Weight loss or gain since diagnosis

I just stood on my bathroom scales and discovered that I am 193 pounds. (=13st 11lbs/ 88Kg)
(I am 5ft 9in by the way)
At diagnosis I was 182 pounds (= 13st/83Kg) and that was also my weight after surgery in July 2009; when I started RT in April 2010 I was about 182 pounds (=13st 2lbs/84Kg).

I have thus put on quite a bit of weight (11pounds) quite quickly. And the thing is that since surgery I have been trying to eat more healthily and take more exercise so I’m not sure why I am putting on weight.
I guess I might need to mention this to the doc, but in the mean time I was wondering what other folks experience has been regarding weight loss or weight gain during their PCa journey. And thought a Poll might make it easy to see how things are.

With the starting point being our weights at diagnosis I’ve split the responses into:
Weight stayed the same (give or take a pound );
Weight gone up/down by less than 5lbs and
Weight gone up/down by more than 10 pounds.

I’m guessing that while I may be eating healthy food I’m eating too much of it.

Alf

First the Dr wanted me to loose a few lbs to make the surgery easier, went from ~205 to 195 or so. Then slightly better eating habits have dropped me down to 189 last time I got on a scale.

Most charts show ideal weight for a man my size as an absurd 169-179lbs, at 185 I look gaunt so I'm happy where I am.

Alf,
I am 5' 9" too. Just weighed in at a "svelte" 148lbs (10st 8, 67 kg). My weight is unchanged (except for a 56 gram prostate.) I have noticed I am not as strong as I was due to fewer bouts of strenuous activities. For example, stacking wood winds me now and I had a hard time pulling back my hunting bow this morning. I need to ignore the pee and exercise more.
Jeff

Weight gain of twenty pounds. All in the second year of the Lupron. Having a devil of a time losing it again.

Don

From time of diagnosis to day before surgery two months later.....weight stayed the same (172 pounds, 5'8" tall (about 15 lbs overweight)

I lost 8 lbs from the day before surgery to seven days post op.

Just after surgery I swore off junk food, soda pop, ate less red meat, ate more veggies. This is very easy to do when you have no appetite! Lost another 4 pounds in the next two weeks

Gradually slipped into old eating habits and have gained about 4 lbs back in the last 3 months. (sigh!)

Dan

First year, I exercised even more than before surgery. Overdid it at first, even. As I've mentioned elsewhere, I ran a 5k race 2 days before surgery. One year later I beat my time by nearly a minute. Nevertheless, I was 3 or 4 pounds heavier. Despite all the exercise, couldn't keep the weight down. The following year, I injured my ankle and was out of commission for weeks. Gained another 6 pounds. Managed to lose back 3 though.

DJ

I probably lost 5 pounds worrying before the surgery and another 5 pounds after surgery (only after cath came out did I eat normally). Since surgery and radiation I have added 5 back on and tried to do it the healthy way. I'd like to add another 5, but I tend not to eat the stuff that would make that happen quickly.

I float around 160.

I must be healthy. I have had to work really hard to lose weight. Low carb, low total calorie diet. Took off 35 pounds, but what a fight.

I must be healthy. I have had to work really hard to lose weight. Low carb, low total calorie diet. Took off 35 pounds, but what a fight.

Your question was "since diagnosis", but differences since treatment (broken out by treatment mode) might be more informative.

[I've stayed the same.]