Weight loss?

Speaking in kilos... You must be from a modern country. I lost about 5 pounds a week for a total loss of 40 pounds during my first flare. Gained back 25 pounds to be at my optimum weight. Second flare the same thing, another 5 pounds/wk for another loss of 40 pounds. Now I am back in remission at optimum weight.

The worst part is that it was mostly muscle weight that I lost so now I am back at the gym trying to recover. I used to be very muscular and it is hard to recover it back at 58 years old. I will do anything to avoid another flare, even watching my diet!

I've always been small even before Uc. I'm 5'6" and my natural weight was 100-105lbs. I was thin but not sickly looking. But after I got Uc and after I had my children, my weight went to about 115lbs and stayed there. Until I started flaring and my weight plummeted to 105lbs again but this time I looked sickly, dark circles under my eyes and pale. I looked like a skeleton. Slowly the weight came back on once I managed to get that flare under control. I started drinking a protein weight gainer drink from a local vitamin shop and my weight started to come back on. So I would say that my most dramatic weight loss was around 10lbs.

I've lost a total of 25-30lbs. over the past 2-3 years- most of it during one horrible flare, in 2007. Now, I find I just cannot put weight on- I don't cinsider myself to be in a flare right now, but I do have daily symptoms that can wreak havoc with my life. And I do take a lot of meds. I think the inability to gain weight is caused by a few factors- I don't eat as much as I used to, pre-UC, because of the obvious reason. Also, when your body is in a state of inflammation, it burns more calories than a healthy body, fighting the inflammation. Unless I start a regime of weight lifting, I can't see how to add muslce pounds- and I get tired too easily to actually work out! I like to swim laps, but that does nothing to put on weight. Since you are flaring curently, you can expect to see weight loss. I can't imagine you're eating all that much!

In the midst of getting diagnosed back in 2004 I lost 22 pounds in 2 weeks. It was awful! I am 5'3.5 and I run alot and lift wieghts so I am usually at about 122. This latest flare has me down 12.5 pounds, but I got my remicade and hopefull back on track!