Gaining too fast?
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comptonelizabeth
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Me again - sorry! Having always struggled to gain weight, I weighed myself this morning and in less than 3 weeks since starting this programme I've gained nearly 4 kgs. Admittedly the starting point was after being weighed at hospital and their scales are probably more accurate but even so it's a lot. I'm not complaining (yet!) And have now started a strength programme but should I slow down?
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I suffer from ibd and get days when I just feel bloated and don't want to eat. Buy I'm gaining weight steadily (probably too steadily as have gained about 2.5 kgs in 3 weeks!) And don't want a setback. What's the answer? Drink calories?0
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How much are you eating. Also, you really need to use a consistent scale to get accurate numbers. There can be a ton of reasons why you there are differences, especially if you were in the hospital for a medical issue where you didn't eat for awhile.
edit: considering it would appear that you came out of the hospital with IBD, and there is a probably that you didn't eat while there (I assume), the huge increase in weight is probably due to replenishing glycogen stores and adding food back into your GI system.0 -
Also, i combined your two threads since they can be answered in one.
Drink calories if you can.0 -
Thank you! I was only in hospital as a day patient, for a regular infusion. They always weigh me and I was 51 kgs which made me realise I needed to do something before I lost any more! In fact my colitis is much improved due to the infusions but since starting them I've had no appetite.
Mfp set me at 1980 to gain around 1lb per week but I've been consistently eating around 200-300 more. I'm happy to be gaining but was concerned at the big leap!
I agree about consistent scales.0 -
comptonelizabeth wrote: »Thank you! I was only in hospital as a day patient, for a regular infusion. They always weigh me and I was 51 kgs which made me realise I needed to do something before I lost any more! In fact my colitis is much improved due to the infusions but since starting them I've had no appetite.
Mfp set me at 1980 to gain around 1lb per week but I've been consistently eating around 200-300 more. I'm happy to be gaining but was concerned at the big leap!
I agree about consistent scales.
Interesting. My wife does two infusions a week for her POTS. I would start by weighing daily (I like daily because you have more data points) and do it when you first wake up. This way, you can see the trends more accurately. It's possible, you have some rebounding going on that has been caused by your IBD or even that your surplus is a bit high. If you gain another 2 lbs each week for the next few weeks, I would taper back on your calories.
BTW, what is the weigh difference if you just used your home scale?1 -
I've been using my home scales since I started this but the initial weigh in was at the hospital. I suspect a difference of around 1 kg as when I weighed myself a couple of days later I was already 1.5 higher. Even allowing for that it's quite a gain!0
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Ps because 2 threads have been combined I realise I've posted conflicting info - I thought I'd gained 2.5 kgs but it's closer to 4,having weighed myself this morning.0
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So 8 lbs (roughly) in 3 weeks? I suspect a lot will be water weight and you should see an increase from the IV. My wife typically will see up to 5 lbs post IV.1
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So 8 lbs (roughly) in 3 weeks? I suspect a lot will be water weight and you should see an increase from the IV. My wife typically will see up to 5 lbs post IV.
What type of infusion is she having? Mine is to block the formation of certain cells /proteins in the gut. Until I started upping my intake, I was actually losing - mainly because i had no appetite. Thanks for the insight - yes it could be partly that. I'll keep an eye on things
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comptonelizabeth wrote: »So 8 lbs (roughly) in 3 weeks? I suspect a lot will be water weight and you should see an increase from the IV. My wife typically will see up to 5 lbs post IV.
What type of infusion is she having? Mine is to block the formation of certain cells /proteins in the gut. Until I started upping my intake, I was actually losing - mainly because i had no appetite. Thanks for the insight - yes it could be partly that. I'll keep an eye on things
Hers are standard sodium chloride infusions. With her condition, she depletes electrolytes very quickly.1 -
comptonelizabeth wrote: »So 8 lbs (roughly) in 3 weeks? I suspect a lot will be water weight and you should see an increase from the IV. My wife typically will see up to 5 lbs post IV.
