I was on that dose too. Like I said it is undocumented the side affect that I was going through. You are right to explore other options. If it makes u feel bad then it is time to look for something else. I don't like drugs and am hoping to get off the rest of mine.
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Interesting thought. I am non-insulin resistant PCOS so I have never been sure about how the Metformin helps me or why they put me on it. It seems to work though, I was having annovulation which was causing me to have cysts, etc. and after a month of Metformin I'm as regular as can be and the cysts are going away. Could be a coincidence too though.
But I can tell you that I gained about 10 pounds when I started taking it without any lifestyle changes (and another 10 pounds when I weaned my son!) but didn't really put two and two together until now. I'm also on a very low dose, only 850mg once a day. Perhaps it is worth talking to my Dr. to see if I would do well not taking it. Most literature says that anything lower than 1,000 mg per day is a placebo dose anyhow. And it makes me feel awful. That's why I only take the 850, I'm supposed to take 1,700 mg but I can't!
Thanks so much for responding, you made a lightbulb click in my head!
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> I haven't read ur whole post but the minute I saw metforim I see part of what may be an issue. I was on it too but I gained weight was sick to my stomach and all sorts of undocumented side affects.
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> Becareful those drugs can sabotage ur system. Metforim is for a type of insulin control. It is probly sabotaging u like it did me. I no longer take it and I just dropped another pant size.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "thirteenblessings1
> Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 20:48:53
> To: <fast5@yahoogroups.
> Subject: [fast5] Are you following a diet plan?
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> By that I mean do you follow any special diet plan such as Atkins or South Beach Diet or Weight Watchers, anything like that?
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> Or do you just eat what you want?
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> Also for those who have been around for awhile, how long did it take you to see results? I see so many people on the FB group who are losing weight and losing inches fairly early on and it gets me discouraged because I am gaining weight and definitely not losing inches, my pants have never been tighter! I just started week three, I started this WOE on April 19th. I am willing to give it time but I guess I don't know what I'm doing wrong??
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> This is my typical day:
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> Three days a week I do interval jogging, I'm doing the Couch to 5K program. On alternate days I either walk 3 miles or do resistance training. It's really not a whole lot of work, I only work out for 30 minutes about 5 days a week. I have a desk job.
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> I eat nothing during my fast. I usually will have ice water with lemon or hot white tea with no sweetener. In the morning I have black coffee with a bit of Splenda and cinnamon, but those should be okay. I don't even have any gum anymore.
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> I usually break my fast around 4, sometimes 5 and will have either some natural peanut butter on 1 piece of whole grain toast, or some cheddar crackers (like cheese its) mixed in with low fat cottage cheese. If I'm still hungry I will have a fiber one granola bar.
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> After my snack I take my medication (I'm on Metformin for PCOS) and my daily vitamins. Sometimes I'll have some hot coffee with sugar free creamer in it to get my "real" coffee fix (although the black coffee with cinnamon isn't half bad!)
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> I eat a normal dinner with my family, which is a large salad and some sort of whole grain with a protein. We eat pretty healthfully. I'll usually have a glass or two of wine with dinner. To be honest though sometimes even if I'm not hungry, I reach for seconds and end up way too full. So maybe this is my problem.
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> After dinner I'll have dessert. Either frozen yogurt or some greek yogurt with granola. I'll usually be done a good hour, sometimes two before my window closes and I always have hot white tea before bed.
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> I was secretly hoping that by fasting all day I would magically be able to not worry about carbs or calories and could eat what I wanted within my window but perhaps this isn't the case for me. With my PCOS I do have to watch my carbs and try hard to eat mostly low Glycemic Index foods but I've sort of been eating whatever I want since being on this plan.
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> I'm not giving up yet but am getting very discouraged. I would love to hear how it went for you when you first started out...
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> Thanks for any advice!
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