I am not sure if I am posting in the right spot or not.
I was diagnosed with pcos back about 1993, and was never told I needed meds or diet change or anything. Just that I would have trouble getting pregnant. So after several years of trying with fertility drugs and stuff and a miscarriage, I decided God had a different plan for me. Ended up being foster parents and within a year had adopted 4 beautiful girls. I truly believe these were supposed to be my kids.
So my hubby and I are happy with our girls and do not want to have any more. So now all I want is to get my pcos under control along with all the horrible symptoms that come with it.......the main one being my weight!!!!! I am also wanting to do this before becoming diabetic.
My problem is.....I have no idea where to begin!
Having 4 daughters and a husband in the house makes for very difficult dieting.
Back in junior high and high school I was a gymnast and in excellent health other than always irregular cycles and in 1986 I had an ovarian cyst that was the size of a footbal removed. It was attached to my right fallopian tube so they took the tube also.
The weight gain did not start until about 1991. This was about a year after we got married, so we chalked it up to being happy and settled, alot of people gain a few pounds after getting married. Now here I sit 18 years later and still very happy in my marriage and way way way overweight! Don't understand why the docs didn't tell me that pcos causes significant weight gain? Maybe I would have thought about it more and tried to control it better....i don't know?!?!
I Was Diagnosed In 2000. I Was Not Instructed To Do Anything Other Than Change My Diet And Exercise. Through Vast Research On My Own, I Discovered Metformin. I Casually Asked My Doctor For It And He Gave It To Me. I Do Not Know Why They Do Not Tell You, But They Don't. I Also Began Working Out Daily And Eating Differently. I Started Drinking Soy And Stopped Dringing Cows Milk. It Effects The Estrogens In My Body Differently And Suppressed Them So My Endometriosis Would Stop. I Also Learned That Aspirin Will Make You Grow Cysts Very Rapidly, So I Take Tylenol. I Hope This Helps. I Also Followed This Book I Picked Up For Very Cheap. It Is Called The Insulin Resistant Diet. The Weight Will Come Off, But You Have To Do It Gradually. You Do Not Want To Shock Your Body. Most Dr.s Recommend Two Pounds A Week. I Hope This Helps.
It's great you've decided to try and control your PCO's. I suppose your DR didn't tell you much about this condition back in 93 because he probably didn't have that much of an idea either.
What you need to do is find an Endocrinologist who will guide you, and decide if you need meds. Not everyone is on meds, I am, but the Endo is the right person to go to.
As for dieting... I understand it can be hard. However, a healthier meal plan will be beneficial to the whole family, and there are great recipes about. I bought a low carb cookbook, and there's loads of family recipes everyone will love.
If you don't already, start exercising.... even a walk round the block of an evening get's you going in the right direction, and gradually work up to other things you can do.
I hope this helps... and good luck!!!!!
Hugs xoxox
__________________ Danielle (28) DX: Hypothyroidism - May 05/ PCOS & IR Oct 05 Meds: 1x850mg Metformin + 1x75mg Levotiroxin + Diane 35
"If you can keep your head, when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation"
I had the same kind of thing, I was diagnosed and they said its not curable, you just have to manage it. I'd read about it so I was aware of the weight problems, I have been overweight since I started puberty so rather than tackle the problem I saw it as an excuse not to even really try. At least thats how I felt for a while. All the doctors ever said to me was you need to lose weight, I'd say I can't the weight wont come off, they'd say well I have to lose weight. So they were not very helpful. I even saw a specialist for PCOS and a dietition also for PCOS and they were absolutely useless, the dietition wasn't even sure what I should eat. Years later I'm still struggling with my weight, I've got good results so far from my latest diet and its purely from having a low carb intake, you can have carbs occasionally but not after lunchtime. As for drugs, I never got on with them, so right now I'm just trying to sort out my symptoms by losing weight. Thats one thing you will find on here, there are plenty of women who can empathise with you about what a struggle it is to lose weight. What works for the average person does not work for a woman with pcos, for us it is much more hard work to lose weight. Good luck!
help please 
Almost every woman with PCOS will recommend a different diet. I have no idea which one is best 
