Health Diaries > Maddy's PCOS Diary
August 27, 2007
Taking an "all natural" approach to PCOS
Well. I've been having a look around on the internet - I can find literally hundreds of suggestions for herbs et al to help with PCOS - but I know I just can't take that many.
So I'm starting with taking some.
Licorice
Kelp
Chromium GTF and
Vitex
I'll see how I go on these before I worry about adding anything else in.
I'm also going to include 16 teaspoons of vinegar to my diet a day (not sure how yet, lol) and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
I'm going to try the "standard" advice for my weight loss - eat natural fats; lower carbs; eat sufficient protein and fibre and follow a calorie restricted diet.
For exercise I'm going to start with walking - I'm going to aim for 25-50 miles per week and I'm also going to try to fit in 30 minutes of exercise before breakfast every day.
Also, as far as exercise goes I know I need to be more committed to being organised at home and keeping my house clean - so I'm mostly going to aim for being active for 2 hours per day - if I don't get "formal" exercise in but I do 2 hours of housework I'll be happy. Sometimes you just can't do everything and putting dance music on and dancing while doing housework is exercise.
Okay so in the last 3 weeks I've lost 4lbs - so I'm here now at 182lbs.
There are 17 weeks to Christmas - so can this work for me? Time will tell.............
Posted by Maddy on August 27, 2007 2:14 AM
