Seemingly Overnight Weight-gain

[Live2BWell]

I had begun Weight Watchers last year, and had lost about 35 pounds. Unfortunately, being sick - mostly sedentary - and dealing with the Hashimotos Thyroid problems, I gained about 15 pounds of that weight back. I had been maintaining for a while, and a few weeks ago prior to my Colonoscopy my weight remained the same. Less than a week later, I had gained 8 pounds, and several days after that I had gained a total of 15-ish pounds, thus in total putting my weight back to practically where I started when I began Weight Watchers

I am definitely not pregnant, and I had a Colonoscopy during this time and have seen my doc, so nothing is seriously wrong that I know of. However, that's an awful lot of weight to gain in just over 2 weeks; Granted I had been eating more (out of depression, I think) but certainily not enough to gain that much that quickly.

So here I am, 2 days into going Gluten-Free, and frustrated with my weight. I am optimistic about being Gluten free, but uncertain about getting proper nutrients, and losing weight too.

Anyone have any thoughts, or in the same boat?

[Beth in NC]

I had begun Weight Watchers last year, and had lost about 35 pounds. Unfortunately, being sick - mostly sedentary - and dealing with the Hashimotos Thyroid problems, I gained about 15 pounds of that weight back. I had been maintaining for a while, and a few weeks ago prior to my Colonoscopy my weight remained the same. Less than a week later, I had gained 8 pounds, and several days after that I had gained a total of 15-ish pounds, thus in total putting my weight back to practically where I started when I began Weight Watchers

I am definitely not pregnant, and I had a Colonoscopy during this time and have seen my doc, so nothing is seriously wrong that I know of. However, that's an awful lot of weight to gain in just over 2 weeks; Granted I had been eating more (out of depression, I think) but certainily not enough to gain that much that quickly.

So here I am, 2 days into going Gluten-Free, and frustrated with my weight. I am optimistic about being Gluten free, but uncertain about getting proper nutrients, and losing weight too.

Anyone have any thoughts, or in the same boat?

I am also doing WW and I have not gained anything since starting much to speak of...I'm not loosing tons either, because physically I can't do much in terms of exercise.

Initially when I found out I was Celiac, I made a dash to Whole Foods and bought several things that I was thrilled that I "could have." Problem was, Celiacs can have them, but overweight me on WW didn't need a bag of gluten-free cheese flavored rice puffy things or gluten-free gingersnaps! If I have them, I'll eat 'em! So I've kinda made a pact with myself that all the "junk" food in the house will be for the glutenivores that live here! My hubby bought Krispy Kreme's for Bible study last night. I suggested it so that's not a problem. But I told him this morning that the ONLY thing keeping my face out of that box was knowing it would make me sick...I was ready to DIVE IN to those mamas!

I'm not sure what would have caused you to gain in recent days, but I would just encourage you to keep checking your points. I have given myself permission to not be TOO strict with mine because there are just times when there isn't that much around that I can eat and my healing gut is more important than loosing weight right now. Keep a check on your sodium intake and make sure you are drinking plenty of water too.

It's hard to keep all the "can haves" and "cannot haves" straight...at least it is for me right now!

[celiac-mommy]

Speaking from much much much experience the best way to start losing weight is to keep a little journal with you at all times and write down EVERYTHING you put in your mouth. If you eat 1 M&M, write it down. You can use websites like calorieking.com to find the nutritional info for just about everything or you can use fitday.com as your journal if you're always by a computer. I have lost 100# and have kept it off for 5 years now. I will say it's not easy, even 5 years later I still struggle, BUT I know if I'm getting a bit off track, I go back to journaling. It makes a big difference. Moving more is a key as well. I have 2 busy kids and I work almost full time. On my days off, I get up an hour earlier than the kids to work out. I hope this helps some...

[Rya]

Great tips for weight loss Rachelle.

As far as putting on that much weight in two weeks....the culprit is likely fluid retention. Sometimes in a weight loss getting a little off track can cause fluid shifts in your body, so when you've actually gained 2 or 3 real pounds, your body has held on to 6 or 7 fluid pounds.

If you don't believe you've been off track, female hormones are something to consider. They can cause massive fluid retention in some people. And thyroid can be an issue, typically not that quickly, though I've not had much experience with Hashimoto's.

No matter the culprit, though, physical activity will help shed all of it. Make it fun!