Re: Overweight with Celiac

[Guest guest]

Hi Mandy,

Wow, lots of responses on this question,

huh??? I’m glad to hear the other responses—I’m so interested

in nutrition and weight issues. My current thought is this: there isn’t a

diet plan that is right for everyone. All of the “fad” diets have

some truths in them—some have better evidence to back them up, of course.

Some seem just ludicrous to me, but I’ve changed my mind before! But it

seems to me that some people naturally do well with a vegetarian diet while

others are healthier with animal products in their diet. Some are better with

high carbs, some better with low carbs. We need to listen to our bodies very

carefully, both to know when we’re full (so we quit eating) and so we

know our bodies most need.

My weight loss story is this: I lost the

weight I wanted to lose in the nine months prior to my dx. I used Weight

Watchers, and still do. Their Core program is about eating from a list of

healthy, whole foods that you don’t have to keep track of. What you eat

that isn’t on that list, you track and restrict. Since bread is not a

core food, I reduced gluten significantly while losing weight. It was the

change in how I felt that (partially) led me to find my celiac dx.

Gluten-free, I’m finding it’s

just as important to stay on the Core plan and resist the temptation to eat

baked goods with gf flours, even though they’re safe for me to eat.

Evidently, those carbs are danger foods for me, weight-wise. The more I can

stick with whole foods, whole grains, the easier to maintain my weight loss.

Avoiding processed, packaged foods is also an easier way to stay gluten-free.

Laurie

lbilyeu@...

frankiebrady9903 wrote:

Hi,

I am wondering what the GF diet has

done for other celiacs that

are overweight? I know that no matter what I

still have to go GF,

but have others lost or gained weight? My

family and I are

staying with my parents for another month until we

close on our

house and I am having a hard time completely

staying GF. Once

I move and I am the only food shpper in the house

it will be

easier but I was just wondering how the journey is

for others....

Thanks, Mandy

[Guest guest]

I've never had a problem living GF. I also watch what I eat and my weight loss is slow. But, it's going in the right direction. I know others who were very thin and now are more normal, and you always hear about them. What you don't hear about are people like us... overweight and unable to loose (or as much as we'd like).

Before going GF, I kept adding on the pounds. After, it started going in the other direction. It's a hard road and it's a long one.

I will say that WW has a proven record in helping people loose weight, however... it has not worked for me. I will say, that that was one of the reasons my doctor started thinking about CD.

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Hi,

I am wondering what the GF diet has done for other celiacs that are overweight? I know that no matter what I still have to go GF,

but have others lost or gained weight? My family and I are staying with my parents for another month until we close on our house and I am having a hard time completely staying GF. Once I move and I am the only food shpper in the house it will be easier but I was just wondering how the journey is for others....