Looking For Advice, Just Starting My Weightloss Journey

Hi, I'm all new to this part of BB and am trying to find some advice.

I have been overweight my whole life even though as a kid i played sport 5/7 days a week and playing netball 3 nights a week up until 2 years ago and i'm no that much of a big eater. It does seem no matter what I seem to eat it puts on weight. I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 15 and put on the pill when I was 17 to regulate my hormones. This seemed to help with my weight as well as I actually lost a little of my wieght at the beginning. Anywho since meeting my now DH my wieght has yoyo'd up and down but has stayed around the same for the last 4yrs. But now since going off the pill June 2009 I had put on 5kg in 12 months and since starting FSH injections in Aug 2010 I have put on 10kg in 5 months so in total I have put on 15kg in 18 months :shakehead:.

Now that we have decided to take a break from TTC as we have to save for IVF and I need a break for my mental state of mind I am now only focusing on my weightloss. My fs would like me to loose 30kg :o but I myself would like to loose 50kg so I would be a healthy and happy mum when we do have our kids.

DH and I don't have that much money so going to a gym is sort of out of the question, but I do own a treadmill which I try and do at least 30-60 minutes a day on and have been watching the size of my meals. I have lost some weight years ago (10kg :D ) when DH and I first started dating but I put it straight back on again after our wedding :wall:

My question is does anyone here have PCOS and successfully lost this much weight and how did you do it, I mean was there a special diet program you followed or just watching the food and exercise???

Thank you in advance for the advice that I recieve, this is my goal and I have told DH that I'm not going to start TTC until I have lost the weight, so I am determined this time to loose the wieght as I so long to have a child.

Liz xo

Hi hon, I can't help with your question but wanted to wish you luck! I'm sure you can still loose weight even with PCOS :cheer:

Hi Liz - i too am very much in the same boat. i am at about 130kg at the moment - shamefully - and have just been diagnosed with PCOS. I dont have any children but we are desperately TTC and are about to start on our first IVF/ICSI cycle!

I have adopted a healthy lifestly and eating approach - no diets - they dont work for me - to restricted and i lose hope and interest.

I would love to keep in contact throughout both our experiences to help keep each other on track!! :D

K
xx

Determination and the belief in your ability is the very best start.
Exercise is great and I believe (but don't have PCOS, so I do apologise) that a low GI diet or one that is good for diabetics is a good way to eat for PCOS sufferers.
I find CalorieKing dot com dot au helpful to chart my food too.

All the best hun.
I know you can do it.

Thank you for your supportladies. kellijh I weigh about 120kg atm :( The whole craze dieting dosen't work for me either, I'm trying to do two 30 min exercises everyday (1 before work and 1 after), which I have been sticking to nearly everyday (I'm not a very good morning person) and have been doing well with watching what I am eating and am feeling better for it. Kim I will have a look at the site, thanks hun.
Thanks again ladies, hopefully will be posting some good weightloss news soon.

I am not 100% sure on the details with PCOS but i found that i wasn't eating enough, i was having 3 meals a day and then when i did snack it was crap so now i snack on fruit during the day and have smaller meals for breakfast/lunch/tea.
I am also walking 3 days a week with a fellow BB'er.

Please feel free to join us at the SUMMER HEALTH CHALLENGE thread, some very wonderful and supportive ladies there.
I need to loose over 20kg and have so far lost 6 or 8 (can't remember - my ticker says it) and a lot of it is to do with the help and encouragement from my BB friends.

GL with it all

you're reminded me ZF...I need to get my bum back in there :D