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Re: A PERSONAL QUESTION ABOUT WEIGHT!!SORRY,I JUST HAVE TO KNOW HERE...(LOOONG)
From: liz (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:35:30 -0600 (CST)
mine started about 8 years ago, and the weight, about 80 lbs came on in
less than a year. i remember having to take my rings off, a different
one each month as my fingers kept swelling, and then i had to have the
last few cut off! i blew up like a balloon. i have a picture of me
holding my daughter and you can see the normal bone structure in my
face, another picture, taken not too much later - because i am holding
my daughter again and shes only a little older and my face is round, and
swollen and looks doubled in size. now it was not just my hands & face,
everything became huge & swollen. a good weight for me was 175, i
gained 60 lbs while pregnant, and hovered around the 225 mark (which i
thought was just THE WORST) then that 80 lbs came on and i have been
stuck in the 275-295 range ever since. this actually is very scary for
me to say it out loud. anyway i seem to be able to "loose" 10lbs in a
day because it really fluctuates alot between those above numbers. i am
38 now, so this started just after i turned 30. before that i battled
weight at 10-20 lbs, and had very regular, normal periods (and thick
hair & good skin).
At Fri, 11 Jan 2002, tricia wrote:
>
>My weight gain wasn't gradual at all. It started when I was about 21
>and happened so quickly that I thought that I had to be pregnant with
>triplets or something. I gained almost 60 pounds in 3 months! I wasn't
>over eating at all, in fact I was eating less. I think what triggered
>the gain for me was being off bc pills for about 6 months and eating too
>many carbs and very little protein. I have gained another 20 over the
>last several years, but I seem to have stabilized at about 80 pounds
>over my "normal" weight.
>
>At Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Alexis wrote:
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>>Let's see, for me...it was about 110 lbs gained within a year. At first
>>I just though i was eating the wrong things...you don't really seem to
>>notice at first because it happens so gradually....but, then the clothes
>>got tighter....and tighter. Got to a point where I thought I just
>>needed a diet. So, without having any idea as to what was happening to
>>my body I started a diet. Rice, small amounts of pasta, crackers,
>>salads, carrots, 1/2 a bagel for breakfast...etc, etc...all the things
>>that a woman like myself (with IR) should NOT be eating...so the weight
>>kept coming. Prior to all this...yes, I was at a normal weight for my
>>age & height....all symptoms (for me)seemed to happen between the ages
>>of 16-18. Prior to that, however, I was only having a period twice a
>>year. Once I reached 18, periods stopped all together.
>>
>>At Fri, 11 Jan 2002, anonymous wrote:
>>>
>>>I have to admit that I'm totally confused about the weight gain too. How
>>>do you know when it starts happening? What causes it to happen? Were
>>>most of you within a healthy range for your heights and then suddenly
>>>there was a shift or was it gradual? I really don't have any weight
>>>problems (swollen belly, that's it, but completely normal weight) and I
>>>constantly worry that I'll just wake up one day and suddenly not be able
>>>to keep the weight off. Granted I stress about EVERYTHING so... Anyway,
>>>does anyone have any idea of what they think causes the change to
>>>gaining weight and how old were most of you when you started to gain
>>>weight. I'm just wondering if t there's some sort of pattern or if it's
>>>completely individualistic...
>>>
>>>Cheers!
>
>--
>tricia
>
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