Finally a friend, who herself just lost 35lbs, said to me, are you PMSing? Having PCOS, I am not regular; I can go 6months without a period. I do know when I lose weight, it does become more regular. When I was married, my ex would make me weigh myself every day, and had to chart it. He wanted me to lose weight. I know now it was because he was embarrassed to have married a fat girl to stay in the country, but that another story. As I was losing the weight, my cycle became regular and I had a period every month back then. It became irregular, as I went through the divorce, and I realized I had no one dictating to me to lose weight, I ended up gaining, so between the stress of divorce, PCOS, and gaining weight my cycle has not been regular in 3 years.
She could be right; this could be water weight and bloat. I will admit I am hoping I do get my period, because it will be 2 months in a row naturally for me that I got it. It means my cycle is getting regular, and I am getting my fertility back. The doctor recently had me do ovulation test, and I did ovulate. For someone with PCOS this great news. It more reason for me to lose weight, it is helping me with my fertility as well, as well as my inner diva, and continue to make me feel good that I am doing all this for me.
SO right now I am saying, I am holding steady at 7lbs, only because I am going by inches, since right now I cannot trust the scale and with the thought of this being water weight gain. I do like going by inches better. As I mentioned, my ex used to have me weight myself, I hated when I knew it was that time of the month. I knew I gain water weight. As a doctor, he knows this about women. It was not an excuse to him. I always had to explain weight gain to him. So I ended up dreading to explain to him. Funny about this time, I am relieved it maybe water. I don’t dread it, in fact also happy that I may be getting a period.
When you change your outlook on life, do things for you, and be positive, it really puts things into perspective for you. I am enjoying this feeling I have right now. I know as I am losing and as my body changing. My inner diva is singing even more. I always knew I was a great diva, but now I am showing myself I was right. Till next week, hopefully, I will be even closer to that 10lb goal by May 5 the dietician set for me.