PCOS? Trying to lose weight? Gather here!!!

[Smurfette]

Oops, sorry Claire - missed your weigh in results

1/2 lb will come off again quickly so don't beat yourself up about it lovely. You're doing brilliantly with your running, could be just a blip (water weight etc)

 

[ClaireLR]

Thanks Smurfette!

Sparkle - I don't know if you saw that programme on BBC1 a few weeks ago, they said that a diet high in low fat dairy products can help you to lose more weight - so don't be in to much of a rush to cut out that cheese I eat weightwatchers yoghurts (half a point) and philadelphia light to get mine in.

Hayfevers feeling a little better today so might venture outside tonight! Didnt do my exercise bike last night because I felt so drained from the hayfever, I couldn't stop scratching when I got home - felt like a dog with fleas lol! OH went and fetched me some Benadryl. Sparkle I saw those Lloyds machines, in fact I was all set to go buy one yesterday and then saw a review online - you have to push the probes right up your nostrils - one women wrote that she felt that she could see the lights in her eyes! I'm to squeamish for that (god knows how I'll ever cope with childbirth ROTFL!)

Good luck for weigh in Smurfette, let us know how you get on! xx

 

[Smurfette]

Thanks Smurfette!

Sparkle - I don't know if you saw that programme on BBC1 a few weeks ago, they said that a diet high in low fat dairy products can help you to lose more weight - so don't be in to much of a rush to cut out that cheese I eat weightwatchers yoghurts (half a point) and philadelphia light to get mine in.

Good luck for weigh in Smurfette, let us know how you get on! xx

Will do. I watched the programme about weight loss too. I eat mullerlights (free on SW) and skimmed milk (sometimes with a sneaky 1/2 tsp of banana Neskwik in it ) to keep my low fat dairy intake up. Yum!

Hope the pollen count's lower where you are today for your run - it def is down here.

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[jacky24]

Hey ladies.. Congrats to those that have lost weight... Don't give up hope to those that have not lost weight or even gained a pound... One week up next week down, as long as it is moving right!!!!!!

Well i havn't weighed now in 2weeks and im too scared to be honost!!!! I have only excercised Tuesday and Last night... Will get a good session in tonight and maby weigh on Sunday... it was also very hard as only left on Sunday... so to all, and good luck for the week ahead......

 

[Smurfette]

RUBBISH!!!!!!!!! Put 1/2lb on!!!!!

Not giving up but totally fed up with the whole losing one week then gaining the next . It wouldn't be so bad but I've done laods of excersise this week and stuck to my diet.

Oh well, just got to get on with it!!!!

Good luck with your weigh in on Sunday Jackie. Hope the rest of you are doing OK.

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[sparkle83]

Smurfette *hugs* bodies make no sense sometimes. heading up to AF perhaps?

Claire: I didn''t see it, but I meant proper cheddar full fat stuff, which I tend to be a bit liberal with on pasta dishes. I always take multi-vits with iron and calcium with vit d supplements, as I am crap at eating well. And childbirth will be fine, its summat going out, not in

weigh in tomorrow, hopefully gonna make up for gaining it back last week.

Went up and saw my niece earlier (SIL's little girl, 14 wks old), who laughed for the first time when DH was taking her ic. I have a pic now of him with her, and seeing him holding a baby made me focus on exactly why I have to get this damn weight off.

 

[sparkle83]

still no change. getting a bit fed up now.

 

[ClaireLR]

Smurfette - is it possible that your not eating enough? If your doing a lot of exercise but still eating the same that could be possible - a girl at my old ww class started to do lots of exercise but didn't increase her points and just stayed the same for weeks, but as soon as she upped her points just by a couple a week she started losing again.

Sparkle it sucks when the scales dont move. Do you go to a class or do it yourself? Try measuring yourself, I had weeks on Cambridge where the scales didn't move which was very disheartening, but those weeks were always the ones where I would lose a large amount of inches (I lost a whole FOOT in total from my waist ) Also try keeping a food diary to see what your eating and when to see if you can see whats happening? I find that it helps me loads when I track everything, as soon as I stop I can guarantee I'll put on.

Just had huge chicken and veg stir fry for tea followed by an activia fat free yoghurt which I have to say was YUMMY! Had a pork sandwich earlier in town (god it was good though!) so thought I'd try and use less points for tea.

