PCOS and losing weight in order to ttc - recipes and advice please

[yellowflowers]

OKay, I can do nuts and fruit for snacks and evening meals are asy, but what can I have on the run for breakfast that doesn;t include carbs and will keep me going until lunch and what can I take for lunch which will be filling without being carby and is easy to malke for a packed lunch. Thoughts, advice and help much appreciated.

[sfxmum]

hi I will have to go back to losing weight to conceive again but will stick to low GI rather than Atkins
my super breakfast gas always been porridge.

lunch would stick to salads or soup plenty of water. sorry not much help

[theowlwhowasafraidofthedark]

Hi there

When I was on a 'anti-pcos' diet the acupuncturist I was seeing recommended having bran flakes with maybe some fruit (raspberries or raisins but not bananas(?)) with soya or rice milk rather than cows milk.

I did this unquestioningly and did lose weight (although tbh I only had a few kg to lose). In retrospect I put this down to cutting the amount of dairy I consume (I luuuuurve cheese, cream, full fat milk etc).

Good news is I'm now 8 weeks pg, not sure I can put it down to the diet (or the acupuncture) but I'm obviously not going to be asking for a refund!

Good luck

[sfxmum]

has not gas

[sfxmum]

oh yes soya milk I don't have much dairy apart from occasional low fat plain yoghurt

[AttilaTheMeerkat]

You could follow a low GI plan as this is more sustainable than a low carb plan. Another good option is to follow a low GL (glycaemic load) plan.

Collette Harris (herself a PCOSer) has written several cookbooks, I would have thought these also include suggestions for breakfast.

HTH

[yellowflowers]

Will check out Collette Harris - thanks