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will the depo shot make me gain weight..

angeldollins Posts: 13 Joined: 2004/05/17	2004/05/18, 01:11 PM i had my son 8 months ago i had a depo shot right after i had him ..a month later they tied my tubes do u think that will have any effect on me at all cause i feel like i'm not eating much but i'm not loseing any weight eather.
ColtonG Posts: 11 Joined: 2004/05/16	2004/05/18, 01:22 PM I went to Google and looked up Medical Side-Effects of the Depo-Provera shot and I got this site. "http://www.coolnurse.com/hormonal_inj.htm" IT says that one of the side effects is weight gain. "Weight Gain: On average women gain about 3 - 5 pounds a year while using Depo-Provera." I don't know much about it, but actually studying into it helped me learn something new, so thanks for the challenge! I'm not a doctor, so I don't correctly know that this is true or not, but I browsed 6-7 sites with medical issues on the Depo shot, and it seems that it has side effects of Weight Gain.
ColtonG Posts: 11 Joined: 2004/05/16	2004/05/18, 01:23 PM I also found this site, which details it more if you like. "http://www.sexualetiquette101.com/QA/show_item.php?item=101&type=qnao"
ColtonG Posts: 11 Joined: 2004/05/16	2004/05/18, 01:26 PM Sorry for triple posting , I can't find a way to edit the posts, and this is a very interesting thing while I browse medical sites. It looks like these 2 sites are conflicting which I gave you, one says there is weight gain, and the second says there is not weight gain, but there is food craving. But you said you don't eat that much, and you still increase in weight. So.... I suppose somehow in this circle there is either weight gain, or craving and you just don't notice. But I'm sure you notice how much you eat, so that must complete the answer. There is weight gain, and there is only one site that says that it increases "Food Craving". So hopefully all this medical information helped you, I can only go so far ;) ============ Quoting from ColtonG: I also found this site, which details it more if you like. "http://www.sexualetiquette101.com/QA/show_item.php?item=101&type=qnao" =============
Datdanigirl Posts: 452 Joined: 2004/02/11	2004/05/18, 01:27 PM I can only speak from personal experience, which was that my behind expanded rapidly and excessively. Go with the patch, the weight goes to your boobs instead!:) -------------- : ] ~Danielle The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
angeldollins Posts: 13 Joined: 2004/05/17	2004/05/18, 01:47 PM i got my tuebs tied now so i don't need the shot or the patch...but i had the shot after i had my son just till i got my tubes tied so does the tubal cause weight gain
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/05/18, 01:54 PM Having your tubes tied won't have any effect on your hormones, so it shouldn't make you gain weight. You say your not eating much - are you eating enough? I upped my calories from about 1300 to about 1600 and started eating more regularly and I've LOST weight.
david_s81 Posts: 543 Joined: 2004/04/09	2004/05/18, 02:06 PM good point lodgey, I think I have had the same effect, but I still have yet to LOSE weight, it just looks lost. So I won't complain. -------------- \"If you do not understand, this is your fault, not ours.\"
angeldollins Posts: 13 Joined: 2004/05/17	2004/05/18, 11:40 PM i'm also lactose intolarent ...so my tummys bloated alot because almost everything u eat has some kind of milk or cheese in it ...
Kyrah Posts: 251 Joined: 2004/03/11	2004/05/19, 12:20 AM I've found that being on Depo makes you gain weight VERY easily if you don't keep up on diet and excersize religously. GL figuring out what is best for you though! -------------- Love me as I am . . . Let me worry about how I look!
girl4u Posts: 1 Joined: 2005/04/29	2005/04/29, 02:45 PM I try to lose weight but I feel like I am getting nowhere. I look at the scales and am disapointed because of the fact that I have gained not lost. I want to get into the military but I can't lose the weight and I feel it is becaue of the Depo and I cant get off of it otherwise I will bleed longer than I am suppose to and the Depo stops that. I just don't know what to do. I want to lose weight but the harder I try the more weight I gain.
Datdanigirl Posts: 452 Joined: 2004/02/11	2005/05/03, 04:48 PM girl4u, you've come to the right place to find out what to do.. but the doing is up to you!! It can feel like you're getting nowhere, and be very disappointing, but remember you are changing your lifestyle and the results come at a different pace, and in different places, for everyone. First off.. lose the "I can't lose the weight" mentality. You CAN, if you truly apply yourself and stick with it even after falling off now and then. You have to really really want to, and you have to recognize that all of that other stuff, the Depo side-effects, the hormones, the bleeding, etc.. are all peripheral.. as you get healthier, those issues will most likely subside! Read read read the posts here and educate yourself on how to start slowly and build yourself up into a healthier lifestyle... adjust your eating habits, start a workout program and then add on to it, tweak it, persevere.. once you understand why your body responds the way it does to food and exercise, what it needs, and what things to avoid that will completely negate all the positive things you are doing .. you'll feel so much better about it. Getting started can be soo overwhelming.. but don't give up.. you'll be smarter AND healthier, and hey, even look good too!! :big_smile: >~_^< Danielle