Stay on top of weight loss on “the pill”

December 14, 2016 Ashley 0 Comments

So, you started the pill. (AKA birth control.)

And, while it was meant to avert any “OMG I’m late” worries every thirty days, now there are new issues.

’cause, now, you’ve gone from worries about being late to being inflated.

(Always love the stock photos of chicks taking these in bed.
Irrelevant protip, ladies: you can take these anytime – not just pre-nookie. Put ’em with your other pills.)

Your jeans are tighter. Your scale reads higher. What gives here? Indeed, a lot’ve ladies end up gaining a bit of weight when they first start popping the ol’ anti-zygote pill. However, according to some research, blame-placing isn’t exactly on that tablet, so much as your habits that follow. The pill induces some changes in your body, sure. But it’s not directly adding weight. Not anymore than your typical period is. Why? Because, much like you’d notice each month, there’s a hormonal shift that ensues when you start pharmaceutical procreation prevention. (Which makes sense because that’s what the pills are – hormones.) Thus, it’d make sense that the side effects are similar to any other time your hormones are going awry – like experiencing more retained water or an upping in hunger pangs.

So, what’s the fix?

Well, as illustrated in my how-to-battle-the-rag article, you’ll definitely wanna add more agua to your diet and avoid foods like dairy, sugar, and salt. This’ll be big for flushing out the liquids sticking around and putting pounds on you. But, also, you’ll wanna avoid overdoing it in general. And that’s massive. Because once you’re under the influence of your own hormones (or the ones you’re sucking down daily, rather), it’s easy to “forget” your usual diet. (Denial is a helluva drug.) That’s a natural mistake to make, though, because – when you’re genuinely hungry and you genuinely feel the need to eat more – it doesn’t feel like you’re overdoing it. That’s when dietary refining comes in handy. Ensuring that you A.) eat breakfast, B.) make if fiber, carb, and protein filled with healthy fats, and C.) eat clean in general will all work together to make this a far easier, leaner process. Also, mayhaps until you hit an ingrained routine, start a food journal to make sure you’re not going calorically overboard. Cap this off with a half hour daily cardio sesh, peppered with some strength training – and you’ll be in the clear, my dear.

(“I didn’t start taking anti-preggo pills so I could *look* preggo…”)

In sum, maybe having mochas for breakfast was doable before birth control. Maybe skipping breakfast (or workouts) altogether was an option. But, now, less so. Not if you want weight loss (or maintenance.) Now, you’ve gotta pay the price for hormonal mods – by making superior lifestyle and fitness choices. ’cause your belly may not be brewing a newborn. But that means now you’ve gotta treat it (and the rest’ve your body) just like one. Baby it through a new fitness regimen. And that might sound like a dose of tough love… but when you birth yourself an even-hotter-bod than you had before the pill, you’ll be thanking me.

The upside?

It takes far less than nine months to deliver that baby.