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Post #44,527 by ben_tilly 7/5/02 7:16:46 AM Reply	Bullshit Either you have a serious medical problem for which you should see a doctor, or else your description of your circumstances left some important details out. I would wager the latter. Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman
Post #44,539 by wharris2 7/5/02 9:09:18 AM 7/5/02 10:03:20 AM Reply	Unexpected weight gain Indeed, if it is as said, you really do need to see a doctor as soon as possible. I experienced an inordinate weight gain (I'm not sure if it took a month or how long it was - I don't weigh myself that regularly), but it was on the order of 20 pounds and was the result of a pretty serious problem. [edit - naturally "you" isn't you, Ben.] [edit - it did put me into the hospital for about ten days.] Famous last RPG quotes: "I'll just shoot this fireball down the dungeon passageway..." Edited by wharris2 July 5, 2002, 10:03:20 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #44,599 by ben_tilly 7/6/02 7:39:03 AM 7/6/02 7:41:31 AM Reply	Unexpected weight changes are usually bad I don't know what conditions are associated with weight gain, but my wife has mentioned repeatedly that unexplained weight loss is a red flag for cancer. (Cancer cells have, of course, a very high metabolism.) Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman Edited by ben_tilly July 6, 2002, 07:41:31 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #44,546 by orion 7/5/02 11:20:51 AM Reply	Serious medical condition which one? I have several of them. I saw my doctor and he thinks it could be one of my medications side effects causing the weight gain. So he changed it on me. But still I gain weight no matter what I do. In college I took a weight training class, instead of losing weight I gained a lot of weight. They said it must have been muscle mass as I was able to lift 600 pounds with my legs, etc. I worked out hard with weights, and I watched what I ate, and I followed everything I could for that class. I have a serious medical condition, it is called a slow metabolism. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #44,574 by wharris2 7/5/02 8:41:22 PM Reply	slow metabolism That doesn't make you constantly gain weight that fast. Even with a slow metabolism (and I'm not one of those skinny guys who can eat an entire pizza by themselves and remain skinny as a string bean, either), you still plateau at a point at which the slow metabolism will burn what you feed it. Oh, you may keep gaining every year (my parents and one of my grandmothers are like that), but not by leaps and bounds every month. Dammit, why couldn't my father have inherited whatever "fast metabolism" gene his mother had? She was light as a bird for as long as I knew her despite the proverbial "meat and potatos" meals that made my grandfather somewhat overweight. On the other side of the family, it was Grandfather who was the skinny guy and Grandmother who was the heavy one. The gene pool must have been stirred badly. :(
Post #44,584 by orion 7/5/02 10:43:56 PM Reply	Add in the perscriptions that I have which say they can cause weight-gain to my slow metabolsim, and you will find that it causes quick weight-gain. When I was in the hospital for depression, I was told that I wasn't eating enough. They almost thought I had an eating disorder, sometimes I didn't eat my food. But back then I was around 245 pounds, now I am around 290 pounds after the medicine I was given to fight depression was changed. I had it changed again and hope that I can get rid of some of this weight. If not, I have disability to consider if I go over 300 pounds. Being overweight has not helped my depression at all, and the doctor said it was not natrual and may be caused by the medicine. I doubt I will fit into a plane seat anymore. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #44,590 by wharris2 7/6/02 2:17:26 AM Reply	Re: Add in the perscriptions that I have I'm currently taking seven drugs every day. I sympathize with you. (Two are hard-core vitamins, one is a diuretic, I forget what the others are doing.) Famous last RPG quotes: "I'll just shoot this fireball down the dungeon passageway..."

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