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1. Question by CandyGirl: Metformin and Weight Loss w

2. back in 2008, I was about 137 lbs, 5 ft 4.

3. I started feeling so horrible, I never had acne but my face wa
some how, I tried acne free, proactive, every face wash in t
worst of all, I was never a hairy person but I started getting
hair! one week I gained 10lbs, I was shocked, I was eating n
laters I gained another 30 lbs and so on! by 2010 I was ove
scared, I was like if I'm gaining weight like this monthly, imag
a few years!

4. I went to the doctors and had a blood test, he said I had
thyroid, I took another one a month later, I had high testoste
scans, I finally knew I had PCOS.

5. so thankfully I caught my pcos quite quickly before I got any

6. he gave me METFORMIN, 1000mg a day.I've been on it for 2
clear!!! No acne, I feel AMAZING, I've been told I look like
weight, I feel like my old self! I have lost 8lbs in 2 weeks, a
dieting actually I've been eating so much candy... minus th
dirreareah (sp), sweating, dizziness... before the doctor gave
I would have drastic rapid weight loss... did anyone loose we
with PCOS?

7. I'm 18 years old, female if that matters!

8. thanks SO much for answers. very appreciate

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10. Answer by Sup!Sounds like my story. I am 5ft 4 and was 130
and wasnt eating terribly, I was so confused till I got Diagn

11. It takes 1500mg-2000mg over a period of 3-6 months to
improvements and to loose weight. Metformin helps with ins
weight loss BIG time. In about a year your symptoms should
30% ovulate with weight loss and Metformin alone. You
birthcontrol pills. This will lower your male hormones, give yo
and help make the unwanted hair go away. It is important y
cycle too. Prevents cancer and also the BCP prevents mor
ovaries. When you are ready for kids you will go off the birth
for them. 70% of PCOS women need clomid. Most ovulate th
have been on Met for about 6 months or more and their BM
Dont worry you can have kids with a Drs help

12. I also took a 1 credit weight training course at the college. It s
excercise effectivly. All the stuff I learned was like recieving
weight loss. LOL It also didnt cost much.

13. Heres the food to look for. Lean meats, veggies, fruit, whea
bread and pasta products (you need carbs, whole grain is g
slowly release glucose), skim milk, low fat yogurt and for you
surgar products, like jelly or surgar free wafers and dried fru
getting low fat not non fat products. (higher sodium in non
need a little fat it helps fight cravings) You can get diet froze
no pasta in them for meals at work or on the go. The who
products will help fill you up too. Buy a multi vitamin, B com
fish oil. If pills make you sick, I take flintstones, fish gum
health, and oscal for calcium. Folic acid , b complex and Metf
pills I need to take. This will reduce cravings, and might as w
for ya, couldnt hurt. :-)

14. Try to cut down on white. Like surgar, bleached flour, ma
dressing, cheese sauce white bread and pastas. Parsnips
glysemic index. Also try to cook with olive oil and different
have a blend for each type of meat for example. You can a
veggies too. I say this so you have variety. :-

15. For breakfast I have wheat toast with low surgar jelly, a little
wheat begal with low fat cream cheese (warmed) and or a
yogurt. I make a lot of salads. I love advacados so I put them
and salads or a topping on meat and eggs. I also add tomato
sandwiches. Dinner is lean seasoned meat cooked with an on
and water, with a veggie and whole grain. I try to make 50%
veggies or fruits. The 50% dairy meat and gra

16. The South beach diet and the Glysemic index diet is good fo
the types of foods in the diet are the ones you should aim fo
release a bunch of glucose quickly. More like a slow

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