Reply #122: I think there might be something to that [View All]

based on my own experience. I switched to non-hormonal birth control last February (because of side effects) and found that eating a lighter, healthier diet has been a breeze for me all year long. I dropped weight that I had been gaining for years, and am now back to the slender weight I was in my twenties. I have always exercised and have not eaten all that much food, but could not seem to lose those extra pounds. I did not understand why, but after switching the birth control, I stopped craving carbs the way I used to and find it easier to eat yogurt, fruit and vegetables instead.

It might be just me, of course. The doctors always say to eat less if you don't want to gain weight on birth control pills, but all I am saying is it sure has seemed easier to lose it.