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Posted 7/22/2012 9:18 PM (GMT 0)
i lost 80 pounds with weight watchers, then in 2007 -2010 i stayed the same. and last year i gain 10. does anyone know if you can loose weight?
Posted 7/23/2012 12:17 AM (GMT 0)
If you follow one of the Lyme anti-inflammatory diets you will most likely loose weight by default due to eliminating sugar, gluten & dairy from your diet. I have been following The Lyme Diet by Dr. Nicola McFadzean and have lost over 20 lbs and am hoping that I don't loose anymore. There is another diet out there by Dr. Kenneth Singleton and may be others I haven't run across.

My personal strategy is to shoot for being as healthy as I can with food intake to maximize nutrition and minimize toxins to support my body to heal from Lyme and not worry about weight loss/gain per se unless it becomes problematic.
Posted 7/25/2012 7:52 PM (GMT 0)
I've both gained and lost weight over the last few years. Before I got very sick I was increasingly losing my appetite - rarely hungry apart from sometimes craving fat/sugar (sugar seemed to make my headaches better). But, even though I was hardly eating anything my weight increased from it's usual (stable for a decade) 8 1/2 stone up to about 9 1/2 stone. It all seemed very odd.

Then, when I started antibiotic treatment I gradually lost the extra weight. Unfortuantly I am still losing weight even though my appetite has returned with a vengence. I'm now down at 7 1/2 stone which is not ideal at all. I am not taking much sugar but other than that just a normal diet. I suspect the antibiotics perhaps make me lose weight...

Posted 7/25/2012 11:19 PM (GMT 0)
im doing the chiense medicane, im eatimg loads of veggies. and foods my doctor told me to eat. shr told me it would take able to loose weight. but i really want to.
Posted 7/25/2012 11:26 PM (GMT 0)
also where do you get the book?
Posted 7/26/2012 7:40 PM (GMT 0)
If you are using Chinese medicine, please talk with your practitioner before choosing to go on a "Lyme diet", as they may be needing you to avoid certain foods that create heat, dampness, or even wind (no not gas) in the body. I'm sure your practitioner will be happy to help you find the right diet for you, but Chinese Medicine sees food as medicine as well.
Posted 7/27/2012 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
I ordered the book on Amazon. I would imagine there are other places to get it as well.
Posted 7/29/2012 10:21 PM (GMT 0)
I have lost 37 lbs in 6 months due to no appetite and nauseous all the time.
Posted 7/29/2012 10:41 PM (GMT 0)
Beachlover,
You do realize that's not healthy, right? Are you taking anything for the nausea? Interestingly, I am sitting here filling empty gelatin capsules with powdered ginger root for my nausea! I take 1,000 mgs three time a day and it controls my nausea better than the prescriptions ever did!

You need to coax yourself to eat too, just be sure to put in healthy stuff. Your body needs the energy it will get from the food to heal properly, and your body will need a lot of energy to heal from these infections.
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