My body has betrayed me.

[sporechan]

A year ago I noticed I was starting to get some belly fat, which was weird for me. So I started working out, walking more at work, being more active in general. I gained weight.

I started taking very long walks in the evenings and trying to do at least a mile on my lunch break. I started doing situps and pushups and lifting weights every day. I

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[natetg]

How does that timing correlate with this:
http://sporechan.livejournal.com/2008/01/29/

[sporechan]

That's exactly the problem, but the phytobezoar is merely a symptom. The real issue is that my stomach and intestines are incredibly lazy and by and large refuse to move food along.

[razor_dancer]

You might try seeing if a particular food is affecting you. My sister used to have a horrible time with her health and her weight. Then she cut out wheat/gluten. She went from a size 14 to a size 8 (much happier for her frame and height) and gained a ridiculous amount of energy and stopped always being sick. Sometimes one little intolerance can really affect your whole system, and, if you've increased your gluten intake as a result of the downscaling raw fruits and veggies that nate notes above, then this could be a possibility.

[sporechan]

Right now I'm completely off produce entirely, no fruits or vegetables at all. I'm not eating much gluten at all, I've been going with lean protein. I eat a lot of cottage cheese, yogurt, beans, and tofu. I avoid simple carbs as much as possible. This also does nothing to stop the relentless weight gain.

[elissali]

2 points:

-metabolism and body type/shape do change as you get older.

-was some of that weight muscle? It sounds like you are also putting on fat; but muscle does weigh more than fat, right? So the gaining weight part isn't so bad unless it's all fat?

[sporechan]

There's a good bet I've gained some muscle weight, but what good are rippling biceps if they're covered with fat? I have fat in places I've never had it before and I am seriously getting too fat for a lot of my clothes. I can't afford a new workout wardrobe or a new swimsuit to fit my bulging body.

[psychominako]

How many meals are you eating a day? And are you eating within the first 30 minutes you wake up? These can effect your metabolism.

[sporechan]

The thing is, all the rules about eating and weight loss do not apply to me. I have a stomach condition that makes my stomach very slow to empty so that I process food incredibly slowly and completely at random. I can eat a pile of candy and have a hypoglycemic episode followed by a sugar buzz five hours later.

I eat first thing in the morning, at least a tiny bit. I can't eat small meals through the day or I will be sick by the evening. I pretty much eat a little when my stomach is empty and don't eat when it's full. The thing is, if I count calories and eat carefully placed meals throughout the day for a total of 1200-1500 calories I gain weight, and if I barely eat anything except when I feel hungry and end the day under 1000 calories I also gain weight.

[amy_leone]

Speaking from experience: Have your metabolism checked! If you really do all those things, the only reason you could still be gaining weight is an abnormal metabolism. There are a number of metabolic disorders that could cause you to gain weight despite a rigorously healthy lifestyle, and many of them are treatable.

[sporechan]

Then I'm just unlucky because I have an untreatable one. I have gastroparesis. There are a couple of meds I can take, they don't do much for me, and they do nothing to stop the relentless weight gain.