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Blue Butterfly - I've been considering laser hair removal or electrolysis...however my Grandmother has had both and it's never worked for her so I've been reluctant...I've also been reluctant because I always believed that, being a symptom of my PCOS, there is a chance that perhaps if I get the...

My facial hair is starting to get really quite bad...I've been shaving twice a week for at least a year (and maybe once a week or once a month for the previous couple of years) and usually I use a cheap little disposable razor and warm water and it does the trick absoloutely fine, no problems...

Thanks PurpleRoses, I'll do just that :)

Oh dear I didn't do very well with my checking in every single week pledge did I? Never fear, one week is not a fail :) On Friday I weighed in at 316lb's (down from 320) which I am pretty ecstatic with, especially considering I've not exactly been completely "good". However, I've learned I'm...

First weigh in...and haven't lost a sausage! I think I'm still in hangover from xmas food mode to be honest. However, my menu for next week is planned and would you believe it, the man beast has decided that yes, we can eat a vegetarian day! For my vegetarian dish we are having a morrocan style...

So here are my first of the month pictures for January, weighing in at 337 pounds Looking good...but could be looking much better! Lith xxx Edit: Although I dont think they're showing up? Hmm...not sure whether this is because Im using Picassa (which Ive never used before) or...

Thanks for your kind words and encouragement guys :) So, check in today. I start my PCOS/Slimming World eating plan today, so it's quite a momentous day! Yesterday was a little bit of a last supper moment, and the scales are showing it today, but I'm pretty positive, and to be fair I think...

Congrats on the proposal! I'm starting SW tomorrow but from home...I used to be a member so I know the plan, I'll be signing up online for the full shebang syn lists next month...but anyhow I digress...looking foreward to seeing your progress!

Ahoy! You know that lovely wafer thin cooked ham that so many of us (or is it just me?) love to slap in our sandwiches for lunch time? I'm presuming giving the processing it doesn't exactly count as lean meat...anyone know the syn values? Cheers! Lith xxx

Hey there, Ive got PCOS too and am about to start SW tomorrow as having done the research it seems about the best diet to help with this as possible :) Hope to see you around! Lith xxx

It's true that I'm more than a lurker than a majorly active forum poster. I'm quite ok with this...but it does mean that today I cannot put up my picture! Never fear though, for my picture has been taken and I shall edit this very message to insert it once I'm able. Tomorrow I begin my...

About My Diary So my weight loss journey, if that is what you will call it, started in earnest a year and a third or so ago, but it never really got off the floor till August of 2011. I'm one of those gals for whom weight loss is a slow and bone crunching thing, but I'm used to that by...

Sorry for the delayed reply, been rushing here there and everywhere! I've had my hormones and insulin levels tested loads of times down the years, and every time I've had them done I get the same result - normal levels! This peeved me off quite a bit for many years actually because when I...

Hey there thomasinam :) I'd like to say welcome to the PCOS board but err...I guess we'd all rather we weren't here ^_^;; But anyhow, I've had confirmed PCOS since I was 16 and have gleaned a lot of information over the years between doctors I've badgered and books I've bought and research...

So, not content with St Patricks day, Guiness came up with a new ploy... Lol, I don't recall whether it was last year or earlier, but I do remember the Guiness adverts "Here's to Arthur!" I just presumed it was a funny advert...I didn't realise they'd taken it the whole hog over in Ireland!

It's fair enough...different strokes for different folks and all that :)

Hey ThisTime, I too have not had anything come up in my blood tests...either to do with insulin resistence or hormone levels. The only reason I've been diagnosed with PCOS is because I have slightly enlarged ovaries, absent periods, a little excess body hair and the problems with my weight....my...

Just listen to your own body is what I think! If you feel great and aren't hyped up on happy pills to make it that way then you must be ok :) Bare in mind what others have already said; the beginning of a diet is often rewarded with a fast weight loss, and the latter parts with slower progress...

