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What Causes Weight Gain Around The Abdomen While On Contraceptive Pills?

Hello. I have recently gained 20 pounds in the past 4 months. I was 125 on 2/11/16 and I was 141 on 6/21/16. I don t eat much and eat healthy, exercise at lease 3 times a week and never have been a bigger person. I am holding all this weight in my stomach and its making me look pregnant and I know im not pregnant. On the pill continuous and have abstained from sex for almost a year. I have been to the dr before for this bloating but they say eat less, exercise more and too easy for them to say that. They didn t run any blood tests and I do have a hepatic hematomia on my liver. I am at my wits end and I would like some help. I am on a meal plan and supplements with Metabolic Research Center and I haven t had luck with this either. My stomach and thighs have got bigger and now I have rolls on my stomach. I have always been 115-125 pounds so this 140 weight is not ok for me.
Fri, 20 Dec 2019
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Hello,

It is quite common while on hormonal pills. You can switch to progesterone only pills as it has got no such side effects. Conditions like hypothyroidism has to be ruled out also.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Shinas Hussain, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Weight Gain Around The Abdomen While On Contraceptive Pills?

Hello, It is quite common while on hormonal pills. You can switch to progesterone only pills as it has got no such side effects. Conditions like hypothyroidism has to be ruled out also. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Shinas Hussain, General & Family Physician