PCOS Diet: Transform Your Health with These Essential Tips
When I was diagnosed with PCOS back when I was trying to conceive my son, everything I felt started making since.
My doctor was wonderful, and told me ways I could help my PCOS, ultimately the best route being a diet change. My problem was though, I was (still am) a very picky eater, so fruits, I hate, and veggies, I am not a huge fan of either.
But still, I’ve over the years forced myself to be more open, and thankfully my tastebuds also change over the years. Here’s what I’ve found, to help my PCOS. Now, I’m only human, and during holidays and depressive moments I have a lapse in judgment and have to force myself back on the diet again. But its the one I keep going back to cause its more successful each time.
Prenatal Vitamins
This is a touchy subject for some folks. Personally, taking a good prenatal makes my body feel even better. But I just don’t get something from the Dollar General. I get something that has whole foods in it, meaning (from my understanding anyway) that its made from the foods and not some chemicals made in a lab.
High Protien
Anytime I can include Protein in my food, I do. I eat eggs. A lot. And for a snack, usually its peanut butter, Cottage cheese, or pistachios. Something that has protein in it. I noticed that it helped my energy last longer, and it also helps me loose weight, as I’m not reaching for the carbs.
Carbs in the Morning, Afternoon, Not at Night
Just as the headline says, I try to eat very little carbs at night. I eat the majority of my carbs for the day in the morning, or even early afternoon, because then I have all day to work it off. When I can sub the carb for something else as the day progresses, I do. But like I’ll still have toast in the morning, to help with that morning energy.
Get A Hobby
With PCOS comes depressive episodes. When those episodes hit (and they WILL) its important to have a hobby to force yourself to stay occupied during the depressive episode. Its hard for me to get out of them. At least if I’m doing whatever my hobby is, my mind is staying occupied, so it will be easier to get even more productive whenever the depressive episode passes. Depressive episodes are usually caused by fluxuating hormones , so in theory, the more consistent your diet is the more stable your hormones will be. But being PCOS, this is no grantee. PCOS is a tricky, tricky, bitch.
Support System
With PCOS, its good to have a great support system. Your gonna have months where your period feels just awful and you cant hardly get out of bed. You want that support who knows and is just as educated on PCOS so that they can give or get the help you need. My husband was with me the day I was diagnosed, and got the same information I did. And he is my support. I can tell him anything about it and he is right there listening, or offering me help of whatever kind I need. But he’s also my voice of reason. If my diet has been awful due to one reason or another, and I start obviously feeling sluggish, and just like crap, he’s the first to tell me to fix my diet.
In Conclusion
PCOS is able to be treated with the right diet. Once you know what kind of PCOS you have. There are so many different ways it effects each one of us. Personally, I struggle with the weight gain, hair growth, and frequent miscarriages, as well as infertility. My periods used to be irregular, but got better after my son. There are other women with PCOS, who don’t struggle with any of this, and just get the cysts frequently. Some women just have one or two symptoms and they’re gone with proper diet. Then there are a handful of women who rely on metformin to help them loose weight which then eases up the PCOS symptoms.
