Weight gaining/losing cycles?

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Maybe this has been covered before...but I am going to ask..does anyone

here notice a cycle of weight loss then suddenly maintaining, and in

fact, gaining some weight back (10 pounds, in my case) then for seems

to be no appartent reason, start losing weight again? No diet changes,

no exercise changes (I don't exercise)the only difference is that I am

having more pain after I eat...but I purposely have made sure my intake

hasn't gone down. So, does anyone else cycle like this, or am I just

odd (don't think I don't know this anyway!) Anyone?

Hugs,

Suzi B.

Colorado

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yep

[Guest guest]

Suzi,

My weight will fluctuant too. Not the weight loss part so much, but the

maintaining and gaining. Well, I guess losing too, but never further than I am

right now. I may gain some and then will lose it it for no reason and then

suddenly I am back where I was. I can't seen to lose the weight and keep it

off.

I am trying to look at that as a good thing actually. Because, God forbid I have

a really bad attack, I have the weight to lose.

Sandy in Ca

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Maybe this has been covered before...but I am going to ask..does anyone

here notice a cycle of weight loss then suddenly maintaining, and in

fact, gaining some weight back (10 pounds, in my case) then for seems

to be no appartent reason, start losing weight again?

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Suzi,

My weight fluctuates a lot. I can gain and loose ten pounds in one day on

the same scale. My weight is not so yo-yo like now that I've started the

gluten free diet, but in answer to your question: Yes, I gain weight for no

apparent reason. At the endocrinologist this last time he commented on how

in less than three months I have gained eleven pounds with my activity

increasing and my food intake decreasing. However, every time I have been to

his office my weight has been at least five pounds different than the time

before.

Crystal Galloway

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Suzi,

Ever since I got CP I've had difficulty maintaining a stable weight.

I've lost and gained back as much as 30 pounds three different times

during the progress of the disease. In my closet are clothes from size

0 to size 6! I'm afraid to discard any of them because as soon as I

do, I'll either lose or gain, and need them again, and it's too

expensive to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe. Surely, for me, this

fluctuation can be attributed to my diagnosed malabsorption.

For the past 8 months or so I've finally been relatively stable, but I

still have to be attentive because I can easily drop 5 pounds in a day

or two if I'm not careful, or gain it just as easily. While I'm sure

that some of this may be excess fluid, it's still baffling when

something will fit just fine one day and be either too loose or too

tight the next.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

hhessgriffeth@...

www.pancassociation.org/anthology#Heidi.html

SC State & SE Regional Representative

Pancreatitis Association, International

Note: All comments or advice are based on personal experience or

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consultation.