Medication & Weight Loss

evangemz90
evangemz90 Posts: 107 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Is it possible while on medication to lose weight at the same time. I have been trying for the past 11 months,been patience but how long can I be patience! I cannot wait to I am on a healthy body weight.

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  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    What medication? and what measures have you taken to lose weight in these past 11 months??
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,534 Member
    I'm on medication and lose weight just fine. You may have to be a little more specific.
  • 1nprgr3s
    1nprgr3s Posts: 61 Member
    Not all types of medications cause weight gain and depending on the type of medication you're on there are a number of different ways to manage those side effects.
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  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    evangemz90 wrote: »
    Medication I am taking is Lovan

    That's odd I checked the side effects for that and weight gain is not one of them. In fact loss of appetite and weight loss are supposed to be side effects.

    Luckily all you need to do to lose weight is be in a caloric deficit (consume fewer calories than you burn)

    You didn't mention yet what you've been doing to try to lose weight. Have you been using myfitnesspal to track calories and eating within your calorie goal? Because that's all it should take. Exercise and eating adequate protein should help too but the calories is the must important thing- have you been doing that?
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,210 Member
    Usually when medications cause "weight gain" it is that they increase your appetite. If you count calories and eat at a deficit you can still lose weight. You might just have more trouble with hunger.
  • markrgeary1
    markrgeary1 Posts: 853 Member
    You can lose on meds. DW was on a couple that promised weight gain. She's lost 55 pounds by CICO.
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