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Weight loss and Metformin?

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Carmina

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I used to take 500mg Metformin twice a day. I started testing and follwing a low-carb diet and made a huge difference to my weight and blood results. My GP said in December that at my next review he'd halve the medication with a view to stopping it completely. I was too impatient to wait the full 6 months and rang the surgery about 6 weeks ago. I spoke to my GP who gave the go ahead to halve the dose now as my self-test results are lower than they were in December. So I did. No increase in BG levels - at least not that I can see from my test results. Small increases after meals and a fast recovery to pre-meal levels.

But I've stopped losing weight. At first it slowed to 1lb a week which I was happy with but in the last month I've lost nothing. My food and exercise levels are the same.

Could this be connected to the drop in Metformin? Much as I don't want to take any medication long-term if I can avoid it, I'd be happy to go back to the old dose of Metformin if it helps me get to a tolerable BMI.

Has anyone had a similar experience or been able to kick-start a stalled weight loss in any other way?

Love from Carmina the plump and cuddly, no longer vastly huge and hippo-esque. :D
 
I haven't reduced dose or anything, but have made significant weight loss and wonder whether it is connected with the Metformin. Will let you know if I change meds whether this has any effects. Best of luck with continued weight loss🙂
 
I lost weight both when I was on metformin and after I stopped taking it.

One thing I did notice was that I was much hungrier after I stopped the metformin. This would seem to tie in with it being an appetite suppressant.

Another thing, I went through periods when the weight didn't shift and times when it went the wrong way. Give it a bit more time and keep doing what you are doing though. If you're doing the right thing, the weight loss will resume. If you're not, then review your diet and exercise and adjust accordingly.

It could also be, depending on your exercise, that you are building up muscle and losing the fat. That is equally as good as losing weight, if not better!

Andy 🙂
 
I dropped 12 kilos in the first ten weeks of Metformin. It's slowed now, but I am still losing weight and, more importantly, putting back the muscle I lost because of my exhaustion and ketosis.

I'd like to lose weight more swiftly but equally I know this might feed into dysfunctional attitudes towards food.
 
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