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Re: endo and weight gain help
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Mar 31 16:27:01 2002
I've also been unable to lose weight that I've acquired since endo
reared its ugly head in my life. I think it our difficulty in shedding
the pounds must be somewhat hormonal related -- I've tried diet,
exercise, to no avail!!! If anyone has the answer out there, please
share it with us! Whether I'm on the pill or OFF of the pill has made no
difference in my failed attempts at weight loss???!!!! I thought surely
that getting off of the pill would make weight loss easier, but oddly
enough, I've had no such luck?! Since getting off of the pill, I haven't
had a menstrual cycle -- maybe my system has yet to wake up from the bc
pills. I wonder whether some/many of us with endo problems, may also
have pcos/insulin resistance? Does anyone have the answer?
At Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Sarah wrote:
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>on 3/31/02 3:08 PM, anna at anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>> hi, since i have been on treatment for endo for a year now i have gained
>> 15 pounds. i am just wondering if i will lose this later and it will
>> stay like this. would i loose it if i exercise?? i just have a lot of
>> clothes and i don't know if i should get rid of it and buy new ones or
>> just hope i lose all the weight and fit in them again. i always have
>> been the same size my entire life so now it is kind of hard. help
>>
>Anna,
> Oh no, I am so sorry. I thought maybe this just happened to me. I was
>treated for endo for years but after my surgery when I started the most of
>intense part of treatment. (the provera, lupron, and higher doses of bcp) I
>gained 14#. I am tiny so that is a lot of weight for me. That was about a
>year ago. I tried to exercise and diet and could not get rid of it. Now I
>didn't try it as faithfully as I should have but you would think I would
>have seen some weight loss results. Anyway about 3 months ago I quit all of
>the treatments and have started to see some definite weight loss. (about 7#
>so far) I just bought some clothes to get me by until I lost all the weight
>and soon I think I will be back into the old clothes. So my very long answer
>to your question is yes I think there is hope to lose the weight. You may
>want to try exercising now to lose some of it but don't get too discouraged
>if you can't lose it all while you are still on treatment. Hope that helps
>and I hope you find some relief! Hugs - Sarah
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