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Hello!
I'm Katie .. I've been using the app version for a while. When I came back from getting married I stopped logging. Now I am logging again. A little about myself. I live in Beaverton,OR I have a wonderful husband and two dogs. Recently married in Puerto Rico. Much fun! I didn't loose any weight I wanted for the wedding. But I still had fun! I was a HUGE competitive swimmer, I scuba dive now. I love to walk/hike. Taking photos too. (professional photographer on the side).

I have hypothyroidism which doesn't help. On medication of course! What has changed much for me recently is that 10 pounds I gained. I stopped taking birth control pill after been taking it for nearly 10 years. It's been two months off of it. Now, my doctor said hormones maybe the evil partner in my weight gain. Since I have not changed my diet and exercise. I just came on .. fast too.

As any ladies have any hormone imbalance issues after stopping the birth control pill which resulted in weight gain?
I got really depressed and moody. way more than anything else I have had before. So I started to take DIM plus balancer of estrogen metabolism and also raises progesterone. Been taking it two weeks now, I do have to say, my mood has improved. I am seeing my doctor next week to really talk about the hormone factor. I don't know if you can even test a thing like that! Will get my TSH And T4 tested for sure.

If you are in Beaverton-Hillsboro-Tigard area of Oregon let me know! I would LOVE a gym partner! or swim partner, swimming is my favourite!!!

Thank you!