Losing too much weight. I'm scared.

[Guest guest]

What can I do to gain weight? This is scaring me.

I'm 5' 10 " . My normal, " healthy " body weight has always been 140, with very

little

fluctuation.

Last week I was 130. I was pretty concerned about it at that point and trying to

find ways

to eat more. Now I'm 127 pounds. That means my BMI is 18.2. I've NEVER been this

light.

My breasts are disappearing. My hip bones protrude. People around me are

starting to

think I'm anorexic. I'm not. Anorexic people irrationally think they're fat and

their life will

be happier if they can just lose a little more weight. That's not me--I KNOW

this is not

good. I just can't seem to get enough food into me.

I know chelation is my cure. Please bear with me. Once I get my extraction

(schedule for

Aug. 23rd), I'll finally be able to chelate. I've been in the Hg dump phase for

5 or 6 months

now.

Problems that could be making this worse:

1. Very hypoadrenal. On HC for this. High calorie foods tend to be the sugary

foods I need

to avoid.

2. Limited in what I can eat. Very reactive to sulfur foods and salycilates.

Avoiding these

makes me much more functional.

3. TMJ pain/stiffness in jaw makes it tiresome to chew for very long. Big meals

tire my jaw

muscles. I need to use my blender more, I know.

4. My appetite is easily quelled after eating maybe half the food on my plate. I

think Andy

talked about this being a hypopituitary issue. Something about the appetite not

matching

caloric needs. This does seem to be happening w/me.

This must not be allowed to go on much longer.

[Guest guest]

,

I can't store iron and I lose weight fast if I don't eat a lot of

beef. I also lose my appetite from low iron. Seems to affect my

stomach acid production. Went two days without it just now and

didn't sleep well I think due to poor digestion.

Iron deficiency and glutamine deficiency are the two things that make

the weight drop off fast. I'm 5'7 " , was 125-130 in my 20's, and am

really doing well these days if I can get up to 118-120. Dropped

back down to 112 again before realizing the salicylate issue.

But for me, my weight isn't about how much I eat or even what I eat.

it's about -- to use a metaphor -- keeping water from leaking from

the bucket rather than putting it in.

Jen

In frequent-dose-chelation , " jennifer.robinsong "

wrote:

>

> What can I do to gain weight? This is scaring me.

>

> I'm 5' 10 " . My normal, " healthy " body weight has always been 140,

with very little

> fluctuation.

>

> Last week I was 130. I was pretty concerned about it at that point

and trying to find ways

> to eat more. Now I'm 127 pounds. That means my BMI is 18.2. I've

NEVER been this light.

> My breasts are disappearing. My hip bones protrude. People around

me are starting to

> think I'm anorexic. I'm not. Anorexic people irrationally think

they're fat and their life will

> be happier if they can just lose a little more weight. That's not

me--I KNOW this is not

> good. I just can't seem to get enough food into me.

>

> I know chelation is my cure. Please bear with me. Once I get my

extraction (schedule for

> Aug. 23rd), I'll finally be able to chelate. I've been in the Hg

dump phase for 5 or 6 months

> now.

>

> Problems that could be making this worse:

> 1. Very hypoadrenal. On HC for this. High calorie foods tend to be

the sugary foods I need

> to avoid.

> 2. Limited in what I can eat. Very reactive to sulfur foods and

salycilates. Avoiding these

> makes me much more functional.

> 3. TMJ pain/stiffness in jaw makes it tiresome to chew for very

long. Big meals tire my jaw

> muscles. I need to use my blender more, I know.

> 4. My appetite is easily quelled after eating maybe half the food

on my plate. I think Andy

> talked about this being a hypopituitary issue. Something about the

appetite not matching

> caloric needs. This does seem to be happening w/me.

>

> This must not be allowed to go on much longer.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> I'm 5' 10 " . My normal, " healthy " body weight has always been 140,

with very little

> fluctuation.

>

> Last week I was 130. I was pretty concerned about it at that point

and trying to find ways

> to eat more. Now I'm 127 pounds. That means my BMI is 18.2. I've

NEVER been this light.

I went from 220 to 160 (29 yo male, 6'1 " in bare feet) in about 14

months before I stopped losing weight, and I have not started

chelation yet. Hopefully your body will find a balance even with the

Hg and will plateau as mine seems to have. This symptom has been by

far the most worrisome for me as well.

> 2. Limited in what I can eat. Very reactive to sulfur foods and

salycilates. Avoiding these

> makes me much more functional.

I am finding this as well, at least the sulfur for sure. Already have

a limited diet due to all these random food allergies that have popped

up and now have to limit sulfur...frustrating isn't it! My only

advice is to find what you can eat and plan plan plan your meals. Try

to get 4 meals in a day (I can't for the life of me do 5). I find

that if I plan and prep, then it becomes automatic and I definitely

get more calories in me than if I shoot from the hip. I can tell you

that even during my weight loss phase I was able to put on weight if I

*really* tried and forced myself to eat a ton. I've found ginger

helps my appetite but I do not know if it is a high thiol/sal food.

Best of luck...hang in there.

Ross