Thread: PCOS Weight Loss.

I am currently a fat hairy ape due to PCOS and I feel like a man. I have 6 stone to lose but here begins my journey. I started Slimming world on 12/02/13 I will be following the RED day plan as I need to cut out carbs in order to lose weight with POCS.

I an addition to the plan I go to the gym 4 days a week. I will be taking mesurements as well as weight. You can follow my plan on my fitness pal too.. Free Calorie Counter, Diet & Exercise Journal | MyFitnessPal.com

I will be posting my progress and diary below.

I hope you enjoy reading my diary and I hope to help and inspire other PCOS sufferers who struggle to lose weight. xx

I have PCOS too, its a stuggle but i muddle along. I haven't cut carbs, was never told too even though i've read multiple times i should, but i've had weeks without carbs and lose just as bad as when i have them, so i ain't cutting my pasta for no one I started at 17 and half stone and lost 3 and half but it has taken me 4 years, its a pain in the bum when i can sts or gain for no reason for weeks on end

Tuesday 12th February - Measuring day - the day after my first weigh in, I feel very fat after learning I had gained 1 stone in around 3 weeks. I wasn't surprised, my PCOS has taken a turn for the worse lately and have not been visited by Aunt flo since September. I have had a scan and blood test from doc's but they are useless. Even recommended weight lost surgery! How rude. I have not been taking my contraceptive pill for 4 months which could have caused this gain. My weight has always been 14-14.5 stone for the last few years. Any how I am now 15 stone 13lbs and my chest is 42.5 inches, waist - 39'', hips 47'', bingo wings - 15'', thunder thighs - 27''. I will measure these monthly.

Here's my food intake for my 1st day following the RED day:

Breakfast -
2 eggs. mushrooms, bacon medallion, tomatoes scrambled in fry light - ketchup - 1 syn
1/2 Grapefruit with sweetener

Mid Morning - 35g porridge, 150ml skimmed milk and sweetner - HEA and HEB

Lunch -
Chicken Breast, Salad - free
Light Salad Cream - 1 syn
Muller light - free

Banana
Apple

Dinner:
Salmon Fillet
Veg
Jacket Potato - HEB
Parsley Sauce - 1 Syn with Milk as HEA

Dessert:

S/W Pancake x 1 (recipe from group) 1.5 syns
Strawberries
Banana
1 tsp Honey - 1 syn

Snacks:
Grapes
Cherries
Mcvities Breakfast Biscuit x 1 - 3 syns

Total Syns: = 9.5


A good 1st day Feeling happy

Wednesday 13th Feb - Day 2 and feeling good, must resist to stop weighing myself every 5 mins :-p Was meant to go to the gym and low carbing has made me feel very tired. Proud that i resisted office biscuits!

Here's my food intake today:

Breakfast -
2 eggs. mushrooms, tomatoes scrambled in fry light - ketchup - 1 syn
1/2 Grapefruit with sweetener

Mid Morning - 35g porridge, 150ml skimmed milk and sweetner - HEA and HEB

Lunch -
Chicken Breast, Salad - free
Light Salad Cream - 1 syn
Muller light - free

Banana
Apple

Dinner:
Tuna Steak
Wholeweat Pasta - HEB
Vegetables
Parsley Sauce 1 syn


Snacks:
Grapes
Cherries
Mcvities Breakfast Biscuit x 1 - 3 syns
0.5 bag of 25g snack a jacks - caramel - 2.5 syns

Total Syns 8.5

Doing good

Thursday 14th February

Valentines day.. strictly ordered my bf NOT to buy me any chocolate or wine, he was a good boy and bought me a kettle bell hehe.


Here's my food intake today:

Breakfast -
2 eggs. mushrooms, ham, tomatoes scrambled in fry light - ketchup - 1 syn
1/2 Grapefruit with sweetener

Mid Morning - 35g porridge, 150ml skimmed milk and sweetner - HEA and HEB

Lunch - (getting boring now)
Chicken Breast, Salad - free
Light Salad Cream - 1 syn
Muller light - free

Banana
Apple

Dinner:
Steak
Jacket Pot - HEB
Onions
Mushrooms
Butternut Squash and Sweet Pot - 2.5 syns

Snacks:
Grapes
Cherries
Mcvities Breakfast Biscuit x 1 - 3 syns
0.5 bag of snack a jacks 2.5 syns

Total syns - 10 syns

Emotional day craved sugar, but resisted

Friday 15th Feb - Made it to day 4 and TFIF!!!!!!!!! WOhooo.

