Females on birth control- has it affected your weightloss?

I gained a metric butt ton of weight on a combination pill (by overeating)... and then lost more than what I gained while still on it. Switched to the Skyla IUD and I'm still losing as expected.

Hell yes and since then it's been so hard to lose the weight I gained 60 pounds and almost 70 I think it slowed down my metabolism

The first time I went on BC (2005-2006), I gained about 10kg. I was ravenously hungry. I wasn't tracking at the time, so I have no idea how much I ate, but I know I ate too much. I had to stop this particular BC because it was messing with my blood pressure (no fun passing out in the middle of a combat at fencing because your BP goes 'bye bye, I'll be down in the basement for no other reason than I want to).

The second time I went on BC (about a year after the first attempt), I gained about 10kg. I was depressed and my cure was food. I wasn't tracking at the time, so I have no idea how much I ate, but I know I ate too much. I had to stop this particular BC because it was messing with my head (suicidal thoughts anyone?)

This time (started again in November 2016), I lost 3kg since starting. I am ravenously hungry at the worst of times (as in, I could gnaw off my arm), but since I'm tracking my intake, I have a pretty good idea of how much I can eat and still, at the very least, maintain. Now that I'm slowly bringing my hunger back under control (took me almost 6 months), I am losing again as predicted.

I have gained weight every time I've gone back on the pill after a short break, but that's down to increased appetite, but I have also lost weight whilst on them in the past, I could easily have eaten less calorie dense foods to fill me up, but instead I chose not to.

My most recent weight gain last year, I was on the non-hormone coil, so I can't blame it this time lol

I had the opposite, I've been on the combined pill for over a decade (not just as contraception but for hormonal reasons), but my doctor took me off it after a few migraines as a precaution since it is linked to blood clots and I'm in my mid 30s.

During the year I was pill free I put on weight, basically anything that does a number on your hormones may lead to some unwanted weight gain if you're not paying attention, if you're keeping a food diary on MFP you should be able to adjust though if your metabolic rate changes slightly and you notice you're losing slower, just keep an eye on it.

For me, I got swelling in my face and really hungry all the time. I don't think I could have even eaten a healthy diet with that pill. It was like being on my period every day. It's easier for me to be off it. Just in terms of following the goals I set

Previously on Yasmin--gained weight because I ate too much, not because of pill. Lost weight because I ate less and exercised.

Now have Mirena (on my second one)--have gained weight while on it because I ate more than I was burning. Have lost weight though, too.

I was on Alesse 21 almost three years ago and I lost about 20-25 pounds after going on it. I was not doing anything to purposely lose weight at the time. However, after being on the pill for about 5-6 months I went off of it and gained about 10 pounds.

It hasn't really for me. I was on the combo pill for 4 years and my weight stayed the same as before I was on the pill.
Now I'm on the depo shot and have been losing weight.

I had Mirena placed in August of last year. Since then I have gained about 15 lbs. Ugh. I am now attempting to reverse that damage and then some.

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Curious about it too. I'm getting on the pill again because I have low iron anemia and heavy periods... also bad PMS symptoms (including crazy hunger) that are making it very hard to stick to my calories.

I'm really hoping it's not actually going to make things worse appetite-wise, but I guess I'll find out soon enough. I got to say, it irks me a little bit when people say that they didn't gain weight because of the pill, but because they ate too much... if the pill increases your appetite, yeah, it's because of the pill.

Not in my case. The pill had no noticeable effect on my appetite. I just plain ate too much.

Also, how much you eat is within your control, regardless of what's driving your appetite. You just have to find ways of exercising that control. Counting calories, for instance. Moderating high-calorie foods. Playing with meal timing, macros, etc. The pill doesn't "make" you do anything you don't want to.

all hormonal BC methods can cause some gain on the scale but it won't necessarily be "fat" gain. MOstly water retention due to hormones.

However all hormonal BC methods have weight gain as a possible side effect but that is mainly due to "increased appetite".

If you gain more than 10lbs on BC time to get logging accurately and see where the food intake has gone up.

I went on the combined pill in september 2014 and by december 2014 I had gained about 20lbs. However this could've been down to my age (quite young to have gone on it) and over eating a great deal/ stress eating . Just over 2.5 years later I'm pretty much back to where i was before I went on it. Despite the weight gain I don't regret going on it as it helped with my hormones so much.

I've been on the pill before and I'm currently on the patch (highly recommend it!). Neither have increased my appetite or caused any weight gain.

I have Mirena and I've lost 130 lbs without issue.