I was chatting to mum today about my sucky weight gain over the past 18 months or so. Its not a lot, about 5-10 kg I guess (I'm not a big person), but I don't like it :/

I've been more active than ever since living here, almost 2 years now. But I've still very slowly been gaining weight. I couldn't work out why.

Mum suggested it was maybe a mixture of depo & hormones. I've been on depo for the longest stretch since being single. Almost 18 months straight now. And this is also the longest time I've not been pregnant or breast feeding for (5 years straight before 12 months ago).

So I'm thinking she might be right, but since I've never used contraception for this length of time before, I have no idea how long it'd take my body to settle down & get used to it.

Anyone else have any experience with depo & weight gain? Did your body settle into it, or did you give up before it had the chance? I have no interest in going off contraception until the day I get my tubes done & I don't know when that'll be. I also like the whole no AF thing