How the Birth Control Pill Affects Weight, Muscle and Exercise
How does the birth control pill affect your weight, exercise and nutrition (assuming you’re a woman… if you’re a dude, I hope you’re not taking birth control pills 😉)? That’s what we’ll talk about in this article.
After all, there are a lot of myths and misconceptions about the pill, and a good number of women are taking it, but not knowing how it affects their body. We’ll talk about that here. What we won’t talk about is whether or not you should be using the pill. I’m a fitness professional. Not a doctor or a pharmacist. If you want to know whether or not you should be using it, ask a doctor or pharmacist.
If you want help improving your fitness, your mood, and more, we have a specific program for women with all kinds of hormonal profiles, called “Fit and Feminine.” If you’d like to learn more about this program, and if it’s something you’d like to participate in, just email me with the words “Fit and Feminine” in the subject line.
But before we get there, we should first talk about why birth control pills are used in the first place.
REASONS TO USE BIRTH CONTROL
The original reason oral contraceptives (birth control pills) were invented was the obvious — to prevent unwanted pregnancies. The way it did that is by…
