Can You Be LEAN But Have PCOS?

[CarnivoreGeri]

Now THIS is news everyone can use! Thanks Dr. Berry!
Geri in WI

[janbennett]

I was diagnosed with PCOS and was underweight in my twenties. Now at 73 I am overweight and struggling to lose it.

[ava.artemis]

I had so many docs tell me I couldn’t have pcos. The best one was when a doc told me the lumps in my abdomen were way too prominent to be anything related to my internal organs and I just needed to stop doing so many sit ups. Yup. That was his logic. He never asked if I was doing sit ups, mind you. (I wasn’t.) He just made the proclamation and sent me on my way and I had to find another doc who’d order the ultrasound, which showed that the lumps poking out of my abdomen were indeed uterine fibroids and I had to have a hysterectomy at 31. I was thin because I became a diet and exercise freak when I was 13 because I had pcos and gained weight in ways that made no sense. I ran and cycled a lot but at that point in my life I wasn’t doing any specific ab exercises.

[fundamonium]

Thank you!!! Same goes for facial hair. I was completely disregarded because I didn’t LOOK like I had PCOS.

[punchkitten]

I had PCOS which led to a double ectopic pregnancy and a total hysterectomy a month after I turned 21. I was within ten pounds of my 'ideal weight' at the time.

[aidagonzalez]

I did. I worked out, but I ate lots of carbs when I was younger. My father was the same and he had all the signs of at least undiagnoaed prediabetes.

[Irishangel]

I used to think someone had to be overweight to have T2D. Happened to me. I gained 25 lbs eating the way my Endo told me to...😠

[sweetmac]

I agree with you, Dr. Kenberry. I know some people who are lean but have fatty liver. They are in one company. Their company sponsors yearly overall check up and they were both diagnosed with fatty liver. One of them is a vegetarian, and the other eats everything but also loves fruits and salads.

[cassieopia]

I was diagnosed with PCOS at 24… 5’9” and 125 lbs. It happens.

[sheilam]

Thx for filming this and sharing it with us.

[BethB]

My daughter was quite thin when diagnosed with PCOS.

[marylynnelizabeth]

I'm a Fattie McFattie and my blood pressure (and blood tests) have always been way better than most of my slim/trim counterparts. I said to one nurse "Other than me being fat, it seems I'm much healthier than a lot of skinny people." and she replied "Yessss, most definitely!" 🤭😂😊🤣 Losing weight has always been a huge struggle for me literally my entire life. If the world ran out of food, I guarantee I'd be the last person alive since no matter what I eat or don't eat, I don't lose and if I do manage to lose a bit, it takes me 10 times the effort of what the average person does. No joke. No closet eater or binge eater either. Weighing what I weigh and eating the little I do each day, I should be smaller in size. Not to be a victim/Debbie Downer here, but it's total bullshxx and very unfair to Fatties like me who ARE doing things right and still get little to no results. (I've tried everything too... EVERY THING.) What I should do is gain a bunch of weight and then try to find one of those Chubby Chaser guys that like the Fattie McFatties!!! 😲🤣😆😂🤣

[manjunathn]

In India, the second case is very true
Many diabetic female patients will be lean

[jatteam]

My arboleaf scale has my body type as “skinny fat”. I’ve honestly never heard of that…

[evelynjoy]

How do you get rid of PCOS and fatty liver? I have both.

[lyns]

I need to look up PCOS. I have no idea what it is.

[anne]

These edits are…. Disappointing. No need to be showy. We love Dr. Berry and the info he so generously shares. I KNOW what fat looks like, thanks. No need to shame anyone in particular or with stock photos. It detracts- not enhances the message.

[phoebelee]

Okay but MOST PCOS is in fatties and it’s not common in healthy low visceral fat women let’s be clear

[ingridmartin]

The fact that you thought it was okay to insert a clip of Lizzo to illiterate a "fat" person is the reason I will unfollow you. You didn't need that clip to get your point across.