Peeve of the day….People READING while DRIVING!!!! Nuff Said … *GRUFFFF*…

hahaha…alrighty then…

Let’s sum up yesterday…LONG day. good on points till dinner. pizza (although thin crust). friends who bring ice cream. movie. all equaling???? MUNCHIES….Holy moly…I am PMS’ing for the 3rd month in a row which kicks BUTT…but I keep having major ups and downs on the scale at the moment because along with my PMS comes MUNCHIES…I swear my stomach growls non-stop…after not having a period for so long regularly, I am having some very strong PMS symptoms now. I am thrilled that I am having my period at least…but it’s also sabotaging my eating changes…LOL…So, over points yesterday, no exercising…but great on water…ROFL..2 outta 3 aint bad, huh??? hahaha…so today’s plan…UNDER points, EXERCISE..EXERCISE..EXERCISE!!!

I wanted to address this here, as I have had a few e-mails asking this, and Autumn commented yesterday on this, so I will kinda talk about how *I* feel about this here

PCOS…in a nutshell, makes your body completely out of whack…infertility, weight gain, unexplained aches and pains, nauseaus, horribly embarrasing hair growth out of the norm…you name it…I could name 1,000 symptoms I have dealt with. I have seen ALOT of awesome sites out there on this disease, and one main topic on it bothers me. Alot of people out there are under the assumption that the *ONLY* way to lose weight when you are diagnosed with PCOS is doing a strict Low-Carb diet…I have to completely DISAGREE with this. If my body is ALREADY unhealthy because of the things caused by PCOS, why on earth would I want to fill it with more fat/cholesterol and receive a *short term* weight loss (I say short term because as SOON as you stop a low-carb diet, you will gain the weight back)…Let me stress here before I go any further that everything I am stating here is what I have found by doing this Low-Carb and Having PCOS. These are completely MY opinions and observations, and really don’t care to have any bashing messages left for me K?? k…

Anyways…I did the Low-Carb thing, lost 20 lbs. and had to go off the diet because I became pregnant. Not one month later (and NOT because of the pregnancy, and not for lack of watching what I ate) ALL of that weight was back + a few more. I am now doing Weight Watchers, and have lost weight very successfully so far…and am loving it. I have the choice of what I want to eat. I can still stay in my point range, eat what I like and lose. If you do this program and you are worried about the carbs, then limit them. Eat higher fiber food. Vegetables (not starchy ones very often). Fruit. Limit your pasta, and bread. But please do NOT limit yourself to a very strict Low-Carb (I did Atkins) as it makes it SOOOO difficult for you to stick to. I actually ended up feeling a failure because before I got pregnant, I was having a hard time with eating nothing but meat, eggs and cheese basically.

Just remember, that different things work for different people…if Low-carbing is your thing, then go for it!! I applaud you for having the willpower to stick with it. Whatever you are doing to help yourself become healthier I am thrilled for ya

So, to sum up my ramble…I really DO know from experience that you can be diagnosed with PCOS, lose weight, and be HEALTHY while NOT doing a low-carb diet. So, please be good to your body, eat sensibly, watch calories/POINTS, and exercise!!! Since I have gotten myself moving and losing, I am seeing symptoms from the PCOS disappearing…slowly but surely

I hope this helps clear things a bit as to how I feel about all this. You are more than welcome to e-mail me or leave me messages here if you have questions about PCOS or anything I talked about here. Just be gentle and kind hahaha…