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Maintaining Weight Possible?

MandyCandy

By MandyCandy
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MandyCandy Rookie
MandyCandy
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Hey, Is it possible to maintain your current weight after going gluten free. I'm 21 yrs old, 5'2-5'3 and weigh 96-98. I don't want to lose any more weight because I know it won't look good but I also don't want to gain any either because i'm not very tall and putting on weight shows a lot more when your shorter.

Thanx, Mandy

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CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Just work out, and eat healthy and you will be the weight that's right for you. Don't get too fixated on it, you may gain a few pounds, but if it's good weight because you're working out, that will be fine! I have not gained back all I lost, and I've been maintaining my weight for a few months now.

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gfp
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Just work out, and eat healthy and you will be the weight that's right for you. Don't get too fixated on it, you may gain a few pounds, but if it's good weight because you're working out, that will be fine! I have not gained back all I lost, and I've been maintaining my weight for a few months now.

This is very good advice....

What I find personally is that sticking at an exact weight is really hard. Seasons change and so does time to exersize and the food I'm eating.

Changing weight up or down is a bit like steering a long barge.... you need to make turns in advance.

It can take a week or month for the body to start getting used to a new regime ... especially when its diet controlled.

So the important thing is not to stress over it...

Most underweight celiacs gain weight on a gluten-free diet and quite a few over weight lose some.... its not fixed but its really not something to worry about unless it starts happening. its just mainly that your body starts adsorbing food and nutrients better. One reason for over-eating is because people are not getting enough nutrients so they feel hungry even when they have consumed enough calories. Its also easier to fill this with snack food ... which obviously doesn't help if the snack is poor in nutrition.

The thing to consider is just keep it in mind... in all probability it won't be any more of a problem for you than your average guy or gal without celiac. As we get older it gets a bit harder ... celiac or not...but so long as you don't get outside of certain bounds +/- 10% or so of what you want then its easy... its much harder for people once they get outside of this bracket because they can't just make small changes.

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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Yep, it's definitely possible to maintain weight - maintaining a pattern in your eating and exercise habits that keeps you steady is how you do it. You'll likely add a bit more weight on as you are technically underweight. (I'm 5'2" myself, and 110 is about the minimum 'healthy' weight for our height, but every body is different.) But don't worry about it too much, just trying to keep a stable pattern to your eating and exercising that encourages a stable pattern in your weight.

PJKR Newbie
PJKR
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I did it. I'm a heck of a lot older than 21 and I got a couple kids too! I'm Thirty six until next month *sigh*, 5'9" and 140-145lbs. Ive been gluten-free for 4 years or so.I started putting on too much weight in the first year of being gluten-free. I've always managed to stay athletic so the extra pounds weren't going to work for me! (an extra 20 lbs really throws your "center" off and you can't do moves you've practiced for!) First things first. I felt sorry for myself that I couldn't have pizza,donuts or other things other people took for granted. So I ate gluten-free food without thought. gluten-free snacks are considerably higher in calories than regular. Well, I wasn't really being honest with myself. People that make a habit of eating a lot of junk food DO have consequences! Celiac or not!They put on too much weight. So was I! So I nixed all the gluten-free junk food except for the occasional snack here and there and My weight went right back down to normal.

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