With Lyme Disease, Do you gain weight or loose it ???
I seem to eat much more now... !!!
Posted by adamm (Member # 11910) on :
Gained it
Posted by disturbedme (Member # 12346) on :
It can go either way. Some people gain weight, some people lose a great deal.
When I was at my sickest, I lost weight because I had no appetite whatsoever and I was always nauseated.
Since then, I've pretty much maintained.
Posted by sutherngrl (Member # 16270) on :
I have lost weight. Went from 128 to 110. I read that Babesia causes you to loose weight.
Posted by randibear (Member # 11290) on :
oh man, you had to ask this.....gained about 70 pounds and no way is it coming off.
Posted by lpkayak (Member # 5230) on :
20% lose
80% gain
it's cuz of thyroid
Posted by ForestNymph (Member # 15109) on :
At first I lost went from 125 to 115. I was way too thin. Then I shot up to 160 lbs. I have since lost 10 lbs but can't seem to lose anymore despite an strict diet. I'm sure it doesn't help things that I can't exercise.
Posted by Ocean (Member # 3496) on :
I gained at first, went up to about 145, now I'm under 110 again (not sure exactly, one day 109 another day 107, not sure what I am now). I had a free T4 and TSH done and they were within normal ranges, so not sure if mine is thyroid. I don't eat a lot some days, so maybe that's it for me.
Stjohn, I think you would be dead if you only weighed 45 lbs at 5'5" My son is a little over 4 feet and he is very thin at about 50 lbs. Yikes!
when I had gained a lot of weight, people who knew me were very surprised as I'd never weighed that much, just knew I slept constantly, it was very frustrating. Now I'm always afraid that people will think I have an eating disorder if I don't constantly eat around them!
You can't win either way!
Anyhow, the weight (whether loss or gain) is not our fault. I wish I hadn't been so down on myself when I gained, no one knew I had Lyme, I was just very very sick.
Take care! Ocean
Posted by SmurfyMom (Member # 13688) on :
Gained in a big way. Around 40 pounds just last year. I weigh enough for almost 2 full 'me's at my piddlin' little 5' flat. =(
I don't see it coming off anytime soon either. I don't eat hardly anything as it is. *sigh*
Chris
Posted by tkearn5000 (Member # 18157) on :
When I first got sick I was finishing my senior year of college. Beer, pizza and fast food were staples of my diet. I weighed about 225lbs, and am 5 11.
Since the dietary changes that I've gone through for treatment I've lost 60 pounds in the last year and a half, and am now 165. Hopefully if I can recover I will be in the best shape of my life. I just got diagnosed in late Oct. and started abx. Before that I was being treated for CFS for over a year.
Posted by jlc (Member # 18061) on :
I have gained probably 20-30 lbs. Every time I start loosing weight by doing weight watchers and exercising I ended up relapsing. Instead of just stopping exercise I seem to also loose control of what I am eating. Posted by aiden424 (Member # 7633) on :
In the beginning I lost about 20 pounds. I was so ill I didn't eat. My neighbor asked if I had a eating disorder I was so thin.
Now after 22 years I've gained weight. Thyroid issues are part of the problem, but excercise intolerance is the biggest problem.
Kathy
Posted by 22dreams (Member # 17846) on :
Gained 30lbs. Eat clean and healthfully. Pretty much always have. with this: it doesn't matter what I do--if I ate nothing, it would yield insignificant change.
I don't feel like eating as it is perhaps because of the antibiotics and/or fatigue(?)
It's a mere necessity right now, not enjoyment at all.
It's thyroid. My TSH went up 2pts from pretty much 1.0 to 3.0 --still considered "within normal limits" which is a joke nowadays--just insurance standards so they don't have to pay out like everything else perhaps?
What is considered "normal" or even "perfect" is often quite the opposite:
My sister's thyroid specialist told her that thyroid disease is also a clinical diagnosis.
To not use the test as an indicator, but rather the symptoms(weight gain, edema, fatigue) which some look like or are shared with lyme. The trend is toward a TSH no higher than 1.0.
Posted by Marnie (Member # 773) on :
Yes...hypothyroid is common.
But ***watchwhat happens when a LOT of glucose, sodium and albumin go into cells (with regards to water gain = edema)***:
You can "play" the above over and over until you understand...I did.
Basic microbiology says we have to damage the pathogen's cell wall (or prevent it from forming in the first place) and then to sorta "finish the job" (CWD), we need either osmotic pressure changes OR ultraSOUND.
432Hz?
Posted by kelmo (Member # 8797) on :
My daughter was 98 lbs, then gained 90 in about four months. We couldn't keep her clothed, and there were rumors of pregnancy around school. It was sad.
She is now back down to about 109. She says she did nothing to gain it, nothing to lose it, it's all part of treating the bug.
As if this disease couldn't be any worse.
Posted by Cass A (Member # 11134) on :
Gained 20, lost 10, gained 10, lost 9, etc.
Hypothyroid for sure--treated with Wilson's Thyroid Syndrome handling for two years and never could get my temperature to stabilize at 98.6.
It's been chronically 97.8 and below for years now.
Since treating Babesia, I've seen many days when it gets to 98.3, but it's still not stably above 98.
And, the weight has been coming off again....
Best,
Cass A
Posted by hezzer926 (Member # 17902) on :
got diagnosed in late august.. have lost about 15 pounds since.. lyme, babesia, and bart
Posted by Wonko (Member # 18318) on :
At first when I was getting sick, I didn't change my lifestyle, because I knew while I wasn't perfect, I wasn't getting sick from being fat.
When my illness started to advance, I was getting no where with doctors. So I decided I was going to have to take much better care of myself, since I didn't know if/when I'd get help for what was wrong with me.
I was doing really well. I quit smoking and drinking, totally overhauled my diet, and started working out. I lost over 40 lbs (that I really needed to lose).
Then this fall, arthritis and fatigue and signs of hypothyroid appeared. Thank goodness I applied myself to losing weight while I could. Now I'm really struggling to keep it off.
I hope as my treatment advances, I'll be able to resume losing weight and enjoying the benefits of my efforts....
Posted by KS (Member # 12549) on :
lost weight but it was because I was too sick to eat, not because I was eating normally and it just came off.
Posted by Liz D (Member # 16739) on :
gained 50 pounds in 2 1/2 years. Kept thinking that is just was not possible ... but its all here and clinging to my midsection.
Posted by 5dana8 (Member # 7935) on :
loose...no matter what I would eat . Personally I think it was more from the babs, but who know it could be from the lyme too.
I read an article that said it is most common ( something like 80%) with lyme patients to gain becasue lyme mess's with your adrenals.
Posted by JillF (Member # 5553) on :
gained no matter what i ate, how little i ate, etc. atkins, south beach - you name i've tried it
it is so frustrating
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
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Some gain. Some loose.
Regardless, it's important to eat just the right amount of healthful foods so that the body has enough fuel and nutrients to get better.
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My son is a little over 4 feet and he is very thin at about 50 lbs. Yikes!![[Mad]](mad.gif)