Losing Weight And Being On Birth Control. Posted: 01-23-05 05:32am
Is it even possible? I'm on ortho-tri
cyclen...Have been on it for 2 1/2 years
and am not very satisfied because i've
gained a ton of weight. I've been working
out regularly and consistently but is it
honestly going to work even if i'm on
birth control?
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ZigfieldX
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Joined: 19 Dec 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posted: 01-23-05 15:55pm
It's funny you mention that. I don't know
if this will help you, but i've been on
the same pill for 5 years now and I too
have gained a lot of extra weight that I
did not need nor want. I've been gaining
a consistent 5lbs every year i've been on
the pill. I too have been exercising and
watching what I eat but to no avail. It
seems like the healthier I try to be the
bigger I get. I have gone from 154lbs to
180lbs, and it wasn't until recently that
I had begun to suspect the pill. When I
go for my next check-up i'm going to ask
to switch pills, it seems like the only
thing to do, but i'm kinda worried,
because I don't want the next pill to add
on more weight. My suggestion to you is
to try to be as healthy as possible for
your own good, and as for the pill, you
have to make the decision to live with it
or change it, but feel comforted that
someone is also going through the same
thing. I would love to set up a poll to
see which pills cause weight loss, and
which don't.
I wish you luck with your decision, and
keep me posted on what you find out, for I
am also curious.
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maryannec
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Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 22 Location: CA
Posted: 01-23-05 18:12pm
You know...I really thought I was the only
one going through this but thanks for
telling me that you're in the same
situation. I used to be 97lbs and now
i'm 125 which is a lot for my height...I'm
only 4'11" (asian genes) and so it is a
lot. My cousin was on the shot for a
while and she gained weight a lot of
weight from it so she decided to switch to
the pill yasmin and since then she's lost
a ton of weight. I've only heard good
things about yasmin but who knows, I
really want to try it. I'll keep you
posted on what's going on. I'm really
trying to watch my eating habits but
otherwise i'd like to think it's just
water weight gain but i'm starting to
think it's my eating! :wink: :(
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marnjan
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Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Lakeville, Minnesota
Weight And Birth-control Posted: 01-23-05 22:25pm
I have been on birth-control for 9 years
now. For 2 years I attempted to be on
ortho-tri. I gained 20 pounds! I also
dieted and exercised. Once I switched
birth-control pills I lost 25 pounds in
only 3 weeks. I have been on yasmin for
7 months, and have gained 15 pounds. I
am getting off of it and switching back to
demulin. On yasmin I have also
experienced extreme swollen breasts and
depression. A girlfriend of mine also
had the same exact reaction. Yet I know
a friend that loves it. Everyone's body
chemistry is not alike, but I would always
suggest demulin 1/35.
Good luck.
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maryannec
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Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 22 Location: CA
Posted: 02-26-05 04:32am
Marnjan...
Never heard of demulin. Hmm....I
wondered about yasmin, a cousing of mine
takes it and has lost a tremendous amount
of weight! Argh!! The horror of water
weight gain. I hate it!
Exercising and dieting is doing nothing at
all.
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2ferano
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Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 03-01-05 03:03am
Yeah, no one can say which pills make you
gain weight and which ones don't because
it depends on your body. One person
could gain 60 lbs on a pill that you don't
gain any, or even lose, so that theory
doesn't work.
I would switch pills if I was you. You
may as well give it a shot! I wouldn't
worry about gaining even more weight on a
new pill, because if you gain any weight
in the three month trial period then you
can switch again until you find one that
you don't gain weight on. But, either
way you are still going to be gaining
weight right? So, this way, at least you
would be working on stopping the cycle!
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shellhead_3
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Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Coeur d'Alene
Birth Control Posted: 03-27-05 18:12pm
I started orthotricyclen 4 months ago and
i've been gaining weight uncontrollably
ever since and wasn't sure why. A friend
suggested that it was my medication so
when I asked the nurse to switch it, she
got offended and said that her medicine
wouldn't do that to me. I've been
excersising and eating right and i've
never had a problem with gaining weight
before, so it's interesting to hear that
some of you have had the same problem. I
am 18 though and I know i'm supposed to
gain some weight, but when I started the
medication I was 145 and 3 months later I
weighed 155 and was being way more healthy
than ever before. Do you think it could
be the orthotricyclen? Maybe a different
nurse would help.
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maryannec
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 22 Location: CA
Posted: 04-07-05 10:33am
I've decided to get of ortho...I haven't
thought of what i'm going to be on but for
now i'm just going to be using condoms as
a contraceptive until I lose this weight
i've gained! Argh!!
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TheElement
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Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 1
Posted: 01-15-08 00:12am
I have been on Alesse for 4 months now,
and have just recently lost 7 pounds with
no effort whatsoever. I haven't been
eating particularly well or staying off
junkfood. I suspect the birth control.
Good luck!
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anniek
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Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 425 Location: , Iowa Usa
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Posted: 01-15-08 08:46am
I've lost over the past year and a half
just about 30lbs. I switched from the shot
because of other problems. I was on the
patch first and didn't see a whole lot of
weight lose just a few lbs here and there.
Then I was on the ring for a month. Then I
was off altogether for a couple months.
Now I'm on low ovral and I am down to 154
which my highest weight was about 179. So
I think its the bc. I'm going to actually
try to loose wieght now! Before when I
would diet it would barely do anything for
all the work I was putting in! So we'll
see how it goes, I just wish the snow was
gone and warmer so I could go walking at
night! Good Luck to all of you on finding
your cure (LOL)!
