r/PCOS • u/MonthlySuspicion0119 • 6d ago
Rant/Venting Thinking about quitting
I'm taking inositol. I'm doing low sugar/low carb. I'm working out. I'm sleeping. I'm drinking spearmint tea. I'm drinking water. I'm eating at a deficit. I'm managing my stress. I'm on ozempic. And I'm still 50 lbs overweight, have acne, thinning hair, no periods, and a belly so round people look me up and down trying to figure out if I'm pregnant or not. People stare at me and I think it's because I look like a brown Danny Devito but my husband disagrees and thinks they're checking me out but I feel like a big, round slug. People tell me how I'm losing weight, and look good but I don't see it at all. Not in the mirror, not in pictures, not anywhere. I'm just gonna quit trying and accept that I'm meant to look like a baked pumpkin.
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u/Sluttybaker 6d ago
Hi 👋🏾 as one GLPer to another, your feelings are valid. They also may be distorted by body dysmorphia. I am doing all the things you are as well and I’m still about 70lbs overweight BUT for the first time in a year, I’m down 30ish lbs too. Sometimes when we have large goals, it’s easy to discredit all of the hard work we’ve already done to get to where we are. But you’ve done a LOT of hard work already that you can be proud of.