Depo Provera - Advice Please

Hi, I got my first shot of Depo Provera on 20th December, gained some Christmas weight, but so far in 2014 I have lost 15lb. However these last 3 weeks my weight loss has really slowed down (3 pounds in 3 weeks) and I was starting to wonder if if the DP is to blame. However, I do not suffer any hunger from this and am eating very clean and around 1200 most days, working out 4-5 times a week.

I'm due my next shot in 2 weeks and am going to get it but I will keep a watch on how my weight loss goes, as I do not want to to be slogging it out from diet & exercise andf not seeing any results because of this medication.

I was on Depo for about 2 years and the only time I gained weight was after I got pregnant on it. Nothing's 100%.

Hi, I got my first shot of Depo Provera on 20th December, gained some Christmas weight, but so far in 2014 I have lost 15lb. However these last 3 weeks my weight loss has really slowed down (3 pounds in 3 weeks) and I was starting to wonder if if the DP is to blame. However, I do not suffer any hunger from this and am eating very clean and around 1200 most days, working out 4-5 times a week.

I'm due my next shot in 2 weeks and am going to get it but I will keep a watch on how my weight loss goes, as I do not want to to be slogging it out from diet & exercise andf not seeing any results because of this medication.

From what I understand about weight loss, the more you lose, the harder it is to lose. My dad lost 60lbs in a short amount of time due to divorce, but when he tried to lose the last 20 he wanted to lose, it was so hard and he gave up. He has gained 40 lbs back. If you want to lose more weight, create a bigger deficit.

From what I understand about depo, it increases your hunger because of the hormones. If you haven't been giving in to the hunger and you have been working out and keeping to your deficit, then you wont gain weight. I don't understand people who say they have been working out and eating right and they are still gaining weight and blaming the depo. I'm sorry, but your body just doesn't add on lbs.. (I don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings)

I started depo about two weeks ago and read up on it and spoke with other people on it. I knew what I would be in for when I started it and have started working out and changing my diet and creating a calorie deficit through MFP. I am not sure if I have become more hungry since starting depo because I started my diet and exercise right at the same time as the depo. My goal in doing this was to get my body used to the deficit and also used to the better foods and a lot more water.

Edit: What I mean in the first paragraph is that when you get closer to your goal weight, it becomes harder to lose due to increased muscle mass and the last fats to go are the hardest to lose.

honestly, i just stopped getting the shot. it didn't increase my appetite, and i didn't change my eating habits, but my best guess is that it wrecked my metabolism. even without changing my eating habits, with the last 3 shots each i gained 5 lbs in a couple days. i can only assume i gained weight because i didn't cut back on my calories, but i also didn't increase them, so why the weight gain? i got my last shot in December and have since lost 5 lbs (I'm actually hungrier now, but i just ignore it, lol). i think everybody's bodies are different...i never gained weight on the pill, but got the mirena after my second child and gained 70 lbs, and i know that had to be a combination of having had two kids so close together without time to recover in between and a lack of taking care of myself, but when i had the mirena removed and was on the pill, i lost 30 lbs, then on depo gained it back (I'm sure a mix of factors contributed), but the last 3 shots i was diligent about working out and eating properly and still gained weight. i quit the depo, I'm hungry more now but i ignore it and I'm losing weight doing the same things i was doing when i was getting the shot.

i have no real explanation, just an experience. i worked hard and got nowhere until i got off the shot. that's all. hopefully you don't have the same experience as i did.

I only had one dose & never went for a second one. The night sweats were horrible & woke me every night. I was losing weight, with no problems, while on it.

I went on the depo provera about a year and a half ago. While on it, while still working a fairly active job at a daycare, I gained 10lbs. I did not change my diet during this time. [TMI] I did stop getting them after the first as I ended up spending 6 months bleeding, as well as severe pains. [/TMI] I lost around half of what I had gained during the following year.

I gained a lot of weight while on Depo. I counted calories religiously and exercised 5 days a week and didn't lose a single pound. I did it for a month and gave up. Now, a year later and on the copper implant (Paragard), I've lost 17 pounds in this first month, doing the same exact thing I was doing before, except I only exercise about 3 days a week now. People say that birth control has nothing to do with it. However, my experience tells me different and even my doctor told me that the depo shot was notoriously known for causing women to gain weight.

I was getting the shot for almost 3 years and gain 50 lbs. I also stopped working out and ate everything. I'm working on getting it back off now. When I do get my period, it's really heavy and painful so I was considering going back on the shot because it stopped my period completely. I talked to the OBGYN about this and she said it's GUARANTEED to make you gain at least 10 lbs a year. That's scary to me, but I think I'm gonna take the plunge anyway. I may just have to work harder to lose the weight. But I can't know for sure if the shot made me gain before or my laziness did. I'm going to go with the latter.

That's bull. Some people don't gain at all. There's no GUARANTEED anything.