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Posted 7/26/2009 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
I've always been thin, even before UC. My arms and legs are sticks but I do have some belly fat. I'm 5'7" and about 132 lbs. My normal weight is about 135 lbs. I used to be 110 when I was a teen and in my 20's. That was just too thin. I like being between 125-130 lbs. but usually when I'm at that weight it's because I'm sick.
Posted 7/26/2009 9:47 PM (GMT 0)
No. But I'm not fat either. I'm normal, junior's size M.

I do have to watch my weight though. If I ate as much as I want, then I'd be really fat.
Posted 7/27/2009 1:24 AM (GMT 0)
no, i was overweight with UC and had a huge bloated gut. After surgery iit feels like im 20 yrs old again with a good healthy weight of 180 lbs.
Posted 7/27/2009 11:49 AM (GMT 0)
By the charts, I think I'm considered very overweight.

I'm a 5'6" male and I weigh about 187 right now. Used to hover around 192-94. Funny thing is I feel skinny. I've been so self conscious of all these little details, like weight and where it's showing. The weight loss appears to show more so around my face. I worry about it yet my wife says I could likely stand to lose another 10 lbs or so. I guess you get so comfortable with a look and how you feel that unless you're striving for a change, it takes time to adjust to your appearance.

In my late to mid 20s I used to be a Power Lineman for our electric utility so I could eat virtually anything in the portions I wanted and never gain any weight. I was usually around 165-70...I hurt my shoulder on the job than came the office job and 20 lbs or so over a couple of years...ouch. I never learned to trim back my portions!!

Posted 7/27/2009 3:03 PM (GMT 0)
I wish! I am always joking that it is just my luck that I can have UC and a weight problem! I have 25lbs to lose and it always elevates when my UC flares because
of the weight I put on with prednisone.
Posted 7/27/2009 3:09 PM (GMT 0)
Well I guess I am part of the minority on here in that I have never been remotely close to "skinny". I've always had a weight issue. I was obese for a number of years, but through diet & exercise got myself down to "overweight". Still not great, but a big improvement. During my flare I lost 30 pounds which for some of you would have sent you to the ER if not the morgue, LOL, but I had it to spare. Of course all that weight came back once I began recovering.

I keep my weight under control mainly through exercise and I am very concerned right now because I have wrecked my knee and can't do any cardio. I am trying to cut my calorie intake to compensate, but this is not sustainable. I think I'll likely need surgery on my knee and just hope I don't have to wait too long for it. Geez, if it's not one thing it's another! I think I need a whole body transplant.
Posted 7/27/2009 6:32 PM (GMT 0)
I was always thin. Got it from both sides of the family. At my sickest, I was about 89 pounds and 5'4". My "normal" weight prior to UC was 105. Happy to say after learning to eat right, lifting weights and being mostly in remission for years, I'm now at about 119. Getting plenty of lean protein and healthy fat in your diet and lifting weights can help those who have always been thin put on healthy weight.
Posted 7/27/2009 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
My original flare made me 134lbs but now I'm back up to 193 *sigh* friggen yo-yo is what I am. Need to lose weight, my dietitian has some ideas to help me
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