Losing Weight Support Group

[BigSky]

Okay, I lost one pound today.  But, still, it doesn't seem like I should be gaining weight.  Does the PD solution really have that much impact on you?  I'm going to have to stop eating altogether to lose weight.

From what I have heard is it does affect some this way and others it does not.  Never been on PD so I do not know much on the specifics on if their is a way to avoid intake of calories from the solution mixture.

This may sound weird but in addition to exercise you might need to eat more.  From what you list you eat your metabolism might be trying to shut down as it feels the body is being starved.  Try eating 5-6 small meals a day.   This can help keep the metabolism up as it feels its being constantly fed.

 

[mallory]

Thanks, BigSky, and you might be right.  I'm hardly eating anything, so maybe I need to eat a little more, in small meals.  I'm going to try it.

[kitkatz]

I feel that way too sometimes and stoipping eating just sends your body into starvation mode and you will keep what fat you already have.   Unfortunately I have not found a dieting solution to dialysis yet.

[goofynina]

When i couldnt walk and was bedridden, i couldnt get up and get what i wanted, when i wanted, i really didnt have an appetite so i didnt eat much and that is how i lost the most weight ever, but damn, once i started walking again, that was all over 

[angela515]

Okay, I lost one pound today.  But, still, it doesn't seem like I should be gaining weight.  Does the PD solution really have that much impact on you?  I'm going to have to stop eating altogether to lose weight.

You shouldn't be getting any of the calories from the solution unless your aborbing the solution. When you fill, and then dwell, you should drain the exact amount you put in, or more depending on if you have extra fluid to remove. If you drain less then what you put in, your abosribing fluding and then you would be adding the calories from the solution. Otherwise if your not absorbing the fluid your not getting the calories, or not enough to make you gain weight anyways. Hope I explained that easy enough.

[mallory]

You shouldn't be getting any of the calories from the solution unless your absorbing the solution. When you fill, and then dwell, you should drain the exact amount you put in, or more depending on if you have extra fluid to remove. If you drain less then what you put in, your abosribing fluding and then you would be adding the calories from the solution. Otherwise if your not absorbing the fluid your not getting the calories, or not enough to make you gain weight anyways. Hope I explained that easy enough.

Thanks, Angela.  That does make sense.  I was always draining more than I put in when I was on manual, but now, on the cycler, sometimes I do and sometimes I don't.  I still haven't lost any weight, but at least I stopped gaining weight.  There for a couple of days I was afraid I was going to gain 2 pounds a day on dialysis. 

I really think that if you get a serious health issue, like kidney failure, you should lose weight if you're overweight.  That seems only fair.  I wouldn't want skinny people to lose more weight and have trouble, but for all of us who would like to lose, I think it should just be a part of our symptoms.  I'd love it if I could tell my doctor "I just keep losing weight, I eat everything I can, but the weight is just falling off me!  Oh, poor me!"

[jbeany]

 

I really think that if you get a serious health issue, like kidney failure, you should lose weight if you're overweight.  That seems only fair.  I wouldn't want skinny people to lose more weight and have trouble, but for all of us who would like to lose, I think it should just be a part of our symptoms.  I'd love it if I could tell my doctor "I just keep losing weight, I eat everything I can, but the weight is just falling off me!  Oh, poor me!"

Sounds fair to me!     My sister asked me if going on dialysis would make me lose weight, since she knew I needed to drop more pounds to get on the transplant list.  She thought it should make it easier for me, too.  Too bad it's nothing but water weight that comes right back the next day! 

I can't complain though - if I really was losing weight, it would mean the dialysis wasn't working well for me.  I'd rather be doing well on it, and have to lose the pounds the old fashioned way.  I may never love exercise, but I'm glad I can handle more than a few minutes of it at a time now.

[raina]

I was pretty, um, rotund before I got sick then I couldnt' keep food down so I lost 100 lbs just from being sick and now I'm too skinny and my doc wants me to put on 20 pounds.  I'm trying to eat more food but its not as easy as it sounds when I'm sick all the time.

