I know the official line is HRT doesn’t cause weight gain, but I’m honestly in tears.
In 2023 I lost nearly 2 stone with diet and exercise, kept it off for 2 years (I was 40). I’ve had peri symptoms for 3 years, and in May finally started HRT. Progesterone tablets bloated me so I had the coil fitted instead – that helped the bloat, but since then my weight has crept up, boobs up a size too.
I’ve upped workouts (cardio + resistance 6 days a week, plus walking), no change to diet (healthy weekdays, wine/carbs at weekends like always). Despite this, I’m now over a stone heavier than last year – 3lbs in just the last 5 weeks (in which I've switched up my exercise routine!).
I feel like what’s the point? I’m doing more than ever but still gaining.
I could obviously completely cut out wine and not eat carbs at the weekend, so I guess if this is the choice I'd be miserable but I'm miserable now.
Should I come off HRT, will the weight even come off if I do? Thanks for reading.
(Ps: I have an underactive thyroid and take levothyroxine but dr says results normal in Feb so no test required till next year).