Re: weight gain - Mira

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Hi again Mira-

I've had CFS/FMS/ME for 20 yrs too. As far as my journey with weight - didn't

have a weight problem pre-CFS, but when I got very very sick in the beginning I

lost weight. About 15 yrs into my illness I started on hydrocortisone for very

low adrenals. I put on about 30 lbs which troubled me greatly. I weaned off the

HC after being on it for about 3 yrs (and was very conscientious about what I

ate) & dropped about 10 lbs. Then I took drastic measures & went on the HCG diet

(don't know if I would recommend) but I was very determined and lost 18 lbs. I

was pretty much back to normal, but then had allergy testing & found out all the

foods I was allergic to and dropped another 10 lbs without trying to lose. I am

now at my teenage weight & love it but have to admit that I really watch my

weight. For me, I have found that eating carbs is really dangerous for me, so I

really limit them - mostly very very little bread, pasta, rice etc. I think

everyone's bodies are different, but that is my story. Wish you the best....

Joy

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> > > Maybe some of you have had this problem in the past, and have gotten over

it with some special method that I do not yet know about. I get up in the

morning quite early because I have a lot of cats who wake me up at 5 am or 6 am.

I have breakfast between 6 am and 7 am, which consists of Polish rye bread with

tomatoes. I have herbal tea with this since I usually cannot tolerate the

regular kind of tea because I can have heart palpitations afterwards. At about

11 am I am so dizzy and weak, because either my sugar is low or I am then very

hungry. So I have a roll with a small bottle of juice. I often have a candy bar

instead of the roll and that keeps me steady for another hour or so. Then I have

lunch with consists of pasta with spinach or kasha with a vegetable. Now that is

really upsetting is that I once I have lunch, I have to wolf down a whole

chocolate bar to finish off the lunch. I just need the chocolate right after the

lunch or at 11 am when my sugar goes down. If I do not have the chocolate after

lunch I feel weak and I have to go bed for a few hours. For my evening meal I

have bread and my soy spread. Before that I have fruit either oranges, apples or

bananas right now. I can have the chocolate cravings throughout the day, but I

try to control those.

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> > > As you all aware by now I am almost a vegan. I do eat eggs a few times a

week, but I cannot tolerate milk or milk products. After seeing a homeopathic

doctor I developed an allergy to milk! I used to eat cheese, yogurt and all of

those good things, but now they make my sinuses swell up which can lead up to a

sinus infection and the use of more antibiotics.

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> > > As I am typing this, I am becoming aware that perhaps I am not eating

enough fruit. I have asked my doctor in New York City if it makes a difference

to my CFS is I am almost a vegan, he said that at this point it makes no

difference at all. So please do not write back and say that I am not taking care

of myself when I am not eating meat. I will not be a part of the industry that

hurts animals and that is all that I can say about it. I half Indian and as an

adult in my forties I decided to practice Hinduism, which was the religion of my

father.

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> > > I moved back to Poland about 6 years ago after living 35 years in the US.

My mother was Polish and I was born here. I live on the edge of a Polish village

with a farm on the other side of the woods across my street. The air and the

environment are still very clean and it is very quiet.

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> > > I have had blood sugar tests here in Poland. I had both tests done, that

is, the one where the sugar is tested without having breakfast and the one that

tests the sugar before after breakfast. All came out to be quite good. There are

not that many medical tests available in Poland as are available in the US. So I

am looking for a way to manage my problem on my own.

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> > > I wish that I could stop myself from wolfing down that chocolate bar every

day after lunch. The problem with the craving for sweets right after a main meal

started before I had CFS but now they have become quite pronounced. I have

gained about 15 lbs or more, because of this and many of my clothes do not fit

right now. When I lived in the US I used to take Chromium three times a day and

this used to control my sugar cravings. Now when I use Chromium I feel much

weaker and my CFS seems to get worse. I am getting worried because I have a very

serious heart attack history in my father's family and most of the fat is now

located around my waist which means that my heart can be at danger.

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> > > I have had CFS for the past 21 years. Did any of you have this problem

with chocolate cravings and how did you deal with it?

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> > > Mira S. Ghoshal

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