Help losing the weight gained from birth control...

You're not eating enough. You'll gain weight eating only 800 calories a day. I had the same problems with birth control, but I'm still on it and I've lost weight and maintained my current weight for about six months now.

800 calories/daily and working out 4 days a week? Something isn't adding up. Can we take a peak at your food diary? Do you weigh and measure everything? Are you overestimating exercise calories? If you put that you'd like to lost 1lb per week in MFP when figuring out your goals, what does the calorie goal say?

I'm eating 1620 + exercise, I'm within 3lbs of goal and I'm almost twice your age. And on BC. Since I was younger than you.

These kinds of topics drive me crazy. There is NOTHING in birth control to make you gain weight. You've only gained weight by giving in to cravings - don't blame birth control for that.

And 800 calories isn't enough. Flat out. Eat more.

Nothing other than hormones - which interfere with your hormonal balance - which DOES have an influence on weight.....
OP - eat more than 800 cals
Log, weight everything and go see a doctor...You are not doing your body any favours by starving it....

Definitely NOT eating enough, you should be eating around 1200-1400 calories depending how active your daily activity is (work/daily routine). Your body is storing all the calories because it is in starvation mode pretty much. If you enter all your information correctly into myfitnesspal it should tell you how many calories to eat, and then when you exercise log that and depending how many calories you burn you should eat some of them back. Too much of a deficit can hurt you, not help you. If you have any other questions or help feel free to message me good luck with getting back on track! And remember, quality over quantity, 1200 calories of processed junk food and 1200 calories of healthy veggies, whole grain carbs, and lean proteins are not equal. Don't put junk in your mouth!

Must be a lot of calories in that little pill????

I agree with PP... 1200 should be absolute minimum.
I gained weight on the pill, too. When I got the depo shot, my weight sky rocketed. Now my bc is Nuva ring. The gain finally stopped and now I'm able to lose. That's what worked for me but everyone is different. I hope depo works better for you

I lost weight on bc, but I have hormone issues (PCOS / borderline hypothyroid). I started gaining weight again without birth control turning off my ovaries. However, a weekly calorie deficit and my weekly exercise goal is taking care of that.

"The Pill" puts hormones in your body, so ya that can affect how your body wants to deal with weight and where it wants to store your fat. Yasmin made my belly go down but my hips and breasts swelled. Spironolactone same thing, breasts swelled up nearly a full cup size before I got 'used to it'. I actually expressed at one point, which was very odd.

So, weird things happen, including weight gains and losses, on any kind of hormone treatment. You're not crazy. Doctors tend to gloss over it for the most part.

The best thing you can do is track what's happening, including your calorie intake and exercise minutes, and see if you're still gaining after maintaining a steady program. That's the kind of data a doctor can look at. If you print out a 90 day net calorie chart showing you at goal most days, a 90 day exercise minutes report showing regular activity, and a 90 day weight chart continuing to show gains, then the doctor has some serious numbers to look at.

But, I'd hedge the bet and say that if you make it to 90 days faithfully on an MFP program, you'll achieve some weight loss.

Telling a doctor that you're concerned about weight gain but 'I'm not overeating and I exercise' is like telling a dentist that you flossed regularly. They don't really believe it, even if it's true, but they'll say, 'uh huh.' Give 'em data.