Oh yes, it's frustrating, isn't it? Especially when everyone said they had to give up the meds I am on because it made them lose too much weight, of course I put it on!
I have one which makes your weight go to the tummy instead of thighs, one which retains a lot of water, one which retains body fat and increases appetite and one which messes up your blood sugar so you have sudden sharp cravings for sweet foods, which may or may not be genuine low blood sugar attacks. Some you find are false alarms and you have to lie down and let it pass, the others you read a genuine low and you cry because you now have to eat a glucose sweet after you've been so good on your plan.
Bodies absolutely suck sometimes. I think we come out of it stronger and more knowledgable in the end, though. Just wish people wouldn't see it as "just an excuse" though, I'm not using it as an excuse to do nothing, but I AM saying it's making it harder. Doctors steer so far away from admitting that anything contributes to weight gain in case everyone says "I'm not fat, it's glandular" which is bizarre. I am saying "I AM fat, but it is still glandular, therefore I must work harder".
Oh, and do all your medicines say "changes in weight" on the side-effects list? They try not to write "weight gain" any more in case the meds will not sell. I've heard some nonsense in my time, the excuse for me putting on weight when I started the combined pill was "We find that women are more relaxed not worrying about becoming pregnant so they put on some weight on the pill because they are no longer under stress about pregnancy" - Are you serious???!! First, I am a stress eater, if the stress were lifted from my shoulders the weight would drop off, not pile on. Second, I was put on the pill to regulate my periods enought that I might be able to start fertility treatment - I'd have been delighted to get pregnant.
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