I'm SO SCARED to start Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo!!! - Birth Control Message Board

mizvespa · 07-22-2005, 11:00 AM

Everyone is going to think that I'm nuts, but I'm scared to start this pill b/c I'm worried about weight gain. I am in entertainment & have a shoot in less than 2 weeks, so I'm freaking! Still, I need to be on bc because I have awful periods otherwise & do not need to get pregnant.

I've also read about the patch & it seems that lots of people gain on it. I tried the regular ortho tri-cyclen years ago, but I gained 10 lbs that refused to go away until I quit taking. I CANNOT afford to gain within the next 2 weeks.

Can anyone PLEASE tell me if the lo has made you gain, particularly if you had weight gain with the regular.

Thanks in advance!

Derangea · 07-22-2005, 11:06 AM

Before I started Ortho-Lo, I was 5'7, 102 lbs. Now I'm 5'7 110 lbs. You will gain weight. But fortunatley some of the weight is gained in your breasts. I'm in the movie buisness too and shot part of a scene a few weeks ago and have to finish the rest at the end of the month, so I have to maintain my weight at 110, and its hard. My advice to you would not to start it until you are done shooting. Eventually then after your body gets used to it it gets little easier to lose the weight. But unfortunatley you cant lose all of it no matter how much you try.

RiotGirl00 · 07-22-2005, 11:48 AM

I've been on it for 6 months and I didn't gain any weight..at least none that I've noticed. If I did then it was like 3 lbs or something... No major changes at all.
My appetite changed at first, but later it went back to normal... that's why people gain weight. You don't gain because the pill makes you blow up, you gain because your appetite changes and you tend to eat more.
If you can go on the pill and control your diet then you won't have weight gain issues.
People tend to blame it on the pill and say how it made them gain 10lbs etc etc... It all depends whether you can control your eating habits or not, which obviously most people cannot do therefore they gain weight and say how the pill made them blow up.
Not true.

So yea, if you can stay on a strict diet and not give into temptations then you won't have problems.

jriegel · 07-22-2005, 11:59 AM

i gained weight when i was on the pill, but not everyone does. it's the way estrogen affects your body, it does it in men, too. but sometimes that weight gain is in your breasts, like Deragnea said. most of my friends only gained around 5-7 pounds, a very few gained a lot more than that.

i'm sure you know a lot of ways to lose weight if maintaining your weight is part of your job. i know a healthy way to lose a quick 5-10 pounds in about 2 or 3 days, it's part of the L A Weightloss plan. I don't know anyone who doesn't lose weight using it, so you could try some things like that if you do gain weight.

Derangea · 07-22-2005, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by RiotGirl00

I've been on it for 6 months and I didn't gain any weight..at least none that I've noticed. If I did then it was like 3 lbs or something... No major changes at all.
My appetite changed at first, but later it went back to normal... that's why people gain weight. You don't gain because the pill makes you blow up, you gain because your appetite changes and you tend to eat more.
If you can go on the pill and control your diet then you won't have weight gain issues.
People tend to blame it on the pill and say how it made them gain 10lbs etc etc... It all depends whether you can control your eating habits or not, which obviously most people cannot do therefore they gain weight and say how the pill made them blow up.
Not true.

So yea, if you can stay on a strict diet and not give into temptations then you won't have problems.

I've been on it a year. Then I went off it for a month and dropped the weight automatically in just a month. Not changing eating. Nothing. What happens, is yes you are right, it IS hormones so it changes your eating behaviors, BUT since it is also increasing your estrogen and progestion levels it makes you gain weight in certain places. You see, what happens is, the pill makes your body "think" that its pregnant, and therefore it begins to store fat in order to prepare for the fetus, regardless if you eat strictly. It effects people differently, and their metabolisms. Its different for everyone. Congradulations for only gaining 3 pounds.