Posts by msh

Here's a typical week day

Breakfast: Coffee, one piece of pumpernickel bread

Snack: light yogurt

Lunch: Salad with Tuna or Chicken, 1 piece of bread

Snack: Piece of fruit

Dinner: 1 glass red wine, olives, baked vegetables (I cut up a bunch of veggies, mix them with spices and bake them for 25 mins - top with some Parmesan cheese)

Desert: 1/2 banana, 1 cup strawberries, skim milk blended together

I've been doing  this on my own for about 6 months now. I've only ever taken 2 classes, but on my own I think I push myself pretty hard (though I don't have a heart monitor to tell). I do 1 or 2  45min sessions per week, and some times mixing up my running with 20 min sessions.  I usually end up drenched in sweat afterwards.

  Since I started, however, I've noticed my thighs are much bigger than before.  My legs never use to touch and most of my pants are much tighter.  I'm not sure if this is from the spinning, but not sure why else just my thighs would get so big.

Anyone else experience the same?

Just thought I'd bump this up and see if anyone else has suggestions on breaking plateau's. My weight still hasn't budged a bit:(

nah, I've been running like this (or even more) for years now, don't see why I'd start gaining more muscle out of the blue

I'm joining in as well - exact same issue - hadn't got my period after stopping BC in January 09, since then I have gone from 111 to 117 on a good day, but my weight can jump up to 122 from one day to the next.  I'm 5'2", eat healthy, and exercise 5 days/week. I can't shake this weight and don't recognize my body - had two blood tests done and it's not a thyroid issue, plus my hormones are normal.

My doctor gave me Progesterone pills to make my period come back, which it did two days ago (very painfully), but now it's disappeared again, and none of the weight has been lost.  Í'm really hoping that if my period comes back to normal, the weight will shed as well.  I'm getting really stressed about this though, which is leading me to eat less, exercise more, and just get more depressed because the weight doesn't come off.

Hope this can get figured out sooner than later for all of us!

Sexysadie09: You said you've gained coming off the pill before?  I came off my BC three months ago and in this time have gained 10lbs.  I'm not eating more, but I just keep gaining despite diet and exercise.  It's so discouraging and I would appreciate hearing your experience.

I also haven't had a period in this time and my doctor recently perscribed me protestergeon (sp) to make it come back.

my triglycerides, and cholesterol, are also too high.  I don't eat a lot of meat or dairy, exercise A LOT, and get a lot of fruits and veggies.  However, I do have drink red wine (really no other alcohol).  I never though it was excessive, but could be the cause?  How much did you drink?  I'm going to another doc to see what else i can do

Well I have been off Diane for 3 months and no acne problems report - thank goodness, I really couldn't handle that as well.  Still haven't had my period (well just two days in  3 months - I'm hardly counting it).  I'm still bloated and waiting for about 6 lbs to come off to go back to normal. My appetite is absolutely nill and I know I'm eating way below my needed calorie intake given my level of exercise, but I am trying to get proteins in.

In another twist, I had a blood test to see what my hormone levels were in order to find out if that could be the reason for the water retention - hormones were fine, but my cholesterol is through the roof! As are my triglycerides! for a person who basically eats no fat, I'm more than 100 "points" above where I should be.  I have a doctors appointment on Monday, but I'm seriously worried.  My diet is so strict. I wish I could say that I was shoving chocolate, cheese and meat down my gullet when no one is looking and that's the reason my cholesterol is up, but I'm not, so it's not so easy to cut out the bad influences:(

Hope Monday sheds some light on all this...

So I spoke to my gyno and he said it's just my body retaining liquid and that I should avoid going back on the pill for a long time.  I don't know what I've done to myself, but my weight is fluctuating up a down each day around 4 to 5 pounds never getting anywhere close to my normal weight.  My gyno didn't encourage it, but my boyfriend, also a doctor, suggested I take a diruretic for a week or two.  I'm not a big fan, but I'm getting so depressed about not having any control over my weight and looking at this huge stomach which doesn't seem to be my own, so I'm giving it a try.

arghh

Hi, I didn't start taking Diane 35 because of acne, in fact, I had no acne problems before hand - just took it because of a suggestion from a friend and did not consult a doctor - something I should have done to possibly avoid the situation I'm in now.  Still, I haven't had any acne since I went off the pill 2 months ago. 

My period is now over, but it was hardly ever here - was way too light and I didn't shed a pound.  I'm still so bloated, but don't know which doctor i should see.  Ugh, this is so frustrating.

ok, I'm keeping this thread alive so that if someday someone else goes through something similar - they can search for some reference.

Today I weighed 2.2 lbs more than yesterday, stomach is still huge, clothes don't fit, etc.  Nothing's changed for the last month! but I finally got hold of my doctor who said this is not sooo unusual.  He told me to go back on the pill I was originally on for 7 days and hopefully with this my period will come back and my body will return to normal.  I just started today, but am hoping and praying this works!!!

Thanks for your help, I also have a few boxes of Yaz that my doctor gave me after my last checkup to take after I stopped my former pill.  I didn't take them because I wanted to be off the pill for awhile to clean out my system.  I'm just hoping that when/if my period returns, things will get back to normal and I'll shed these extra pounds.  I'm just not sure when it's coming back!

jeschult - did your period take a while to return after stopping the pill in the past?

No, really, I´m not pregnant.  What I eat - every day it's about the same,

Breakfast = coffee, apple, slim yogurt drink or a bowl of cereal - bran flakes

Lunch - tuna (in water) sandwich with tomato and cucumber and another apple

Snack - some carrots and a piece of black german bread

Dinner - chicken salad, or some baked chicken and veggies, red wine

Desert - yogurt with fruit

I don't feel like I'm eating too much.  I'm usually busy all day at work running from meetings, so I don't snack at all - just eat my sandwhich at the cafe and that's it til I come home after the gym at night.

My activity level is high, I guess.  I don't lift heavy things at work, but I do run up and down stairs a lot and walk to work and back (about a mile).  Also, I go to the gym 5 times a week - run about 5 miles, or do 45 mins of spinning.  I alternate weights and pilate sessions.

Jembop - really, you're the same?  Did you just come of a birth control pill by any chance?  Thanks for your responses!

Thanks, I'll try to suffer through another month.  I am keeping a diary about activity, calories, foods, and weight - I've never done that before, so it shows I'm worried!

Maybe I'll try the diuretic for a week and see if it helps...

ooh, I'm in the exact same boat, never done this before, but still a regular runner (5 miles normally).  Would appreciate any advice as well.