When did you start gaining weight gluten free?

[freshrainbows77]

I'm 11 days into the diet now and still so thin, I'm desperate to put on weight! For people who've experienced this how long did it take you to gain? 

[Fenrir]

Just going gluten-free doesn't make you gain weight. You also have to be eating more than your body requires to maintain weight. In order to gain weight you have to eat probably 10-15% more than your maintenance levels. 

Malnutrition can play a role as well and if that is slowing weight gain it can take a month or two for the GI tract to heal enough where you process nutrients better. 

[Ennis-TX]

5 years before my body started letting me actually bulk up, I was weight training most of the time but my body only crept up in weight about a lb a year average. I have but on 15lbs of muscle and maintaining 9-12% body fat in the past year. I changed my diet alot and now use a keto diet and be sure to eat 2500-3000cal a day for my 140-150lb self (used to weigh 124 at my lowest for 5'11'' male)
I found easy to digest proteins like Beef protein isoloate and egg white protein the last year also, I used to try to use just plant based but got no results for years just maintained.
I would suggest loading up stuff like no sugar added nut/seed butters, avocados, and eggs to load up on easy to digest fats and use digestive enzymes to be sure your breaking down most of it for fuel.
Also try resistance training each muscle group 2 times a week, with a strength day and a hyper day allowing at least one day a week of complete rest to let your body build/repair. I can give examples and break it down a bit if you need.
 

[Corinne D.]

For me, weight gain was proportional with the healing of the villi. I actually lost some weight when I first went gluten-free. From my understanding, that was just inflammation weight - water stored in tissues. As Fenrir was saying, in my first year gluten-free I had to get up to 25% more calories than I would technically have needed just to maintain a low normal weight. Afterwards, I started gaining very slowly but surely and I could eat less and still maintain. At about the same time, endoscopy showed my atrophy had mostly resolved.

11 days sounds like very little time to see any changes in weight. But if you are patient you'll get there! You can up your calories with healthy calorie-bomb shakes, made with coconut or other nut milks, bananas and raw egg yolks. Starchy whole foods, like sweet potatoes, if they go down well, are another option and they are delicious with butter. There are also beans, lentils and chickpeas if tolerated. I wouldn't rely on processed foods and sugar, because those are empty calories and in order to heal you need whole foods from which to get proper nutrients.

[BuddhaBar]

Whenever I hear someone who wants to gain weight I'm kinda tempted to say "Mirtazapine"?

 

[Keight]

Sheesh! 11 days in?? Oh no, my sweet! I am 4 months in and only just starting to see any weight gain. I dropped for three months and just had to have faith. I have been 64-65 kg for the last five years, eating 50% more calories than a healthy woman of my age and size would eat normally. And I was simply maintaining. My body fat has been around 16-18% these last 10 years. 

Only since adopting a low carb high fat style diet post diagnosis, I have seen any improvement in my body and my health. I am eating more fats than ever and my body is lapping it up. I am now on 25% more calories, feeling full and no longer feel like a scrawny female cat feeding a litter of kittens! 

Moral of the story is, be patient. Research foods, get a full blood panel done, find a nutritionist if need be, eat WHOLE FOODS and enjoy life. It will happen, but when your body has done its healing. And that is up to your body, not your brain. Xx

[Felix Nuts Tomcat]

It took me years to get to my natural body weight after going gluten free.  I was stick thin for the longest time.  I still drop weight when I get sick.  Getting your body mass back will take patience.

Another possible added benefit of being gluten free - flat stomach.  I looked pregnant before I went gluten free.  Now I am a healthy weight for my build and I have a flat stomach!

[Oben]

Hi! 

It's been 6 months after my celiac  diagnosis. I lost 7 kg since then. I have no appetite and a little bit anxious about this. When I read forums I see everybody has another story. 

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[cyclinglady]

3 hours ago, Oben said:

Hi! 

It's been 6 months after my celiac  diagnosis. I lost 7 kg since then. I have no appetite and a little bit anxious about this. When I read forums I see everybody has another story. 

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What are you eating?  Are you eating out?  Do you feel better? Do you think you have been consuming hidden gluten?  Have you been retested as part of your follow-up care?  So many variables!  

[notme]

as soon as I could eat without it making me sick (started eating gluten free) I gained 20 lbs in, like, 2 weeks.  the rest of the weight gain getting me back to my normal weight is still in progress.  I've been at the diet for 10 years.  BUT after being stuck between 115-120 lbs, I have finally gotten above the 120 lb mark.  eating a lot of proteins, nuts, oddly I switched to lower-fat dairy, etc, and that's when I got over that hump.  I would like to be a nice 130, but i'll be happy at 125ish.  the 'my fitness pal' says I need to eat 2650 calories a day.  

I hope wine counts!!