I can’t wait to talk more about this at the event!!

I found your website about 7 months ago, right when I was diagnosed with pcos. Through following some of your advice, my cycles have gone form over 45 days to a nice and regular 30 days.

So I cant wait to hear more from you and hopefully conceive naturally this year!

I am really looking forward to your PCOS event in Melbourne 🙂

I was diagnosed with PCOS about 6 years ago… with symptoms such as weight gain, acne, hair loss and facial hair (ugh!). Ofcourse, the doctor put me on Yaz and I was on it for about 5 years. And then as I found you online and read all your information I went off Yaz… and now my acne, facial hair and hair loss is out of control! Was tempted to go back on the pill but i’ve perservered and I feel like my skin is getting back under control.

Anyways, I just wanted to talk to you about the exercise. I’ve managed to go from a size 12/14 to a size 6/8 (smallest I’ve ever been!) through clean eating, quitting soft drink and sugar, and working out. My husband and I LOVE going to the gym together. I LOVE lifting heavy weights every second day, and on the other days swimming. Love love love it.

I don’t want to quit lifting heavy. I get so much joy and pleasure out of it, and I love working out with my husband.

Is it really that bad if you have PCOS? It’s helped control my weight, I don’t feel like it’s stressful to my body because I enjoy it… And I’m also taking maca etc etc.

What are your thoughts?

Indeed! Can’t wait. x

Thanks,

Clare

Thank you so much Rene! I appreciate it very much x

I wish all this was taught in school and when we were younger.

x

Hi Elja,
Thanks for your honesty. I appreciate this may feel repetitive for you, but for lots of women starting on this journey, this may be the first time they read the possibility that they can treat their PCOS.
The main thing I want to create awareness around is that the advice I provide on the blog is that which is general, that won’t harm people and that each women is different. What I outline on the blog is simple, safe information that is appropriate for all constitutions.
The main thing to realise is that we are all different and to give one option to treat PCOS will never work. So to ask what I prescribe women with PCOS is a question I can’t answer here soundly because for every woman it is different.
Like anything, the body is completely capable of healing under the right guidance. This is also one of the reason I offer Skype consults – to help people work out what they need to do for their own unique constitution. The Debunking PCOS will dig deep into all kinds of scenarios and hopefully help women choose appropriate treatments according to their own individual needs.

I’m a regular reader of your site and have attended (and really enjoyed) a few of your live events, but I found this post a little vague and repetitive. As a woman in her 20’s living with PCOS, this information seems very sensible and well-meaning, but I feel as though I’ve heard it all before.

I thought I was doing all the right things by quitting the pill, sugar and all refined foods/starches, taking on more gentle daily exercise (as opposed to intense weight training), having regular acupuncture and meditating each morning, but 16 months after implementing these changes my PCOS is worse than ever and I’m rapidly losing faith in the possibility that I can heal my body naturally (if at all). In fact, it seems to be getting worse. So I suppose my questions are: what about women like me, whose bodies aren’t responding? What exactly do you prescribe to women with PCOS, in light of how differently it can manifest? Can it ever actually be healed?

Thanks for any guidance/insight you can offer,

Elja