weight loss when pill stopped? - Birth Control Message Board

Sartorius · 08-09-2006, 07:44 PM

will i lose the weight i gained when i started the pill when i come off the pill? easily? any other comments on this topic are welcomed

GLSheridan · 08-09-2006, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Sartorius

will i lose the weight i gained when i started the pill when i come off the pill? easily? any other comments on this topic are welcomed

If you gained a significant amount of weight, you probably won't loose the weight without some sort of diet and exercise modification. However, if your weight gain is attributed to water weight (5 lbs or so), the weight should go away after stopping the pill.

Sartorius · 08-09-2006, 08:57 PM

thanks, i did not know that the pill made you retain water, but that's interesting.

livinTX · 08-10-2006, 10:39 AM

I had significant water retention on the pill (worse than most people, it was painful in my feet to the point where it hurt to walk). I stopped the pill about 2 months ago and have since lost about 12 lb. I think this is almost all water weight as I haven't changed my diet significantly (other than deciding I would no longer buy chocolate). I am still pretty bloated but at least my weight is back down to where I want it, now just waiting for the puffiness to go.

However, some women retain water right off the pill, particularly if you were taking Yasmin. So you might get the opposite experience from mine...

pinkkangaroo · 08-11-2006, 01:22 PM

My best friend took a b.c. pill for about two months and then she quit. She had initially gained about 10 lbs and completely shed those ten lbs after 2 weeks of quitting. I never gained any weight that i can think of in the four yrs of taking birth control...but after quitting about 10 days ago, my appetite has already decreased. and i've prob lost weight already....but i 've been feeling slighty shaky and sick since quitting...so maybe that's why im not hungry. who knows. best of luck though.