[tamara]

well, I lost three kilo's this week, after 4 aqua aerobics classes and walking at least half hour each day, so heres to my next loss ! 

[Sluff]

well, I lost three kilo's this week, after 4 aqua aerobics classes and walking at least half hour each day, so heres to my next loss ! 

Good for you Tamara!!

 

[Zach]

well, I lost three kilo's this week, after 4 aqua aerobics classes and walking at least half hour each day...

That's great, Tamara!
Aqua aerobics are a great way to exercise and lose weight.  It's not just for the elderly. Congrats!!
 

[goofynina]

well, I lost three kilo's this week, after 4 aqua aerobics classes and walking at least half hour each day, so heres to my next loss ! 

Ohhhhhh Great!!!!  I think i just found those three kilo's you lost tamara, they are stuck here on my butt    nah,  that is awesome, keep up the great work girlfriend.... You can do this 

[kitkatz]

I think I am fighting you for those three kilos, Goofynina!   I am stress eating again and I know it!  Good job on your exercising and weight loss!

[angela515]

  keep up the good work!

[glitter]

I am too in shape......  Round is a shape. 

[Sluff]

I have lost a total of 93 lbs.

[glitter]

wow that is really excellent sluff-I have an enormous amount to lose and it is really really hard to get on the right track-and i dont have the kidney issues-I would like to find the ____________ whatever is is that seems to be my problem in getting started,so I can suck it up and just DO it-food has been such a huge part of my life...give us some advice...its always easier to get advice from someone who can truely relate...my 115 lb sister tries to give me advice I just want to slap her...   How did you start to lose?

[tamara]

Thanks for the congratulations peoples, just wish me more luck so I can get under 80 kg real quick , the quicker I do it maybe my transplant with Allan will happen sooner ! (Currently at 84.5 dry weight), when started dialysis big fatty chunka at 105kg LOL

[Zach]

I have lost a total of 93 lbs.

A BIG congrats to you Sluff!!

[angela515]

Congrats sluff!!    And yes, please share us your advice!!

[Sluff]

Truthfully i just think it's the side effects of cyclosporine. When you don't feel good you don't want to eat. No magical solution here. Thanks for the roses though.

[kitkatz]

Yes, the magic to losing weight is STOP EATING AND EXERCISE!  Aren't you sick of hearing this all of the time?
If I could do that it would be easy!

[kelliOR]

When I want to start loosing weight, the first thing I do is  stop eating after 6:30 at night.  Not one bite!  Its hard, since I've always been a muncher, but after a few days,  I start to see results. 

[glitter]

Yes, the magic to losing weight is STOP EATING AND EXERCISE!  Aren't you sick of hearing this all of the time?
If I could do that it would be easy!

yeah I know it sounds so easy-right? I think most people who are morbidly obese have other issues,and food is mis-used as a symptom.

For me-it is a comfort,sometimes the only comfort I can find....and that is a very powerful thing.

[angela515]

People who are morbidly obese, unless they have a medical condition causing it... I believe did it to themselves. I mean c'mon.. if I saw myself getting way too big and could see where it was heading... I would look at my diet, my lifestyle... Most poeple who are over-weight nowadays, (NOT ALL), eat out alot... and the portion sizes have grown dramatically over the years... everything is supersized now... when we go to a restaurant, I can never eat everything they give me on my plate.... Not to mention most people overweight don't exercise anymore, a sedetary lifestyle has taken over this country for most people... (again, not all)... So, when your weight becomes that of morbid obesity, and you have no medical condition causing it.. you need to stop, take a look into your life from the outside, and see what is going on.

Yes, comfort eating is a big thing too... however, like I mentioned, if your becoming severly obese, you need to stop, look at your life, and try to fix the problems. Not saying you can fix whatever is causing to comfort eat, but there comes a point in time you need to look at what your eating, and how much... and stop trying to blame everyone else for your weight.

(This isn't for someone who is just "overweight", i specifically said "morbidly obese" or "severly obese" on the verge of morbidly obese.)