Help: Weight Gain and lyme disease

My wife has LD and anaplasma. (At least that's what she's been diagnosed with so far.)

For the past few years she has been steadily gaining weight even though she eats pretty healthy, no junk food, avoids process foods, etc. From the tests she's had it doesn't seem that she is gluten-intolerant. Her hormonal levels seem within range. She says her stomach feels extended too. To maintain her energy, she has to eat often, throughout the day. (She keeps stating that it feels like her body can't use or burn her stored fat for energy.)

Is weight gain normal for lyme disease? Do you have any advice or suggestions?

We appreciate your help. She is very frustrated due to her weight gain. (Over 50 lbs.)

She is not sure if it's "leptin resistance" or what, but even if it is we haven't encountered a treatment for that, except diet & exercise. (She is limited on what she can do in terms of both because of how she feels.)

Thanks

I know first hand how frustrating this must be for your wife. I have gained about 50 pounds as well. I played pro beach volleyball and have been athletic and healthy all of my life. Even throughout my hardest times, I still mustered up the strength to do some type of light exercise, eat extremely well, and actually gained weight. This all started when I was diagnosed with Lyme.

It's been two years now, and I'm the heaviest I've ever been, but I'm finally feeling great and running again daily. Still not losing weight, and it's very difficult to see myself look like such a different person, and all of that extra weight feels horrible - but, I thank God I'm feeling great and just try to look at it as between the two, I'd rather feel good and function, than fit into my old clothes, at least for now.

I'm thinking about checking my leptin as well, just so I know.

I was about to ask the same thing as Garden Peace. When was the last time and what were her results for adrenal and thyroid testing.