Clomid ruined my body

Bradfi

I took clomid for a few months while trying to get pregnant. I gained 60lbs in 6 months. I track my macros and go high protein, low fat, exercise 2 1/2 hours 5 days a week. Im losing no weight. Its been 2 years. Im eating 1,200-1,400 calories per day. Has anyone had this issue with clomid? Im tempted to ask my doctor if estrogen pills might help this weight come off. I can only work out so much and keep my calories so low. Im exhausted, but no weight loss. Its pretty tough for me. Heres hoping someone else knows the trick to regaining your fat loss after hormone therapy.

ruqayyahsmum

Nope i lost weight when i took clomid

cmriverside

How are you keeping track of your food? 1200-1400 sounds like a range..How did you come up with those numbers for your weight loss? Are you logging your food every day? If you aren't then you don't know what's going on.

I find it hard to believe that something you took two years ago has any effect on you now.

If you log your food religiously I think you'll find your weight-loss sweet spot.

usmcmp

Low fat isn't necessarily going to help you lose body fat. Dietary fat is actually important for hormones and weight loss. Do you weigh your food? Do you log absolutely everything you eat every day?

Bradfi

cmriverside wrote: »

How are you keeping track of your food? 1200-1400 sounds like a range..How did you come up with those numbers for your weight loss? Are you logging your food every day? If you aren't then you don't know what's going on.

I find it hard to believe that something you took two years ago has any effect on you now.

If you log your food religiously I think you'll find your weight-loss sweet spot.

I track everything on here. Some days Im hungrier than others, so i never go under 1,200, and never above 1,400. I log every day, and work out more than my husband does. I eat healthier than he does and he has lost 10lbs to my 1lbs. The problem with my body right now is I was unmonitored by a gynecologist who thought cramming me with hormones for months would fix my infertility. Im still infertile and not well. I had insulin resistance, but with careful diet change and metformin, that's apparently gone. Im not sure you ever get rid of it though. Anyways, my body just doesnt process food like it used to. I was hoping someone who has experience with the horrors of hormone therapy could help.

VintageFeline

Could you open your diary so we can see if there are any obvious logging errors/help you pinpoint exactly what is going on?

What are you doing those 2.5 hours? If you were truly eating 1400 calories and under, even with some hormonal issues, it doesn't make a lot of sense that you've lost nothing in two years.

cmriverside

I think a lot of us have medical issues and are either on hormone regulating medication or have been in the past.

How long have you been logging all your food? Can you set your Food Diary to "Public" so we can take a look? Here is where you do that: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

Sometimes (almost always) it's in the way you are logging. If it's been a month or less, never mind.

Everyone can lose weight - it's a matter of accurate records and proper calories in - and then, patience. If you are truly eating only 1200-1400 and not losing, you need medical assistance, not our input. I think it is your logging.

Don't compare yourself to your husband, men lose fat faster than women of child-bearing age. I agree that low-fat is not the way to go if you are insulin-resistant. Do you have an Endocrinologist in the loop?

Bradfi

Let me get that open. And Im going to be honest, i have no idea what an endocrinologist is!

jemhh

Are you actually eating 1200-1400 calories or are you netting 1200-1400 calories?

Please open your diary.

SusanMFindlay

Bradfi wrote: »

I log every day, and work out more than my husband does. I eat healthier than he does and he has lost 10lbs to my 1lbs.

Comparing yourself to another person doesn't help. Especially a husband. Especially if he's taller and heavier than you. I am substantially more active than my husband (I average almost 20,000 steps/day to his 10,000), but he's 9 inches taller and 60 pounds heavier. So, he burns a lot more calories than I do. If we were to eat the same, he would lose a pile more weight than me. As it is, he eats more than I do and we lose about the same.

Also, eating healthier has nothing to do with whether or not you'll lose weight. You'll lose more weight eating 1500 calories of junk than eating 2000 calories of healthy food. You'll probably feel like crap on the junk, but fewer calories eaten = more weight lost. (Unless the healthier food were to give you so much extra energy that you burned enough extra calories to compensate for eating more.) Clearly, 1500 calories of healthy food should be considered a better choice than 1500 calories of junk; I'm just using these numbers to make a point.

prattiger65

Bradfi wrote: »

Let me get that open. And Im going to be honest, i have no idea what an endocrinologist is!

I don't really have much to add, I just wanted to say that I know you will be successful. I know because you didn't come here looking for validation for you preconceived ideas. You came looking for answers and you are open to suggestion. Stay that way, learn from the wealth of knowledge here. You will be fine. Just be patient.

JulieSHelms

I took Clomid (for infertility due to PCOS) and gained a ton of weight . I even had a dr. a few years later looking at my records and said--"I can't believe they prescribed you Clomid. Bet you gained weight on that." Yep. But once it's out of your system it won't continue to control your weight. I just lost 130+ lbs (and still have PCOS and IR). You can too. I focused more on low carb due to the IR, (I think low fat is a bad idea) but ultimately it's how many calories are going in and out.

Duchy82

I didn't gain any weight whilst on clomid (did 3 months) if any thing I lost, I was using mfp at the same time. I don't think oestrogen pills are going to help you though. As clomid raises the bodies oestrogen levels, it blocks oestrogen receptors on the cells so the body doesn’t have its natural negative feedback loop and continues to make more. The chances are you will still gain weight if you do that. It may be worth having hormone levels checked to see if they are out of balance though whether that is through a gynae or an endocrinologist (specialises in the endocrine system i.e. hormone releasing organs) either specialist should know their stuff.

It may be worth trying low carb high fat if you have trouble with insulin resistance or try an eating plan designed for type II diabetics (diabetes UK has great advice on their website for this) you may have more success with this.

Good luck!