Mon, Apr-11-05, 04:41
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Senior Member
Posts: 145
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Plan: Moderate low-carb
Stats: 186/140/135
BF:OnebigAB
Progress: 90%
Location: PA baby!
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You may have to count cals
When I first tried Atkins, I didn't lose much weight, it stalled for like three months. I had only lost about six pounds. I have not been diagnosed with PCOS, but have all the symptoms and was put on the pill which makes it tough. I am going to see an endocrinologist hopefully. But I've had a history of severely detrimental eating habits from anorexia to bulimia to COE and now currently bulimia. I found out Atkins wasn't working because I am one of the few people that can eat six steaks and still be hungry (being a former anorexic and COE, my eating patterns are so disordered even when my stomach is full, my head says more...) I've talked to other people to that said the plan only worked for them when they counted calories under sixteen hundred. I lost fifteen pounds when I counted cals under 1200 started then I fell off the wagon when the holidays rolled around and I'm trying to get back on track. L-Carnitine helped me to. Try looking into vitamins. There are some women out there with PCOS who jumpstarted their weightloss without metformin but with vitamins. Atkins highly recommends vitamins for weightloss, and it was his reference to L-Carnitine that helped me lose weight and it controls my appetite when I pay attention to my appetite and not my mind, it works best with alphalipoic acid. I don't believe PCOS makes weightloss impossible. My cousin was 220 pounds and without any medications at all, she got down to below 170 just doing Atkins alone, but quickly regained when she turned to her old eating habits. I don't want to underestimate the effects hormones have on weight, but I would deffinitely prefer vitamins over medication, and try those options first. I am also currently taking large doses of folic acid to metabolize estrogen. It seems to be helping since when I take it, my hirsutism is controlled better, and i never have taken it long enough to see if it can cure it. (one woman on soulcysters said it cleared up like 70%). Plus, look for stress factors in your life as they totally effect my eating patterns and waist line.
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