PCOS and Weight Loss
I am SUPER happy to say that I have lost 15 pounds so far!!!!! I am just a few pounds away from my first goal and I feel great!
As I have written in the past, I was diagnosed with PCOS a few years back and with that came a lost of weight gain. At first I had no clue what was going on because for my high school and first couple years of college I was one consistent weight and I didnt watch what I ate and I didnt work out.
Well, once the weight gain started, I felt like it would never stop. But, I still didnt do too much working out and I felt like I are 'okay enough' not to change my ways.
In May 2012 I got married and became pregnant which was like a miracle because with PCOS there is no guarantee that you will ovulate, and no way to tell when you will ovulate, so your cycles are not regular at all. It was miraculous that I did ovulate in the month of May and I got pregnant with our first child.
During pregnancy, as expected, I gained weight. I gained close to 50 pounds which is on the high side but 10 1/2 pounds of that was the actual baby plus all the others things... etc. So, after I delivered I was not at all concerned with losing the weight. I didn't care about that at all. But, to my surprise I was back down to pre-pregnancy weight within a few weeks.
As a breastfeeding mother, it is suggested that you actually take in 500 extra calories a day to keep up your milk supply, etc. I was not purposefully taking in extra calories but I was not cutting back either. So I stayed at a consistent weight until I made some small changes that have given big results.
I will list below all of the things that I do differently that have helped me to lose 15 pounds so far:
1. Daily Walks.
2. Whole Wheat pasta instead of regular and Whole grain breads.
3. No dessert. If I want something sweet, I have a glass of chocolate almond milk as 'dessert'.
4. No milk. If I have milk, it is in cereal and it is 2%, not whole like before.
5. NO SODA. I drink my coffee in the AM, water all day and tea in the PM.
6. No fast food.
7. Coffee from Dunkins only a few times a week, not daily anymore.
8. If we have burgers on the grill, I don't eat it with a bun. I cut out bread wherever I can.
9. We've added a lot more veggies to our diet.
10. We have fish at least once a week.
So those are some changes....I do not go to the gym, but I do try to get active with walks each day. I am still nursing our son so I am going slow with the weight loss but I am so happy to be seeing results! I also thinks it helps that I am chasing a 14 month old and carrying him around is like holding a 26lb weight! :)
As I have written in the past, I was diagnosed with PCOS a few years back and with that came a lost of weight gain. At first I had no clue what was going on because for my high school and first couple years of college I was one consistent weight and I didnt watch what I ate and I didnt work out.
Well, once the weight gain started, I felt like it would never stop. But, I still didnt do too much working out and I felt like I are 'okay enough' not to change my ways.
In May 2012 I got married and became pregnant which was like a miracle because with PCOS there is no guarantee that you will ovulate, and no way to tell when you will ovulate, so your cycles are not regular at all. It was miraculous that I did ovulate in the month of May and I got pregnant with our first child.
During pregnancy, as expected, I gained weight. I gained close to 50 pounds which is on the high side but 10 1/2 pounds of that was the actual baby plus all the others things... etc. So, after I delivered I was not at all concerned with losing the weight. I didn't care about that at all. But, to my surprise I was back down to pre-pregnancy weight within a few weeks.
As a breastfeeding mother, it is suggested that you actually take in 500 extra calories a day to keep up your milk supply, etc. I was not purposefully taking in extra calories but I was not cutting back either. So I stayed at a consistent weight until I made some small changes that have given big results.
I will list below all of the things that I do differently that have helped me to lose 15 pounds so far:
1. Daily Walks.
2. Whole Wheat pasta instead of regular and Whole grain breads.
3. No dessert. If I want something sweet, I have a glass of chocolate almond milk as 'dessert'.
4. No milk. If I have milk, it is in cereal and it is 2%, not whole like before.
5. NO SODA. I drink my coffee in the AM, water all day and tea in the PM.
6. No fast food.
7. Coffee from Dunkins only a few times a week, not daily anymore.
8. If we have burgers on the grill, I don't eat it with a bun. I cut out bread wherever I can.
9. We've added a lot more veggies to our diet.
10. We have fish at least once a week.
So those are some changes....I do not go to the gym, but I do try to get active with walks each day. I am still nursing our son so I am going slow with the weight loss but I am so happy to be seeing results! I also thinks it helps that I am chasing a 14 month old and carrying him around is like holding a 26lb weight! :)
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