Agree with Meg. You'll probably be advised to gain less over the whole pregnancy than someone who started very lean. First trimester gain should be 0-2kg (essentially nothing) but I wouldn't be...
Hard to analyse these things over the internet. See a good physio and they will be able to diagnose & prescribe you some exercises to stretch/strengthen where appropriate.
There's an excellent book you can read called "Exercising through your pregnancy" by James Clapp. Highly recommend it for an explanation of everything to do with training and being pregnant!
I have it too but don't have any of the metabolic symptoms, which is fortunate. I also get a fairly regular period and can get pregnant but miscarry a lot. PCOS comes in all shapes & sizes.
I watched this documentary on the weekend- it follows some young ladies admitted to an ED treatment facility. Very sad, but also found it very enlightening.
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It should be total calorie amount. You can set up your MFP using custom goals to reflect total calories and not net calories (just tell it you want to do 0 exercise sessions per week).
Sounds like an eating disorder to me. She needs help from Dr/psychologist. Hope some of the ladies here can point you in a more specific direction- do you live in the US?
Exercise improves your insulin sensitivity. There's no need to adopt any kind of ketogenic diet for management of PCOS. What is recommended is a nice healthy diet with a balance of protein, carbs and...
