Weight Gain and Birth Control - Weight Loss Message Board

Miss Murphy · 03-30-2005, 11:52 AM

I have narrowed the source of my gradual weight gain down to my birth control. I have been using the Ortho Evra patch for the last 10 month and in that time have gained 10 lbs. I exercise 5 times a week and changed my diet just in case that was the problem but no improvement is showing. I don't want to abandon the patch because it has greatly improved the quality of my skin. I'm looking for alternative birth control that has limited weight gain associated with it. Can you tell me what works for you?

sammy726 · 03-30-2005, 02:25 PM

Hello Miss Murphy...I've been on Ortho Tri-Cyclen since May of 2004 and haven't gained any weight. I haven't been exercising much or eating right either, so I know for sure the pill has not made me gain any weight.

GLSheridan · 03-30-2005, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Murphy

I have narrowed the source of my gradual weight gain down to my birth control. I have been using the Ortho Evra patch for the last 10 month and in that time have gained 10 lbs. I exercise 5 times a week and changed my diet just in case that was the problem but no improvement is showing. I don't want to abandon the patch because it has greatly improved the quality of my skin. I'm looking for alternative birth control that has limited weight gain associated with it. Can you tell me what works for you?

ALL forms of birth control can cause weight gain. What causes weight gain for you, might cause no gain in someone else. It affects each person different.

rach12 · 03-30-2005, 06:03 PM

I know most docs say the pill does Not cause the gain but I scream YES IT DOES. Maybe it is just water weight or whatever but when I was on the pill I had a few (5lb) vanitiy pounds that would not go away. I have been active for years with good exercise. Running 5 to 6 days a week weight train the whole 9 yards and I have always ate healthy but when I was on that pill I could not get rid of that 5 lbs. When I quit taking the pill 3 years ago the weight went bye bye. Same routine with everything.
Everyone is diffrent. I do retain alot of water naturally ( I HAVE to watch my sodium and I drink about a gallon of H2O a day) so maybe with me it was only water but it was there.

mel1977 · 03-30-2005, 06:10 PM

I am fighting weight gain too and the only thing I can figure is my new bc too. I started seasonale from Depo the first week of Feb and since have gained 15 pounds, and we are talking one week fine the next the pants won't button. There are other factors for me: quit smoking in Oct, but from Oct to Feb stayed the same weight. Could be from surgery, very inactive since December, but yet again, no gain until Feb. OR stress, surgery, husband lost job, having to move and sell condo etc....But 15 in two months seemed like an awful lot. My mother and hubby both now think BC, as I did not gain a single pound on Depo. Then I read that BC hasn't ever been officially linked to weight gain. So, I of course freaked out. None the less, I am going back on Depo tomorrow. My dr gave me the okay to do aerobics so for the last two weeks I have been working out again. It is harder since I still can't do much with my back surgery and I am not 22 anymore (that was my age when I lost 25 lbs), I am now 27 and who knows what my hormones and metabolism is doing. I am returning to work next week too after being on disability for eight months. I am hoping that will make a difference too. I will let ya know if the weight comes off. But then, I won't know if it was the pill, or me working out again