weight loss?

Me too. Exactly the same as you. I lost 20 lbs quickly when I first got sick and now I've lost about 30 and continue to drop slowly. I can't gain anything back and I was a normal BMI to start with.

I have heard babesia can contribute to weight loss.

I dropped about the same, 20 pounds between Feb and March 2011, and then further lost another 25 pounds. I have since gained back about 6 pounds. I really don't know how to get it back while being on this no carb diet. I was a total carb girl, loved my bread and pasta. Not so much sweets though. My LLMD told me to add back a bit of carbs up to tolerance as he didn't want me to lose any more. I have done that without causing any digestive problems. I am 5' 7" and currently weigh 132 pounds on a good day. I was down to 126. Way too low for me. I eat brown rice gluten free pastas and crackers occasionally. Some sprouted wheat bread, although I know that probably isn't a good choice, but I can't handle the gluten free bread. I also make myself a protein shake using Vega at night now to have with my abx. I put in a small amount of frozen berries, Vega, I mill some flax seed, almond butter and unsweetened almond milk. Very tastie. It is my hope that it will help me put some weight on.

Does anyone have any suggestions for adding good calories to help get some weight on???? I would love, love, love to hear them as I am sure beachlover89 and Summer3. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks in advance!

I don't have too many suggestions. I'm having a similar problem and was told by my doctor to be less restrictive with what I was trying to eliminate for inflammation and Lyme. I'm definitely not dangerously thin yet, my BMI is still in the normal range, but he doesn't want me dropping anymore weight (not that I was trying to intentionally lol).

I was eliminating gluten, dairy and sugar. He claims gluten is the primary one to be concerned about.

Obviously, he doesn't suggest going out and eating hamburgers, fries and cookies lol. More like larabars, coconut milk products (milk, no-sugar added ice cream, yogurt), nut butters and gluten free pastas.

I was not advised to eliminate fruit or fruit based sugars (like those found in larabars from the dates and figs).

I'm either starving all the time and massive amounts of food, or don't feel like eating whatsoever. Even during weeks that I'm starving, I never gain anything. I continue to maintain or drop weight.

I would stay away from fruit as much as possible. They still have sugar. I am also very tiny, only about 90 pounds and 5'1/5'2.

I eat a lot of almond butter, lots of protein (abx/hormone free as much as possible) lots of olive oil, coconut oil, coconut/almond milk, spaghetti squash (low starch) broccoli, asparagus, zucchini both yellow and green, onion, garlic, coconut unsweetened, a few organic berries occasionally, organic eggs daily.......that's about it LOL

Yes, I just read the ingrediants of the Larabar at Choices, and it seemed to high in sugar so I put it back. 18 grams. I figured there were no other fruits to eat. Like I said, I do put a few frozen blue berries, raspberries and black berries in my protien shake. I really do miss fruit. I crave peanut butter too. A toasted peanute butter and banana sandwich would be really good right now. One day I am going to have one of those!!
Your list of food looks like mine SleeplessNJ. I guess I am doing all I can. I do eat brown rice pasta as well. I have heard contradicting things about tomatoes. I have been eating them, but somewhere I read I shouldn't be. What is a no no about tomatoes, or are the ok . . . anyone??

I go more by the Lyme Diet book as well. That's where I originally saw the suggestion of Larabars. There are so many different diet plans for Lyme lately it's hard to pick one!

I find that I can't be too restrictive or I drastically drop weight. It won't be healthy for me to lose much more especially since I'm already losing by eating Larabars and fruit lol. If I cut those out, I'm in trouble!

I've had Candida/severe oral thrush in the past and I eliminated fruit and fruit-based sugar for a for a while on my own without my doctor suggesting it because Nystatin wasn't working and I can't take diflucan.

For some people, eliminating fruit helps a lot with Candida, but it didn't help me at all. It just made me feel weaker and drop more weight. When I added fruit back in, the Candida ended up improving on it's own. For now anyway. I am very strict with not eating gluten, fried foods or refined sugars though. I NEVER stray from that plan.

This probably will not work for everyone. I'm not suggesting that everyone eat fruit especially if they have been advised otherwise.

I eat all fruit. All the bad fruits lol. I eat bananas, apples, grapes, strawberries, oranges, pineapple. Others sometimes too. I eat about 1-3 servings a day.

I know, some doctors seem to really believe in diet changes and others don't advise much on that.

My LLMD primarily focuses on diet/lifestyle changes for conditions other than Lyme in his practice. Yet he didn't tell me to avoid ANY foods. When he found out I was still restricting dairy, sugar and gluten he just told me to avoid gluten if I can, and to stop restricting so much with the other stuff. So I added fruit back in.

One time when I had an issue during a doctor's appointment (an out of the blue hypoglycemic incident that lead to a seizure) they actually made me eat a food loaded with sugar! I REALLY hesitated lol! I was sitting there after waking up scanning the label. I'm definitely obsessed.

I don't know if the fruit is helping or harming me. I feel pretty bad today. I felt bad when I wasn't eating fruit too lol.

I was trying to figure out what the rationale was for gluten being the worst (according to my Dr.) too. I think your right about it being to avoid inflammation. Does everyone get that from gluten? Even those that aren't allergic?

It's funny that you mention the twitching. I've had a big increase in that recently. Do you also get a lot of numbness or paralysis in your limbs? Sometimes I wonder if mine is from blood sugar or neuro Lyme stuff.

I don't know why I have blood sugar issues. I am not diabetic and have no risk factors so it must be from Lyme. I never had any blood sugar problems prior. The seizures were really weird. I wouldn't have known that's what they were if they hadn't witnessed it. It had happened a few times prior and I thought I was just fainting. It felt almost the same except I had no warning and when I came to, I was much more disoriented. It took a while to realize where I was and who people were that I should have recognized. Other than that it was no big deal. I don't think mine were extremely serious ones luckily.

Hi all

I just searched this topic as I am loosing weight and can't eat. Most of you talk about low carb (btw this is all news to me) I need those carbs. Its the only thing I dont throw up and I need food in my stomach to take my meds. I love fruit but usually leaves acid in my stomach. Any suggestions on what to slowly switch to that will still help absorb my stomach acid but isnt too heavy.

Since Ive been getting sick I live on oatmeal, water& crackers.

TIA

 

I dropped 30 lbs. in two months when I was taken off a high-fat raw food diet and placed on a more conventional diet by a doctor and dietician.  The only way I have been able to gain weight is by eating lots of fat and protein (large amounts of protein are not the best thing for Lyme due to the ammonia they cause in the body).  Sally Fallon & Mary Enig have several books out on healthy fats (no affiliation).  Fats not only protect the body, but also are necessary for proper cell comunication.