I'd wait for other commenters to pitch in, but I'd say it's worth at least discussing with your doctor. 6 months in, 30 lbs down.25 pounds since January 14! Keto helped me a lot early on, but it was a little hard for me to maintain.also ragung spontaneous diarrhea. The effect of weight loss in those with type II diabetes is around 5-10 pounds (if it will help you lose weight). Hi my name Iris I start with metformin HCL 500mg and Januvia 100 mg in 2016 and I was on the boarder line of diabetes and weight 186 I now weight 160 and still loser I also drink Bacardi light I also concern about my weight loss.

(I had a lot of weight gain around ovulation and my period every month.

Since I jumped up that high, I have noticed (over 4 months) that I am losing weight without trying.To me, the more effective weight loss part of Metformin is the way it curbed my sugar and carb eating. This weight loss may be the result of metformin’s ability to reduce hunger levels.

I'm very bloated though, even while taking a diuretic. But after that I lost 40 lbs in about 9 months. The recommended metformin dosage for weight loss.

The impact of metformin combined with lifestyle interventions resulted in “very modest” weight loss in obese adolescents (15, 16). This sub is a safe space for LGBTQ2A+ folks.Press J to jump to the feed. If all else fails, maybe you could try a combination of keto and IF? For example, if you’re type 1 and have good blood sugar control, Metformin can help you lose weight. Hard to draw conclusions and attribute weight loss to any single cause because with most people put on Metformin (and many drugs) when newly diagnosed the shock of the diagnosis and education about the disease and a change of eating habits, exercise habits and a host of other variables also causes one to lose weight. The forest plot from the meta analysis of change in BMI is given in Fig. I hope it works, I hear some people rave about it while others say it did nothing!The first run I lost 40 pounds within a year, then stopped taking it (long story, shitty doctor). )But now I've lost about 20 pounds from my starting weight of 140. Metformin alone may not be enough to cause weight loss if other healthful habits are not taken up by the person using metformin. :)Though I will say the first time I didn't change my diet, exercise, really anything, and went from 175ish to 135ish. You might end up interfering with the levels of blood sugar to fatal levels. There should never come a time that you take Metformin weight loss drugs without the prescription of a doctor.

This sub is a safe space for LGBTQ2A+ folks.Press J to jump to the feed. There may be psychological, emotional, or even cognitive issues that hold people back from weight-loss.

It's very frustrating, I just want to lose 30 pounds and it appears nearly impossible, even with eating clean and working out 3-4 times a week. Getting up to the right dose made me quite sick, so eating wasn't high priority. After that I evened out and had to cut calories and exercise in order to continue to lose.

I've barely been eating to begin with and have been diligent exercising so in all honesty, not much more I can do in that area. Metformin makes it "regular tough" to lose weight. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts I am currently at 2000mg a day.

Metformin notoriously makes you feel sick when you start taking it, but to me I noticed it made me feel sick when I ate too much sugar. I'm debating making an appointment with my doc to see if metformin would help. To me, the more effective weight loss part of Metformin is the way it curbed my sugar and carb eating.