For the last two years I've been on WW off and on. Each time doing it for a few weeks and then giving up because I hadn't lost anything and sometimes I even gained. I tried other diets, like South Beach and Atkins with no luck either. A couple months ago I went hardcore and dropped down to only eating 1 meal a day. Nothing happened. I'd lose a lb only to have 2 more come on the following week. So I rejoined 4 weeks ago with the attitude that I'm going to do this EXACTLY as they specify. And I am. The first two weeks I dropped an amazing 10.8 lbs. The third week, nothing. The fourth week I've gained 2lbs. ARGGGHHHH!!! I'm not even close to that time of the month, so it's not water retention (not to mention that I haven't had much salt either).

Anyways, I got to thinking about what was so different about those first two weeks where I had actually seen my first loss in over two years. I realized that those two weeks I had temporarily stopped taking the pill. So I thought back and realized that this time of difficulty losing weight coincided with when I switched jobs, which made me switch health insurance, which led to me switching brands of BC pills.

I didn't even think this might be a problem because what I switched to is supposed to be the generic version of what I was using. I had briefly been on a different generic of that brand with no issues. However, these pills, unlike the old brand, which I had been on for 9 years with no problems (not to mention had no issue losing 50lbs in 6 months with WW), have caused several side effects that I never experienced with the name brand version or the other generic.

My doctor is letting me switch back.