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Have not been able to lose weight since quitting birth control

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Sinful-mermaid
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So I'm 22, have been on the pill since I was 14 to control my heavy periods, and I recently stopped taking it in March because of how increasingly moody and agitated it seemed to be making me. I also figured I might lose a little weight upon stopping it. Well now that I've been off it, emotionally, I feel much better, but no matter what I do, I literally cannot drop below 150 pounds. Normally I'm around 145 so I actually gained weight after stopping the pill. I'm 5'6 so it's not really the end of the world, but I've been dieting and exercising a lot in the last few months, and it's frustrating that all of my efforts to lose 5 more pounds are in vain ever since stopping birth control. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Or tips on how to help with this?

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