mycatisollie's Journal, 04 January 2010

After years of abusing my body with processed foods and junk, I am now hypoglycemic. I also have polycystic ovarian syndrome which I have had since puberty. They symtoms of this increase as my weight increases. Last year I started Metformin but made no dietary changes except for eating breakfast (if you can call a blueberry muffins from Tim Hortons breakfast) and I lost about 20 pounds. Last week I met with a dietician who recommended the GI diet for me to help me shed the pounds and get the blood sugar under control. That in turn should help control the symptoms of PCOS.

So here I am. I bought the GI book and have been filling my head with ideas on how I am going to take this on. I have been terrible my entire life with meal planning which is going to be so important to making this work. I think that planning meals will be my biggest challenge. In the last year I think I might have brought my lunch to work 3 times. It will be very difficult to start these new habits.


I hope this forum will help to keep me focused on the little gradual changes that I need to make. It is time to do this. My body won't wait any longer.

220.0 lb Lost so far: 0 lb.    Still to go: 55.0 lb.    Diet followed N/A.

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1669 kcal

Fat: 65.45g | Prot: 105.89g | Carb: 176.12g.   Breakfast: milk, banana, kraft peanut butter, bread. Lunch: cracker barrel, apple, healthy request soup. Dinner: chicken breast, mashed potato, chicken breast. Snacks/Other: kraft peanut butter, apple, kraft cheese, stoned wheat thins, yogurt sugar free fat free. more...