KD

Well, I haven’t blogged in awhile.  I am committing this week to stepping things up. I haven’t been totally off plan the past 2 weeks but I haven’t been so great about logging my food and definitely not good at exercising.  I am going to commit to logging my food daily and taking a 20-30 minute walk after dinner now that it is light out later in the day.

On another topic. . .I’ve noticed that quite a few women here have PCOS.  I also have it and was diagnosed about 4 years ago. My OB/GYN ran the tests and said that I was insulin resistant and it either caused my PCOS or my PCOS caused the resistance. Either way, it is going to be more difficult for me to lose weight even by doing the same things that someone else without PCOS is doing. Let me say that I immediately added that to my treasure trove of excuses as to why I couldn’t lose weight (it had nothing to do with my overeating and underexercising!). For the past 4 years I have secretly held onto that as the reason I am overweight.   Well - NO MORE!  I have decided to take control of my own health. I had been perscribed Metformin (a medicine used by diabetics to control sugar levels & sometimes to help with insulin resistant PCOS) back before I had my youngest daughter and lost about 20 lbs pretty quickly.  I discontinued it while I was pregnant and have put off going back on it but last week I finally called my doctor and began on it again.  It has taken some adjustment but it has really helped me to feel full and not really want to eat at times too.  Now that I am taking that to control insulin levels, I am scratching off PCOS as an excuse for my being overweight.  I am committing myself to exercise, eat right and take my medication.  Those 3 things will keep me on the right path to lose weight.

Have a great day !

Katie