Weight gain and medication

By carradiha Saturday, January 14, 2012

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I have tried weight watchers to lose the excess weight my medication has caused. It worked well for a while yet still was constantly hungry, found it time consuming to track and expensive to buy meeting fees and food.

I was gaining. Yet finally think I have found the solution. I work out at the gym, when I can and have found a pre packaged food company which delivers me healthy meals and snacks. I have will power to stick to it and have so far, don't feel hungry and it is working. It has been my second week so far and already I feel the difference.

I am a lazy cook and can't be bothered yet with healthy home cooked pre prepared meals it is so easy. Shopping for myself I get tempted with sweets and fast food, yet am being very strict at eating what I am getting.

My second week and I have lost 4 kgs and it will just get better and better. I am so proud.

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Janet

1/14/12 2:43pm

I want to congratulate you on your weight loss. Weight gain seems to be consequence of many of the medications we must take to keep our mental health in line. I too have managed to go from app, 198 pounds to 133 in around 4 years. I took a class called Never Say Diet in which a presentation was given in a weekly class and in which a healthy snack was prepared and some simple exercises were taught. As a result of that class my life was changed. I continue to exercise on a daily basis and while I do pretty eat whatever I like i do practice portion control. As a result I feel so much Better and I still have people in life who continue to be impressed with how much weight I have lst all while still on medication for schizoaffective disorder.

Donna-1

1/14/12 4:04pm

I have taken a different tack. From age 12 to 37 I was anorexic, low weight 93 lbs. I literally starved myself, sometimes not eating anything for up to 12 days at a time.

Then when I started on Zyprexa in 1997, my weight doubled from 93 to 186 lbs. At this weight, I felt very uncomfortable physically and psychologically. I did everything I could to lose weight -- Weight Watchers, fasting, whatever. In fact, I tried WW a number of times. I lost 50 lbs once, then gained it right back. I didn't feel like getting out of bed, much less exercising. But I bought a AirDyne exercise bike and forced myself to ride it for 15 minutes a day, starting off at close to zero rpm's. Gradually, over a year I built up to running a mile. Later, though, I settled on walking. And I am steady now at 168 lbs.

Believe me, I never thought I would be this big. But I have made my peace with it and am much happier now than I ever was when anorexic. A low weight did not make me happy, in other words. Now, my diet is healthy and I eat about 2000 - 2500 cals per day and stay the same. So I'm happy with that. Now I am walking for 30 min x 3 times per week at varying speeds (according to what my joints feel like that day.)

I'm happy for anyone who reaches a healthy weight and manages to keep it there. Yes, I am still categorized as "obese" by my BMI, because I am 5'2" tall. But I'm also perfectly happy with my life and how I look.