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Originally Posted by scmjem  Kat, I am not trying to fight with you on it. I knew you would disagree I am just telling you what he said. |
I'm not 'disagreeing' that hormones affect weight -
please don't get me wrong there.
But there's minimal, if any, published literature showing that women with PCOS are '
resistant' to weight loss - when all the Rx's for weight loss are being followed consistently.
The 'energy' has to come from 'somewhere'. The question is: Where does it come from.
It's not really a point of debate until there's a response from your doctor to that specific question.
Doctors, just like consumers are guilty of not speaking 'from research' when it comes to weight loss. (I've interviewed hundreds of them over the years, and regularly had to push them for the source of their information, or the basis of their opinion.)
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In the BL article he even sites how Julie had a slow start ( and I watched her struggle more than the other women all season.)
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I don't know that I saw her 'struggle more' - except from the fact that missing her family really made things hard for her. Everyone on that show was 'struggling' with the heavy duty work load.
That said, Julie made it to the final 3, so overall, her results were on par,
if not better than the other participants.
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Originally Posted by scmjem The same with Brittany. So although we absolutely can lose weight, it is more difficult. |
Every year, there are participants who lose less weight than others. Most of them don't have pcos, so I'm not sure who you're comparing Brittany to...
IMO, it doesn't matter, anyway. Weight loss shouldn't be a 'comparison' game to other people. Who cares that some people lose weight faster, and some lose weight slower?
Interestingly, you never see debates about whether or not women with PCOS have the same 'fitness' abilities of women without PCOS...
We strive for maximum 'weight loss', but not towards maximum 'fitness' often enough.