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Weight And Celiac Disease

LilRed

By LilRed
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LilRed Newbie
LilRed
Posted

Hi, I've been diagnosed for two years now and my body is just now starting to release weight. I have a late night work schedule that keeps me limited on exercise during the workday. I found that with the onset of symptoms.....incredible fatigue....that I gained a bunch of weight. Now that I'm stable and gluten free,,,I want to lose weight and it's not easy.

Hope I can find other people who are struggling and that they've learned about how to deal with celiac disease and how we process food, energy,calories, exercise...etc..

Best,

Lil Red

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Being celiac is not that much different than not being celiac when it comes to losing weight. You have to be careful with the flours, they are heavier than wheat flours, that is true. I would eat more whole foods, more veggies, chicken, tuna, that kind of thing. And exercise, that is what helps you lose. My sister is a dietician and she always stresses that you have to force your body to lose, you can't expect it to just lose the weight because you want too. Whatever you feed your body, it will get used too, and learn to live on that amount of food. You have to develop an exercise program and not do the same thing everyday. I use my gazelle 3 or 4 times a week, maybe walk a couple of days, dance to music sometimes--always something different. It's not easy.

I have given up all grains, not so much to lose, more because I am intolerant of them, yet find I feel much better now. I also gave up all high fructose corn syrup, it's very high in calories. Soda is high in calories, drink lots of water.

Good luck!

kblue Newbie
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OMG! I can NOT believe I found this site/blog........I was just diagnosed with Celiac. And I can't believe what I am reading. Most of these blogs on weight gain, sound like I have written them.

I have been struggling with weight gain for about 2 yrs now. I never struggled in the past, as much as I have over the past 2 yrs. I started out by gaining about 8 lbs a MONTH! With the results currently being 70bls gained in less than a YEAR! I was always extremelyyyyyyyyyy tired. Worked 8hs day (very hard to do), and could barely make it home sometimes. Of course my dr told me it was my age, and that I needed to join Weight Watchers. I thought I had, had every test run by my doctor, known to mankind. I have also been on antidepresents for 2 yrs. I thought this was causing me to gain weight, and my dr assured me it wasn't.

Eventually, I switched DR's. And this dr switched my meds. And also found out my cholestorol was high, due to genetics.

(those genetics)!!!!

And just recentely.................I have celiac!!!!!!!

NO wonder I have gained soooooooo much weight. And I never changed the way i ate, but I gained, and gained, and gained. Of course this made me even more depressed!

I am soooooooo excited to know what has made me gain all this weight. And I can't wait to see it melt off.

I just started my diet today. I went to Whole Foods and picked up somethings this weekend (very expensive).

I may just eat veg. and lean meat. It is very hard to have money to spend on all the glluten free breads, pastas, cerals.

For you guys who don't know. Check out the website for Whole Foods. There is a section (link) to click for their Gluten Free Food List, that they actually sell in the stores. It made it A LOT easier for me when I went shopping!!!!!!!!

bluejeangirl Contributor
bluejeangirl
Posted

You will lose weight eating vegetables, proteins, and small amounts of fruit. I feel better eating this way but have to eat avocadoes, nut butters and lara bars just to keep the weight on since I don't want to lose. Your really not missing much by not eating the breads that are gluten free. They usually have to be toasted to taste good.

I still think eating a small handful of whole almonds will help in between meals to keep your blood sugar from falling. They also contain healthy fats.

Good luck on the weight loss. Your energy will come back just being gluten free. :) All though some people expirence withdrawl because wheat and dairy has the same affect as morphine. Nice :P But like I said this isn't the case for everyone.

Gail

lyonspam Newbie
lyonspam
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OMG! I can NOT believe I found this site/blog........I was just diagnosed with Celiac. And I can't believe what I am reading. Most of these blogs on weight gain, sound like I have written them.

I have been struggling with weight gain for about 2 yrs now. I never struggled in the past, as much as I have over the past 2 yrs. I started out by gaining about 8 lbs a MONTH! With the results currently being 70bls gained in less than a YEAR! I was always extremelyyyyyyyyyy tired. Worked 8hs day (very hard to do), and could barely make it home sometimes. Of course my dr told me it was my age, and that I needed to join Weight Watchers. I thought I had, had every test run by my doctor, known to mankind. I have also been on antidepresents for 2 yrs. I thought this was causing me to gain weight, and my dr assured me it wasn't.

Eventually, I switched DR's. And this dr switched my meds. And also found out my cholestorol was high, due to genetics.

(those genetics)!!!!

And just recentely.................I have celiac!!!!!!!

NO wonder I have gained soooooooo much weight. And I never changed the way i ate, but I gained, and gained, and gained. Of course this made me even more depressed!

I am soooooooo excited to know what has made me gain all this weight. And I can't wait to see it melt off.

I just started my diet today. I went to Whole Foods and picked up somethings this weekend (very expensive).

I may just eat veg. and lean meat. It is very hard to have money to spend on all the glluten free breads, pastas, cerals.

For you guys who don't know. Check out the website for Whole Foods. There is a section (link) to click for their Gluten Free Food List, that they actually sell in the stores. It made it A LOT easier for me when I went shopping!!!!!!!!

I too have just recently been diagnosed and just found this site. Cannot believe how many of you experiencing same symptoms. Have been suffering for very long time and been back and forth for years to various hospitals. Couldn't understand the tiredness, the aching limbs, amongst other things. Going to specialist next week to hopefully get started on gluten-free, can't wait, not been this excited in a long time. I feel like I've turned a corner now. :) I've been doing weightwatchers for 2 years and have lost a lot of weight and almost at goal now but cannot lose the last 7lbs, not changed the way I eat or what I eat and I exercise regularly. I defo feel bad when I've eaten gluten, so try to keep off it and now, if doc gives go ahead I can go gluten-free - maybe weight will get under control. :D

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