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Birth Control and Weight Maintenance, is it possible????? Help svp


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okay so, I have been on birth control for the past few years becuz I had really bad periods, just to fill yall in.

and last march I joined calorie count because my doctor told me i needed to lose weight. I was still on birth control, and I had been using calorie count for 8 weeks with no change in weight, even though I had drastically cut my calories like my doctor reccomended. I figured the only linking factor that it could be was the birth control. So I stopped using it and a few months later I began to lose weight.

I ended up losing 14lbs and even though I wasnt at the weight that the Tanita print out said I should be, my doctor said my body probably just couldnt pass the 130 mark and that it was a healthy weight for my body. I was very happy with my body at this weight and I had maintained that weight from July till late December.

This past december I went in to the gyn and decided that to be safe and regulate everything that I should start birth control again. She told me to take yaz because I had been on yasmin in the past and If i didnt have side effects on that one than this was even better because it was the same think but a lower dose. I started to gain weight in the next few weeks. I had thought at first that it was just the extra holiday pounds. But when i got back to school and started eating healthier and watching my calories, I still didn't notice any weight loss. I actually ended up gaining 11lbs!!! There is no way I gained 11lbs on my own so the birth control has to be the factor, right?

 The main reason I think this is because when I took birth control in high school, I just stayed the same weight but i also worked out intensively 5 days a week for fall and spring sports. Then in college when I finally stopped taking the BC last April I began to lose weight that I had always had, even though I wasnt doing nearly as much exercise as i had in high school. 

The main dilemna I have here is that I would like to be on birth control but i don't know if it is worth it if it is making me gain weight. And I know that people say you fluctuate throughout the day and that is fine but 11lbs...well I can't fit into any of those jeans I bought just a few months ago as a reward for dropping a dress size. It is really bad, I was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience or any advice? My gyn is back home so I am considering just stopping taking the pill and if in 2 months back on calorie count that I havent begun to lose weight again I guess I just will stay on the medicine and realize my body doesnt want me to lose weight. It is just really frustrating!!! 

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All hormonal birth control pills can cause any individual to gain or lose weight, because they mess with your hormones.
When I was on alesse (which i would NOT recommend, unless you enjoy feeling like you have your period 24/7) I gained about 5 pounds.
But then I switched to Linessa, which has been lovely, and it caused me to lose weight....it was a different type of hormone that does not encourage weight gain...and I actually lost about 7 pounds initally.

 

All hormonal birth control pills can cause any individual to gain or lose weight, because they mess with your hormones.
When I was on alesse (which i would NOT recommend, unless you enjoy feeling like you have your period 24/7) I gained about 5 pounds.
But then I switched to Linessa, which has been lovely, and it caused me to lose weight....it was a different type of hormone that does not encourage weight gain...and I actually lost about 7 pounds initally.

 

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