Really discouraged and confused about eating well and weight gain
hi there, I got diagnosed with PCOS earlier this year and it explains why I’ve always had insulin resistance with no other causes. I’ve been slowly gaining weight ever since 2020 I’m currently at 159 and my lowest was 106 in 2020. at that time I was in a horrible abusive relationship and I never ate so that’s how I got that small. My normal weight was about 120. I’m 4’10” for reference. but ever since 2020 I’ve gained about 55 pounds and it’s slowly going up every year and I’m getting really worried. I have a nutritionist and she knows about PCOS and we’ve changed my diet around and it’s really good healthy fulfilling foods, but I gained weight in the last two months. I was 153 when I started seeing her and now I’m 159. Is this normal? I’m just really discouraged because I try so hard and then I get bigger somehow I feel like there’s something else wrong with me. I have a lot of other chronic health issues so it’s really hard to get enough movement in the day but I try when I can, and I do stretches and resistance exercises at night. I’m not sure if I’m just gonna keep slowly blowing up like a balloon. I’m so short and all this weight on me is really hurting my joints and the pain I already have is getting worse and worse. I’m only 25 and I feel like I live in a sixty year-old’s body. I’m sorry if this is really long I’m just having a hard time trying to find support that isn’t a doctor.
here are the meals I eat every day :
breakfast is a sugar-free oikos Greek yogurt with a kiwi in it and Dave’s killer seed bread with half an avocado and one hard-boiled egg with one squirt of mayo to hold it together
lunch is quinoa with broccoli and chicken with one square of mayo and a little bit of barbecue sauce
dinner is usually salmon with some sort of instant rice and a frozen vegetable
dessert can be a chocolate covered banana or a homemade creami ice cream i make
I do struggle with dessert so maybe that’s what’s doing it desserts the only thing that really makes me happy after a long day. and I go out maybe once or twice a week and have I guess a “bad meal” bc of a friends bday or family member or a holiday. like a pizza or sub usually.