The Pill and weightloss

numnuts88 · 01-31-2004, 08:38 AM

I read in the book that the birth control pill can affect your weightloss...i am in no condition to get off the pill. Has anyone stayed on the pill while doing Atkins? If so, has it slowed you down.

thanks for your help...

HerdLady · 01-31-2004, 08:52 AM

It doesn't seem to affect me. Even if it did, I wouldn't go off of it. I'd rather take a slower weight loss than a pregnancy that would set me back almost an entire year!

(Not that I don't want more kids, it's just that I have to finish school first!)

WriterGirl · 01-31-2004, 10:33 AM

It didn't affect me when I first did Atkins in 2000. I easily lost 30 pds before I quit taking the pill (for other health reasons). But every woman's hormones are different. Worst case scenario, it may just slow your weight loss, but it shouldn't prevent weight loss. Just think of the pounds you'd gain if you weren't on the pill.

Bug · 01-31-2004, 12:36 PM

the first time that i did this, i lost 65 pounds with no problem being on the pill...

GoneLoCarb · 01-31-2004, 02:30 PM

In the days when watching my wt was not an issue, just getting on the pill caused a 10 pound wt loss. 20 years later, it, the BC patch, caused a 10 pound wt GAIN!! Then I started low carb, induction loss of 7 lbs then not much of anything, so I went off the patch and continued losing. Preventing pregnancy was not the issue for me fortunately.

numnuts88 · 01-31-2004, 02:35 PM

thank you so much everyone...you are all a great help for this beginner..

juniper01 · 01-31-2004, 04:09 PM

I am on the pill. I have been for years. I knew when I started LC, it would be slow going, but I am not willing to exchange slow weight loss for the emotional mess I am off the pill. Being on the pill, I have lost 63 lbs in one year. My weight loss has slowed to maybe 2 lbs a month, and lose only the week that I am "off" the pill. The pill is a godsend for my PMS, and I will take slow weight loss for peace of mind

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Juniper

01-31-2004, 08:38 AM	#1
numnuts88 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2 Gallery: numnuts88 WOE: Atkins	The Pill and weightloss I read in the book that the birth control pill can affect your weightloss...i am in no condition to get off the pill. Has anyone stayed on the pill while doing Atkins? If so, has it slowed you down. thanks for your help...

01-31-2004, 02:35 PM	#6
numnuts88 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2 Gallery: numnuts88 WOE: Atkins	thank you thank you so much everyone...you are all a great help for this beginner..

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01-31-2004, 08:52 AM	#2
HerdLady MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: HERD Country! Posts: 1,240 Gallery: HerdLady Stats: 330.5/319.5/230 (by year's end)/165 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 01/05/05	It doesn't seem to affect me. Even if it did, I wouldn't go off of it. I'd rather take a slower weight loss than a pregnancy that would set me back almost an entire year! (Not that I don't want more kids, it's just that I have to finish school first!)

01-31-2004, 10:33 AM	#3
WriterGirl MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: NorCal Posts: 2,193 Gallery: WriterGirl WOE: Atkins Start Date: Original 8/00; Restart: 2/9/07	It didn't affect me when I first did Atkins in 2000. I easily lost 30 pds before I quit taking the pill (for other health reasons). But every woman's hormones are different. Worst case scenario, it may just slow your weight loss, but it shouldn't prevent weight loss. Just think of the pounds you'd gain if you weren't on the pill.

01-31-2004, 12:36 PM	#4
Bug Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: South Posts: 6,758 Gallery: Bug Stats: so far -90 pounds! WOE: Low Carb/Healthy!	the first time that i did this, i lost 65 pounds with no problem being on the pill...

01-31-2004, 02:30 PM	#5
GoneLoCarb Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,346 Gallery: GoneLoCarb Stats: 156/147/140 for now, 5'3" WOE: atkins Start Date: 7/6/03	In the days when watching my wt was not an issue, just getting on the pill caused a 10 pound wt loss. 20 years later, it, the BC patch, caused a 10 pound wt GAIN!! Then I started low carb, induction loss of 7 lbs then not much of anything, so I went off the patch and continued losing. Preventing pregnancy was not the issue for me fortunately.

01-31-2004, 04:09 PM	#7
juniper01 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,661 Gallery: juniper01 Stats: 242/180/145 WOE: Low(er) carb Start Date: Dec 2003	I am on the pill. I have been for years. I knew when I started LC, it would be slow going, but I am not willing to exchange slow weight loss for the emotional mess I am *off* the pill. Being on the pill, I have lost 63 lbs in one year. My weight loss has slowed to maybe 2 lbs a month, and lose only the week that I am *"off"* the pill. The pill is a godsend for my PMS, and I will take slow weight loss for peace of mind . Juniper