I've gained 34lbs since starting here, and am PROUD OF IT.
Options
lpchica36
Posts: 11 Member
Hey everyone!
I want to write a message getting my story out there in the hopes that it will help and inspire you onto achieving your goals and will help you stick with your program! In 2010, I started getting very weak and sick, and started losing a ton of weight without even trying. I ate healthy, exercised normally, and was an all around healthy girl. And then, I started dropping weight LIKE CRAZY, without doing anything. It was happening so fast, and I was even trying to gain weight by eating, at one point, a 4000 calorie diet filled with whole wheat pasta, bread, literally anything I could get my hands on that was healthy to put on weight. But still, even with my attempts, the scale kept going down, and I soon found myself at 5’5” and 78 lbs. It was also the most Hell-ish time in my life because everyone took one look at me and made the immediate judgement "anorexic" and proceeded to avoid me like the plague. It was the most lonely painful time of my life, and at the same time, I was literally fighting for that life, even though at the time, I didn't know why I should continue to fight if I was just going to be harassed the rest of my life.
The doctors were also mystified and could not figure out what was going wrong with my health. For a while there, I was literally almost about to die, and not many 20 year olds can say that they’ve faced imminent death- but I did. We did tons and tons of research, exploring every single possibility we could think of until one specific diagnosis came up. I had every single symptom of it and it turns out that I have very severe Celiacs Disease! When I found that out, everything all of a sudden made sense. The reason why I was losing so much weight was because my body could not absorb the wheat I was giving it, and everything I was eating was just serving to make me even more ill. Well, I am proud to say that since discovering my Celiacs Disease, going on a completely gluten free diet, (higher in calories of course), and lifting heavy weights, I have successfully put on 34 lbs. over 2 years, and my health (and life) is finally thriving!
And while this message board does not even begin to do my journey justice, I know it will help someone, so that's why I posted it. If I can gain 34 lbs., with a disease that makes gaining weight incredibly challenging, then you can lose 34 pounds. As I live in this new body, not sick anymore, not harassed anymore, and not fearful anymore, I am reminded that life, and our bodies, are gifts, and we cannot afford to take any of it for granted. No matter what size you are, weight you are, what your struggles are, or what you're going through, you listen here. You can do it. Don't let anyone, including yourself, EVER tell you otherwise. Your dreams were given to you for a reason, and you will live to see them become a reality. I have, and am living in that dream, my healthy body, right now. Love you all and thanks for reading.
I want to write a message getting my story out there in the hopes that it will help and inspire you onto achieving your goals and will help you stick with your program! In 2010, I started getting very weak and sick, and started losing a ton of weight without even trying. I ate healthy, exercised normally, and was an all around healthy girl. And then, I started dropping weight LIKE CRAZY, without doing anything. It was happening so fast, and I was even trying to gain weight by eating, at one point, a 4000 calorie diet filled with whole wheat pasta, bread, literally anything I could get my hands on that was healthy to put on weight. But still, even with my attempts, the scale kept going down, and I soon found myself at 5’5” and 78 lbs. It was also the most Hell-ish time in my life because everyone took one look at me and made the immediate judgement "anorexic" and proceeded to avoid me like the plague. It was the most lonely painful time of my life, and at the same time, I was literally fighting for that life, even though at the time, I didn't know why I should continue to fight if I was just going to be harassed the rest of my life.
The doctors were also mystified and could not figure out what was going wrong with my health. For a while there, I was literally almost about to die, and not many 20 year olds can say that they’ve faced imminent death- but I did. We did tons and tons of research, exploring every single possibility we could think of until one specific diagnosis came up. I had every single symptom of it and it turns out that I have very severe Celiacs Disease! When I found that out, everything all of a sudden made sense. The reason why I was losing so much weight was because my body could not absorb the wheat I was giving it, and everything I was eating was just serving to make me even more ill. Well, I am proud to say that since discovering my Celiacs Disease, going on a completely gluten free diet, (higher in calories of course), and lifting heavy weights, I have successfully put on 34 lbs. over 2 years, and my health (and life) is finally thriving!
