Losing Weight with PCOS & Why It’s Hard (Dietitian Approved Recommendations + Tips)
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Hey everyone I’m Abbey Sharp welcome to Abbey’s Kitchen. In today's video we will be going over the myths and facts about what to eat with PCOS, particularly as it relates to persistent challenges with losing weight. A thank you to my colleague Erin Davis, who assisted in the research for this video.
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I’ve had PCOS since I was a teenager – my diet primarily consists of: produce, oats, rice (including white rice – which we eat with protein and veggies to help the glycemic index!), beans and lentils, chicken/turkey/fish, olive oil, almond milk, unsweetened tea, and an occasional homemade baked good like banana bread or a brownie. I’ve never been overweight and my A1C has always been good! I just really lean on the hunger crushing combo!
Aww this is amazing feedback for the HCC. So happy for you!
Thank you so much for this. Just having some concrete things to focus on helps.
Of course! All about those actionable tips
Thank you so much for addressing this. I have been in a place where I am not sick enough to be diagnosed with full blown PCOS but have been and am suffering from all the symptoms for over 10 years. Classic chicken and egg problem. I have really been focusing more on lifestyle recently because I have already cut so many foods and calories and tried every conceivable diet and a dietitian said focus on the sleep and stress relief and movement and the rest should follow. I have even been on a med to try and increase my metabolism. I have been telling Drs. for years that I didn`t believe it was just diet and exercise and no one believed me, so I switched Drs and immediately got put on meds and working with a dietitian. My blood tests proved it wasn`t in my head!
Ugh I’m sorry you weren’t able to get help sooner!! I hope the meds and dietitian help
I’m so sorry you’re going through this! It took me 11 years to get diagnosed…kept getting told it was hypotholamic amennorhea…I’m so glad you got a new doc, a new dietician and got the blood work you needed!
Wow!! Thank you so much!! Could you also make a blog post with all the information? That would be great! Also pleeeaaaase make another PCOS video! 🙂 we need all the information
Gotcha we can do that
@@AbbeysKitchennot OP, different cyster. Thank you!!!
Age 41 now, was dx’d PCOS at age 18, gained weight steadily over the years. I am 5’9” and was 150 lbs at age 18. Exactly 1 year ago I was 308 lbs when I was finally diagnosed with diabetes. Received Mounjaro for a few months (shortage so I am not getting it anymore) and have lost 120 lbs so far through and currently 188. I eat a clean whole food well balanced diet (thanks Abbey) and I work out with my Peloton. I am 100% a different person today than I was July 23, 2023 when I was diagnosed diabetic. I had “dieted” and worked out over the years with very little results.
Great video! Thank you
I’d love to see a video about thin women with PCOS. I have PCOS, and significantly elevated androgen, but no insulin resistance (I actually often have low blood sugar)
I wonder if it has anything to do with my ED. But even before then, I never overweight with PCOS.
Lost excess weight by eating real foods, kept it off for years (and always will in the future) and it did zero for my pcos symptoms. I am healthier sure, but my symptoms are the same.
vids like these are why i adore Abbey 💛
Thank you for this video. So nice to have someone acknowledge the reality of how hard it is to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight with PCOS. I’m 49, walk 3 miles a day, lift weights, vegan, and it’s still a struggle. I’d like to lose 20 pounds but I can’t eat 1,200 calories a day. Thanks for your information!
Is love it if you could make a video on binge eating / losing weight with adhd and autism
Inositol changed the quality of my life with PCOS. I’m so happy you mentioned it. I wish I had known about it before my OB prescribed Clomid for infertility.
I’m curious Abbey what you think about inositol for post menopausal women. My endocrinologist recommended it and I took it for a while but it didn’t seem to make a difference to my blood sugar so I stopped it and I forgot to ask her last time because she was so thrilled with my blood work (as was I).
Which one do you recommend?
@@lea8532 I’ve had really good luck with Ovasitol. As long as whatever you get has the 40:1 ratio of myo-inositol to D-chiro-inositol that’s really all that matters. Theologix sells Ovasitol, if you decide to get that make sure you Google for a PCR and Discount code!
I had to hear ‘cysters’ several times before I got it.
Thank you for addressing this and being honest about how hard it is. So many people are out there gaslighting people with PCOS telling us “it’s just CICO/you must be eating too much/it’s not harder to lose weight with PCOS” treating us like we’re too stupid to count calories or weigh/measure food correctly. I lost 170 with bariatric surgery in 2019 but the PCOS symptoms eventually came back. Insulin resistance and reactive hypoglycemia led to an 18 pound regain no matter how hard I stuck to the lifestyle changes I’d made. I started Wegovy in April and finally was able to slowly start losing again. Only 10 pounds in the last 3 months. I stalled from the end of May until this week. I began restricting my calories to dangerously low levels to break the stall which did not work and my dietitian had me take a break from calorie counting because of how stressed I was and how disordered my eating was becoming. My stall finally broke when my doctor increased my Wegovy from .25mg to .5. Not because I was eating less than I was when stalled. I am actually eating more, in a healthy calorie deficit and following my dietitian’s plan instead of starving myself. The only place I’ve gotten any support is other PCOS people. The GLP 1 support groups are full of people yelling at PCOS people that we’re lying about what we eat.
I’m a type 1 diabetic with PCOS and have done hours of online research into weight loss with no actually helpful info. This was the first time I’ve learned something new about PCOS! I’ll look into those supplements and further into AGEs. Thank you so much, I really enjoy and benefit from your content 😊
This is SO helpful! I have PCOS and am allergic to dairy, gluten, eggs, and peanuts, so the normal PCOS diets end up being even more restricting 😬 You make it easier to see my options!
It makes zero sense to me that insurance doesn’t cover semiglutides for pcos weight loss. So frustrating!!
I really appreciate the screenshots of the study abstracts as you were talking!! Thank you for providing such specific, useful information!!
So helpful!!