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Posted 10/11/2016 7:31 PM (GMT -5)
Hello Im a little concerned about the weight loss im eating alot now bcuz of the antibiotics or im thinking everything stress antibiotics, ive been sick 2mos total trying to go to gym gradually, i dont want to disappear lol lost about 5 lbs, caught it early. any one experience alot of weight loss i know some people say they gain weight id rather be heavier and be stronger.
Posted 10/11/2016 7:35 PM (GMT -5)
I lost weight, but due to severe stomach issues, I coudn't eat enough.
try to eat more protein, they should help you maintain muscle mass.
Posted 10/11/2016 7:43 PM (GMT -5)
5lbs!?!? That's it! Try 25!!!!

I attribute a lot of my weight loss to diet - mostly Paleo/Gluten free.
Posted 10/11/2016 8:00 PM (GMT -5)
Poohcheez,

It will level off. I pretty much at the lyme diet even before lyme but I lost about 7 lbs the first two weeks on abx. I do not want to lose weight. Now I incorporate a lot of olive oil, coconut, coconut oil, coconut butter, almond milk, almond butter, avocados. You will be able to keep the weight on if you add in a lot of good fats.
Posted 10/11/2016 8:04 PM (GMT -5)
I lost a lot of weight the first four months of my illness. It gradually came back on as I got better. I believe that it was mainly because I could only eat a little bit of food every few hours during that period of time because I was in too much pain to care about food. All I could do was breathe. Also, I couldn't feed myself and was dependant on others to feed me. Last but not least, constipation deterred me from wanting to eat. It was such bad time.

I eventually ended up on a liquid diet with Psyllium Husks blended
in. Once I regained some mobility and motility, I gradually went back to solid foods.

It feels weird to look back on this. Crazy times.

I rebuilt my strength and regained mobility through swimming.
Posted 10/11/2016 8:08 PM (GMT -5)
If abx caused weight loss, I'd be in good shape.
The illnesses themselves react on people and cause them to lose weight. Or gain weight, which was my problem.
Posted 10/11/2016 8:32 PM (GMT -5)
you can lose weight from a stricter diet and/or muscle wasting from lyme. i had both. might be good to take a picture of yourself without clothes every so often to see how you're doing.
Posted 10/11/2016 9:18 PM (GMT -5)
Lyme symptoms started April 2013 I am 5'4 1/2" and weighed 138 at the time.

By end of May, my clothes were hanging off me...I was down to 124 lbs. muscles were all flacid...and I was very weak.

I was eating normally, but my bowel movements had undigested chunks of food in it.

May, 2014 (still undiagnosed) - I was at 126 lbs. I was eating as much as possible...and high calorie foods.

diagnosed and started treatment July, 2014. By December , I was 128 lbs.
I finally got back to my weight by spring of 2015.

It was nothing to do with diet in my case. I lost both fat and muscle - even my face was skinnier.
Posted 10/11/2016 10:45 PM (GMT -5)
I have lost 15lbs and had some very specific muscle wasting ...i believe nerves are damaged ..like lower motor neuron thing with bartonella ..we have another thread in which i go to lenghts and have more links to als like aspect of lyme .
others have had this ..one guy on lymenet is skin and bones my hands and feet look really sickly like aids cancer sickly...one llmd who worked with aids patients told me to do olive oil and lemon thingy...

treat parasites if you have not ..one thing was when i knocked out flora giardia and ascaris went wild ...both protozoal and helminith .at first i thought wasting was malabsorbtion but as nerve crap is continuing i think it is bart and mycoplasm
Posted 10/11/2016 10:57 PM (GMT -5)
What happened with me Autumn before last is I started gaining and got very thick in my trunk, especially belly..not so much anywhere else unless I had edema. And all this when I was only able to eat less than half of what I usually did, sometimes I could only get down a few bites and then that was it. I'd feel very strange and sick.
I began losing muscle tone to where I really noticed it, about 16 years ago. I found that my strength to do things I'd done every day for years, was diminishing. I have almost none now. And believe me, not even pt with the bands helped. It just wasn't going to come back. Even my orthopedic surgeon had gotten to think so.

Overall since my relapse over 2 years ago, I've gained an ave. of 27 lbs.

I don't think it would have happened that quickly, I mean parts of my body changed out of nowhere, because of the aging process.
Posted 10/11/2016 11:01 PM (GMT -5)
I gained weight due to inactivity because of fatigue. No...lyme for me is on a gain weight scale.
Posted 10/11/2016 11:25 PM (GMT -5)

artermix said...
I gained weight due to inactivity because of fatigue. No...lyme for me is on a gain weight scale.

That too!
With me it's the lack of oxygen in my bloodstream weakening me. I'm going see if my Dr. will/can order me a small portable concentrater. Those things are expensive!
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