Hi Everyone!
This is probably my 5th time returning to low carb eating. This last round I've been low-carbing since February and lost about 20 pounds. I was on a different support site that I really liked but there weren't enough members, just about 4 people posting and the rest kind of disappeared after a week. So hoping to find more people on here.
I like to cook and as soon as I get a journal up and running I'll share recipes. I'm looking forward to hear what you guys have tried. I'm currently at 20 carbs a day.
I've had success with low carbing in the past but it seems like this time my metabolism is really shot and weight loss has been very slow.
I have a lot of health issues I'm trying to support. Please share with me any advice on your own experiences with any of these and how low-carbing affected them.
hypothyroidism
insulin resistance
PCOS
re-occurring pre-cancerous cells in my uterus
infertility issues
Pre-cancerous cells- This worries me the most. I was just on Megace for 3 months, a medicine that blocks estrogen and shrinks abnormal cells that need estrogen to grow such as pre-cancerous and cancerous cells. My doctor told me that excess body fat causes peripheral estrogen so loosing weight might help keep me off the medicine. The medicine makes me feel exhausted and causes weight gain and all sorts of not fun stuff. I'm very happy to be off the meds after my last clear biopsy (that was a week ago.) I just need to loose weight.
PCOS-a low carb diet is recommended. I've also had ovarian wedge resection to correct this.
Endometriosis- Diet doesn't affect this but I've had surgery to remove it but it may come back.
Insulin resistance- I've heard that low carb dieting can help at first but that increased weight training with moderate carbs is better to correct it. Can anyone back that up? I'm thinking of going to a nutritionist for some guidance.
Infertility issues- Weight-loss can increase your chances to get pregnant.
At my heaviest I was 260 I went on and off low carb for a while and began low carbing again at 245 lbs this past February and now I'm at 221.4 and fluctuating. Ok well I have to run soon but I look forward to meeting you guys and loosing some weight!