The PCOS Diet Plan

I just received the PCOS Diet Plan in the mail yesterday. I am so excited to start this new journey of stabilizing my PCOS naturally. I went to the grocery store and bought all the ingredients for the diet plan. I start it tomorrow, I am in the 4th chapter of the book. It is so full of knowledge and information. I just love it. Who knew that eating healthy was a math problem. I am  praying that this will help the symptoms of PCOS naturally. In the book it said that women with PCOS have a 40% higher risk of developing full blown diabetes by the age of 40 and with diabetes already running heavily in my family I really need to focus on my diet and exercise. It also stated that women with PCOS also have a 4-7% higher risk of having a heart attack than women their age without PCOS.

I knew before reading this book I wanted to be more healthy with my diet and exercise but this book has really made it more evident in my life. I am so excited for this adventure and ready for the challenges. I know it won't be easy with all the temptations around. Lord know I love my sweets. The beauty of this diet plan is I don't have to give them up!! I just have to cut it WAY down. to maybe eating sweets once a week.

I will keep you posted as I learn more.

Fighting PCOS

I have been doing some research the last several days on PCOS. I figured since I have to live with it the rest of my life I really should know exactly what is happening to my body. After doing research online I decided instead of taking hormones the rest of my life to help keep the flare ups from ocurring that I would conquer my symptoms naturally.

For those of you who don't know what PCOS is let me explain it to you a little. It stands for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. I never knew I had it until after David and I miscarried in November of 2007. After finding out I had it I thought I was alone but in fact PCOS is one of the main causes for infertility today infecting 1 out of 15 women. 

What it is in a nutshell is basically my body doesn't ovulate on a regular basis but it is way more complicated than that. It is a hormonal disorder that instead of releasing the egg it turns into tiny cysts. PCOS can often cause infertility, a high  risk of miscarriages, diabetes, heart disease and even uterine cancer. Many doctors treat it with birth control or other hormones to balance the hormones your body doesn't produce.

But after reading online I discovered it can be treated more naturally with diet and exercise and not eating a high sugar diet. I also discovered the hormones don't help with the heart disease either. I just ordered me a book called "The PCOS Diet Plan" It is going to show me how to conquer PCOS naturally and get my body on track with over coming it. Although there is no cure for PCOS it can be managed and I plan to do it so I don't have my mood swings from the hormones or the fatigue. I want to be an active young woman who can help others too.