Has anyone has a terrible time with losing weight? I am not over weight by any means... but I would like to lose the extra 10 - 15 pounds i put on when i got sick about 3 years ago... I can not seem to lose it though. The medicine they Put me on causes me to gain. Then the fact I am not as active plays a role. I literally have been cutting out everything i eat. and exercising again even though my body is killing me in desperation to lose this weight and i can not lose it. Could it be all of the antibiotics I take? Or just the lyme itself?
Posted by gemofnj (Member # 15551) on :
katie,
Lyme can also affect hormones and thyroid, which in turn can affect our weight.
Some people get a thorough thyroid testing done to make sure they dont have those issues going on as well.
I believe some antibiotics can affect appetite too.
Posted by mandy614 (Member # 16524) on :
Katie,
I was told by my LLMD minocycline can cause weight gain. Also in addition to the thyroid and hormones, toxicity and inflammation can also cause weight gain.
Posted by lizajane (Member # 16931) on :
Yes, I have had the same issue. Because I am fatigued and easily get tired, I am doing alot less than I did before.
I have been on Doxy for a month and notice that I feel hungrier than I did before. Although I am trying not to eat. I feel like I hardly eat anything but my weight is still about 20lbs more than I would like or where I was 2yrs. ago.
I am also hypothyroid and take thyroid hormone but it has not helped me to not put on weight or be able to reduce......
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
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Some loose weight with lyme. However, even for many who eat very little, unwanted weight gain (for no apparent reason) is no stranger. If you search PubMed, you will find many abstracts on how obesity can be influenced by a virus of some type.
Mitochondrial dysfunction is also a huge player. Lyme really plays havoc there, too.
Whatever, be sure to eat enough good food, often enough. You need good nutrition and, yes, you need the right amount of calories. Know that as long as you eat correctly - focus on nutrition - and do measured exercise as best you can, the rest will come around. Do the best to take care of yourself and feel good about that.
If, as you explain, you are "exercising again even though my body is killing me" than that is TOO MUCH. Endocrine support may be required before you can safely do more. Getting worn out is detrimental.
Once lyme is under control and a thing of the past, weight disappears as quickly as it came, according to this book below. A weight issue is not a character flaw. It's a medical side-effect.
Below are two of the most important books to have in order to truly understand all that is happening to our bodies. And it goes far beyond matters of weight. I can't say enough good about these.
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This book is specific to lyme (with an interview with an LLMD) and looks at other chronic stealth infections such as Cpn. The author discusses the endocrine connection and effects of cortisol from the stress of this illness and, of course, what can help.
Search for: Infection-caused+obesity - leads right to this:
J Nutr. 2001 Oct;131(10):2794S-2797S.
INFECTOBESITY: obesity of infectious origin
Dhurandhar NV.
The Department of Nutrition and Food Science and the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
In the U.S., the prevalence of obesity increased by 30% from 1980 to 1990, and this increase appears to be continuing. Although obesity has multiple etiologies, an overlooked possibility is obesity of an infectious origin.
Six pathogens are reported to cause obesity in animals. Canine distemper virus was the first virus reported to cause obesity in mice, followed by Rous-associated virus-7, an avian retrovirus, which has been shown to cause stunting, obesity and hyperlipidemia in chickens.
Next, the obesity-promoting effect of Borna disease virus was demonstrated in rats. Scrapie agents were reported to induce obesity in mice and hamsters.
The final two reports were of SMAM-1, an avian adenovirus, and Ad-36, a human adenovirus that caused obesity in animals. Additionally, an association with human obesity is the unique feature of SMAM-1 and Ad-36.
Although the exact mechanism of pathogen-induced obesity is unclear, infection attributable to certain organisms should be included in the long list of potential etiological factors for obesity.
In addition, the involvement of some pathogens in etiology of obesity suggests the possibility of a similar role for additional pathogens.
PMID: 11584109
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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I can tell you how to take it off.
I now do food combining and I continue to lose weight [don't need to].
Do not eat any protein at the same time as any starches...like rice, bread, potatoes, pasta [which you shouldn't be eating anyway due to yeast problems]
You can eat starches 2 hrs after the protein. Eat fruit alone... 2 hrs after other foods or one hour prior to eating other food.
Skip dairy.
You'll lose!
PS... I eat this way under the direction of a holistic dr and it has FIXED my back pain which was from my colon.
Foods digest at different rates. That's why you eat fruit separately. If you don't, it will ferment in your stomach and cause pain.
Same with proteins and starches. They digest at different rates. It's made a huge difference for me! Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
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In addition to food combining, a gluten-free diet does wonders to lessen inflammation so some of that puffiness disappears.
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