"Nearly" impossible to lose weight Have anyone else noticed that all the whale tears about PCOS/thyroid/metabolic whatever disorder always use the qualifier that it's "nearly" impossible (for them) to lose weight? On some level, they acknowledge that it's possible, it just requires actual effort to overcome whatever obstacle they're crying about. But deep down they want to be the slender, fit girls they bitch about. They're still trying the diet pills, the wraps, the fad diets that don't work, hoping that someday they will find that magic bullet that turns them into 10's overnight.