PCOS: An Even Bigger Reason To Lose Weight

Over the last few days I have had all kinds of strange things going on with my body... and I have to admit, the first thing that popped into my head was "Am I pregnant?!". While I love babies and kids, I am not ready for them at this point in time, I have a few goals that I would like to achieve before I even consider trying to expand our family.

Cue freakout!

It just didn't seem to add up, I just don't think that I could be... so I started doing a bit of research as to what was going on with my body. Then, all of a sudden it hit me...

"OMG! What if my PCOS has come back because of how much weight I have put back on?!"

Turns out that the symptoms you get from rising hormone levels when you are pregnant are also similar symptoms you get when the hormone levels are fluctuating due to PCOS.

Now at this stage I admit that it is a bit of a self diagnosis, but as a former PCOS sufferer (when I lost all that weight my hormone levels went back to normal as did everything else), I already know what I am in for...

And I am scared!

I don't want to be in the same kind of agony where I can't stand up straight, or I don't get my period for months (if ever).  I don't want to have to rely on the pill to regulate my hormone levels - I wan't my body to be able to do what it is meant to do, and do it all on it's own.

What have I done to my body?!

Last night, I was scared, upset and felt so guilty... I knew that this could happen... why did I allow it?!

So, I am glad that I decided to take action last week.  This is now a really big motivator!  This is now a serious health issue for me and it is definitely something I don't want to relive! 

I have made the decision that if I am still having similar issues in a couple of weeks, I am going to the doctor to request a blood test to check my hormone levels and get it all sorted.  For now, I will be taking control of the situation as best as I can.