I talked to a few friends and found a doctor that wasn't against using an IUD before having children. So yesterday, I got the Paraguard (non-hormonal) IUD. WOW! That was like a punch in the uterus! But it was over very quickly, though I did have some pretty bad craps until I got home and took some ibuprofen. I also made myself go out for a run since that's always helped me with cramps. Today the cramps aren't as bad, but they're still there.

I'm looking forward to finding out if my birth control pills were preventing me from losing weight as easily as I'd lost it in the past (when not on hormones). I'm also wondering if my on-bike performance will be any different. All the research I've found is pretty inconclusive (as far as exercise performance goes) because of differences in pills, between women, training status, etc.