| Friday, July 13, 2007 |
| Birth Control Pills, Weight Gain, and Water Retention |
Yes. Birth control pills can cause you to gain weight and have trouble losing it.
What's responsible for it? Mostly estrogen. Estrogen is the primary female sex hormones. The more estrogen a pill has, the higher of chance to put on weight and retain fluid.
Estrogen increases the insulin level. That means, as Ihave already explained in previous posts, resistance to weight loss.
My best friend started putting on weight the moment she started taking the pills. Well, sometimes it is necessary to take them (regulates periods and other problems women might have), but sometimes it is better not to. If you care about your health and birth control, try the normal condom.
Some people are even allergic to pills: strong headaches, crazy appetite, nausea, dizziness, constipation. The list can go on. The good part is supposed to be related to some cancers.
Now lots of studies show that women do not put on weight because of the birth control pills. However, the case studies on real people among ourselves show the opposite. Besides, the negative aspects of estrogen are always there, and as long as the pills contain estrogen, I don't see how they cannot cause weight gain.Labels: pills, water_retention, weight |
posted by Darquette @ 7:22 PM  |
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THANK YOU! My doctor swore to me that the pills are not what cause you to gain weight. I didn't change the way I ate, which is very healthy, but the weight just came on...fast! I felt like I was going crazy. Every woman I've ever talked to has said the pill made them gain too! It's just good to see it in writing. HAHA
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i have been on the pill for three weeks now, and i am 41 years old. i use to take the pill for years in my twenties and stopped for years. they did not make me gain weight then but now i notice the water retention. i love to get on the treadmill for atleast 30 min. a day but here recently i am gaining weight and i sweat like crazy in about 8 min. after being on the treadmill which i know for a fact is water retained from using the pill. after this pack i am not going to take them any more. time to go back to the old school method of condoms.
Ms. Cush
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I started the pill directly after being pregnant and losing it. My boobs doubled in size (which was good because I had NONE, literally) and they've gone down a little but not much in 11 months. However I have gained almost 20 pounds, and my stomach is not anywhere near as flat as it used to be (i used to be a toothpick 105lbs. and had trouble GAINING weight, but now I'm almost 130 and cannot get rid of my belly)It's frustrating but I don't want to stop the pill because my periods are finally regular and I HATE condoms or get a lower-estrogen one because I'm afraid my boobs will go back to their normal size (I had trouble finding a 32A that fit and I'll probably end up having just little flaps of skin...ew) but I want my flat stomach back, and I want my ass cellulite to go away, I'm probably asking too much but help me! I was too too skinny before and now I'm just under chunky, I hate it! What do I do?
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THANK YOU! My doctor swore to me that the pills are not what cause you to gain weight. I didn't change the way I ate, which is very healthy, but the weight just came on...fast! I felt like I was going crazy. Every woman I've ever talked to has said the pill made them gain too! It's just good to see it in writing. HAHA