PCOS mamas

Did taking Metformin help aid your weight loss journey? I will be taking that soon along with Provera to get my cycles restarted. I talked to her about it and she decided that would be the best way to get everything going correctly. She wants to get me to the point that I am taking 2000 mgs a day.

I've heard it does but want on it but one month while ttc. one of my Bestie takes with diet pils (prescribed) and has lost a lot of weight but she lost some before the diet pills were added too.

Metformin helped me lose a ton of weight. At this point it doesn't help me lose weight but it helps me maintain the weight I'm at. I'm not kidding if I have two slices of bread for my sandwich I'll gain 2-4lbs. With Metformin I don't put on weight. I've been taking Metformin on and off for 9 years.

ETA; I'm not diabetic nor do I have IR.

When I was first diagnosed my doc put me on Metformin to manage the PCOS & Insulin Resistance I have (& to aid in fertility since it had already been nearly 2 1/2 years with nothing but BFN). I had been eating healthy & working out previously for about 2 hours 4-6 times a week & was getting no where other than maintaining weight. I lost 42 pounds in 2 months after starting it & got pregnant 6 months later, but it doesn't usually help with weight loss unless you're eating healthy & exercising. As my doctor described it, "It's not a miracle pill or for weight loss, it's only a key for some people that helps unlock the door so your body works how it would if you didn't have PCOS" (& in my case Insulin Resistance as well).

When I went back on it the last time, before this pregnancy (after 18 months of BFN) I didn't lose a single pound & actually gained a few. But this time I was at my lightest weight yet too to start with, so that might have been part of it.

Quoting Spookshow Baby☠:" Metformin helped me lose a ton of weight. At this point it doesn't help me lose weight but it helps me ... [snip!] ... for my sandwich I'll gain 2-4lbs. With Metformin I don't put on weight. I've been taking Metformin on and off for 9 years."

I have been cutting bread out of my diet lately. Haven't had a soda or any caffeine in almost a week now. I am learning to say no to temptation even when I am surrounded by it. When DH and I were in our apartment we just got rid of all the temptation but then we moved into my moms and she always has junk food on hand, seems to think that it is ok to eat spaghetti for three suppers meals a week. Orders pizza at least twice a week, just smurf like that. Before rather than saying no I would just be like hells yes. Now I am just learning to resist that stuff.

Quoting Raindancer:" I have been cutting bread out of my diet lately. Haven't had a soda or any caffeine in almost a week ... [snip!] ... just smurf like that. Before rather than saying no I would just be like hells yes. Now I am just learning to resist that stuff."

When I eat bread now I make sure it's low carb, I usually stick with a rye bread. With the changes in your diet and Metofrmin I'm sure you'll drop the weight! If have to warn you if you eat pizza or something high in carbs/fat with Metformin you will most likely have diarrhea.

Quoting Spookshow Baby☠:" When I eat bread now I make sure it's low carb, I usually stick with a rye bread. With the changes in ... [snip!] ... weight! If have to warn you if you eat pizza or something high in carbs/fat with Metformin you will most likely have diarrhea."

Lol. I will remember that. Thank you. But yeah I have been staying away from that stuff *for like a week* Just gotta keep it up now and maybe that will be a form of encouragement to stay away from it.

Quoting ✰ Mrs. B ✰:" When I was first diagnosed my doc put me on Metformin to manage the PCOS & Insulin Resistance I have ... [snip!] ... & actually gained a few. But this time I was at my lightest weight yet too to start with, so that might have been part of it."

Your doctor is right. I've seen so many posts on here where people think they'll magically become skinny ifthey take Metofrmin. That's not the case.. I've tried to lose weight without Metofrmin, it was harder and took forever to drop 5lbs. Eating right and exercising on Metformin made the weight come off for me.