I have gained so much weight and it's just adding on each time I have to step on the scales. It seems like my body has officially been hi-jacked by these dern spirochetes! Over the last seven months I've put on 20+ pounds. I used to be healthy and active. He**, I was a belly dancer, now I have the belly and no energy to dance. I have ridiculosly high cholesterol eventhough I am a strict vegitarian bordering on vegan. I have a relatively healthy diet. So, my questions are: 1)Will abx halt this weight gain, or will it make it worse? I'll take more weight if it means I get better! 2) My thyroid tests are all normal. Anyone else have this? Where is it coming from?? I still try to exercise when possible. 3)Can someone explain the sugar implications/restrictions during treatment? If I can start a pattern now, before I start IV abx, will it help? 4) Has anyone been able to lose the weight after or during treatment?
I used to be blessed with a metabolism that was constant. I carried 135-140lbs on my 5'7" frame from the time I was 15 until recently. (I'm 31 yrs. old now.) I want my body back, and by body I mean not only my physical appearance, but the healthy-functioning body and brain that I used to have!!!
-------------------- Mountaingirl
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Posts: 138 | From West Virginia | Registered: Sep 2007
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Well, I am from WV too. I have gone from a size 6 to a 16-18. I just bagged up 21 bags of size 6 clothing to give away..... ( I kept a few classic things just in case)
I joined Weight Watchers. Its hard when you dont feel like even walking. I think we are also so mentally drained you cant think of dieting.... it hard.
I will be here for you if you need to vent.
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Thanks trouble! I just tried to send you a PM. I'll try a little later.
-------------------- Mountaingirl
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Beverly
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Hi Mtgirl,
I think the right treatment helps. Getting inflammation down and treating yeast will help you loose the weight. I gained a lot of weight at my sickest point, right after my son was born I gained 50 pds in less than a year. It was traumatizing.
Many people gain weight from lyme, it's very common. When I was treated for Babesia I started to loose the weight, I have lost 64 pds so far and now am in a six 6. It was very slow for me though.
I thought it would never happen. I thought I would be in plus sizes the rest of my life. I had tried so many diets, protein power, carb addicts etc, and never lost more than 5 pds.
When you are so sick you can't move because every movement hurts, your knees are swollen and you have inflammation that will not go away it's almost impossible to loose, it was for me.
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I had the same happen to me. I gained about 20lbs last year and was going crazy. I called my LLMD in tears, I felt like the girl in Charlie and the chocolate factory, the one that explodes into a blueberry. I eat healthy go for walks, use the excercise equipment in the gym and the lbs kept packing on. All test came back with nothing wrong with my thyroid. I'm starting to feel better now, on low dose of abx and have dropped about 10lbs. I agree with Beverly, get the infection down, under control whatever and hopefully the weight will come off.
anessa
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If you have a high cholesterol and a vegan diet you must have hypothyroid. It's unheard of to have high cholesterol with a vegan diet. Those tests (like Lyme) are not reliable. Where is your TSH? Is it near 1?
If you have a great HDL, don't worry about your cholesterol (unless it's off the charts). A low HDL would be something to be concerned about. But if you are hypothyroid, you need medicine!
I too, am 5'7" and weighed what you did. I gained 50lbs without even trying 5 years ago and could not lose it with strict diet and lots of exercise.
Last year lost 30(I believe it's from being put on armour thyroid even with my "normal" tests),but gained 20 back this year when I had a car accident and couldn't move at all for 3 months. Oh, well!
quote:Originally posted by Mtgirl: Hello,
I have gained so much weight and it's just adding on each time I have to step on the scales. It seems like my body has officially been hi-jacked by these dern spirochetes! Over the last seven months I've put on 20+ pounds. I used to be healthy and active. He**, I was a belly dancer, now I have the belly and no energy to dance. I have ridiculosly high cholesterol eventhough I am a strict vegitarian bordering on vegan. I have a relatively healthy diet. So, my questions are: 1)Will abx halt this weight gain, or will it make it worse? I'll take more weight if it means I get better! 2) My thyroid tests are all normal. Anyone else have this? Where is it coming from?? I still try to exercise when possible. 3)Can someone explain the sugar implications/restrictions during treatment? If I can start a pattern now, before I start IV abx, will it help? 4) Has anyone been able to lose the weight after or during treatment?
I used to be blessed with a metabolism that was constant. I carried 135-140lbs on my 5'7" frame from the time I was 15 until recently. (I'm 31 yrs. old now.) I want my body back, and by body I mean not only my physical appearance, but the healthy-functioning body and brain that I used to have!!!
Aniek
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Have you had your adrenal levels tested? Adrenal fatigue can cause a slow metabolism. And adrenal fatigue can be caused by Lyme.
Also, are you eating lots of protein? As a former vegetarian, I know that the veggie diet can be very healthy with lots of veggies and vegetable protein, or it can be very, very carb heavy.
Eating protein with every meal is supposed to help the metabolism. You might also want to consider getting your amino acid levels tested and supplementing if you are low.
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Thanks for the info. Point me in a good direction. I am hoping that my LLMD will take a good look at this when I finally have my appointment in late October. I'd like a 24 hour urine free-cortosol test to look for adrenal fatigue or cushing's.
I have lots of carbs in my diet; ie, rice, pasta, etc. I'm not an absolute vegan, but a strict vegitarian. I do eat lots of tofu, seitan, and tempeh. I live in a vegan household, so no animal products are consumed at home. However, I seriously love cheese (it's my secret), and probably always will, but I don't chow down on cheese often.
As for my labs, my TSH is (or at least was) 1.7, and my cholestrol was 237 (high), VLDL 28.2 (high), LDL was 134(high),and my HDL was 55. My Cholesterol Risk Ratio was low at 3.9.
You are so helpful.
-------------------- Mountaingirl
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