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Does going off birth control cause u to lose the weight u gained when u started the pill?


Does going off birth control cause u to lose the weight u gained when u started the pill?

Weight gain through the pill is actually not as common as rumor would lead you to believe. Out of all of my friends who are on the pill, only one of us gained any significant weight and she lost that when she switched to a new brand of pill... I lost 14lbs the first two months I was on the pill.

I suppose if you had gained weight as a result of the hormones you'd lose it once you went off, but only if you were eating healthy and exercising to begin with. A lot of people seem to want to blame weight gain on factors other than their poor diets and lack of exercise. You have to take responsibility for your actions, you know ;D

some forms of birth control can cause you to have what is called water weight gain. but if you have gained a significant amount, like more than ten pounds it is probably a hormonal effect caused by increased estrogen levels given by the contraceptive. so this means that if you only gained like 5-10 lbs, then yeah you would lose that much of it. but if it were more than that, you might not. you might lose those first 5-10 lbs. nothing i could find said anything about whether or not you could actually lose the weight gained. everything just explained the reasons for the weight gain and loss while on the contraceptive.

Only if it was caused by the increased hormone levels and not just your appetite!

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