Losing weight too fast....

macylane4
macylane4 Posts: 224
edited December 16 in Health and Weight Loss
Just fyi for people looking to lose a lot of pounds...please be careful and talk to your doctor about how to prevent gall bladder issues from losing weight...It is one of the most painful things i've ever been through, and the doctor said it was from the weight loss. Just a friendly reminder to those of you looking to go down my path!

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Isn't it more because of rapid weight loss? My understanding is that fasting or skipping meals regularly is the biggest risk, since your gall bladder doesn't get to be emptied of excess bile. Extreme low calorie diets can also cause this.

    All the more reason to go slow and steady.
  • frugalmomsrock
    frugalmomsrock Posts: 1,123
    Isn't it more because of rapid weight loss? My understanding is that fasting or skipping meals regularly is the biggest risk, since your gall bladder doesn't get to be emptied of excess bile. Extreme low calorie diets can also cause this.

    All the more reason to go slow and steady.

    Hence the title of the thread "Losing weight TOO FAST...."

    just sayin'.


    This is the reason that women who were recently pregnancy often end up with gallbladder issues too-the rapid weight loss following birth opens that door. I have two nieces who had horrible gallbladder issues (and ended up with surgery) within a few months of having their babies.

    Good advice, Macy! This is something that we should all be trying to do in a medically sound fashion. :)
  • wickedcricket
    wickedcricket Posts: 1,246 Member
    Thanks. I did not know this - but no danger of me losing 'too fast' lol I'm lucky to be losing at all.
  • Blessedmommy_2x
    Blessedmommy_2x Posts: 419 Member
    Ugh sorry you have to deal with that. I ended up having to have mine removed after my first child because of constant attacks- beyond painful!!! Mine wasn't weight loss related, but I totally understand how painful gall stones, and gall bladder attacks can be.
  • Clarecbear82
    Clarecbear82 Posts: 369 Member
    How do you know if you have gall bladder problems? Sorry I'm just curious
  • arickim
    arickim Posts: 137
    I lost a lot in one month(about 30lbs) and gall bladder gave out. It is painful and I wouldn't wish it on my worse enemy. I was 18 and it was taken out when I was 20.
  • cherryolac
    cherryolac Posts: 34
    To add on here, it not just rapid weight loss but the years of abusing your body that can lead to gallstones along with genitics. For instance I've been overweight for 10 years or more and everyone in my family but my brother has had to have their gallbladder removed....what this means... no matter if I loose weight or keep eating wrong its not about if I have to have it out its a matter of when. Loosing weight rapidly does increase your chance of having it out however not loosing the weight you will be at higher risk for diseases such as diabetes, htn, and kidney failure(due to the previous mentioned diseases), not to mention heart failure and all sorts of horrid things. Of all these while painful gallstones are the least of our problems. :wink:
  • KristysLosing
    KristysLosing Posts: 683
    I don't think I've had them to know how you feel, but that has got to suck. :-( Thank you for the heads up and hope you are feeling better soon!!
  • KristysLosing
    KristysLosing Posts: 683
    Thanks. I did not know this - but no danger of me losing 'too fast' lol I'm lucky to be losing at all.

    LOL - I'm in this boat!
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    Also, abdominal surgeries up your risk. As does yo-yoing weight. I lost mine 2 years ago after many years of attacks, but not knowing what they were. Nearly 100% of the people that undergo weight loss surgery lose their gall bladders. (From people myself or my BF know.)
  • jonnasn
    jonnasn Posts: 2
    is losing 9 pounds in 3 weeks too fast?
  • susannahcooks
    susannahcooks Posts: 293 Member
    Gonna hit a couple of these: 9 lbs in 3 weeks is sustainable if you have alot to lose. if you don't have alot to lose, you may be doing something drastic that could have longer term bad effects.

    the adage is '40, fat, fertile, female' as most likely at risk for gall bladder issues. An actual stone is EXTREMELY painful - feels like a sharp but constant pain just under your breast on the right side, or same spot on your back. Even without a stone, it can lead to alot of other things too - acid reflux and diahhrea or general gastric distress, especially after eating fatty foods. They can usually diagnose with an ultrasound. (Had mine out in 2002; age 31 - when I'd have stone attacks, I thought I was DYING (literally) so if you're having an attack, you'll know it.).

    Sus
  • Clarecbear82
    Clarecbear82 Posts: 369 Member
    Gonna hit a couple of these: 9 lbs in 3 weeks is sustainable if you have alot to lose. if you don't have alot to lose, you may be doing something drastic that could have longer term bad effects.

    the adage is '40, fat, fertile, female' as most likely at risk for gall bladder issues. An actual stone is EXTREMELY painful - feels like a sharp but constant pain just under your breast on the right side, or same spot on your back. Even without a stone, it can lead to alot of other things too - acid reflux and diahhrea or general gastric distress, especially after eating fatty foods. They can usually diagnose with an ultrasound. (Had mine out in 2002; age 31 - when I'd have stone attacks, I thought I was DYING (literally) so if you're having an attack, you'll know it.).

    Sus
    Interesting as I had a abdominal operation at the end of last year and ever since if i eat heavy food like white bread, pasta or junk food I feel like ive been stabbed in just the place you where saying. My Dr thought it was wheat intolerance but that was clear so he just said it was one of those things and see how i go.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    How do you know if you have gall bladder problems? Sorry I'm just curious
    With my smaller attacks, I thought they were gas pains, but extremely bad. I had a really bad attack that kept me up half the night. Then the big attack felt similar but the pain was really intense, and I was throwing up every half hour all night long. You will definitely know that something is wrong.
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