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Birth control & weight gain

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#1 ·
I've been taking it for a week now and my weight is just shooting up! Im bloated too and honestly its making me miserable i would rather just deal w irregular periods. If i just stop taking them rn will my weight go back down or do i have to start heavy restricting again?

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#5 ·
Are you paying attention to what you are eating still or did you stop?
Im actually eating less now and purging regularly, before i was maintaining eating like 2000 cals of junk. Bc just fucked me up and now im gaining on 900 cals

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#6 ·
I feel you... I got an iud a year ago, weight shoot up by 4lbs overnight, couldn't lose weight since then despite doing everything right. Got it removed yesterday, and like magic lost 1lb today without changing anything in my diet. If this continues, lose the birth control. It could fuck you up.

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Yeah dude i was 105lbs last week and now im 110.5, i feel like a whale. Im just going to stop it and pray to god the weight goes back down

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Yeah dude i was 105lbs last week and now im 110.5, i feel like a whale. Im just going to stop it and pray to god the weight goes back down

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its just water retention, the bloat and the weight will come off after 3 months maybe less, and the weight isn't even fat. the only real weight change it can cause is if it increase your appetite and you eat more but eh duh.
 
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If you can stand it, I'd wait it out and see. It could be a coincidence, or your body might just take a week or 2 adjust. What kind is it? Some kinds are really likely to cause weight gain, and other types very rarely cause it!
My weight keeps skyrocketing so i dont think im going to continue it. Its norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol tablets

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I gained 50lbs in 6 months on birth control and I was eating healthier foods and less calories than I did before I went on it.
But I was also put on an anti-psychotic which also had an effect of weight gain so I felt like I was gaining x1000 as fast with 5lbs for every mouthful I ate
 
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#21 ·
Just....whatever u do.... don't get nexplanon. 15 pounds up like THAT and a period that lasted for 8 months straight. Idk about all the rest of this but I do not recommend nexplanon
I literally am going in Tuesday to get nexplanon... hold me!. I just can't get pregnant again, I'll forget the pill, the Mirena was uncomfortable and my husband procrastinates getting snipped. I was gonna get my tubes tied, but I had a friend so that and she lost her sex drive AND gained 15lbs. Geeeez I just can't win...

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#22 ·
I had to go on BC to regulate my periods and I was refusing to do it because I didn't want to gain weight. My doctor prescribed the one that was least likely to cause weight gain and I have had zero problems. It's a generic called Enpresse (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol). I'm sure you're just dealing with water weight right now. Maybe try a diuretic?
 
#25 ·
i started birth control pills about a month ago. i wasn't weighing myself when i started so i'm not sure if my weight shot up initially, but i've been losing just fine for the past three weeks. and i no longer get my period, so i don't have to worry about weight gain from that either. ymmv, i guess.
 
#26 ·
I literally am going in Tuesday to get nexplanon... hold me!. I just can't get pregnant again, I'll forget the pill, the Mirena was uncomfortable and my husband procrastinates getting snipped. I was gonna get my tubes tied, but I had a friend so that and she lost her sex drive AND gained 15lbs. Geeeez I just can't win...

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Omg i wish you good luck😭❤But if I'm being honest nexplanon was great AT FIRST becquse i did lose my period for 8 months... of course I then got it for 8 months straight but I have a friend who had no bad side effects when she got nexplanon so it really depends on your body!! Mine just did not agree lol