What is wrong with me? I am ashamed. I know that I have PCOS, but I can no longer use it as an excuse. I have troubles with consuming foods for just meals and snacks. I have diabetes and I am hungry all the time. I really have no clue what is going on with me. I want to change that. I need to lose weight and I am so scared. I fear that I will never lose weight. Having PCOS is difficult enough, but how do I control my hormonal issues? I have no idea. This is want to have, but the reality is I do not have this. I tend to overeat a lot. I am worried that I won't be honest. I will never lose the weight as it is. Getting rid of trigger foods or at least limiting them will help. How will I do that? This is stressing me out.
Getting rid of food triggers: When I worked in a group home for drug addicts and alcholics, when they would go on weekend passes away from the program, we would first have them develop what we called a safety plan. This way they would leave the facility and go out into the world that would most definitely trigger them to want to us, but they would have with them written down exactly what they would do when tempted. This can apply to your triggers. Your safety may be that you call someone or do something positive that will get you away from and your mind away from the deception that eating more than you really want to is the solution to anything. Writing down your plan is key. You can even write it down in multiple places, and post it in places in your home, car or work where you tend to get tempted. And keep it with you. So do write it down. It solidifies the commitment to healthful behavior that you have made in your mind.
As for weight loss in general an increase in fiber will help you in many ways. Fiber fills you up and helps balance the hunger hormone. Alternately, low fiber can confuse your hunger hormone and cause you to eat when you don't need to. You can supplement your fiber with fibers like psyllium husks, glucomannon, or a new fiber called PGX. Using these must be accompanied by a whole foods diet and a reasonable number of calories. These fibers can be baked into anything from whole grain pancakes to whole grain pizza dough. Or you can mix it with water and drink it before every meal and snack. This will fill you up and slow your digestion, which will help balance your blood sugar and hunger hormone. And some research even shows that fiber keeps you from absorbing all the calories consumed. It also helps prevent cancer and produces anti-aging effects. Increasing fiber is a win-win for everyone.
So suppelement as noted above.
Get rid of all white flour, white sugar and white rice products. Replace them with whole grains.
Use stevia all you want to sweeten things, and raw honey in moderation.
Make sure you eat lots of veggies and some fruit too.
Lean meats, like antbiotic/hormone-free chicken and turkey, fish, omega 3 or cage free eggs, and Brown Rice, Pea, and Goat milk protein are great.
Keep an eye on calories: This is free and will count them for you:
www.livestrong.com/
myplate
Exercise moderately: Leslie Sansone's Walk Indoors workouts are great and virtually anyone can do them. Start with a shorter time and work up to more. Here are some free videos:
http://www.bing.com/search?q=leslie...=-1&sk=&cvid=bc6067738e7544fd877a7d40d1af5433
If you need help with the whole foods part of this, let me know and I'll help.
Prayers for you,
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