Losing weight with PCOS can be a difficult task. Your condition actively works to make you gain weight and often the psychological pressure and even physical pressure can make it difficult for you to stay motivated and exercise. Keeping this in mind here are some PCOS weight loss tips that can help people with polycystic ovary syndrome.
1. Eat foods with low GI
This is good advice for anyone looking to lose weight but may be even more important with PCOS due to insulin resistance. This condition is the root cause of PCOS and basically means that the hormone insulin which takes glucose from the bloodstream and uses it to power the body does not work very well. Body processes require a higher amount of insulin to convert your blood sugar and this surge in insulin causes a chain reaction of hormone imbalances that lead to the symptoms of PCOS.
In any case, a low GI diet means you won’t flood your bloodstream with sugar as quickly because low GI foods release glucose slowly into the bloodstream. This will limit insulin spikes and should mean that more blood sugar is delivered to the body processes and is not stored as fat cells. IT also has the benefit of preventing hormone imbalance.
2. Don’t Over-Exercise
A strict diet can be more powerful than a rigorous exercise regime. While you need to move and exercise, the loss of calories from exercise is not as great as you might think. There are health benefits and regular exercise is essential but to think that exhausting yourself for a few weeks will miraculously burn fat and slim you down is a misconception.
If you push yourself too much, you’ll burn out your motivation and may even lack the energy to fight off the illness. A steady pace of exercise is recommended. Stick to cardio exercises, perhaps with light resistance training to strengthen the body.
3. Pain reduction
Many PCOS sufferers experience severe pain due to their ovarian cysts. This can reduce your motivation and make it difficult to exercise. Taking quick steps to reduce cyst pain will help you feel like you’re on your way to overcoming the condition and losing PCOS weight.
Heat packs placed on the back often help with cyst pain, but there are a number of natural remedies that will help ease the pain without resorting to medication.
4. Inspire!
Perhaps nothing is more important than having ongoing motivation to lose weight. Maybe it’s your drive to end PCOS, maybe you need to lose weight to get pregnant, maybe you want to feel beautiful again or maybe you just know that carrying extra weight How bad is good for your health and your ultimate goal is better health.
Source by Jennifer Koch
