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Re: the weight debate building. (this is about eating issues, not medical conditions)

Sep 16, 2008 11:37

As someone who was groomed by her mother to have a specific body type, and ridiculed publicly when I didn't have that, as someone who was told by her father that it looked like I had a tire in my waist band, as someone that was an exercise bulimic in her late teens and was grey-faced and wan from being unhealthy, as someone who watched her best ( Read more... )

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Thanks. I always appreciate what you have to say. orejen September 16 2008, 17:08:13 UTC

I'm learning to love the way I am.

I realized recently that I have stayed very stable in my (over)weight status over the last 17 years. I weigh the same weight I do at almost 39 as I did when I was 22.

Granted, 22 was when my PCOS kicked in and I gained 30 lbs in a year, but still, how many people can say they've kept the same weight for that long? I mean, I haven't been 191 every day or even every month. I went up to 231 when I was on steroids. In the end though, my body seemed to like being 191.

I've finally got my PCOS and Insulin Resistance formally diagnosed and I am curious what my new "natural" weight will be once the IR is under control with Metformin.

Re: Thanks. I always appreciate what you have to say. rikibeth September 16 2008, 18:45:46 UTC

Sister!

I was diagnosed officially at 15 -- but my family spotted the IR tendencies before I hit puberty, and started feeding me lower carb/higher protein before my age was in double digits. I seriously credit that with my weight being a non-issue until I passed 35, and with not having any problems conceiving. I'm second-generation PCOS -- my mom had a wedge resection and took Clomid+cortisone to have me & my brother, and I conceived my daughter with no medical interventions.

I might have an easier time dropping the 20lbs I want to if I went on metformin -- but, no health insurance, and everything else seems to be working adequately, so I'm not sanguine about stressing my liver just to get rid of a mustache and undo the effects of one month of living on fast food last summer while I was moving house. I'll stick to sensible eating, exercise, and my trusty tweezers for now.

Re: Thanks. I always appreciate what you have to say. orejen September 16 2008, 18:56:13 UTC

My grandmother (dad's mom) died of endometriosis, dad was diagnosed as diabetic at 46 or 47, so in my case I am trying to use the Metformin to stave off genetics. Diabetic future? Do not want!

I need to get my 17 yr old daughter in to be seen, because since my diagnosis I can look at my daughter and see the same things in her!

I had her at 21 and am definitely not going to be trying for any more at this point. She is almost 18!

That's great that your family was so on the ball, really impressive considering that as far as I know this condition wasn't widely known for a a long time, though of course your mother having it would make a difference.

Re: Thanks. I always appreciate what you have to say. orejen September 16 2008, 18:56:40 UTC

daughter in first icon, me in second.

Re: Thanks. I always appreciate what you have to say. rikibeth September 16 2008, 19:06:17 UTC

Definitely get your daughter in for a checkup! Early treatment makes a big difference -- my mom was not treated until her early twenties, but a friend of hers who also had it had a wedge resection at 18, and never had trouble conceiving. I was treated without surgery -- Provera and the Pill through my teens to regulate my cycle and diminish the cysts ( ... )

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