Your PCOS Path

😍🥰😍You will LOVE this smoothie! I’ve been hooked on it since the first time I tried it at a local juice bar 😋 It was the perfect mid-morning “snack”. It’s honestly really filling so I’ll probably have a light and super late lunch. Feel free to modify the recipe to your liking and follow your hunger cues.

❌Starvation and under-eating is the enemy for PCOS. It just leads to bingeing later on We’re trying to level up in 2021 so let’s not play that mess anymore 👋🏾

This smoothie will…

✅fill you up!
✅satisfy your sweet tooth
✅give you a boost of energy (mostly to survive Monday 😩)

✏️RECIPE✏️
2 frozen bananas
1tbsp cocoa powder
1tsp instant coffee
1tbsp h**p seeds
2tbsp nut butter of your choice
1 cup of ice
1 cup of milk (I use oat)

💭Anyone else addicted to mocha flavored “anything”? 🤤
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😭 I have spent most of my teenage years and adult life feeling ashamed & guilty for having PCOS. In other words, I felt like I was to blame for my PCOS. Of course no one ever pointed their finger at me and said “this is all your fault” but still, that’s how I felt. So many of you that I’ve met feel the same way.

It simply boils down (for me, as it does for many of you) to culture and upbringing. NO ONE discussed PCOS, its many overwhelming symptoms and worst of all the struggle to conceive 💔

The most powerful tools I found to deal with this shame that I know can help you too are, in no particular order...

💖Admit to yourself you feel ashamed of how PCOS has affected your body and mind. Own where you are now fully. Cry if you need to...the really ugly kind too. That release of emotion is usually cathartic.

💖Speak to yourself the way you would a loving friend. We are always our own worst critic. It doesn’t serve us.

💖Build a support network of friends and/or professionals that you feel comfortable opening up to.

💖Choose a physical activity that helps you learn a new skill and/or gain strength & endurance. It helps you learn to appreciate your body and its magnificence.

💖Start a gratitude journal and make one item of your gratitude list something you feel thankful your body can do.

💭How has shame or guilt around your PCOS affected you? 💭Which item on this list are you drawn to try?
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📚 In a 2013 study titled “Pregnancy in polycystic o***y syndrome” they discussed some of the reasons that women with PCOS miscarry 30-50% of the time 😞 while it only occurs 10-15% of the time in “normal” women. I really used to hate that word…normal. I’ll save all the reasons why for another post, or not, because you probably understand why already 🙏🏾

Anyway, the truth is, I’ve had several women ask me this and my response is always the same. If your focus is on balancing your hormones, being in the healthiest physical & mental state possible as well as working with a doctor you trust then I need you to release the worry of potentially losing that pregnancy and speak LIFE into your womb.

💡 Energy flows where attention goes 💡

That aside, the article clearly states that the exact mechanism is unknown but that these are the contributing factors…

♦️Elevated LH levels
♦️Hyperandrogenemia
♦️Insulin resistance
♦️Endometrial dysfunction
♦️Obesity
♦️Impaired fibrinolysis

Most, if not all, of these factors can be improved drastically with all the strategies I discuss on this page. Having PCOS is not a hopeless diagnosis. It sucks, but when your mindset flips, it is a reason to choose YOURSELF every day with the decisions you make and the team you create to help you in your journey. You got this! 💪🏾

💭Have you lost a pregnancy and felt consumed by the reason why?

💭 What helped you the most in your healing journey immediately after?

Ref: Pregnancy in polycystic o***y syndrome. 2013. Sadishkumar Kamalanathan, JayaPrakash Sahoo, Thozhukat Sathyapalan10.4103/2230-8210.107830. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

*This account is for educational purposes only. The information on this page is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.*
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