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    Hey!!! New member/Cyster

    Hello!!! I am super excited to see there are other women who share my problems with PCOS and have chosen Atkins to lose the weight!! I will be starting the Atkins diet on 1/18/10 and I have ALOT to lose...I had my first child Feb. 07 and my weight has steady increased since...My username is OneSixtyFive because that is my goal weight..All of your posts are EXTREMELY inspiring and for the first time in a long time I have that drive behind me to do it!!! I want another child and cant have one at my current weight..I want to take my almost 3 year old to DisneyWorld, I just want to be able to go to the lake in the summer and actually enjoy myself!!! All of these things I am missing out on and I am ready to say good riddance to the fat suit that is holding me in!!! You dont know how much of a relief it is to see this thread on here, I dont feel alone!! Thanks for your inspiration and looking forward to checking in here daily!!!!!!!!
    27/F
    Happy Wife and Mommy
    Hypothyroidism/Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
    Restart date 1/18/10

    Goal Dates(I'm only weighing on these days as I tend to have a little OCD qualities between me and scales..LOL) Just gonna see what I can do..no set numbers..I wanna be surprised!

    #1- 2/14/10(Valentines)
    #2- 2/28/10(Son's 3rd Bday)
    #3- 4/4/10(Easter)
    #4- 5/9/10(Mother's Day)
    #5- 6/20/10(Father's Day)
    #6- 7/4/10(Independence Day)
    #7- 8/21/10(My 28th Bday)
    #8- 9/24/10(Trip to San Antonio)
    #9- 10/31/10(Halloween)
    #10- 11/25/10(Thanksgiving)
    #11- 12/25/10(Christmas)
    Tags: hey!!!, member/cyster
  • #2
    Re: Hey!!! New member/Cyster

    Good Luck & Welcome!
    Female
    28
    5'10"
    HW 377lbs
    CW 358lbs
    GW 165lbs

    Mini Goal 350lbs

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    • #3
      Re: Hey!!! New member/Cyster

      Thanks!! Looking forward to losing some weight and feeling alot better..it only makes sense to do atkins with pcos!!
      27/F
      Happy Wife and Mommy
      Hypothyroidism/Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
      Restart date 1/18/10

      Goal Dates(I'm only weighing on these days as I tend to have a little OCD qualities between me and scales..LOL) Just gonna see what I can do..no set numbers..I wanna be surprised!

      #1- 2/14/10(Valentines)
      #2- 2/28/10(Son's 3rd Bday)
      #3- 4/4/10(Easter)
      #4- 5/9/10(Mother's Day)
      #5- 6/20/10(Father's Day)
      #6- 7/4/10(Independence Day)
      #7- 8/21/10(My 28th Bday)
      #8- 9/24/10(Trip to San Antonio)
      #9- 10/31/10(Halloween)
      #10- 11/25/10(Thanksgiving)
      #11- 12/25/10(Christmas)

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      • #4
        Re: Hey!!! New member/Cyster

        Hi one sixty five! I'm in this with you. I've tried Atkins off and on the last year and it has worked...when I"VE worked it. Unfortunately, I fell off the wagon. My addiction is soda. I drink one....then two...then I'm eating bread...then candy. :-( I'm a sugar a holic...like many other women who have PCOS. I wonder what it is about our bodies that craves sugar and complex carbs (that later get turned to sugar)? Anyway, I just wanted to encourage you.

        I think I'm going to set a target weight and once I reach that weight I'm going to do something really, really special. I was think that maybe I would put back $30.00 a month (since I won't be buying soda or other junk food) and then after I get to my weight...reward myself with that money to do something super fun! Hope it works.

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        • #5
          Re: Hey!!! New member/Cyster

          Hey ladies!
          I've been encouraged by your posts. Especially you, OneSixtyFive. I think the idea of weighing only on certain dates is a super one. I too, tend to get a bit obsessive. Currently I'm weighing twice and sometimes three times a week, then fretting in between! I was diagnosed with PCOS in 1995, then did fertility drugs to have my twins. My youngest daughter came as a surprise 5 years later, but the weight just kept coming on. I now weigh more than I did at 9 months pregnant with twins! Really looking forward to some sisters who are walking this road as well.

          Good luck to all of us!
          Kandimom
          39 years old, 5 feet tall
          308/277/150
          April 4 (Easter) 282.5
          May 9 (Mother's Day) -- Mini goal 270
          June 4 (5 months in) ???
          June 28 (VBS Kickoff ) ???
          July 19 (Kids' first day of school) ???
          August 1 (40th Birthday ) -- Mini goal 250
          September 5 (8 months in)???
          October 17 (my baby's 9th birthday)???
          November 27 (my twins' 14th birthday)???
          December 29 (our 20th wedding anniversary)
          January 5, 2011 (1 year on Atkins) Mini goal 210

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          • #6
            Re: Hey!!! New member/Cyster

            Hey! Another Louisiana girl with PCOS who's on Atkins!

            I only recently got diagnosed with PCOS but my doctor said that we really should have been looking for it for years. I started missing cycles for months on end - as many as 6 - when I was 19 years old and my mom dismissed my concerns by saying, "Well as long as the reason isn't because you're pregnant then we're fine."

            I honestly wouldn't have known anything about it at all but a nurse at another doctor's office noticed how I held weight around my middle (as opposed to being spread out all around my body) and that I had acne, a moustache, and my hair was falling out but I was only in my early 30's and said, "You need to be checked for PCOS." I was like, "PCO-wha?" and she told me to look it up and make an appointment with my doctor and specifically ask that he test me for it.

            Only after I did research did I realize that the reason why Atkins had worked so well for me the first time I did it in my mid-20's but no other diet had succeeded, was because my body just doesn't "do" sugar. When I'm not low-carbing, everything in my body goes out of whack. I'm tired all the time, I steadily gain weight, I even get depressed. But when I'm not taking in all of the sugar and carbohydrates I can sleep 8 hours a night (IN A ROW) and stay awake and alert the other 16 hours of the day.

            Mostly, I'm curious from other people to see if my hair starts growing back. I'm by no means bald but a thin ponytail holder has to be wrapped around my hair 4 times before it won't be too loose and fall out. I looked at pictures from when I was in high school and I have significantly less hair than I did back then.

            I am not on any medications, just nuvaring birth control (the doctor said it delivers a steady stream of hormones into my bloodstream and was better than the high and low periods that oral birth control caused). Plus, I'm lazy and don't want to take something every single day. Once every 3 weeks works much better for me!

            Currently down 24 lbs. but still have 110 lbs. to go. I'll try to keep you all posted as to progress and any changes I notice in my own condition.
            Female. 35 years old. 5'9"

            277/234/140 - (4/22/10)

            43 lbs. down... 94 to go.

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