I had lost so much weight on Weight Watchers prior to this RSD spread in 2009, now I have pretty much regained the majority of it since I can't get out there and do what I was doing before, like working out and even walking around the block! It is so frustrating!

I now have a gluten intolerance and one dr told me I was borderline gastroparesis. A lot of the gluten free foods are fattening and the best options, my system can't handle... I have difficulty digesting fruits and veggies...the things that I should be eating!! I have several food allergies too. You would think I would be skinny as a rail, but nope I am far from it...big and swollen!! UGH!!! The meds don't help either....

Nanc

My doctor doesn't act to concerned either but now my husband says that I snore which is an indicator of sleep apnea which can be caused by weight gain. So I am defenitly going to bring this up again at my February apt. I am on Neurontin which from what I have read is notarious for weight gain and I believe so is Lyrica. I will try eating better and drinking water. I think Catra maybe on to something by eating smaller meals so my hunger doesn't get out of control.

I've always been a fan of eating throughout the day but was never much of a "snacker" per se. It would be pretty normal for me to eat every couple of hours but instead of eating chips or cookies or something like that I would make myself a sandwich or pop in a small tv dinner or something. I have a very fast metabolism prior to the RSD...could eat anything and just never gain the weight...and I think part of that was because of the way I ate throughout the day instead of 3 larger meals. I've seen things on tv and read some stuff about this...something about how eating throughout the day keeps your system from going in rest/fat storing mode or something. Even just substituting different foods for your snacks (like a sandwhich or a yogurt or whatever) may be helpful. I still allow myself a cheat every now and again (like once a week)...cutting certain things out of my diet completely has just not been possible...but that one little cheat every now and then doesn't seem like it messes up my diet or anything.

Good luck.

I use to be this way until I started having hot flashes around 35. Then the weight pilled on over the next couple years I gained 20 lbs. Then I got rsd and gained another 20-25 lbs. I am going to see about getting put on estrigen to see if this will help. I will try and eat healthy snacks in between meals also. But I tell you I'm craving chocolate just sitting here writing.

Ah yes...the chocolate. That's been a tough one and my one cheat a week is usually related in some way to chocolate...or coffee. My boyfriend is terribly mean and has been buying these flavored coffees and creamers that he knows I like and then offers me a cup every day. I almost always turn him down...but once every couple weeks or so I give in...especially if it's cold outside. He's generally really supportive with all the other food changes I've made...but I think he's just getting back at me for getting him hooked on the flavored coffee and creamers. He was always a straight black with nothing in it sort of guy and now (and this is apparently MY fault...whatever) he can't drink his coffee without at least some flavored creamer.

The coffee with flavored creamer. Got to agree that is definitley a breaker. My husband wont go without either so dont feel to bad.

well I gained another pound. All my labs came back normal so I called the gyn and requested estrogen. Maybe my hormones are so out of wack that I am gaining weight. Will try this for 30 days and see if there is a difference.

How frustrating to work so hard to get the weight off only to be rewarded with a CRPS spread. Gastroparesis with CRPS is something to be taken real seriously. I cannot tell you how miserable I was with gastro symptoms. For me, the symptoms were so bad that i lost 40 pounds and was so severely underweight that I looked like photos of concentration camp survivors. tDCS knock it right out and none of the symptoms have returned. One time I could not remember what it was like to have no gastro problems. Now that those problems are gone, however, I remember them as though they never left.

Hope this helps!

Ugh...that really stinks! I'm so sorry that you have to deal with things like that. My mom has rheumatoid arthritis and suffers from weight problems but she is allergic to fresh fruits, fresh veggies, most kinds of nuts, and shellfish. It would be so hard to try to eat well if you cannot eat the foods that are good for you. I'm so sorry that you have to deal with that. And then to have worked so hard to lose the weigth before only to end up with CRPS...life can play some cruel tricks on us...