Weight loss on Metformin?
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I started metformin 6 days ago and have lost 4 or 6 lbs. I am on 500 mg a day and will be doubling in about a week. I eat low carb and I am planning on switching to paleo on the 3rd. It is supposed to really help.0
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I take 500 mg a day, along with birth control. Maybe this sounds weird, but it's as though my stomach gets bigger when I don't take it for a while - don't know if it's because I stopped taking the medicine or if it happened to coincide with poor nutrition. Now that I'm really good about taking my medicine, I lose weight, but especially if I exercise 3-4 days a week.0
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I just started Met about a month ago and I am losing the same amount with it and doing even lower carb than I was doing low carb and exercising. I haven't really exercised that much since starting it but before I was doing 120g of carbs and exercising up to 6 days a week, now I am doing 30g of carbs and taking Met. Need to get back into exercising though-- I miss it.0
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I took Met for 5 years and it may have helped me lose weight, i lost 75 pounds in one year, but I was also Low-carb diet because more than 60g of carbs on Metformin kicked off the GI issue. I had to take a med break but getting back on it this month. I prescribe it to my PCOS pts to help with insulin resistance. I think the weight loss comes from the low carb diet that most of us use.0
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I have been taking Metformin for almost a year now. I honestly don't know if it has helped me lose weight or not, though it has helped with regulating my period which was amazing for me. I think the only thing that has truly helped me lose weight is sticking to a strict diet of low sugar and no processed food. I eat meat, vegetables and I get one piece of fruit a day, those things seem to agree with my body and the weight falls off. The minute I introduce carbs back into my life I gain the weight back. I try to think of it like someone with a wheat intolerance, I can't eat certain foods anymore because they don't agree with my condition or how my body handles them. But like I said above, the Metformin has helped me with other issues with PCOS.1
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Unless the ONLY problem that is hindering you from losing weight, is that your body isn't absorbing the insulin you are producing, Metformin/Metformin ER alone, will not help you lose weight. Metformin/Metformin ER is prescribed to those of us with PCOS who are struggling with IR. If you're taking Metformin/Metformin ER, it's important for us to continue on whatever has been specified by your doctor/nutritionist, or a lower carb/high protein diet (this is what is recommended in general for women with PCOS).
It's important to keep up on your blood work while taking Metformin/Metformin ER to make sure that your insulin levels are where they should be, or coming down. If they are not, and you are doing what you should be (following a proper diet/exercise routine, taking your Metformin/Metformin ER) weight is still not coming off, you may actually require an additional treatment, such as Byetta or Victoza.
The key with PCOS is hormonal balance. Keeping your insulin and all of our hormone levels in balance-- that's what enables weight loss, regular ovulation/periods, proper growth of hair (on the head), and more clear skin.
At the bottom of the introduction on this post, has a section about PCOS treatments and some links to where you can read a little about what they do. This may help some.
community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1448249/diagnosed-living-with-pcos-read-me0 -
I didn't like taking metformin and even after being on it a month I saw no results. I was always going to the bathroom and even had horrible cramps on it. It took be a long time to figure out how to it get weight off. I've lost 80 pounds working out, eating clean, and using shakeology.0
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