointing, as I don’t earn a lot of money, and this medicine is expensive, but my physical health has been horrible since the huge amount of weight gain on depo, the biggest I have been before was 72 kgs. I have to emphasise that I work in a pub, I have my 10k/+ steps 5 out of 7 days a week, I barely snack now and definitely eating less then I burn, and my lost weight after 7 weeks is 3.4 kgs. I read a lot about people struggling on the 5 mg and not losing weight, so I will definitely wait to see if 7.5 will help me. I take electrolytes, vitamin D, and C, magnesium glycinate. Drinking water could be a problem, as I find it difficult to have more than 2-3 pints a day and I forget, but still shouldn’t be the problem I believe. What I also read that some women only start losing weight 1 year after stopping the depo. Mounjaro could be literally life changing for me, as I don’t have cravings anymore, or food noise and my insulin is stable, but my body seems to struggle to lose weight.

I know it’s a long and complicated, complex problem but I thought maybe someone is in the same boat as me, and could give me an advice.

Thanks a lot xx

Hi all. I’m just wondering if anyone has any luck with intermittent fasting? I have been trying it since May on and off (there was a period I was doing it consistently) with 16 hours fasting or 18. I haven’t actually lost any weight from it really, maybe 1kg. Have any of you had any luck with it and if so what’s your schedule? Do you do it every day at the exact time each day? The only benefit I’ve found from it is that I now don’t eat snacks after dinner unless I’m having a cheeky dessert that fits within my daily calories.

Pic of me at the gym the other day for the algorithm :)

OH also, I tried Raspberry Leaf tea for the first time yesterday and afterwards I felt period like cramps despite being on day 19 of my 28 day cycle - next predicted period is in ten days (allegedly lol). Is this normal?

If you have a long list of lifestyle changes to make, mainly supplements, how much time would you allow in between changes to avoid feeling overwhelmed and to actually see results?

I'm 28 and was diagnosed with PCOS at 13. I've lost 65 lbs since January 2024 through calorie deficit and exercise. I've maintained for the last 6 weeks with no budge in weight loss. I'm getting frustrated as I've been diligent about counting calories, protein, weighing my food, and working out.

I'm 6ft tall, 318lbs, eating 2100 calories, 150g+ protein, strength training (including progressive overload) 4-5 days per week, cardio 2-3 days per week (cautious of HIIT as I have experienced high cortisol symptoms). I'm taking inositol, vitamin D, magnesium, fish oil, and have a Mirena IUD.

I recently took a whole week off of working out, thinking I was holding water (inflammation) and had a few days I went a couple hundred over on my calories. I lost 3 lbs over that week but immediately put it back on when I started eating my deficit calories and working out again.

Has anyone experienced this and was successful breaking out of it? TIA

Hi everyone, my doctor has prescribed me metformin and I’m terrified to start due to the horror stories I’ve heard of others on metformin. I’m also a bit more worried than usual because I’m in the final round of interviewing for an incredible new job and I obviously don’t want any stomach issues or other side effects preventing me from being at work if I start the job in the next few weeks. That being said, I want to start metformin in the next couple of days to give my body as much chance as possible to get used to it before the potentially new job, but trying to plan it out as best I can.

My doctor said to take it in the evening with food. That’s great, and works for me. But I can’t find ANY information online on whether the side effects, if I have any, would likely go into the next day too? As in, should I plan to be near a bathroom the whole next day if I took my metformin at 8pm the previous evening? I’m starting this weekend and have late afternoon plans with friends so unsure if I should cancel them or if I should be okay that many hours after I take it.

Thank you!

Has anyone had a successful story about running? I know it’s not advisable for us since it increases our cortisol levels, etc.

I once enjoyed running and I really want to get back but of course, the anxiety of increased cortisol levels is stopping me from running again. So I would just like to know if some of you continued running and lost weight…

Edit/Update/

Thanks everyone! I’ll go back to running. Can’t wait to get strong again! :)

SO I have been taking Saxenda on and off for a few months. Yes I definitely notice the difference in appetite (and I have only ever made it up to 1/4 dose) but the side effects are awful. Headaches, absolutely rock bottom zero energy (from someone with chronic fatigue already!), lack of personality, dizziness, zero memory, no ability to focus or do any tasks - i honestly feel like I cant even do the basics of my job despite having a light workoad at the mo and ability to wfh as much as I want. I have tried injecting in the morning and at night, in my stomach and in my thigh but nothing seems to help. Any tips appreciated. I feel like all I can do is sit in my bed and watch time pass and the scales have barely moved!!! Also I dont think we have any other types of meds in NZ so theres not really any other options for me :( but at this point id rather go off the meds and get my personality back!

Hey everyone!!

I’ve been on my weight loss journey this year and I have made good progress. My weight fluctuates between 1-3 ish lbs. I weigh myself every Monday or Tuesday. But it seems like every time I lose weight I gain a few lbs back. For example ( bc I suck at explaining things), when I was at my starting weight 278, it took me months to get down to 270. And every down I get to a lower weight, I gain like 3 lbs. Right now I’m at 247 and I initially was at 245 a few weeks ago. I’ve going from 245-248 for weeks. My diet has been the same since I’ve started. I cut out on soda and sweets. Count my count my calories and everything.

Is this normal?? I really wanted to get down to like 215-220 by December 13 bc that’s when I graduate by that’s looking unlikely. Any tips or advice?

Please let me know!!

recently i’ve been noticing my pcos affecting my mood and weight. simple carbs or spicy foods now make me bloated when they used to not, i’ve done research on what foods are best for pcos and have been taking spearmint and dandelion tea too, but is there any other tips i don’t know about with weight loss and pcos? i have also been walking everyday.