losing weight and regulating periods

[Nataliieexo]

Has anyone with irregular periods found losing weight helped regulate your periods?

I am hoping it is the answer to my irregular periods. I have already been to the doctors about them, i was scanned and told i had one cyst on my ovary i thought that might be why because i thought at first having a cyst stopped you ovulating but then i learnt it didn't, i still get concerned because the cyst has only been looked at twice and i was diagnosed almost 2 years ago with it the doctors answer was of course the pill. Everytime i ask for them to look at it they tell me they don't need to keep check of it.

They did test me for PCOS because i am overweight and i have unwanted facial hair and a hair line on my belly and of course the irregular periods but they only found one which i am glad to know.

I come off the pill in august so i am ready to ttc in September, i have started trying to loose weight i am hoping to loose 3 stone, i think i only need to loose 2 stone to be in the average BMI category.

So if anyone has a similar story or has lost weight and got a normal cycle please share it.

 

[babyplease66]

Hi, i have been diagnosed with pcos at the start of the year following having the implant taken out due to constant bleeding. since having it taken out in Feb 12 I had no period at all and following a year of persistently going back to the doctors they finally scanned me and found pcos! i am slightly overweight and since pcos i have been tryibg to loose weight as my gynae said even a 5% body weight loss can restart menstrual cycle and ovulation!! at my heaviest i am sad to say i was 13st 9lbs ( when i had implant out) and i am now 11st 10lbs! I am on cd2 of my first natural period and feel exstatic about it...... loosing weight does make a difference!! its definatly worth a shot whilst waiting for other things to happen at least

good luck

 

[Nataliieexo]

Hi, i have been diagnosed with pcos at the start of the year following having the implant taken out due to constant bleeding. since having it taken out in Feb 12 I had no period at all and following a year of persistently going back to the doctors they finally scanned me and found pcos! i am slightly overweight and since pcos i have been tryibg to loose weight as my gynae said even a 5% body weight loss can restart menstrual cycle and ovulation!! at my heaviest i am sad to say i was 13st 9lbs ( when i had implant out) and i am now 11st 10lbs! I am on cd2 of my first natural period and feel exstatic about it...... loosing weight does make a difference!! its definatly worth a shot whilst waiting for other things to happen at least

good luck

Well done on the weight loss that is brill, i started off 12st 5lbs and i am currently 11st 8lbs, i have an obsession with my scales i like to get on them daily lol i have lost 2lbs since monday but i think its coming off so quick because i let myself slide a little with the dieting and ate badly but still managed to maintain. Yes it is worth a shot i'm hoping to get down to 9 and a half stone at least. if it doesn't regulate my periods then at least i am a little bit heavier and i would know that being overweight wasn't the problem.

I have had blood tests done a couple of times to check my hormones well every time i mention the cyst i get a blood test and they have never rang me back afterwards so i can only assume if anu hormones were high/low they would contact me. I suppose next time i am there i could ask what the results were.

Good luck to you too i hope this is the start of regular cycles for you or even better a bfp

 

[SBinRI]

I knew my weight was likely delaying my bfp. So in march I started my diet. I used sn app called Noom which I looooved. And it was free. I lost 20lbs by May. And got my bfp. Getting to a healthier weight is just like pruning a plant. Getting rid of the "fat" makes the plant healthier as a whole. Good luck!

 

[Nataliieexo]

I knew my weight was likely delaying my bfp. So in march I started my diet. I used sn app called Noom which I looooved. And it was free. I lost 20lbs by May. And got my bfp. Getting to a healthier weight is just like pruning a plant. Getting rid of the "fat" makes the plant healthier as a whole. Good luck!

I hope that happens to me, i have lost 12lbs so far i had to have a midweek weigh in i cant leave the scales alone lol so hopefully if i can stick to it for 3 months until my holiday when i get back i will weigh quite a lot less and i can see how my periods get on

 

[SBinRI]

They say losing 10% of your body weight (unless you're underweight) can jump start your hormones etc. Just keep at it!!

 

[SBinRI]

And congrats on the weight loss so far! Its not easy but soo worth it! My noom app teaches a healthy lifestyle- not just diet. Was VERY easy to track everything too!

 

[Nataliieexo]

They say losing 10% of your body weight (unless you're underweight) can jump start your hormones etc. Just keep at it!!

I hope so, well i hope this is the case with me anyways i come off the pill 14th august i really hope i am regular afterwards but like i said previously i have never been regular, i have been a reasonable weight before but i cant remember my periods from back then so i have no idea if this will work for me.