weight loss

[jojo2316]

Since I've been suffering from health anxiety I've been losing loads of weight. People are now beginning to comment on my thinness........ and while I try to tell myself that it is just because my appetite is suppressed, part of me worries it is a symptom of some awful disease......
have others found anxiety has done strange things to your weight?

[RichardW]

Weight is probably my biggest single issue, and something I dwell on. Because of the operations I've had (gallbladder, then having had pancreatitis) I constantly worry my liver/bile duct/pancreas isn't working properly. I do notice I now have great difficulty putting weight on. However when my anxiety is bad the weight literally falls off and that just powers a cycle of further anxiety which is difficult to control.

[agent orange]

I find that a good dose of anxiety helps me lose weight, it just drops off me.

[joyce1980]

Since I've been suffering from health anxiety I've been losing loads of weight. People are now beginning to comment on my thinness........ and while I try to tell myself that it is just because my appetite is suppressed, part of me worries it is a symptom of some awful disease......
have others found anxiety has done strange things to your weight?

It's like i wrote that, I thought i hand cancer or something, I knew in the back of my head it was anxiety but I just couldn't believe it was at the time

[Ddcoo]

W hen I have bad anxiety, the weight drops off me, but when the anxiety eases I get my appetite back and put the weight back on again, I guess the anxiety regulates any weight gain, so I don't bother dieting. If ever I got free from anxiety I would balloon!!

[Miss Alissa]

Hi there

I'm a pretty thin person anyway so when I go through a bad patch with the anxiety I lose weight and it is pretty noticeable. I don't find so much that my appetite is suppressed - I always make an extra special effort to eat three good meals a day when I'm jittery just because I know how much worse I feel when you add low blood sugar to the mix! But if I have a few days of bad panic my digestive system goes mad - my food just seems to go right through me (sorry!) because my stomach is just a ball of nerves. Plus I'm, more physically agitated than I would usually be - my muscles are all tensed and I'm constantly fidgeting - that takes more energy. Plus I sleep less soundly, which means I'm moving around more, which means I'm burning more calories. Result is that I look and feel pretty awful! But I find taking control, making an extra effort to eat well makes me feel a lot better - firstly because eating is obviously a good thing, and secondly because I feel like I'm taking control of something. Which always helps me a little.

Take care

xx

[anna66]

Hello,
I have to agree with Miss Alissa, as I am virtually the same. I have lost over a stone in weight and worry sometimes. I tell myself that after having tummy problems, a lack of appetite, no tea, cakes, biscuits and only drinking water, what did I expect! That on top of a body that being in a permanent state of anxiety is using up fuel like there is no tomorrow.

[jasper]

Hi jojo2316

Well I lost a dramatic amount of weight when at my worst at the same time as having a very bad stomach bug. I used to put on a big coat to avoid people commenting - any comments would just go to confirm that I must be ill. I still suffer from HA but no weight loss now - just a series of symptons chasing around a very tense body!!!!

Rebecca x

[AntiLove_SuperStar]

^ it isn't a diet forum, there are loads of other sites out there for that (btw, sounds like they want you to be postively underweight, you take care of yourself <3)

I lost 12lbs once in about 4 weeks without trying when I was really worked up over something relationship related last year. I was normal weight to start with and "on the thin side" afterwards.

[Karen]

how can lose 2 pounds a week for four weeks? how many calories should i eat a day and how long should i work out?

This is not a forum for weight loss. Some of us here suffer from eating disorders and these kinds of posts are very triggering. Please use a forum specifically for dieting if you want advice like this.

Karen