Re: Re: IE and PCOS (and what triggered my freaked out post)

August 4, 2011

This is in response to multiple people (thanks for replying about PCOS!):I was never really into restricting much. I was just into eatting too much and then feeling guilty about it. But I went through my "whoooo, I can eat ice cream without feeling guilty" phase and I think I'm pretty much past it. This is not to say in the future I won't eat too many Oreos, but for the most part I seem to be able to take or leave food once I'm satisfied--any food, whether fruit or ice cream or cookies or bread.I am also not insulin resistant, according to my endo, who did blood work last summer. I have low Vit D levels (which is strange considering how much time I spend outdoors with sunscreen only on my face) so I do take Vit D3 with fish oil. I feel much better when I take it consistently. I'm also on Yasmin and I love that

stuff so much that if they ever stop making it, I will learn to cook it in my own kitchen. (Yaz, however, it evil incarnate.)What I've noticed recently is that eating some protein and fat at every meal is REALLY helping me. I used to think eating mostly fruit for breakfast was the best/healthiest plan but I would be really hungry and craving bread products a few hours later. Now I realize that a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich and some fruit makes me feel much better.(One huge benefit of staying with my mother-in-law--her meals almost always contain veggies, protein, carbs, fat and fruit as dessert. I've been feeling GREAT and plan to change up the way I do meals at home.)What triggered my post was that I read some things online that said people with PCOS should eat several small meals a day instead of three larger meals. But when I eat some fat and protein at each meal, I'm not HUNGRY enough to eat three

meals a day. So then I thought that maybe I was doing something wrong. In retrospect, I'm rolling my eyes. If my meals are keeping me satisfied, what's the problem?

August 6, 2011

Vitamin D deficiency is very common in women with PCOS. It's also startlingly common in Americans as a whole (with increased numbers in folks with darker skin and/or those who live at northern lattitudes). I would advise EVERYONE to get tested. I got tested and found I was very low, and what a difference in my energy level when I started supplementing!

i'm curious -- what is the difference in your experience of Yaz versus Yasmin? (in terms of their effects on your body)as for meal frequency... i think listening to your body makes a ton of sense! good for you for rolling your eyes!

best,abbyfellow sufferer of PCOS (also without evidence of insulin resistance)

This is in response to multiple people (thanks for replying about PCOS!):I was never really into restricting much. I was just into eatting too much and then feeling guilty about it. But I went through my " whoooo, I can eat ice cream without feeling guilty " phase and I think I'm pretty much past it. This is not to say in the future I won't eat too many Oreos, but for the most part I seem to be able to take or leave food once I'm satisfied--any food, whether fruit or ice cream or cookies or bread.

I am also not insulin resistant, according to my endo, who did blood work last summer. I have low Vit D levels (which is strange considering how much time I spend outdoors with sunscreen only on my face) so I do take Vit D3 with fish oil. I feel much better when I take it consistently. I'm also on Yasmin and I love that

stuff so much that if they ever stop making it, I will learn to cook it in my own kitchen. (Yaz, however, it evil incarnate.)What I've noticed recently is that eating some protein and fat at every meal is REALLY helping me. I used to think eating mostly fruit for breakfast was the best/healthiest plan but I would be really hungry and craving bread products a few hours later. Now I realize that a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich and some fruit makes me feel much better.

(One huge benefit of staying with my mother-in-law--her meals almost always contain veggies, protein, carbs, fat and fruit as dessert. I've been feeling GREAT and plan to change up the way I do meals at home.)

What triggered my post was that I read some things online that said people with PCOS should eat several small meals a day instead of three larger meals. But when I eat some fat and protein at each meal, I'm not HUNGRY enough to eat three

meals a day. So then I thought that maybe I was doing something wrong. In retrospect, I'm rolling my eyes. If my meals are keeping me satisfied, what's the problem?

August 6, 2011