Weight Loss After Birth Control Pills
Looking to see if anyone has experience insight on losing weight with or without birth control pills.
Weight loss after birth control pills. Do your best to follow a nutritious diet and exercise regimen in order to maintain a healthy weight. Alternatively some people will gain weight after they stop taking birth control. I am a 23 year old female currently down approximately 27 lbs in 8 weeks.
I am asked a lot of questions from women about weight loss and the birth control pill if it affects their weight health hormones etc. Rumours of the miracle pill began circulating when the manufacturers of oral contraceptive yasmin published at study in contraception journal which followed 300 women who lost just under 1kg after six months of taking the pill. Taking the birth control pill or another type of hormone based contraceptive is extremely common.
After about three years however i was doing some reading and realized that i d been on some form of hormonal birth control for 11 years way too long. Other side effects of birth. However after a about a year the women regained the weight and experts have rubbished the claims the yasmin pill helped people lose weight.
The connection between birth control pills and weight loss sparks a contentious debate in the medical community. Previous to having this inserted i was training hard in the gym and had gained some muscle although i was having difficulty losing fat. I decided to try an iud.
Although weight gain is a potential side effect of all birth control pills some pills are more likely to cause weight gain than others 1 the synthetic hormones found in birth control pills and some other forms of contraception such as the hormonal iud are the biggest factor in weight gain 1 each type of birth control pill contains a different proportion and formulation of. While studies oppose weight gain related to birth control pills some individuals report gaining weight after they. Many women who use birth control believe that weight gain can be a side effect.
Looking to lose about 20 more lbs for my first gw and then potentially another 20 after maintaining my first gw for awhile.