i am so glad to see you all again posting on this.
Lux, P.J., everyone -
(my people!!)
i so understand how you feel. My all time highest was 348 and a HALF and back on april 9th 2000 i went LC cold turkey without one single slip up and was down to 198 by aug 3oth and went out to dinner for a friends birthday and "accidentally" (
) got one tiny teaspoon of mashed potato on my steak and within 15 minutes i was in the bathroom (thank God it was a private one) of this fancy french restaraunt and i was soooo sick
i thought i was gonna die. well, that liitle slip up led to more slip ups and by the summer of 2001 i was back up to 270 and by this past june tipped the scales at a whopping 342 at the doctors office and knew that if i did not get serious and get back on the wagon i was gonna hit 400 someday and at 5'4" tall that would just about do me in. when my Doc said either stick to low carb (at least he is PRO atkins) or consider intestinal bypass surgery
- i drove home in tears praying to God and i distinctly heard the "still small voice" of God whisper to my heart..".why not find an internet support group?..try looking up LOWCARBER.ORG"
...and as soon as i walked in the door i logged on to this sight and i am sooooo thankfull i did!!
i wish i could say i have made it through with no slip ups
but at least i have this place and you good people to take note of my absence in my journal and e-mail me and remind me i am not alone and that REALLY REALLY makes it hard to stay down when there are so many arms reaching to pull me back up when i loose my grip on the old wagon
.
so three LOW CARB cheers
for all of you and know that you've got a friend who may not know your "real "name, but sure understands and cares a whole bunch.
now guys you may want to look away
while i talk girl stuff w/ autumn!
autumn-
hi!
WELCOME!!
i too was dx with severe PCOS last year....it only took them 10 years to figure it out!!!
(and i am also a soulcyster with the same handle at soulcyster.com) and although my endo and gyno and reg doc all would like for me to take the metformin, i just was too afraid of the huge risk of fatal lactic acidosis and for me, by just LCing, my cycle has improved from 1-4 per year -sometimes lasting 6 -10 weeks and not returning for over 8 months- to every 35-45 das and only lasting 10-14 days, and my gyno said that my last ultrasound showed almost completely normal ovaries with just a few follicles each, whereas before i had HUGE cysts on both of them and was very worried i would never concieve. i am not on any bcp b/c i am single and dont need 'em and also b/c of the increased risk of stroke. MY endo told me that absolutely positively pcos is CAUSED by highcarb and IR and that eating LC is really the ONLY real treament that is proven. sorry for the long book here....just wanted to let you know there are lots of us fellow PCOS girls out here. blessings and baby
dust to you!!
(BTW- i was born i MIch and all my relatives still live there...i spent my early childhood in ferndale and all my summers up north on grand lake and lake huron in presque isle. my parents grew up in oakland, highland park, bloomfield hills and grosse pointe. ever heard of vic canever chevrolet? i miss michigan...it is sooo much better on the great lakes than it is on the ocean!! so nice to meet a fellow michigander!!
)
ok- guys- you can look now!!
to everyone! WE CAN DO THIS!!!
blessings
-amarise