The Glycemic Index Diet & Metformin

Since I was diagnosed with PCOS I've been telling all my friends online and irl to get checked out.

Think about yourself for a minute. What does your body shape look like ?

Do you have that "Pear" shape, you know...hips and a paunch? Do you fight to lose a lb. turn around twice and it (along with several of its friends) are now parked on your stomach??

Chances are you're Insulin Resistant.

If you've been slaving away in the gym and......

it.just.isn't.coming.off.GODDAMMIT!!!

Well that isn't normal.

It's normal for women with PCOS and Insulin Resistance.

As I posted previously, no one really knows which comes first, the Insulin Resistance or the PCOS, but does it really matter ?

It can be treated.

I can only tell you what works for me. It may not work for you, but dammit, you have to start somewhere...

In my opinion Diet is the most important part of the process. It does you no good to start taking Metformin if you're ploughing through carbs and sugar like there is no tommorow.

Carbohydrates are turned into sugar by the body.

If you're suffering from PCOS or Insulin Reisitance your body can't manage the sugar spikes that come from eating carbs and sugar. Your blood sugar goes up and your body gets signals that say "AHA, This Gets Turned Into FAT Now !!!

To stop this cycle you need to eat like a diabetic.

The Glycemic Index was originally devloped to help diabetics choose foods that didn't cause harmful blood sugar spikes. It's just a list of foods and how quickly they are turned into sugar by your body.

The Glycemic Index Diet uses the Glycemic Index list to develop a diet that is;

1) Balanced

2) Evens out your Blood Sugar

By evening out the peaks of your blood sugar, your body doesn't get those chemical signals that tells it to pack fat on. It is theorized that evening out the valleys prevents those cravings for carbs that happen when your blood sugar is low.

I went on a reduced calorie GI Diet. I was restriced to 1,300 calories a day. I honestly didn't even count calories as I was provided with a list of things I could eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

All I had to do was write down what I had eaten and when. I was councelled not to let myself get hungry. Of course with my hectic schedule, this wasn't always possible. So I also wrote down if I felt hungry and what time. 

My dietician worked with me to find out what works. If I get fed up eating a particular food, I pick up the phone and ask for an alternative. I don't make it a problem. 

If I cheat, I don't use it as and excuse to chuck the baby out with the bathwater. I just stick to the diet for the rest of the day.

I eventually started forgetting to take my Metformin. I've also not stuck to my diet except in the most general principles. For example, I don't eat bread/soda/sugar.

 I'm down 34 lbs in 8 months.

I am still losing weight

That counts as a win in my book.