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Contraception and muscles?

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runveerun Veteran member

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Absolutely I agree with the article. I was on depo provera for years and slowly gained 25kg. I did weights and cardio for a year just as much as I do now and made bugger all progress, I came off the depo and hey presto the fat disappeared and muscle started growing.

The doctors skim over the fact that many women put fat on while on these medications and only from talking to other women I found that this might have been the cause of my lack of weight loss and muscle gain.

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I am very new to Body Building but hope to compete in October, i need to lose body fat and gain muscle mass, although i am doing OK and progressing well i wonder what i could accomplish if i dropped my pill.

i queried this with someone recently and she said it isn't great to be on the pill but as long as i miss my last 2 cycles before competition my fluid retention wouldn't be an issue.

i would like to know from other ladies what they think, are there other options out there like the IUD or lower estrogen pills. or perhaps i can just take Testosterone supplements?

What choices have others made in order to give themselves the best possible outcome?

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i would like to know how u miss the last to cycles before a competetion?

When a female's body fat level drops below a certain level, she will not get her period. I believe this is because oestrogen is carried in the fat cells or something along those lines. Hence, when girls compete and get really lean, they stop getting their periods. It's quite common in other sports too (not just BB), e.g. gymnastics and sprinting

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Absolutely I agree with the article. I was on depo provera for years and slowly gained 25kg. I did weights and cardio for a year just as much as I do now and made bugger all progress, I came off the depo and hey presto the fat disappeared and muscle started growing.

The doctors skim over the fact that many women put fat on while on these medications and only from talking to other women I found that this might have been the cause of my lack of weight loss and muscle gain.

I have been on the depo for over 2 years and competed twice last year for the first time in 7 years dropping kgs was harder but I think thats because I'm older hehe

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Absolutely I agree with the article. I was on depo provera for years and slowly gained 25kg. I did weights and cardio for a year just as much as I do now and made bugger all progress, I came off the depo and hey presto the fat disappeared and muscle started growing.

The doctors skim over the fact that many women put fat on while on these medications and only from talking to other women I found that this might have been the cause of my lack of weight loss and muscle gain.

I have been on the depo for over 2 years and competed twice last year for the first time in 7 years dropping kgs was harder but I think thats because I'm older hehe

Some people find they lose weight on that stuff! I guess it's an individual basis with hormones, just I found all the girls I have spoken to about it found they put on weight with it. I found that I was always hungry I never felt full I could eat and eat I had to stop myself!!

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Absolutely I agree with the article. I was on depo provera for years and slowly gained 25kg. I did weights and cardio for a year just as much as I do now and made bugger all progress, I came off the depo and hey presto the fat disappeared and muscle started growing.

The doctors skim over the fact that many women put fat on while on these medications and only from talking to other women I found that this might have been the cause of my lack of weight loss and muscle gain.

I have been on the depo for over 2 years and competed twice last year for the first time in 7 years dropping kgs was harder but I think thats because I'm older hehe

Some people find they lose weight on that stuff! I guess it's an individual basis with hormones, just I found all the girls I have spoken to about it found they put on weight with it. I found that I was always hungry I never felt full I could eat and eat I had to stop myself!!

I found with low dose pills and depo i lost weight but with normal pills I stayed the same weight. Dunno if the weight loss was muscle or fat though

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Some people find they lose weight on that stuff! I guess it's an individual basis with hormones, just I found all the girls I have spoken to about it found they put on weight with it. I found that I was always hungry I never felt full I could eat and eat I had to stop myself!!

:ditto:

I tried depo about 6-7 years ago, but before I started I asked the nurse whether it would make me gain weight. She smirked at me and said that its the food I put in my mouth that'd make me gain weight.. and NOT to blame the contraception.

Stuck up cow LOL.

But yeah, I found that it definitely increased my appetite. And according to friends/family turned into that psycho chick from the Exorcist. I think I put on about 10kgs or so while I was on it and it definitely wasn't muscle :doh:

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Some people find they lose weight on that stuff! I guess it's an individual basis with hormones, just I found all the girls I have spoken to about it found they put on weight with it. I found that I was always hungry I never felt full I could eat and eat I had to stop myself!!

:ditto:

I tried depo about 6-7 years ago, but before I started I asked the nurse whether it would make me gain weight. She smirked at me and said that its the food I put in my mouth that'd make me gain weight.. and NOT to blame the contraception.

Stuck up cow LOL.

But yeah, I found that it definitely increased my appetite. And according to friends/family turned into that psycho chick from the Exorcist. I think I put on about 10kgs or so while I was on it and it definitely wasn't muscle :doh:

OMG how long were you on it for? Did you know they give it to anorexics to stimulate their appetite to make them eat? It is also used in prisons to chemically castrate blokes! Scary stuff!

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Oral BC should play a very MILD roll in your weight gain or loss - if you ever find that you're packin on the pounds from it you need to see an MD. :shock:

I had been on oral BC for like 10yrs with out a break and about 3years ago I lost 50lbs and looked the best i have in my life! :grin:

Any contraceptive is VERY individual but it's not a bad thing to keep in mind if you need to rule out why you may have put on a few extra pounds here or there :wink:

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:shock: man you are fertile!

Keep the windows closed if the neighbours are bangin! ya might catch some cast off! LOL

child #4 hehehe

Most pills have a 95% effectiveness if taken at the same time each day - miss it by more than 2yhrs and you see a 75% effectiveness rate - keep deducting hours and you get the picture - If you are on any antibiotics while on the pill - use a condom - it severly hinders the effectivness of the med..... but really if you are ill should ya really be bangin? :doh: LOL

Let the body heal!!! LOL make up for the lost time AFTER you are well !! :grin: :grin:

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