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I'm reading through many posts here and many mention weight loss as part of their journey. I'm at a healthy weight and have a good diet but my blood sugar is around 100 to 110 at fasting and spikes to 180 after a meal. What else can I try for this?

I'm on 1.5G metformin and it brought my periods back (and added bonus of no more acne and oily hair if only for a few months). My PCP ordered spironolactone but I heard extra estrogen can feed fibroids so I'm cautious to try it. Would other diabetes meds help for pcos? Is it worth pushing metformin to 2G first?

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u/crunchyricerolls — 17 days ago
▲ 994 r/4bmovement+1 crossposts

Most of you here already realized this by now, but I like her point towards the end about women feeling so decentered from their own happiness - how women's happiness isnt considered by society at large. I think this is another great example of how young girls and women absorb the message that pain and discomfort are normal. That "beauty is pain" ... "marriages are supposed to be hard" ... etc etc

This got me thinking about my own relationship with happiness and discomfort. I was dating a man last year and he would point out that I keep on watching movies I know I'll dislike. I was watching what I realize now is an arbitrary and very male centric list of "100 movies to watch before you die"... and I hated 300 and the lord of the rings series (sorry). I suffered through hours of men performing socially acceptable violence because I was so used to discomfort! Now I'm working on becoming more vocal and finding out how to voice things I don't like instead of looking for permission to dislike something.

Video by horriblemeanbadwoman on ig

u/crunchyricerolls — 9 days ago