(obligatory I am not a native speaker so please don't judge)
Dear women of reddit who have pcos and have successfully lost weight, what is your secret?
I'm F23 and I started my weight loss journey in april 2019. My starting weight was 77kgs/170lbs (I'm 163cm/ 5'4 short) and I went down to 70kgs/154lbs in a year. It's not a lot and most people didn't even notice a difference, but I was happy about every kilo I lost. My weight goal is around 55kgs/121lbs, but for my insurence to cover a surgery I want, I need to be below 65kgs/143lbs. However, since this april nothing changes.
During quarantine, I worked out at home and went for walks several times a week. Ever since the gyms opened 2 months ago, I work out at least 4 times a week. I usually do around 50 minutes of weight lifting and 30 - 40 minutes of cardio as well, crosstrainer or running depending on my mood and biking to the gym and back home.
I count my calories and eat around 1400 calories a day, eat mostly low carb, never snack or drink anything besides water and coffee. My diet is not perfect and sometimes I slip up and eat a little more carbs, but I try my best to follow my diet plan and cook for myself. I have 1 or 2 cheat days per month, but even on those days I pay attention to how much I eat and I never go over 2000 calories. I've also tried intermittent fasting for a few weeks, but because of my job and my life style, it wasn't sustainable.
When I was younger, I tried different life styles as well, for example paleo, vegeterian and vegan too. Paleo helped me as much as low carb does, nothing changed. While I was a vegeterian and later vegan, I rapidly started gaining weight.
At this point I am running out of ideas. I went to my doctor today to see if my hormons are still all over the place. Hopefully, I can get some medication.
Is there anything else I can try? What helped you lose weight?
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