So i noticed this when i read charlie's going off birth control thread. Ive posted enough on here but for those who dont remember , i have PCOS. i went on yaz in march because my skin was starting to get really out of control. I had a few other symptoms but i really didnt mind most of htem.... i only got my period 2x a yr which i was ok with... my hair isnt great but i have extensions so it really doesnt matter.
In the past, I never really put on weight unless i did something that would obviously put on weight. i.e. i could pretty much eat whatever and not work out that much and be fine. however, if i drank over 10 beers a night and ate lotsa pizza, yess i would put on a pound or 5 but logically it made sense to me why and it came off easily. I put on muscle really easily... i was one of those girls who immediately dropped weight when i started stripping because i built lean muscle so quickly.
when my skin went haywire... i switched to a low glycemic diet (one of hte recommended diets for PCOS) and i also started working out at the gym and my skin got fairly cleared up. And i got really buff-- like i said, i put on muscle very easily and hte fat came off easily. I moved to NOLA and slacked off with the diet and the working out, put a few pounds back on (again it made sense here- i kind of took a vacation from eating right) and my skin went haywire again. At that point i became so flustered i finally went on yaz.
Now: I bust my ass at the gym. I really do. and i really struggle to put on lean muscle. im starting to get back my bicepts, seeing some shoulder muscles, my legs are solid, but im not nearly as defined as us ed to be and it seems like i am working twice as hard for results that are not as good. after charlie posted her thread, i googled birth control and fitness and a study turned up and women who were not on oral contraceptives put on 60% more muscle than those who were on them when following a specific workout routine and protien requirements.
i also have some cellulite. Ive NEVER had cellulite before.
i think this has to be it... when i first went on BC i went a bit crazy. i became all emotional and stuff-- this is not me. i havent completely felt like myself in a while either. I used ot feel very aggressive and energetic. And after i worked out i kind of felt like a superhero because i felt so strong. But now, i sometimes feel stronger, but not like i used to.
so im going to stop it. ill take bad skin and being fit any day over this sluggish unable to get lean bullshit. i dont know why it didnt click- i think because when i first went on it i started drinking heavily and i figured that was why, and then when my temper sort of evened out (it went all over the place on the pill) i figured it meant it was working for me plus my skin cleared up.
i just want it out of my system. i am on week 2 of the pack but i am spotting again- i always do this. my body does not want to be on this stuff. i am debating whether i should finish the pack or not. i really dont want this stuff in my body if it is making it hard for me to get in shape.



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