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Questions about the depo-provera shot?
I am a 18 year old female that is 5'4 and all my life i struggled with my weight, before the depo i weighed 200 pounds and i finally got enough self motivation going to lose weight and i lost about 8 pounds in a month so i weighed 192. Then i stopped weighing myself, i got on the depo about two and a half months ago it was my first shot and my next shot is june 28th which will be my second shot. i used to eat fast food everyday (when i weighed 200) and eat chocolate and ice cream every day, yes literally and when i got on a diet and lost eight pounds i went down to eating fast food once a day, 3 days a week and no ice cream or chocolate. I decided to get a more strict diet since i was going to get depo shot because i heard any type of birth control will cause weight gain. So i cut fast food out of my diet completely and cut sodas off and only ate fast food when i absolutely had to , and this diet has been going on for two and a half months.Today i went to the doctor and i weigh a HORRIBLE 208 pounds my highest weight EVER, i was baffled because ive been in such a strict diet, i am furious all my hard work caused me to gain weight!!! I assume it was the depo, now im considered going off it but my friends tell me the pills are the same and my bmi is to high for implanon, and i dont trust the vaginal rings because my sister had my niece and nephew being on the vaginal ring and two of my cousins got pregnant on it. So my question is if i continue to be on this will i continue to gain weight?! Will i lose the weight if i get off it? Is this weight permanent or temporary i really am already obese and am trying hard to lose weight, and this is re
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Different people are going to react to different things. The depoprovera shot is definitely not for you, so either go to an IUD such as the cervical cap (and you will have to use a spermicide with it when you have sex) or the pill. I personally don't think the rings or the sponge are that practical.
As for your weight, you need to cut out the fat in your diet as much as possible and limit yourself to 1500 calories a day while getting at least one and preferably two hours of vigorous exercise a day. If you join a swim club, you will be exercising every muscle of your body, it burns calories like a mutha and it will tone your body very nicely. You will likely put on some muscle, but that is a good thing. Shoot for 140 pounds. A woman who is 5'4" and 140 pounds but toned is not fat. In fact, women are built to have a certain amount of fat in their bodies and it is what makes you guys so soft and huggable. I used to go out with a swimmer, so I know.
The best thing you can do, if your parents can afford it, is to see a nutritionist, who can put you on an efficient and workable diet. Don't get into fad diets. They don't work. Controlling calorie intake combined with exercise is the only way (and you will find yourself sleeping better, too).
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i am on the depo shot. ugh it is so hard I struggle so much and my son travels over 2 hours to his doctor appots so fast food is like what we eat even though i try to eat health there you have to exercises every single day only drink water, fruits vegetables meat cooked the right way. my aunt did a diet. were she only eats cherios bananas in the morning chicken cooked with broccoli and some other vegetables in a pot or turkey meat but thats it nothing else no bread only diet soda she lost a TON of weight.
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Most birth control is known to put on weight, This is where you should ask your doctor questions first.
I was on the Depo Provera shot for 2 years Shockingly, I've gained 30 pounds. In my experience Depo Provera was the worst birth control I've ever been on.
If you are looking for birth control where it is less of a hassle them popping pills everyday, Try the Mirena IUD as it worked wonderfully for me. It needs to be changed once every 5 years and there is no hassle to it.
Thankfully, I've fully shed off the 30 lbs but again anything your doctor prescribes it is always good to ask these sort of things first. Also, Even when on birth control make sure you use condoms if you don't want a baby. Better to be safe then sorry
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