How Lea Lost 45+ Pounds with PCOS: A Cysterhood Success Story

The PCOS Podcast by A Cyster & Her Mister

PCOS Weight Loss

Health & Fitness:alternative Health, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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#283: In this episode, we’re interviewing Lea, a fellow Cyster who took control of her health after years of frustration with doctors who dismissed her PCOS symptoms After struggling with weight gain, fatigue, and a scary hospital visit, she found The Cysterhood, lost 45+ pounds, and completely reversed her symptoms! Today, she’s sharing her inspirational journey, what actually worked, and how she finally found hope after years of feeling stuck. This episode is for you if: - You’ve ever been dismissed or gaslit by doctors and want to take control of your health. - You want to learn this Cyster’s strategy to PCOS weight loss success - You’re curious to know how other Cysters thrive with gluten and dairy free lifestyles Download The Cysterhood App, the largest community of PCOS women learning to lose weight & reverse symptoms with daily meals & workouts designed for PCOS! What’s Your PCOS Type? - Take the quiz! PCOS Supplements + Tea (https://ovafit.org/) Tallene’s Fav PCOS friendly products (https://www.amazon.com/shop/pcos.weightloss?ref=ac_inf_tb_vh) CONNECT WITH US: Website (https://pcosweightloss.org/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/pcos.weightloss/) Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pcos.weight.loss) Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/pcosweightloss/) While Tallene is a Registered Dietitian and Sirak a Personal Trainer, this podcast provides general information about PCOS. It is not meant to serve as fitness, nutrition or medical advice related to your individual needs. If you have questions, please talk to a medical professional. For our full privacy policy, please click on the following link: (bit.ly/PCOSPrivacyPolicy) Links included in this description may be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that we provide, we may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting our channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week!

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0:00.0	So I started the slow-weighted workouts in August of 22.
0:03.1	I went completely gluten-free in September.
0:05.9	I went completely dairy-free in November of that year.
0:09.6	And from August to April, I lost over 40 pounds.
0:16.3	Doctor said you got FECOS.
0:19.5	Now go on, girls,
0:22.3	just lose some way.
0:24.6	Till I took the symptoms into my own hands and reversed them naturally.
0:28.9	Bring it back now.
0:30.2	So I became a dietitian
0:32.5	and helped my sisters feel
0:34.4	the best they've ever felt.
0:37.1	Take a step in my direction if you want to move them wrong and take control of yourself.
0:44.0	Join a sister and a mister.
0:49.9	Welcome back, Leah.
0:51.5	Thank you so much for joining us.
0:53.4	I know we went live together. So it's really
0:56.0	exciting to have you on our podcast. Thank you. Yeah, we always love going live with fellow sisters
1:01.6	and getting to know about their journey, getting to know about basically their experience with
1:05.7	PCOS so that others can listen and get motivated or get inspiration from others. And I think the podcast is like a next step to that where we can get more in detail or just more. Because like sometimes on Instagram, I feel like we're all in a rush, right? It's like people are watching or commenting. You're like trying to get everything in. But on the podcast, it's just us three. So it'll be fun to really get all into your journey.
1:28.1	Yes. So let's kick it off. Go ahead and tell us how you were diagnosed with PCOS.
1:34.3	Take us back to that moment when you were first like what is going on. I just discovered I have PCOS.
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