I'm Getting Fat!

Well, fat is a relative term for me. I'd still be called skinny by most. BUT, suddenly I can gain weight. I don't know why this is, but for the last month I've been putting on weight.

I was down to 155 lbs in December from my never-ending struggle with mono (I'm six feet tall). Now I'm at about 170 lbs... which is the most I've been since I deliberately put on weight in 2010 (and then lost it during a flare up). I'd been running about 160 lbs for a long while recently.

The only reason I can think of that I'm gaining weight is that I took Cymbalta for a while, and it seemed to help my gut out. But I stopped it a month ago (ish). I'm not sure what else would be causing this...

I'm not sure if it's something to be happy about or not yet! I feel a bit better overall, but am just at the beginning stage of having fat on my stomach. So... I'll see how this goes I guess!

I tried lifting weights the other day, as I thought I could put this metabolism to use building strength. But I stilll can't do arm exercises like bench press because the Remicade is making my elbows hurt terribly in the motion.

Red, was it after you were on Remicade that you started to gain? Mine comes about a year after starting Remicade.

I wanna get fat! I was 63kg (138lb for you Americans) pre-UC. Post-UC and I (eventually) fell to 52kg (114lb). All this on a 5 foot 5 inch frame.