Hello everyone!
So I’ve been home over winter break, and completely forgot to take my birth control pills home with me. As a result, I was off them for about 3 weeks until I was able to start them again 6 days ago.
When I wasn’t taking them, I literally didn’t binge ONCE. I had a slight urge a couple times, but it was completely manageable and I moved past it, no problem. However, these past 6 days have been unreal. Constant cravings for everything, all the time. It’s not that I even wanted specific delicious foods, I literally just wanted to go into my kitchen and start eating every fucking thing in sight. I’ve been over 2,000 calories twice so far, when my goal is 1,500 and it’s only been 6 days.
I know this isn’t just the birth control; I’ve struggled with binge eating since I was young. But I had great success losing weight from March-July, and ever since I went on hormonal BC in August, I gained 25 pounds from August to November (oh my god, that feels so bad to write!!). I never made the connection until now, but I think the pills might be significantly affecting my eating habits and cravings.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there anything I can do to reduce this? BC has really helped regulate my periods and reduce pain/nausea, not to mention the actual contraceptive factor. I love the convenience of being on it, and I don’t want to stop taking it. But I also don’t want to CONSTANTLY be fighting myself with food urges, especially when I know that it’s not truly “me” who’s struggling so bad.
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/kxjqho/birth_control_and_binge_urges/
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