Oh my gosh, when I read that article I started crying. For the past several years I have been so frustrated by my PCOS. Up until about 6 months ago I was incredibly active and in shape and my Doctor basically told me that even though I show cysts on my ovaries he didn't think that we had to do anything about my pcos and that I was making up my symptoms. I kept telling him that I was struggling to keep my weight under control, that my ovaries were always sore, that I was growing excess hair, etc. but every time I told him he just switched my birth control - ugh!
The most recent time that he switched my BC I gained 10 pounds in 2 weeks and when I told him he asked if I had slowed down my workouts and told me that the weight gain was to be expected and that I had to eat less - UGH!
It has been so frustrating to battle this - the people I work out with are skinny and have no problems keeping the weight off, but even when I work out just as hard as they do and eat the same things they do I end up gaining weight and feeling terrible.
I'm ranting...sorry. |