Hey, just popped in because the thread was showing at the top...and was shocked at some of the misconceptions surrounding Dianette/Metformin, their risks, and the reason they work or not for the treatment of PCOS, or why they are or are not used as a long term solution. Come on ladies, it is...

I see so many instances of people maintaining their weight for months on end. Many give up, but some stick with it...and eventually the body finally adjusts and weight starts to creep off. The less you have to loose the harder it is, so do stick with it, eventually things will start shifting. To...

I generally use all my dailies and weeklies (53 a day and 49 a week) and it's all very easy now whilst I have that ammount to use...but I'm betting it gets harder as I loose (which I am) so I'm getting used to packing out my meals with veg...sooner or later I'm gonna have to ditch the bread for...

Hey ThisTimeItsForever...what is CD? I've seen various sources which state it as very much a PCOS symptom and is one I've always suffered with. It is linked with the whole Insulin resistence thing and diabetics suffer this kind of shape too (although I'm not sure which is the cause and which is...

Great post, confirming pretty much every bit of serious research I've ever come accross about PCOS (although as a sufferer of various allergies I wouldn't class this one as an allergy...more an intolerance). Whilst it's never nice to go through what PCOS puts you through, nor see someone else go...

I picked up her book "The ultimate PCOS handbook" that she co wrote with Theresa Cheung...I'm following the ten steps suggested in the book at my own pace, whilst having started Weight Watchers to help stick with the weight loss whatever happens. Currently I'm still on step one, eat more...

Hey all, just thought I'd pop in and introduce myself. I joined MiniMins back in...oh...April I think...when looking for some support with my weight loss (I was partaking in some good old fashioned calorie counting) but my heart just wasn't in it and both the dieting and the forum participation...

I don't suppose there's any real answer as such to this conundrum I find myself in, but I just need to vent. When I first started seriously to try and loose weight last August I did relatively well and lost 16 pounds. Then I hit a plateau and then we had some family events, then xmas came...

Yes yes yes, we all know by now that BMI is not an accurate portrayal of the composition of your body but as the nurse measured your waist and then took the leap I think it's safe to say (no offense!) that your BMI would be about right...unless your packing 40 odd inches of pure muscle, in which...

Is started by using MFP and still do use it, finding it extrmely helpful as a tracker...however, it tells me I need to be eating 2400 (approx) to lose a pound a week (simply because I really am that humongous...I am pretty sedentary!) and even I, lover of food that I am, find it difficult to do...

I'm 23 and my heart is 33...ouch :s But not suprising given my weight to be honest...

My sugar and insulin always come back normal and I've had more than my fair share of tests (my doctor, as lovely and well meaning as she is, is obsessed with giving me a diagnosis of diabetes!). My other hormones all come back normal too. No metformin for me - just a referal to the dietician to...

I'm lucky in that I never had problems with acne aside from the regular old teenage zits, but the body hair? I have to shave my face at least twice a week...it used only to be a little patch under my chin but over the years its gotte coarser just about everywhere a mans beard would be. And the...

Hey Felix, One of the big problems with PCOS is that it's a syndrome which means that there's no one definitive thing that says "hey up there, this is PCOS" - some people can have some aspects of it that just don't show up for others. So for me, I get no periods and my ovaries show up on an...

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Between me and the hubby we spend about £60 a week in our grocery shop these days, but to be fair that includes other sundries such as laundry detergents. When we were students we spent about half of that. What has pushed our bills up is the cost of fresh food. It's more than doable to spend as...

I can tell you what doesn't work for me, and I can tell you what has worked for me, but ultimately there are so many different diets out there for the simple reason that everyone is different. Counting calories has so far worked for me because most food shows their calories of the packaging and...

Hey hey everyone :) My name is Rebecca but on the internet people just call me "Lith" because I am the self styled Queen of the Rocks *ahem*. I first noticed I was overweight when I was about 8 years old but was having much too much fun to take any notice! I got up to 250lb's ten years later...