Birth control

Yes my theory was the hormones it releases.... I don't rememeber but I assume I ate more because of it, it has been many years since I have been on. But my husband and I both hated the side effects of birth control I used. Guess I'm not much help but that is what we guessed at that time.

I was on Nuva for a while. No issues. Like pp said, I was overeating when I'd gain weight.

When I was on the nuvaring I gained weight. I was always hungry. I didn't have problems losing weight though. Exercise was all I needed

I haven't tried those but im on the mirena I don't have any problems with it , the only advantage about it is you don't get you tom, Ive been on it since june of 2012 and I love it

Girl, its the hormones! They can do everything from make you hold onto water till you feel like a bursting balloon to screwing with your appetite. I tried 8 different brands of BC before I found one that DIDNT make me gain weight. Every BC is different and affects every women differently, so you cant even really take suggestions from your friends. Pills that were a nightmare for them were great for me and vice versa. You need to find one that works for your specific body. I chose seasonique because its extended cycle and my weight always goes out of control around that TOM (sometimes as much as 10 pounds which magically disappears the next week). BUT, only the off brand works for my body....and its supposed to be identical to the name brand. Makes total sense, doesn't it?! Just keep switching till you find one you like. I gave them all about a 6-8 month trial.

I was on Depo (the needle) and I ballooned 50 pounds in 6 months. I lost my motivation and didn't have the energy to work out. it was awful so i had to stop because I couldn't keep living like that. I started birth control pills about 3 years ago and I lost the 50 lbs within a year and have only started going up on the scale again because I was promoted to a desk job with a treat bowl (which has gone "missing" as of January)

I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, the birth control pill actually helps me loose weight..
Women just have lovely hormones. :[

I bloated up badly with a few BC pills, but Ortho TriCyclen Lo worked well for me in that regard. Very little bloating and minimal side effects. None of the weight I gained was fat weight though, just a lot more fluid retention.

The Nuvaring made me hungrier than normal, and of course like an idiot, I gave in and gained SCHLOADS of weight! I am now, for the first time, trying to diet and lose the weight. I have switched from the Nuvaring to Junel Fe, and the weight WILL NOT LEAVE!

Has anyone else had it where they just can't drop the weight on BC?! I have had no problems losing weight before the BC, so I am thinking the BC is making me hold onto the weight. Anyone else have this problem? I have only been on the Junel Fe for a month, I am giving it one more month before I make a doctors appointment because I just CAN'T lose weight!

Good luck to everyone in their weightloss goals!!

I have the Mirena and have gained weight, not because of the actual IUD but because I was eating more and not exercising. I asked my doctor about it because I was concerned and he basically broke it down this way...when you're on a hormonal birth control in order to prevent ovulation it increases your hormone levels to trick your body into believing it is pregnant. He said you will find yourself retaining more fluids, nutrients, and caving to cravings because that is what a body does when it's developing a fetus. His advice was to be more conscious of what I ate, exercise more and if I didn't like that then switch to a non-hormone or Progestin-only pill.

I'm not a doctor and he could have been just telling me this to make me feel better about my weight gain but after speaking with him I realized that my weight gain/loss depends on me. Maybe it's a mind thing but it's worked for me and I have no plans to get rid of my Mirena anytime soon.

I gained 20lbs in 8 months after starting BC in 2010 (I use Loestrin). I believe my metabolism was already slowed by beta-blockers I take for a heart condition. With the weight packed on from the BC and my slowed metabolism....I'm in a place where I am unhappy with my weight but having difficulty losing anything more than water weight. My dr has agreed that the weight was likely caused by the BC because I hadn't changed anything else and the gain started as soon as I began the BC. However, he told me that switching to something else is no guarantee I will be able to lose those 20 lbs and changing the hormone balance my body has grown used to could actually cause MORE weight gain.

So......no advice for you. But you definitely are not alone.

1-5 pounds may be the birth control more than that and its probably the way you have been eating

Birth control and I did not agree. It messed with my moods and my weight. It was the same with Mirena. I was not one of these lucky girls that lost her period grew beautiful hair and had perfect skin all while avoiding pregnancy. FYI though I have a 4yr old and a 1yr old that prove that for some people birth control just doesn't work.

Do you mean you got pregnant with both of them on the mirena?

When i got on nuva ring i had lost a lot of weight out of no where, like 45 lbs, im pretty sure it had to do with a break up, but then i ended up gaining it all back after i got in a new relationship with "happy" weight. then got off it a while back because i was having a reallly hard time losing weight ..nothing happend, then decided to get back on it and gained 10lbs.. now off it again.