loststaytiny
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Hey ya’ll! A bit of background: weight gain has been a fight my whole life and I’ve run through everything (phentermine, 75 hard, keto, Jenny Craig, Skinny Sekret, name it and I’ve done it!) only to ALWAYS bounce back to a place I didn’t wanna be. I show a pile of PCOS/PMOS symptoms (cystic acne, insomnia, extreme lethargy, a brutally painful period without IUD, nodding off after meals etc) and labs are coming soon to test my theory. Money is the holdup though — the medical system is wack and health insurance is a joke. 
A gyno dismissed it once already, saying I “didn’t have ENOUGH scarring,” never mind that I was sitting there for a burst ovarian cyst! Doctors have written me off before, but at the end of the day I’m tryna look out for me, and I know something is not right. PMOS related insulin resistance really seems to be my problem, because I’m doing everything I can right (protein, exercise 6x/week, creatine, strength training) and changes aren’t happening. Being healthy shouldn’t demand Herculean effort just to get paltry results at the end of the day. That can’t be normal or feasible long term. So I’m here hunting for help: has anyone else dealt with insulin resistance, how did you find out, what’s been helping, and any overall tips and community while I work this out. Sorry this got a little whiny there towards the end but either way thanks for having me y’all! Have a good one! 
A gyno dismissed it once already, saying I “didn’t have ENOUGH scarring,” never mind that I was sitting there for a burst ovarian cyst! Doctors have written me off before, but at the end of the day I’m tryna look out for me, and I know something is not right. PMOS related insulin resistance really seems to be my problem, because I’m doing everything I can right (protein, exercise 6x/week, creatine, strength training) and changes aren’t happening. Being healthy shouldn’t demand Herculean effort just to get paltry results at the end of the day. That can’t be normal or feasible long term. So I’m here hunting for help: has anyone else dealt with insulin resistance, how did you find out, what’s been helping, and any overall tips and community while I work this out. Sorry this got a little whiny there towards the end but either way thanks for having me y’all! Have a good one! 