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Weight Loss Then Gain/depression/help

bknutson

By bknutson
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Hi everyone.. Ya know when I was so sick before I was diagnosed, I lost almost 50 lbs. I needed to. It wasnt worth being so sick to do it, but since I did, it was great to be thin. Now I am gaining it back. about 12 - 15 lbs. I feel so fat and miserable. Has anyone went through this? I am getting so depressed from it. After being so sick at least I had that one enjoyment and it was nice. I dont know quite how to deal with this I am so depressed. I am almost wishing I was still sick. No not really.

Thanx for listening. Barb

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Hi everyone.. Ya know when I was so sick before I was diagnosed, I lost almost 50 lbs. I needed to. It wasnt worth being so sick to do it, but since I did, it was great to be thin. Now I am gaining it back. about 12 - 15 lbs. I feel so fat and miserable. Has anyone went through this? I am getting so depressed from it. After being so sick at least I had that one enjoyment and it was nice. I dont know quite how to deal with this I am so depressed. I am almost wishing I was still sick. No not really.

Thanx for listening. Barb

Barb....you don't mention what you are currrently eating, but here's what I found with myself: Feeling depressed and deprived about the whole thing (and I not only have to eliminate gluten, but dairy as well....not much fun stuff left to eat for me!!), I started checking out all the gluten free goodies out there...the cookies, crackers, chips, cakes.....stuff I RARELY ate before when I was eating gluten!!....so I quickly realized that these gluten free things seem to make up for the lack of gluten and texture it provides by putting in a lot of sugar and fats and other stuff that can make you gain weight very quickly. So I'm nipping that in the bud right away, and going back to my usual diet of eggs/whites, fruit, veggies, lean meats, fish. That's what I mostly ate before, and only difference now is I can't indulge in the sweets I used to eat, for the most part. Having celiac disease is no reason to over-eat on other types of junk. You've just got to keep a perspective on it all and work on creating a healthy diet that is not fattening. I'm finding it is getting easier and easier, but a lot of it is a mind game with yourself. The nice thing now is that without gluten and dairy, I don't get all bloated up like before, so that's great. ^_^

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I know how you feel....I have put on about 15 pounds in 6 weeks, and I know we NEEDED to as we were malnourished, but I don't like it either. And, as of the last couple of weeks, am NOT eating any junk except potato chips here and there. I've never eaten better in my life, in fact - - tons of veggies, fruits, lean meats, fish and chicken....no dairy as of last week :( Very sad about that.

From what I've read on this board, I think we'll level out? I hope so, anyway.

I do feel very depressed also, and very anxious as well, not just about weight gain but life in general at the moment....am going to have to back on antidepressants, I think, as this doesn't feel like just normal sadness but something much more serious. Felt SO fantastic the first 3 - 4 weeks, and now am in kind of a black hole.....please everybody, tell me the mood swings get better?? :( This is really awful.....I have felt this depressed in the past and thought that without gluten, that would all miraculously go away....

Susan

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