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Re: endo and weight gain helpFrom: anna (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun Mar 31 16:54:35 2002
At Sun, 31 Mar 2002, anonymous wrote: > >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: >> >>on 3/31/02 3:08 PM, anna at anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >> >>> 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 hopefully there is a solution for this. i seemed to gained all the weight on my ass, abdominal area and hips. it has me pretty freaked out.
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