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Encouragement

The ONE thing you can do for your PCOS

There are so many different things that we could be doing for our PCOS. We could always be trying something new. The thing is, it’s easy to get overwhelmed, to get decision fatigue and we could land up doing nothing, staying just where we are in our PCOS. It might be helpful to focus on just one thing for your PCOS today.

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PCOS Symptoms

PCOS and Hypothyroidism

PCOS and Hypothyroidism are often closely linked and many women with PCOS also struggle with their thyroid. It’s important to manage your thyroid health because it will be very difficult to see improvements in your PCOS symptoms if your thyroid is out-of-kilter. Find out more about thyroid health and PCOS.

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Diet Tips

5 Ways to Follow your PCOS Diet when you’re on the Road

It is so easy to get derailed when you are travelling or in a foreign country and you don’t have access to the foods that you would normally eat. It is still possible to eat well for your PCOS, though, and in this blog post I show you how to do just that. So, here is how you can still follow your PCOS diet while on the road.

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PCOS Awareness

What to do if you have been diagnosed with PCOS

When you are first diagnosed with PCOS, it can be scary and overwhelming and you might not know what to do or where to start. The good news is that there are some things that you can do for you and your PCOS. If you are newly-diagnosed, this article should point you in the right direction.

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Supplements

Magnesium for PCOS

There are a range of different supplements available for women with PCOS. I don’t recommend them all – only those that have good evidence behind them. Magnesium is one of them. Magnesium deficiency is common in our culture and can have a huge effect on our hormones.

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Exercise

Why your PCOS workout may not be working

Sometimes you can spend hours in the gym and just not get the results that you want. And it can be SO frustrating! There are some specific reasons that your PCOS workout may not be working. Are you overtraining? Not doing enough high-intensity exercise? Eating too clean?

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Diet Tips

7 Ways my Fitbit helps me manage my PCOS

Sometimes we need a little motivation to keep us going and on the right track. There are a number of ways to do this, of course, whether it be tracking your symptoms, getting support or using technology. My Fitbit is one of my favourite ways to track and manage my PCOS.

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Exercise

PCOS and Exercise – Your Questions Answered

When it comes to exercise and PCOS there are a lot of questions. If you don’t have an exercise or fitness background you might be unsure what to do or where to start. In this article, Erika Volk, The PCOS Personal Trainer, answers the most common questions about PCOS and exercise.

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Diet Tips

5 Ways to make the PCOS lifestyle work for you

We know that the way that we eat is crucial to managing our PCOS but sometimes making changes to the way that we eat can be time-consuming, especially with a family or in times of high stress. Here are some ways to ease the transition and make the PCOS diet work for you and your family.

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Encouragement

3 Things I won’t be doing for my PCOS in the future

When making new years resolutions, I like to look at where I’ve come from in the previous year, what I did well and what needs to change. I learnt some lessons over the last year, some that had a negative impact on my PCOS. So, from my PCOS diet to sleep, here’s what I’m not going to do this year.

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