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WizardTom
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| WestWalker wrote: | I definitely was not overweight.
I was always very thin and able to eat anything I wanted (I thought). I ate alot all the time and never gained any weight. Great for the taste buds but bad otherwise. I never really was hungry and could go with out food with no problem. Everyone always made comments on how skinny I was and that I looked like death (I thought the comments were kinda cruel myself  )
Since dx I have gained 40 lbs and now I feel really over weight. Plus I never really felt hungry before but since last Feb I am starving all the time!! All I want to do is eat and that is all new to me. It seems nothing satisfies this need for food. Once I find something that tastes good and is GF I will eat the whole package or the whole CHICKEN! I found this GF salsa I liked at Safeway (no less) www.greenmountaingringo.com and couldn't stop eating the stuff. I'm trying not to eat processed foods right now but I give in now and then to make life bearable.
Anybody up for a snack?  |
Same for me. Everyone is constantly telling me how skinny I am. I can eat all I want without gaining. I weighed 143 last year this time but it was during the last year that my symptoms increased heavily up until about two months ago when I went GF... at that time I had already lost 13 lbs (I'm 6'1"). My ideal weight is 145-150. I'm hoping that healing my intestines through GF diet will help me to absorb more and gain weight. |
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skyeofblue
Joined: 09 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:14 am Post subject: Weight Gain - when glutened |
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I am a diagnosed celiac and react to gluten in a very different way than "the typical" celiac or gluten intolerant person.
I gain a significant amount of water weight and look like I am suffering from edema. My face, arms, legs, middle, feet and hands all swell. When I get glutened I can not wear my wedding rings with in a matter of 40 - 60 minutes. I am 5'5" female, and before I got really sick I was 140 lbs. I started to have abdominal distention and water retention anytime I ate gluten. I would go from 140 pounds to 148 pounds in 48 hours. I seriously looked 6-7 months pregnant and would go from a size 6/8 to a 12/14 in just a few days. As the symptoms got worse the more weight I gained. I ended up around 171. I went gluten free before and lost all of the weight in about 6 weeks, and kept it off until I started accidentally glutening myself, and went in for a gluten challenge inorder to test for Celiac Disease. In 5 weeks I gained all 31 pounds back. I have been GF after my diagnosis 2 and a half weeks ago and I have already lost 12 pounds.
The doctor told me it was because I was retaining water, and it was easier to loose than fat, so it packs on faster and comes off faster. I do not think that this is a typical reaction, but it is my MAIN symptom of Celiac disease. - Dont know if this helps? |
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