can weightloss help even if normal weight?

CucumberTea · 04-04-2004, 05:07 PM

I'm just wondering if anyone has had success regulating their cycles with weightloss alone, even though they were already a healthy weight to begin with. I'm having a lot of success on metformin, but i'm not IR (i don't think) or trying to conceive and i don't like being on medication. I asked my doctor and she said even slender people might see results with a 10% reduction in body weight. I'm pretty happy with my weight now - 137 @ 5'6'', but i could try to lose ten or fifteen pounds if i thought it would really help. Has anyone else tried and gotten results?

hopeless · 04-04-2004, 07:56 PM

I haven't tried this, so I'm not sure. However, I just wanted to say that if you don't have enough body fat, you won't get periods. (Like women who train heavily and stop having periods)

How about low-carbing, but not losing weight? Maybe that would help.