DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE THIN CYSTERS

MOUNTAIN GAL · 03-13-2003, 07:26 PM

I just posted a question somewhere else on here and then realized the answer was just a down scroll away. I thought all PCOS people were overweight and that this was a marker of PCOS. I was recently diagnosed due to whacked FSH to LH ratio and the fact that I have never had more than like 3 or 4 periods a year. However, I am not overweight (5' 7", 110). I guess there are other people like me. I do excercise quite a bit but should I be worried that I will get fat?

Platty · 03-13-2003, 09:29 PM

I am also a thin cyster (5'7" 120 lbs) and exercise quite a bit. I don't think that you need to worry about gaining weight. I've been thru bouts of minimal exercise (after a back injury) and haven't gained much. My mom and sister both have PCOS and are thin. My sis exercises a lot and is quite thin, but my mom never exercised much and has maintained a very normal weight. So, I wouldn't worry!

Julie v · 03-14-2003, 12:29 PM

I am thin and have had pco since puberty. I was 5'4" and 103 lbs before getting pregnant. I am now 109 after having her- 5 months ago. I don't really diet, but do exercise every day, but can't seem to loose the extra weight. I recently started glucaphage. I have been on it about 2.5 months, and it has caused me to ovulate, (which I never did without infertility drugs) but has not helped me loose the extra baby weight.
I would not worry about gaining. I used to be, and was told if I had not by now, I am not proned to that aspect of pcos.

Julie v.

olivia_baxter · 03-14-2003, 11:05 PM

i'm also fairly thin (5'8" and just 62 kg - don't know what that is in pounds).

my doctor originally said i didn't have pcos because i was overweight but i was sure i did! so we did the tests and i went to a specialist - sure enough, he diagnosed me.

he said that although obesity is one of the more common symptoms of pcos, it is certainly not a defining feature, and that many cysters never struggle with weight.

i've never really exercised too much - although i've recently started yoga, we'll see how that goes! it's fun!

i have however been trying to stick to a low carb/low-GI diet.

a low GI-diet is supposed to be a healthy diet generally, whether or not you have any particular medical/dietary probs. so i figure if i eat low GI foods it certainly won't hurt, and may help increase my general health in other ways.

because i don't struggle with weight i don't follow the diet religiously - i just use it as a general guide, but still snack on sugary things occassionally. i have cut out altogether certain foods like potato though.

and in two months i lost 6 kg (used to be 68kg) - not that i needed to really, but it was a nice bonus. i was thin before, but now i'm just that bit more shapely. my weight has now stopped fluctuating and generally do feel better all over :-)