Me and my girlfriend have gotten into quite a few arguments, shes saying the little pill makes u gain weight (like literally you swallow it and you will gain weight, over time.)
It literally can’t possibly make u gain weight. Or I don’t understand how it would, it’s not like its containing 2000 calories.
Even if you take steroids, you still gotta eat plenty to gain weight, right?
I am saying it might be slower metabolism, water retention etc, but at the root of everything its still food, right?
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Apart from all the provided answers, hormonal weight gain, fluid retention… another is the distribution of body composition. Basically how the body fat is distributed throughout the body. This is caused by changes in hormone levels. So your lady may not actually gain weight, but feels fatter in certain area. This isn’t necessary a bad thing. Personally, I’m a really skinny lady so weight gain is a plus. I haven’t gained any weight unfortunately but my breasts have gone up a size.
Having said that, majority of weight gain from BCP are temporary. So I would suggest for her to try it out for a few months first.
Hormones make some people retain water so some of the weight is due to that. They can also make you tired so less exercise and increase appetite so yes more calories.
Yeah it’s not the pill itself, but what it does to your hormones and metabolism. It’s not like you could put a pill in a salad and all of a sudden it’s heavier by more than the pills weight.
The birth control pill mimics the hormonal cascade of early pregnancy in the body, suppressing ovulation. One of the effects of that hormonal shift is increased bodyweight, as you might see in early pregnancy. Over time, that weight compounds and can add up significantly. Your girlfriend is not wrong. Her weight gain is probably not due to gratuitous overeating, a dysfunctional metabolism, or sloth. Weight gain is, indeed, a possible side effect of birth control, so please be kind and give her a break. She probably already feels bad about it.
the hormones that the pill messes with does cause a woman to gain weight. There has been research stating both that it is rare to gain weight and that it is common to gain weight but honestly it all depends on the hormones.
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