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Topic: Anyone else see daily weight fluctuations?

Wonko
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 18318

posted

Good morning and good weekend,

I know my vanity may need to take a backseat until I am further along in recovery, but this is really driving me nuts:

My weight changes by 5 lbs/day on a regular basis. Over the course of a week, my weight can easily change by 10-12 lbs.

I am on mino, zith, plaquneil, and Rx-naproxen (for pain/inflammation). So perhaps some of this is from medications?

On top of everything else, I find it stressful to have my body unpredictably balloon up and down like this.

I eat a generally healthy diet, I avoid salt, and drink only water outside of a daily AM cup of coffee.

Does anyone else get this? Any tips on dealing with it, either practically or emotionally?

Thanks.

Posts: 455 | From Was in PA, then MD, now in the Midwest | Registered: Nov 2008 | IP: Logged |

Buster
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 19472

posted

Weight fluctuation is perfectly normal.

If you are hydrated that can add 2 lbs, if you have food in your stomach, full bladder, clothing... all these things can make things change within 5 - 10 lbs.

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Abxnomore
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 18936

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Yes very normal. Lyme really messes with your metabolism and thyroid.

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bv
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 9578

posted

Wonko, its nothing to worry about.

a 3 to 5 pound daily weight fluctuation in humans is not unusual. Its normal.

Think of it as a change of 2% to 3% of your average body weight. For example, i weigh 190 lbs. First thing in the morning, if i weigh myself, i will weigh 185 to 186 lbs.

Later in the day, i will weigh 190 lbs. The fluctuation is only atypical if it gets beyond the 2% to 3% of average body weight.

A 2 to 3% daily weight fluctuation is not connected to LD---it happens to everyone.

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