Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 An online friend of mine has the same problem. Her doctor was recommending bypass surgery when she tried South Beach as a last ditch effort before going for it. She and I were chatting at that time and during the no bread/grains first two weeks she did great and lost almost 20 lbs (she had a lot to lose.) During that time I read an article about a man who weighed close to 400 lbs and was on the table, having the surgery done, when they noticed something strange about his intestines. They stopped the surgery, did biopsies, then did the blood work and found he was definitely celiac. I told this to my friend (whose doctor scoffed, so she hasn't had any testing done) and she decided to stay gf while dieting. She lost steadily after years of not being able to lose at all. However, whenever she ate something with gluten, she'd gain almost 10 lbs overnight and not lose an ounce for almost two weeks after. The worst thing about this is that because of her doctors, she really doesn't think of herself as having gluten issues (she's one of those that definitely needed someone to tell her " you cannot eat wheat! " for her to stick with the program.) Without any other symptoms, once she lost a good bit of weight (but not where she needed to be) she began waffling all the time. I've also heard the statistics where 1/3 are " typical celiacs, " 1/3 show no obvious signs, and 1/3 are " atypical " basically meaning overweight (and often very overweight.) > > > > I would think she would have put on a little weight from eating > gluten- > > free if she has obviously had celiac disease for at least 2 years > > according to that article. Don't people put weight back on after > they > > follow the diet correctly? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 An online friend of mine has the same problem. Her doctor was recommending bypass surgery when she tried South Beach as a last ditch effort before going for it. She and I were chatting at that time and during the no bread/grains first two weeks she did great and lost almost 20 lbs (she had a lot to lose.) During that time I read an article about a man who weighed close to 400 lbs and was on the table, having the surgery done, when they noticed something strange about his intestines. They stopped the surgery, did biopsies, then did the blood work and found he was definitely celiac. I told this to my friend (whose doctor scoffed, so she hasn't had any testing done) and she decided to stay gf while dieting. She lost steadily after years of not being able to lose at all. However, whenever she ate something with gluten, she'd gain almost 10 lbs overnight and not lose an ounce for almost two weeks after. The worst thing about this is that because of her doctors, she really doesn't think of herself as having gluten issues (she's one of those that definitely needed someone to tell her " you cannot eat wheat! " for her to stick with the program.) Without any other symptoms, once she lost a good bit of weight (but not where she needed to be) she began waffling all the time. I've also heard the statistics where 1/3 are " typical celiacs, " 1/3 show no obvious signs, and 1/3 are " atypical " basically meaning overweight (and often very overweight.) > > > > I would think she would have put on a little weight from eating > gluten- > > free if she has obviously had celiac disease for at least 2 years > > according to that article. Don't people put weight back on after > they > > follow the diet correctly? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 An online friend of mine has the same problem. Her doctor was recommending bypass surgery when she tried South Beach as a last ditch effort before going for it. She and I were chatting at that time and during the no bread/grains first two weeks she did great and lost almost 20 lbs (she had a lot to lose.) During that time I read an article about a man who weighed close to 400 lbs and was on the table, having the surgery done, when they noticed something strange about his intestines. They stopped the surgery, did biopsies, then did the blood work and found he was definitely celiac. I told this to my friend (whose doctor scoffed, so she hasn't had any testing done) and she decided to stay gf while dieting. She lost steadily after years of not being able to lose at all. However, whenever she ate something with gluten, she'd gain almost 10 lbs overnight and not lose an ounce for almost two weeks after. The worst thing about this is that because of her doctors, she really doesn't think of herself as having gluten issues (she's one of those that definitely needed someone to tell her " you cannot eat wheat! " for her to stick with the program.) Without any other symptoms, once she lost a good bit of weight (but not where she needed to be) she began waffling all the time. I've also heard the statistics where 1/3 are " typical celiacs, " 1/3 show no obvious signs, and 1/3 are " atypical " basically meaning overweight (and often very overweight.) > > > > I would think she would have put on a little weight from eating > gluten- > > free if she has obviously had celiac disease for at least 2 years > > according to that article. Don't people put weight back on after > they > > follow the diet correctly? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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