Hello, As I am sitting here eating my lunch I am coming to the realization that I just can't take this PCOS crap anymore. I am looking at my lunch that consists of some tofu, a piece of chicken and some green beans and wondering if it is ok to eat? I just hate it. One of my co-workers told me that she lost a total of 26 pounds and I was looking at her and said oh that is great and she is looking at me and said you should try this diet I am on. I tried to explain that I have PCOS and IR but she just looked at me like 'SO". I am tired of being fat even though I am exercising at least 5 times a week for at least 30 min at a time but I just feel like it's not working and feel like quitting all together. Then my grandma told me last night that she was going through some old photos of me and I was so thin when I was 15. She asked me what happened to you? Great I said to myself. I just don't know what to do anymore and everything that I would like to eat and drink I can't cause I am always worrying about how much calories something has.
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First of all I'm sorry you are feeling so low. I know all too well the feeling of worrying about everything you put in your mouth. I also understand how it feels when people make comments about how you "used" to look. It makes me want to beat them up A lot of sisters have told me this, and I really need to listen, and it is that you need to do what is best for you. Don't follow a diet because someone else did, don't ever call it a diet, or you will feel deprived. Just the stupid word makes you feel bad! So think of it as making a life change, not a diet. Don't say you will never have a piece of cake again, because that is not realistic. Be kind to yourself, love yourself from the inside out (I'm working on that right now, trying to undo years of being just mean to myself) And remember what you weigh is just that, it's not who you are. We love you and always know you can come to us for support. I don't know if anything I said has made you feel better, but I hope it has. Good luck sweetie!
Suzie
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Thank you sweetie for your kind words. I just don't know why I am feeling like this today. Sometimes I just want to be able to drink a cup of hot chocolate and not feel guilty about it afterwards or eating a small portion of pasta. I am IR and I know I shouldn't be eating the carbs and stuff. Thank you for you thoughfulness...
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*hugs* Do we have the same grandma?? LOL Just kidding!!
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Hang in there I feel the same way so much. I excersise ...sometimes over excersise and I have never lost a pound and I go so frusterated. But then I got myself thinking how good the excersising made me feel and the adrenaline of it...so I thought maybe I should be excersising to boost up my mood not to slim dow. You have to love yourself from the inside out. I've been teased since kindergarten about my looks...and ever so often someone calls me pretty and I flip thinking they are just teasing me. So i count the calories record the excersise pass up on everything I want and stick to lemon water and salads.....I know where you are coming from and you're not alone. But I often forget I am doing this all for my health not my looks.
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I know how you feel I used to model and now i'm obese with hairloss and facial hair and moodiness. One thing I learned about life things could be going good one day and things can change the next. I think the world today is shallow and everything is about being the skinniest and the prettiest, and having a lot of money. Life is so much more important than those things. There are children in Niger starving to death, there was one child whose skin was coming off of him because of a zinc deficiency. All it takes is a dollar a day to feed him. I know that you get tired of this disorder and trying to fight it on a daily basis but just hang in there.
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My doctor told me that exercise is good for helping to lose weight, but it is also good for getting and keeping insulin levels normal. So, even when we're not losing when we are exercising, we are getting other benefits when we exercise. If you want a treat, have it, try and link it to a healthy protein. With PCOS, we have to make long term life style changes, and that is okay. Hugs are being sent to you, because some days are harder than other days.
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I can completely understand where you are coming from! Just the other day I told my husband that "I'm not worth anything." because I was feeling so low. One thing that has helped me is not depriving myself of anything. If I want to eat something, I will eat a very small portion of it. Otherwise, if I keep telling myself that I can't have it, I want it more and more and more and more and more! Soon I'm obsessing over it and I finally give in and then I completely overeat! I found that if I allow myself a small portion, even just a bite or two, then that temptation goes away. That's something that's helped for me anyway. Don't be so hard on yourself and remember that tomorrow is always another day! If you eat something that you maybe shouldn't have, don't beat yourself up over it! You can start fresh again tomorrow!
Good luck to you!
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Just can't take it anymore 
A lot of sisters have told me this, and I really need to listen, and it is that you need to do what is best for you. Don't follow a diet because someone else did, don't ever call it a diet, or you will feel deprived. Just the stupid word makes you feel bad! So think of it as making a life change, not a diet. Don't say you will never have a piece of cake again, because that is not realistic. Be kind to yourself, love yourself from the inside out (I'm working on that right now, trying to undo years of being just mean to myself) And remember what you weigh is just that, it's not who you are. We love you and always know you can come to us for support. I don't know if anything I said has made you feel better, but I hope it has. Good luck sweetie!
One thing that has helped me is not depriving myself of anything. If I want to eat something, I will eat a very small portion of it. Otherwise, if I keep telling myself that I can't have it, I want it more and more and more and more and more! Soon I'm obsessing over it and I finally give in and then I completely overeat! I found that if I allow myself a small portion, even just a bite or two, then that temptation goes away. 
