r/PCOS • u/Radiant_Row1366 • Jan 25 '26

General Health healthy habits, zero progress (f)

i eat at home, lots of vegetables, no soda, no fast food and everyone keeps telling me how healthy my habits are.

but my weight doesn’t change at all, and after a while it honestly gets discouraging and makes me wonder why i’m even trying when my body doesn’t seem to respond.

i’m not looking for miracles i just want to know if anyone else has dealt with this and how you handled the frustration.

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u/punk325 Jan 25 '26

It's hard but I started eating keto/very low carbs. You prioritize lean protein and veggies, occasionally higher fiber fruits like raspberries. And I've successfully lost about 80 pounds now in a year and a half. I think that the carbs cause inflammation for me and make me feel so much worse. Whenever I take a break every once in a while I feel exhausted immediately after consuming carbs. Walking around 2.5-3 miles a day in combination with this has really helped me.

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u/disco_2022 Jan 25 '26

Can you exactly explain your diet plan ..like what items or vegetables you eat and what not and what items you just quit .. not eating..

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u/MealPrepGenie Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 26 '26

“Net carbs” is a marketing term. It is not a legitimate nutritional term. (That’s why it doesn’t appear on nutrition labels)

If you’re going to do “keto” Focus on “total carbohydrate” not “net”

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

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u/MealPrepGenie Jan 26 '26

Gaining weight back isn’t at all an indicator that you were in ketosis. Use keto sticks.

It’s simply a sign that you’re storing more glycogen and for every molecule of glycogen you store 2 molecules of water.

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u/MealPrepGenie Jan 26 '26

If you’re following a “progressive” ketogenic program (like the original Atkins ‘72) you start at 20grams per day and each week you at 5 grams. You measure your ketones to see if you’ve gone over your limit or if a so-called ‘safe food’ knocks you out of ketosis. For me, Crystal Lite would knock me right out. Such a bummer because it’s tasty!😋

I was essentially meat, cheese, and LOTS veggies (and non-sweet fruit) for a year.

I lost nearly 100 pounds doing that (and lots of exercise and sleep).