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4 days ago
How's your diet and exercise?
PCOS & Eczema girly here! Just wanted to ask what do you guys do for you health on a daily basis. Maybe I can incorporate some of it to mine for a better health. For girlies with same situation I am in, hugs and love to you! Let's get through this together 🫂🙏Hope you are having a blast today!
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I love going to the sauna and I believe it helps my skin condition. I also brew chinese pearl barley (coix seed) water. Soak seeds for one hour, boil on medium-high heat until you reach a rolling boil, then turn to low heat to simmer for 45 minutes to an hour. Drink hot or warm, never cold.
My what?
Ok, in all seriousness, diet and exercise did j*cksh%t for my PCOS and symptoms until I got on a GLP-1. As I got older, I would only gain. I've tried every diet under the sun. Exercised 5 out of 7 days. It took me 3 months to lose a pound. Nothing shifted my hormone levels. Metformin and spironolactone barely made a dent. Birth control gave me migraines. Eventually the hypothetical diseases that we're at higher risk for became unhypothetical. I was staring NAFLD right in the barrel. My focus: #1 - it's a neuroendocrine disorder, so I needed something to correct the communication signals between my brain and my endocrine system. Enter GLP-1. #2 - after that! I focus on Macros: protein, carbs, fiber. #3 - gentle exercise like walking and resistance training -- no HIIT! That will take your hormones for a ride they don't want. Walking stabilizes hormones and stress. Resistance training protects bone and muscle mass. My insurance dropped GLP-1 coverage for "weight loss," so I pay out of pocket. It's killing my finances but it's better than my liver failing. We need advocates to get these meds labeled for all endocrine disorders, not just diabetes.
@hazelmoss Oh same. Diet doesn't help me with weight loss. I was chronically stressed at work and I guess my body is hardwired on survival mode. Yet to try GLP-1.
@Chou Cortisol will make that so hard. Sometimes just treating that can help! But the body on stress will hang onto everything it can. I feel ya!
@hazelmoss again 💯 spot on. My insurance doesn't cover it either. I pay put of pocket and go directly through Eli Lilly for tirzepatide. I second the musts Protein, Carbs, Fiber AND exercise. My endo has me on it. It should be covered by all insurances, IMHO.
@Gabking1217 We need to lobby. But who has the time and energy?