And while this message board does not even begin to do my journey justice, I know it will help someone, so that's why I posted it. If I can gain 34 lbs., with a disease that makes gaining weight incredibly challenging, then you can lose 34 pounds. As I live in this new body, not sick anymore, not harassed anymore, and not fearful anymore, I am reminded that life, and our bodies, are gifts, and we cannot afford to take any of it for granted. No matter what size you are, weight you are, what your struggles are, or what you're going through, you listen here. You can do it. Don't let anyone, including yourself, EVER tell you otherwise. Your dreams were given to you for a reason, and you will live to see them become a reality. I have, and am living in that dream, my healthy body, right now. Love you all and thanks for reading.
0
Replies
-
Congratulations!! You have your health back, good job!!0
-
Congrats on working back up!. Paragraphs are your friend though
keep up the good work.0 -
Congratulations! I am glad to know you have your life back in a body that is friendly to you again.0
-
Congrats on working back up!. Paragraphs are your friend though
keep up the good work.
Put $20 in the jar dude!
This aint www.mygrammarpal.com!
0 -
Congratulations! Your story is touching. I know it will help many people out there. Thank you for sharing. :flowerforyou:0
-
That's amazing it took so long for people to work out what was wrong with you. Well done for the diet/lifestyle overhaul and getting your weight back up (and shame on the people who judged and shunned you).0
-
Thank you for your lovely words, and congratulations on your journey so far xxx0
-
Congrats on working back up!. Paragraphs are your friend though
keep up the good work.
I took a quick peek at your profile & seeing as you are a grammatical wunderkind, I was amazed to find five glaring grammar issues on your introduction!
TO THE OP, KUDOS, YOU ROCK. Well done for struggling through & finding out what works for you!
Russ0 -
Congratulations, and what a WONDERFUL post! 0 -
Thank you for sharing your story. What an amazing (and frightening) journey. Congratulatons on not giving up and climbing your way back to health! You are an inspiration!0
-
Thank you for sharing and congrats on finding a healthy diet that works for you! 0
-
Great job! Very happy for you =]0
-
Infuriating that it took the doctors that long to diagnose you with Celiac!!!! That was my first thought!
Congrats on fighting for a diagnosis and doing your weight gain!0 -
Congrats. It is sooo cool to me that people also use this site to gain weight to get to a healthy weight. Glad you are on the mend 0
-
That's great! Keep up the good work!0
-
Congratulations!
My father has celiac disease, so I understand the challenge you have overcome!0 -
Congrats on working back up!. Paragraphs are your friend though
keep up the good work.
I took a quick peek at your profile & seeing as you are a grammatical wunderkind, I was amazed to find five glaring grammar issues on your introduction!
TO THE OP, KUDOS, YOU ROCK. Well done for struggling through & finding out what works for you!
Russ
Lol, asking for paragraphs isn't being a grammar nazi, it is simply asking for readability.
And congratulations! I'm so glad your health is improving! =D0 -
Yay! Congrats!! (And welcome to the club!!) I'm so glad they figured it out. Celiacs is one of those diseases that docs don't always seem to catch.
I'm an officially undiagnosed possible Celiac. I gave up complaining and went gluten free. Not until I started getting better did the doc say "Oh, well maybe we should do that test." Um, no, not now that I don't feel like walking death, thank you very much!! I wasn't dropping weight like crazy (I couldn't lose at ALL, which I've heard is not unlikely), I was in constant pain, had constant nausea, migraines several times a week, brain fog, serious GI issues, big dark circles under my eyes, severe fatigue (it was the worst before I decided to go GF, I was falling asleep standing up) - and fatigue is where you're still tired even after a full nights rest, you never wake up rested at all. When I saw a GI finally due to gallbladder issues (which took them 6 months to figure out as well), we talked about what I had going on and she said she was sure I had Celiac based on my prior symptoms. These days if I screw up, I'll be miserable for weeks. Are you on the gluten free board here?0 -
Nice post, glad you are feeling healthy and happy again0
-
I am so proud of your success!!!!! You are truly a God send!!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!
YOU ROCK!!!
Robin0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 392K Introduce Yourself
- 43.6K Getting Started
- 259.8K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.7K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.3K Fitness and Exercise
- 402 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.8K Motivation and Support
- 7.9K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.4K MyFitnessPal Information
- 23 News and Announcements
- 998 Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.4K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions
Do you Love MyFitnessPal? Have you crushed a goal or improved your life through better nutrition using MyFitnessPal?
Share your success and inspire others. Leave us a review on Apple Or Google Play stores!
Share your success and inspire others. Leave us a review on Apple Or Google Play stores!