I am bored today at work and have found lots recipes to make. I am making Sticky chicken for dinner, Yummy. Found it on SW website just 2 syns. I want to make SW chicken keivs tomorrow but can't inf any cocktail sticks ANYWHERE. God I just want some cocktail sticks..

Here's my Intake so far today.


Breakfast - (see a pattern here lol)
2 eggs. mushrooms, bacon medallion, tomatoes scrambled in fry light - ketchup - 1 syn
1/2 Grapefruit with sweetener

Mid Morning - OMG Rich tea fingers are just 1 syn! Yes 2 of those please ( 2 syns)

Lunch - zzzzzzzzzzz need to find more lunch food i actually really wasnt hungry and didnt eat my lunch
Chicken Breast, Salad - free
Light Salad Cream - 1 syn
Wholeweat Pasta - HEB
Muller light - free

snack. apple


dinner

sticky chicken 2syns
jacket wedge heb
veg



4 malteasers 2 syn s

I don't know why its so hard to find cocktail sticks. Tooks us weeks to find a pack anywhere.

I know last time i made Kievs I didn't have any and the filling just melted everywhere and burned on the tray :-( I love the look of these and really want to make them properly! I sent by BF out to find some hopefully he will have more luck

Can't remember where i got mine, think it might have been poundland or somewhere like that

Saturday 16th February

feeling good today off to the the gym today!!

bfast
egg mushroom ham omlette ketchup 1 syn
fruit salad natural low yog 1 tsp honey 1 syn

Lunch - Carb Overload!! I did the biggest worst thing and went to the gym without any carbs in me.. ouch! So for lunch I HAD:

Jacket Pot - HEB
Beans - HEB
Cheese - HEA
French Fry Crisps - 5 syns

Dinner:

Slimming world keivs x 2 4 syns
Salad
Tea with milk

11 syns

Gym Workout

45 Mins on X trainer 5 miles
25 Mins Weight Training:
30kg deadlifts 3 sets of 10 reps (barbell)
18kg squats 3 set of 10 reps (kettlebells)
Bench press 18kg 3 sets of 10 reps (kettlebells)
Chest Flys 18 kg 3 sets of 10 reps (kettleballs)
French Press (tricep extension) 9 kgs 3 sets of 10 kg (kettlebell)
10 mins warmdown on running machine

Sunday 17th Feb day 6

I stupidly weighed myself and no weight loss :-( what am I doing wrong. I'm gonna wait till group tomorrow ad there scales are different. Bit disappointing as I have given this week 200% oh....well must go on.

Breakfasts

2eggs
Mushrooms
bacon x 2
2 x ww wholeweat bread HEB

Ketchup 1 syn

Mushrooms pepper tomato onion ham omelette made with skimmed milk hea salad

Ketchup 1 syn

Snack a Jacks 5 Syns

Dinner

SW Stew = 5 syns

SnacK

2 whole wheat WW bread HEB
Bacon medallion Free
Lettuce - FREE
Kechup 1 Syn


Syns - 13 Syns

Monday 18th Feb - Day 7 week, well I have made it a week and I get weighed tonight. Started of f the day by going the Gym and doing 35 mins of x trainer doing 4.5 miles.

Will update later if any loss/gains .. fingers crossed!!

Bfast

Porridge 35g - skimmed milk HEB HEA
2 boiled Eggs

Fruit

Lunch

Cooked Chicken
Ryvita x 2 HEB
Cheese triangle HEA
Mullerlight

Dinner



Snacks

Belgian hot choc- options 2 syns
Biscuits rich tea fingers x 2 syns

Dinner

Not sure how you are working your HE's for saturday but if you make that an EE day your jacket and beans will be free, not HE's, or you could even make it a green day and have the ham as HEb, milk as HEa, cheese as HEa... and that means you've only had 12 syns too.

Thank Ally. For my first week I am doing all red days as I really need to limit my carb intake. I tried SW EE days last time but didn't lose anything. Thank Anyways x

hmm ok