Thin cysters with big tummies?

[tarbaby]

Hi there thin cysters. I'm not too sure if I should consider myself among you (5'7", 147lbs). Still, I wanted to ask you whether any of you have body shapes that don't really make sense even though you don't have weight issues. For example, do you deposit all your fat in your middle and nowhere else? If so, what are you/your docs doing about it? I suffer from this situation where I carry all my weight on my chest and stomach and have spindly legs. Doc says it's not Cushings and that it will be an uphill battle to lose that fat deposition because I'm not even really overweight. While he has given me BCPs and a very low dose of thyroid hormone, I don't know if those are going to help me change my body shape, even though I am trying as hard as I can to eat well and work out.

[Scorpionsoul]

I dont have a solution but I too have the same problem...I am 5' 4" at 125 pounds. But I carry all my weight around my belly and hips..I am not overweight and my doctor doesnt want me to loose weight. When I asked about this issue she says..do toning exercises for the abdomen. It is really frustrating. I am on met currently and will be starting clomid next month. Hope we find a solution for this soon.

[Lisa3]

I gain weight on my stomach as well. I think it might be a sign of some insulin resistance, although I did not test as ir, but my glucose level was high but in the normal range.

[hilde]

I have the same problem, and I do wonder if having the abdominal fat makes us an in-between thin and thick PCOS case. I have no doubt it has to do with insulin resistance. I don't have it at the moment but diabetes is rampant in my family and I have had gestational diabetes as well.
I agree that toning exercises can help. Loosing the fat is not the answer, my RE told I needed to put on fat, not muscle to help my fertility.

Hilde

I lost weight (unintentionally) and it has added to my problems as I suffer from low oestrogen as well now, which I didn't before. My belly was flatter and I liked it. Normally I get asked if I am pregnant a lot, as my belly is out of proportion on my thin frame. I think a flat belly put me in the real thin PCOS class, which is more likely to have estrogen deficiency. I have recently put the weight back on (and glad to say, it didnt' all go to my belly), but I assume it will take a few months for my body to recover from the shock of being starved.
Abdominal fat is known to be the bad fat but it is also more easily moved by exercise then hip fat.

[tarbaby]

Lisa3, I too have glucose levels on the high end, but not enough it seems for my doc to want to put me on metformin or any such meds.

[tarbaby]

And Hilde, it's interesting you say that you had a flatter belly when you lost weight unintentionally; may I ask how you lost that weight?

[Lisa3]

tarbaby-my obgyn would not put me on metformin, but my re did. I don't think obgyns are as well informed about pcos and the latest research.

[hilde]

Hi,

I lost weight due to a few causes.
I got pregnant and went on a really healthy diet straight away, as I had gestational diabetes in my previous pregnancy.
Then I had a missed m/c and the stress of it all took me down to a very low weight.
I struggled to put it back on due to a changed workschedule and it took me a while to figure that out. At first I was obsessed with putting on the weight in a healthy eay, with exercise and protein drinks to build muscle, thinking that would help with the PCOS. But my RE said I needed to put on fat, as low body fat is what can also cause infertility. So, I enjoyed my food for a while :-) and put on weight, also with making sure I took in enough food on working days.
Now I am at a healthy weight, even a tad heavier then when I have gotten pregnant before, I am just trying to maintain it and adding some exercise as that should be good for my general health anyway.

[Eva37]

we sound really similar. Im 5 ft 6 half, and weight 147. All my weight is on my stomach, too.