Mon, Aug-11-03, 17:46
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New Member
Posts: 9
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Plan: atkins
Stats: 304/300/160
BF:
Progress:
Location: Arnprior
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sourdaisy
Abdominal fat is one of the most obvious symptoms of insulin resistance (which most with with PCOS have). It's the excess insulin which causes us to make abdominal fat and to prevent us from losing it.
LCing well help get your insulin levels in control which will help. However, most women also find that they don't lose the abdominal fat until they are close to goal. It's usually one of the last things to do.
So all I can say is hang in there!
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Gee.. I was diagnosed with PCOS a year ago.. and hypothyroidism 3 years ago.. anyway.. the dr I saw about the pcos did not tell me much.. just gave me some meds to lower my testosterone.... but really did not give me much info... I never heard about the insulin resisitence thing...I will definitely check that out.. is there any other info you can give me about it...???
thanks..
Shel
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