Weight loss diets????

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Hope everyone had a good New Year's Eve. I've got a problem I need some direction with.

Since last February it seems like I've been in one continuous flare...or maybe this is the way lupus will be for me indefinitely. I was wondering if anyone had some safe dieting tips for lupus patients with mild kidney dysfunction. I have a lot of water buildup daily and have to take water pills now. Before the flare that put me on my butt I had lost about 60 lbs on the Atkins diet...or my variation of it. I had used that diet for many years to lose weight quickly and without constant hunger pangs. The longer the flare continued this past year, the more weight I gained from inactivity and now I've gained back everything. I walk daily (when I'm up to it) and watch what I eat, but it doesn't seem to help. I gain weight on a 2000 calorie diet. Now everytime I eat a little too much meat I blow up with water like a water bed. I like veges but I never have been much of a bread eater...candy and sweets have always been my downfall. Veges just leave me hungry 5 minutes after I eat them...fruits aren't much better.

I take 400 mg. Plaquenil daily (fairly low dosage) and am afraid that the rheummy will put me on Prednisone eventually since I don't get much relief from the Plaquenil...then I'll really gain weight. I've looked at a renal diet breakdown, but it would mean giving up most of what I like to eat. Please don't tell me not to diet with this disease. I'm getting heavy enough now that I'm uncomfortable. I weighed 175 a year ago, now I'm pushing 240. My joints are constantly swollen and hurt too much for a lot of exercises.

Any ideas?

[Guest guest]

I wish I did have some ideas for you. 'Cause they would help me too! I am trying so VERY hard to lose weight. I've gained 70 pounds in the last few years and hate it more than anything. Just don't give up trying. We can fight it together and try to keep each other encouraged!