I cannot lose weight.

[Barbara McMaken]

I was diagnosed 3 years ago and I cannot for the life of me lose weight. I do intermittent fasting and have never purposely had anything with gluten in it. My stomach is always hard and protruding. I have regular bowel movements and drink a lot of water. I don't know what else to do.

Barb M

[trents]

Welcome to the forum, Barb!

Have you considered that you might have SIBO? It's a common problem among celiacs.

Also, are you still using oats (even gluten free oats) and dairy?

Do you still eat out at restaurants? You say you have never purposely eaten anything with gluten in it. That statement makes me wonder how aware you are or how careful you are about minor amounts of gluten and cross contamination. It's easy to cut out major sources of gluten but much more challenging to get rid of all exposure to gluten.

Finally, have you had follow-up testing (either antibody or biopsy) to check for compliance with the gluten free diet?

Edited July 13, 2022 by trents

[Scott Adams]

This article may be helpful:

 

[Alyssa Camille]

  On 7/13/2022 at 11:45 AM, Barbara McMaken said:

I was diagnosed 3 years ago and I cannot for the life of me lose weight. I do intermittent fasting and have never purposely had anything with gluten in it. My stomach is always hard and protruding. I have regular bowel movements and drink a lot of water. I don't know what else to do.

Barb M

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Hi Barb, are you eating processed foods often that have a gluten free label on them? Many processed products still have 20ppm of gluten and you may be a highly sensitive celiac. I started juicing celery every morning on an empty stomach, drinking 8-16oz, then following with warm water with lemon. This has been a game changer for me. I also avoid all glutened food and stick to fresh foods and much as I can. 

[Scott Adams]

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Many processed products still have 20ppm of gluten and you may be a highly sensitive celiac

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I just want to mention that it's a common misconception that anything labelled gluten-free contains "20ppm of gluten," and that once they put gluten-free on their label they are subject to very expensive product recalls if the amount goes over that level. This means that any company that detects any amount of gluten, for example 10ppm, is going to investigate how it go there, and fix the issue, otherwise they could end up with a recall. Looking for certified gluten-free products brings this level down to 10ppm, but I only want to say that non-certification does not necessarily mean 10-20ppm or any gluten.

[Wheatwacked]

4% Fat cottage cheese is Celiac Disease friendly. Cottage Cheese and Red Leaf Lettuce salad, once considered a punishment meal for fat people turns out to be very nutritious.

"Since the 1960s, when experts started advising people to eat less fat—based on the belief that a high-fat diet led to a high-fat body—obesity has skyrocketed. Recent evidence suggests that all those years of focusing on ways to get fat out of foods has actually contributed to the obesity epidemic."   Have low-fat diets made us fatter?

"Just think about the difference between a yummy cracker topped with cheese and a low fat cracker all dry and bland. Which one would YOU choose? The tasty one of course! So basically, you’re subjecting yourself to bland, tasteless, dry food that, get this, costs more! That just completely does not make sense! Anyways, the fact that companies take out the taste means that they need to make their products taste good some other way. You know what that means! Chemical galore! "  How Fat Free Foods Make You Gain Weight

[trents]

Wheatwacked is correct. We've been sold a bill of goods for decades on avoiding fat and that has contributed to an obesity epidemic in the U.S. The problem is not that we eat too much fat but is actually that we eat too many carbs. Carbs drive up insulin levels and the tank gets emptied fast, blood sugar levels go up and then plummet after we eat a high carb meal. So we get hungry and want more carbs to get the blood sugar level back up. Dietary fat has much more staying power and satisfies.

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[knitty kitty]

Remember that processed gluten free facsimile foods are not required to be enriched with vitamins and minerals like their gluten containing counterparts.  

We need the Eight Essential B Vitamins to turn our carbs and fats into energy and enzymes so our bodies work properly.  Consider supplementing with a gluten free B Complex and magnesium citrate.

This article explains how important Vitamin B1 Thiamine is to our health.

Hiding in Plain Sight: Modern Thiamine Deficiency

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8533683/

[Posterboy]

  On 7/13/2022 at 11:45 AM, Barbara McMaken said:

I was diagnosed 3 years ago and I cannot for the life of me lose weight. I do intermittent fasting and have never purposely had anything with gluten in it. My stomach is always hard and protruding. I have regular bowel movements and drink a lot of water. I don't know what else to do.

Barb M

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Barb et Al,

What medicines are you taking?

I had a bad reaction to Metoprolol a beta blocker and continued to gain weight no matter what I did!

After researching it.....I converted to Carvedilol aka Coreg and slowly began loosing weight for over a year....

It was a steady decline.....it went on to loose over 50+ pounds and have kept it off since....

I would urge you to consider your medicines and/or your thyroid.

Hyper thyroid people usually are skinny and Hypo Thyroid people are usually heavier etc.

It is our body's thermostat......the higher the setting the more energy we burn....and the thinner we become....etc.

You afternoon temperature is considered your "Normal temperature" if it off by more than One point in the evening (of 98.6) you might have an Un-diagnosed thyroid problem.

I hope this is helpful but it is not medical advice.

Posterboy,