# @chelsearose.m on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwlv2CTOcQc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72452174-chelsearosem-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-08-31T01:02:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** chels (@chelsearose.m) — https://gondola.cc/chelsearose.m

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this one’s a hard one to post

last summer i weighed in at the heaviest i had been in a long time. I gained 50lbs during the pandemic due to bad habits + the depo birth control shot. having PCOS it has been a challenge and a half to lose weight and feel normal again. 

last summer at my wits end i hired a personal trainer, began counting calories, ate an extremely restrictive diet and did 4 days a week of CrossFit training. despite the fact i was doing everything science has proven to be right, i was barely losing weight and would sometimes gain weight. i spent days crying because i was trying so hard and nothing was changing. 

in November of 2022 i started taking semaglutide after learning it helps lower insulin resistance that most of us cysters struggle with. and wow did it work pretty much overnight, i lost 20lbs in the first 4 months. i then hit a plateau once again - my weight would not budge. 

i then found the book ‘Fast Like a Girl’ by dr.mindypelz and learned how healing fasting can be for metabolic disorders like PCOS. immediately i noticed a difference in my health, i have more energy, i have regular periods, i feel like a normal person again, AND I’m continuing to shed weight in my mid section. i’m officially down 35lbs as of last summer 🥳

there is so much information out there and it is not a one size fits all, so it can be extremely overwhelming. my goal here is to share my journey as i continue to learn more about my body and share what has or hasn’t worked for me. cheers to health and REVERSING our symptoms 💖

#pcos #pcosweightloss #womenwithocos #fasting #fastlikeagirl #fastingforweightloss #pcossupport #womenshealth #reproductivehealth #pcosfighter #intermittentfasting #fastingforhealth #womensupportingwomen #pcoswarrior #woman #girl #girlpower

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girlpower, fastingforhealth, pcossupport, pcoswarrior, woman, fastingforweightloss, reproductivehealth, fastlikeagirl, pcosweightloss, womensupportingwomen, girl, pcosfighter, womenwithocos, intermittentfasting, pcos, womenshealth, fasting

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