Re: Thanks
From: Claire (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 29 Jan 2001 21:31:43 -0600 (CST)
Thanks for the encouragement :-)
I am hopeful I should find out real soon weither or not the weight will
go away this month.
It's almost been a week and I don't know if the met is working or not
but I do feel different.
At Mon, 29 Jan 2001, bluebonnet wrote:
>
>Just a little addition: when i did have reg. periods, i lost the weight
>after my cycle. when i was not having regular periods, i would still
>gain the extra weight every month, but most of it just kept adding up.
>since i've been on met, i still gain every month, but the huge amount of
>bloating that just stayed with me all that time, is gone. i again lose
>the weight after my period. so, hopefully you will do the same :)
>
>At Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Claire wrote:
>>
>>Wow, what a great response to my monthly weight gain question.
>>Thank you so much I am sorry everyone seems to have the same problem but
>>its nice to know I am not alone.
>>
>>When I was younger I would gain the weight but it would fall off after
>>my cycle, but for the last year it doesn't go away, I gain the extra
>>5-10lbs per month and then it stays so that every month no matter how I
>>exercise or what I eat that extra weight is staying. The weight is not
>>evenly distributed it stays right in my middle section.
>>
>>Judging from everything I have read here I guess I should just be
>>grateful that I get a cycle every month I have only had problems where
>>my cycle was late two weeks in the last year other than that I have been
>>reg. every 28 days since I was 12.
>>However, this is where my biggest problem comes from an extra 5lbs EVERY
>>month is really depressing.
>>
>>I have gained 50lbs since Nov. 99. I started Met. last wed and I am
>>hoping that this cycle will be different.
>>
>>Again thanks for the response.
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