I (23 F) seem stuck at 143 pounds. I'm 164 cm (about 5'4") tall and I've been sedentary all my life except for my commute to/from school or work, which involved some rushed walking to get there on time. Ever since I was little, I was a bit on the chubbier side, even though my BMI was supposedly normal.
Then at 13 I got hospitalized with severe gastritis caused by helicobacter pylori and I've been put on some meds which seemed to make my metabolism faster and I lost about 16 pounds (reaching 99 pounds at a 5'2" height then) and although I was a bit flabby here and there, I became OBSESSED with my weight loss. It soon turned into an eating disorder for me, struggling to keep that weight and go even lower on the scale. I reached a point where I was literally starving myself or trying to puke if I felt like I ate too much. My lowest weight was 94 pounds when I was already starting to grow in height. I struggled with it until I was about 17, when I had some sort of a wake-up call and since then I've been slowly allowing myself eat more and a greater variation of foods. Fast forward to 19 and I'm fluctuating between 112-116 pounds, at 5'4" tall, which I was pleased with and seemed to be my ideal, standard weight.
I got diagnosed with PCOS when I was about 16 and my gyn told me to take birth control, but I was so scared back then of the possibility of gaining weight that I only took the treatment for 2-3 months and then never took it until I was almost 20. That's when I visited my gyn with another problem and he insisted I take the birth control he prescribed. I then took it everyday for 2 years straight and I slowly but surely gained weight until I reached 143 pounds. I tried to tell him that I fear my BC pills were making me gain weight, but he didn't listen and refused to change my treatment. I got so mad at this that I stopped taking it for about 4 months, which seemed to work, and with great dietary effort I managed to reach 125 pounds. Then I got back on it again because my bf at the time was insisting I used this method of contraception. And I gained it all back in just a few months. Now I'm pissed. I've stopped taking BC pills around december 2019 and my weight doesn't seem to budge. I've tried fasting, I took extra care with my diet to eat as healthy as possible, little to no sweets, no junk food, and the extra weight is stubbornly sticking to me.
The only thing I haven't tried is regular exercise. Do you guys think it could make a difference and bring me back to at least 125 pounds? Because I feel like a blob of fat and I'm worried about gaining even more in the future, when my metabolism will slow down or I'll have to take BC pills again to keep my PCOS in check. (Also idk if it's relevant information, but I've started smoking at 19 and by 20 I was already at 1 pack a day and it stayed that way since).
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