Group: New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 1539, Messages: 27038

Officially introduce yourself to the community by sharing your goals, obstacles or accomplishments. Don't be shy.. we're all here for the same reason. The more support we share the easier it will be to reach our goals!

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hi all 23 yr old female w/ PCOS

sara9683
sara9683
Posts: 6
Joined: 2007/03/10
United States
2007/03/10, 01:01 PM
I'm not trying to use my PCOS as an excuse, but PARTLY because of it, I have a hard time losing weight. Another reason that all I can do is blame myself is pure laziness. I start out w/ every intention of doing better, working harder, and losing weight, but after just a few weeks I hit a slump in which I completely give up. Then a few months, a year, whenever later, I attempt to start again. So here I am, in desperate hopes of losing weight, and hoping that this time around I can stay on track. Hopefully I can get some help and support here that will keep me going.
jonshez
jonshez
Posts: 273
Joined: 2007/01/14
United Kingdom
2007/03/10, 01:20 PM
Hi Sara,
you'll definately find help and support here. Have a good read of the stickies and browse round the forums. Lots of good people giving good advice and quite a few success stories too!

Jon
jaytori129
jaytori129
Posts: 657
Joined: 2006/11/14
United States
2007/03/12, 09:25 AM
i will support you well...my wife and good friends wife has PCOS also its alot more common then you frst think, but dont let that get in way of motivation let it inspire you as a challenge, WELCOME TO FT
sara9683
sara9683
Posts: 6
Joined: 2007/03/10
United States
2007/03/12, 05:48 PM
Thank you very much, I appreciate the encouragement. The more and more I learn about PCOS, the more people I am finding with it. Any tips or ideas are appreciated, as well as kind words and support :)
sara9683
sara9683
Posts: 6
Joined: 2007/03/10
United States
2007/03/21, 12:18 AM
Although my nutritional intake hasn't exactly been the best (though it's been much better and i've started taking a multi-vitamin), my exercise has increased. I've been doing what my personalized plan on here has suggested as well as doing Taebo w/ my roommate and using the ab lounger (she recently purchased at Wal-mart....not too incredibly expensive and well worth the price, though assembly is a bit confusing). According to the scale, I've already lost five lbs. Definitely having support helps, which thankfully i've found in my roommate. Unfortunately I don't have much of an opportunity to surf this site a whole lot but im sure theres a lot of great help here.
mrsbergy
mrsbergy
Posts: 1
Joined: 2008/07/17
United States
2008/07/17, 07:50 PM
I am only 20 and have PCOS. Unless you have it, you have no idea how complicated it is. I don't eat any sweets and watch my sugar and carb levels really close. I found out about my PCOS 4 months ago and started being very careful w/ my eating as well as exercising 5 days a week. I run 2 miles every day at 5:00am than go to the gym for an hour in the afternoons. It has taken me 4 months to loose 15lbs. :cool: It's aggravating!