Good luck for WI tomorrow Jackie! x

 

[cherrished]

hi ladies just want to give u all sum hope....im a pcos sufferer n been TTC for over a year weighing around 11nhalf stone wiv a BMI of 31....just 4 months before starting clomid successfully got pregnant without losing weight but sadly lost the baby at 8 weeks they put it down to miscarriage/chemical pregnancy....then i thought forget this im not going to give up but change my lifestyle so i quit my old job then a month l8r started a new one...well a week into my new job i successfully got pregnant n discovered at 5 weeks gone just b4 xmas im now 34 weeks pregnant wiv a healthy baby boy n due august 9th so i never had to take clomid i just changed a few things in my life n focused more on other things...its the best xmas present i could ever have....

i just dont want you pcos ladies to give up trying or hope i hope u all get ur very soon and i wish u lots of baby dust && good luck xox

 

[sparkle83]

Claire: just trying to lose it on my own. Had dropped from 15.2 to 13.2 in 2008, but after feb 09 I've gained back 1 st 3lbs I'll try the food diary idea. Although my weight is no lower, I've lost 9cm off the widest part of my waist

 

[cherrished]

Hi ladies my consultant gave me a course of Xencial which is diet tablets to help shed the pounds used them for around 3 weeks n they did wonders...side effects werent too good thou but they worked have you spoke about ne diet tablets wiv doctor or ur consultant ??? I know as a pcos sufferer n the side effect of gaining weight ur entitled to these tablets. Hope this helps maybe ask ur doc on ur next appointment for more info on these xox

Millions of baby dust to every 1

Hope u all get ur u deserve it ladies !!!!

 

[sparkle83]

Hi

I've had xenical before, and the side effects were so bad I couldnt leave the house, so they'rea no-go unfortunately

 

[sparkle83]

scales this morning said I'd lost 2lbs, but I'm gonna wait til my official weigh day... heres hoping I can lose alittle more by then

 

[jacky24]

Feeling the same... I am standing still for 8 days now!!!!!!!!!!! still standing on 222 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am jacking up my excercise to 5 nights a week now, full hour.. and no more walking i am going to be jogging to get the blood flowing faster......

I feel your pain girls.......

 

[Smurfette]

Hi,

Sorry I haven't been around for a while. Been mad busy at work then went away for a couple of days to see some friends.

Sparkle - Sadly AF wasn't due so I can't put the gain down to that. I'm totally feeling your pain about the weight not moving. Keep going though. Whilst it's great seeing the change on the scales inch loss is also brilliant!

Claire - Good point about the change in food intake. Weigh in on Thursday so I might give eating more a go and see what happens then. How's the running going?

I did ask about weight loss tablets at the docs a little while ago but she said most of them are contra-indicated in pregnancy so she wasn't happy to prescribe any in case I got a while I was on them.

Anyone got any good diet recipe suggestions? Not a clue what to have for dinner!!!!

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[manchester1]

weird i am taking xenical(diet pill) and clomid at the same time. dont see how either could effect either...

 

[Smurfette]

Don't know if this is new research or not but thought it might be worth posting
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/women_shealth/3434420/Vitamin-D-can-aid-fertility.html

 

[ClaireLR]

Great link smurfette. Wonder how much vit D you would need to take, it doesn't give dosages - I'll see what else I can find.

3 and half off for me this week haven't been running as it's just been way to hot, but have tried to walk as much as possible and generally be a bit more active. I'm off work this week and have been trying to do a bit but it's just so hot - you just want to sit down eating ice lollies under a fan!!!

The Xenical thing......noooooooooooooooooooooooo! I tried that once and had horrendous side effects including stomach ache, really terrible diarhorrea (TMI) and oily, greasy stools (even more TMI ) The worst side effect for me was loss of bowel control, resulting in a couple of rather smelly accidents really not nice and I wouldn't recommend them AT ALL!!

Sparkle - I've gained about the same amount of weight since beginning of Dec last year - your measurement loss is fab though, sometimes it just takes our bodies to catch up a little (think this is what happened to me - last week half a pound on and wasn't sure why, this week fab weight loss!).

Hope you're all ok!!! x

 

[ClaireLR]

Just thought I would post this photo of myself for you when I was at my heaviest, 17 stone 6 pounds (I'm only 5'2"!!!). Second one is me at around 12 10, which was my lightest (am 13 9 right now).

 

[Smurfette]

Wow! Fab weight loss this week and brilliant pics Claire!!!!!

I'm having a rubbish week this week !!!! I'm retaining water like there's no tomorrow, my skin seems to have gone into meltdown, I'm fairly sure I didn't ovulate a couple of weeks ago as I had no ovulation cramps so no idea when might turn up and I have weigh in tomorrow which I do not expect to go well.

I'm just a big ball of crap at the moment !

On the plus side at least when I know what the damage is tomorrow I can try and make amends.

How's everyone else doing? Feeling more positive than me I hope!!!!!

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