weight gain accelerated

[twoton]

I posted here before about my wife's struggles with her weight.

Well, here's a real humdinger. She's been having problems with her stomach for weeks, and the symptoms seem to be consistent with an intolerance for wheat.

About two weeks ago she stopped eating wheat. Her stomach issues appear to be slowly clearing up, but it's not conclusive yet.

In the meantime, she's gained 4 pounds! In two weeks. And yes, she's writing down every bit of what she eats. (she is a research engineer--there's no question about her ability to record data)

Has anyone ever heard of something like this?

FYI, it's not as if she's a petite woman who is trying to maintain an unreasonably low weight. She's 5'6" and weighs around 225# or possibly more. Her diet consists of a lot of fruit and vegetables.

 

[Call_Me_Daddy]

She's 5'6" and weighs around 225# or possibly more. Her diet consists of a lot of fruit and vegetables.

I bet her diet consists of a lot of fast food that she's not counting.

 

[Reddhott]

Fast weight gain can be caused by fluid retention. If it really is happening fast, get to the doctor, it could be heart failure.

But four pounds in two weeks? Could be the difference of time of day, has she taken a dump? Hell, I can step off the scale and step right back on and get a different reading.

 

[Serial Kisser]

I bet her diet consists of a lot of fast food that she's not counting.

Wow. Rude. Didn't anyone ever teach you if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all?

 

[Call_Me_Daddy]

Wow. Rude. Didn't anyone ever teach you if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all?

How was what I said not nice or rude?!

 

[twoton]

No to the fast food idea. She rarely eats anything she doesn't make herself, for $ reasons, weight reasons, food quality reasons, and she gets migraines from preservatives, particularly those used in meats. And MSG.

That's not to say there isn't the occasional stop at fast food, but not in this case.

We eat a lot of homemade & organic stuff.

 

[185248]

Type up what she has for meals, what she drinks etc and place it here, average diet. It's not much help if we try to guess what or what she may not be eating that is causing weight gain. If she is a research engineer does she drink a lot of coffee with sugar while behind the pc? How much water does she drink? Fruit?

If she has removed wheat (which is a good thing) from her diet what has she replaced it with as far as fibre input goes?

 

[Call_Me_Daddy]

My wife and I are the same way, then she slowly started gaining weight.

So I asked her why, her reply "I've been secretly eating double cheeseburgers when I take our son to preschool.".

 

[223790]

If she is gluten free like me, it's not a mystery why she is putting on weight. GF food is much higher in calories and sugar than it's regular counterpart. There is a thread on being GF on this site where I have talked about my experience. I'll see if I can find it for you.

 

[223790]

Here's the link to the thread:

http://www.lpsg.com/352479-are-you-gluten-free.html

 

[HiddenLacey]

Being gluten free can be pretty hard. I have a gluten allergy myself. It's more than possible to be a larger woman and eat nothing but healthy food. If your wife has a smart phone a free app called my fitness pal will help her track her calories.

 

[twoton]

Today:

• two homemade lattes with skim and Stevia

• an egg and a slice of cheddar cheese

• a banana
• an apple with peanut butter
• homemade latte with skim and Stevia
• handful of peanuts
• two servings of a dinner of chick peas, basmati rice, and an Indian sauce
• three small Laffy Taffys

She weighed it on a food scale and read the labels. 1650 calories.



That's not a lot of food, but typical for her. Yesterday she was at 1450 calories. Certainly not enough to gain weight. And she's hungry.



She's not exactly gluten free, but is avoiding foods with wheat. I have an aunt with Celiac, so I'm fairly familiar with how that goes.

 

[zenapussy]

Taking oral pills/contraceptive pills on regular basis (i.e. for years together) also lead to gaining weight.

 

[a36ddd]

Have her talk to her doctor. That is the best thing she could do. If she is close to your age she could be coming close to her change and if her hormones are off no matter what you do with your eating habits it can increase your weight. Just a thought

 

[Penisjokesarenotfunny]

Look into work of D'Adamo, Peter.

Genotype diet.

Sometimes weight gain is muscle when rapid, sometimes water rebalancing. The water is common for blood type O people fresh off wheat, learning to regate inflammation appropriately again.

 

[FuzzyKen]

I posted here before about my wife's struggles with her weight.

Well, here's a real humdinger. She's been having problems with her stomach for weeks, and the symptoms seem to be consistent with an intolerance for wheat.

About two weeks ago she stopped eating wheat. Her stomach issues appear to be slowly clearing up, but it's not conclusive yet.

In the meantime, she's gained 4 pounds! In two weeks. And yes, she's writing down every bit of what she eats. (she is a research engineer--there's no question about her ability to record data)

Has anyone ever heard of something like this?

FYI, it's not as if she's a petite woman who is trying to maintain an unreasonably low weight. She's 5'6" and weighs around 225# or possibly more. Her diet consists of a lot of fruit and vegetables.

Yes, the wife of one of my best college friends for years kept gaining weight and she also had stomach problems.

What was discovered was that she suffered from Crohn's disease. She had been trying to solve the mystery that had taken her from about 135 lbs all the way up to about where your wife is now over about a ten year period. She had complained again and again and again. My bud's wife is now starting to drop weight but it is not an easy pathway. The problem is that Crohn's is most often assumed to be associated with people who have some Jewish genetics in their background. My friends wife was in this status and still it was missed again and again and again even though this condition untreated had nearly killed her cousin.

Have your wife checked with a very careful magnifying glass. I know three other individuals with this that have no genetic background for it. It can cause either weight gain OR weight loss with gain being more common in women.

Good Luck on this one. . . . . .It's a very difficult diagnosis

 

[SprinkleMe69]

Maybe she needs a gluten free diet, has celiac disease or maybe Crohn's. I'd encourage her to seek a medical evaluation and diagnosis.

 

[hippyglass]

everyone I know who's gone GF has ended up gaining weight to varying degrees. seems to be a bit of a thing.

I bet her diet consists of a lot of fast food that she's not counting.

You are SO right. because that is the ONLY reason ANYONE EVER GAINS WEIGHT. EATING AND LYING ABOUT. Here, let me give you $1,000,000,000,000 for the breakthrough in science you have achieved at your keyboard here. You're doing God's work.

 

[Thikn2velvet1]

Weight gain is ALWAYS a function of too many calories eaten against too few calories burned burned. The average sedentary person burns upwards of 1200 calories just existing. One pound of fat equals 3500 calories, so for your wife to have put in "14000" calories in 2 weeks, she was at least eating 1000 calories excess per day. You or her is not being truthful or are mistaken in totaling calories per food item. Somewhere she eating at least 1000 excess calories per day.

This is pure clean inarguable math. It is possible to gain water, but that certainly a medical concern. Muscle doesn't grow that fast, so it isn't muscle.

 

[botticellisvenus]

As others have recommended, your wife should see her physician. Although y'all know she has a gluten allergy, there may be another medical condition, as well. Regardless what others may say, weight gain is not always associated with an increase in calories, and weight loss does not always require a decrease in calories. For example, many women have hypothyroidism, which can contribute to weight gain. And, cancer can cause weight loss without a decrease in calories as cancer cells have a high caloric need. Although we can all guess, it's impossible to know why she is gaining weight. She needs to see her physician. Best of luck.