What type of infusion is she having? Mine is to block the formation of certain cells /proteins in the gut. Until I started upping my intake, I was actually losing - mainly because i had no appetite. Thanks for the insight - yes it could be partly that. I'll keep an eye on things
Are you on entyvio or remicade? I gained 20 lbs in a month when my remicade started working (I was severely underweight and 20 lbs brought me to BMI 20)0 -
comptonelizabeth wrote: »So 8 lbs (roughly) in 3 weeks? I suspect a lot will be water weight and you should see an increase from the IV. My wife typically will see up to 5 lbs post IV.
What type of infusion is she having? Mine is to block the formation of certain cells /proteins in the gut. Until I started upping my intake, I was actually losing - mainly because i had no appetite. Thanks for the insight - yes it could be partly that. I'll keep an eye on things
Hers are standard sodium chloride infusions. With her condition, she depletes electrolytes very quickly.
I gain 1-2 lbs of water weight from my remicade infusions.1 -
singingflutelady wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »So 8 lbs (roughly) in 3 weeks? I suspect a lot will be water weight and you should see an increase from the IV. My wife typically will see up to 5 lbs post IV.
What type of infusion is she having? Mine is to block the formation of certain cells /proteins in the gut. Until I started upping my intake, I was actually losing - mainly because i had no appetite. Thanks for the insight - yes it could be partly that. I'll keep an eye on things
Hers are standard sodium chloride infusions. With her condition, she depletes electrolytes very quickly.
I gain 1-2 lbs of water weight from my remicade infusions.
Interesting.0 -
singingflutelady wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »So 8 lbs (roughly) in 3 weeks? I suspect a lot will be water weight and you should see an increase from the IV. My wife typically will see up to 5 lbs post IV.
What type of infusion is she having? Mine is to block the formation of certain cells /proteins in the gut. Until I started upping my intake, I was actually losing - mainly because i had no appetite. Thanks for the insight - yes it could be partly that. I'll keep an eye on things
Hers are standard sodium chloride infusions. With her condition, she depletes electrolytes very quickly.
I gain 1-2 lbs of water weight from my remicade infusions.
Interesting.
The medication is mixed in a small bag of fluid and they only have a small bag of saline hanging but only run it for a few minutes. I'm retaining more now that I get iv steroid, benadryl and gravel as premeds though.0 -
singingflutelady wrote: »singingflutelady wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »So 8 lbs (roughly) in 3 weeks? I suspect a lot will be water weight and you should see an increase from the IV. My wife typically will see up to 5 lbs post IV.
What type of infusion is she having? Mine is to block the formation of certain cells /proteins in the gut. Until I started upping my intake, I was actually losing - mainly because i had no appetite. Thanks for the insight - yes it could be partly that. I'll keep an eye on things
Hers are standard sodium chloride infusions. With her condition, she depletes electrolytes very quickly.
I gain 1-2 lbs of water weight from my remicade infusions.
Interesting.
The medication is mixed in a small bag of fluid and they only have a small bag of saline hanging but only run it for a few minutes. I'm retaining more now that I get iv steroid, benadryl and gravel as premeds though.
Wow. I believe with my wife's, they add potassium/magnesium to the mixture, but she is there for 2 hours (1L bag), and that is assuming they can easily find a vein. Otherwise, it's 2.5-3 hours.0 -
I'm there for 3 hours too but they run it slow0
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I'm on vedolizumab - I believe it's also called entyvio. They do a saline flush as well but I don't know exactly what's in that. It takes about half an hour - quicker than Remicade. The last one I had was my 6th. I've never noticed weight gain from it before and in fact overall I've been steadily losing weight since I've been on it,though it's actually got me into remission.
Interesting to hear that infusions have affected you all - so maybe this weight gain of mine is temporary?0 -
comptonelizabeth wrote: »I'm on vedolizumab - I believe it's also called entyvio. They do a saline flush as well but I don't know exactly what's in that. It takes about half an hour - quicker than Remicade. The last one I had was my 6th. I've never noticed weight gain from it before and in fact overall I've been steadily losing weight since I've been on it,though it's actually got me into remission.
Interesting to hear that infusions have affected you all - so maybe this weight gain of mine is temporary?
Potentially. Its why i recommend tracking daily. You can track trends, especially around infusion days.0 -
psuLemon wrote:Potentially. Its why i recommend tracking daily. You can track trends, especially around infusion days.
Thanks - I'll do that
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