Hi,
I’m sorry to harp on about a problem that affects many of us but has anybody managed ot lose any weight? I’ve put on about two stone and it’s really effecting my self esteem.
I’ve joined some weight loss sites to try to get motivated but it’s really difficult. I’m trying to walk 2 to 3 miles a day (regularly), some days I’m successful and start to feel good about myself then the next day it take s me ages to get round the route because my knees or feet ache. I’m also trying to keep my calories to 1600 a day but my weight keeps creeping up.
I’m worried that the extra weight might result in heart problems or diabetes.
It would be lovely if anybody had any advice.
Love,
Gill
Hi Gill
How far post end of treatment are you? I finshed my rads in June but seemed to continue to put weight on for a couple of months, i seemed to stop putting it on about Sept and have been trying to follow a mix of slimming world and weight watchers and did lose about 4lbs , but know i need to try and up my excersise, but i get so damn tired. I have put on min of two stone. I feel awful nothing fits me and its the way i have put it on , its all around my belly, its horrible. I went swimming last night for half an hour and came home ate a low fat curry and fell asleep. I tried to do squats the other day but my knees were just so sore so though best not carry on. I want to try and start aqua aerobics again but at the moment the class times don’t suit me.
I am happy to be a bit of a diet buddy, if you want to PM me i will give you my email address.
rhian xx
I am also trying, I have put on two stone exactly and I feel terrible, nothing bar running will shift it and I cant run anymore as I have bad joints because of tamoxifen and zoladex! Pain in the back side!
I have been on this since july 2008 and piled on very quickly! I hope everybody’s efforts pay off soon! x
Mairead
I know what you mean re excercise before BC i was a excercise addict attending classes rather than the gym and lots of swimming. I know it really is only excercise that will truly shift the pounds and tone me up again but i can just about manage an aqua aerobics class and about 30 mins of swimming. I simply can’t cope with anything that involes bending and using my joints as it is so painful.
I have been told pilates should help but until i lose some weight i can’t face that sort of group excercise at the moment
good luck with your efforts
xxx
Hello,
I have lost 1 1/2 stones in 18 months since I was diagnosed. Really its not much in 18 months but of course I was having treatment for alot of that time. It has been a real struggle for me, I have been cycling regularly at least 3-4 times per week for about 40 minutes and it has taken ages to feel fitter, not so short of breath on my usual route of very slight inclines ( not hills, lol) I think the key is to not to give up, maybe to think of not so much of losing weight but improving fitness. Getting out in the fresh air on my bike has really helped me feel better but I still need to lose 2 more stones in weight I WILL carry on. My joints are painful especially my poor old knees I am on letrozole which has affected my joints badly I feel.
Best wishes to all,
Ray
hi, i am very worried about weight gain, i have always had a problem with this, what puzzles me is that we are supposed to ensure we stay at lean weight , but the treatment puts weight on us, would it not be beneficial for some sort of slimming pill be administerd to help us reduce , my onc just said dont worry bout weight gain, i can deal with that later…but shes a size 6 wet through???
truffle shuffle,you don,t attend Christie hospital do you?That sounds just like my onc.Don,t worry about weight gain she said but I don,t think she has put on weight since she went into her teens!!!the weight gain and joint pain is really unfair after all we have been through.I feel there is no end to all this.
11 and half stones of love
Annxx
I would love to talk to other about weight gain. I know that when i talk to my family and friends they say that it should not be what i am worrying about, but i really do that i have more important things to be thinking of! I have put on over 2 stone and have been trying to do a little more exercise but i know i am not doing nearly enough to burn it off! I would love to be a part of support group in this regard if anyone is interested. xx
I too have put on about a stone and a half. I definately think its a mix of medication, eating junk on them days i just cant do anything and lack of exercise. I used to run, swim, cycle and martial arts training, most days, and now im out of breath going upstairs lol. I have been thinking of walking my old running routes and when my picc comes out in 4 weeks and 6 days lol, back to swimming. I need to shift this weight and feel attractive again.
Hi ladies,
Yes I do attend christies , yes we must have the same Onc, very attractive lady, next visit on the 20 nov, I dont know what I weigh, only that it is rising, (hence “Truffle Shuffle”) I just turn away when put on the scales.
Before diag i had lost 2 stone , think that was how I detected the change in breast size.
oh and when i asked about treatment and weight gain , I was told no reason why chemo and hormones should increase weight.
In defience I am now going to bed armed with two jelly babies, or maybe 3.
love to allxx
Hello
the comment everyone makes to me is ‘oh don’t worry about the weight’ !! drives me mad I DO worry about it.
Truffle Shuffle I too had lost just over two stone before my diagnosis and was feeling fab. What adds insult to injury is i did loose a bit of weight around surgery and the start of chemo, so i drank build up drinks, because everyone told me i needed to keep myself strong. I wasn’t looking at sites like this when i was first going through everything and was totally unaware i would likely put weight on arrgghhh. I am trying to do a couple of swims or aqua aerobics a week but i go to a class and then come home and have to go to bed as i am wiped out.
I have weighed myself and i am horrified i have those stupid scales that tell you body fat % and i am morbidly obese according to them , so if the cancer doesn’t kill me at this rate the fat will :0
xx
Hi ladies,
I think most of us are in the same boat.I too had lost over a stone and started feeling good about myself,then christmas eve last year I was dx with BC.Continued to lose weight,due to worry,surgery,rads and Tamoxifen later…1 and a 1/2stone gained.Tried walking more but joints won,t carry me.I am trying to keep to low fat diet but I have stuck at this weight and can,t lose any more.Fat and poor,not fair!!!
Ann.xx
I went for my 6 month check up last week - all is well on the BC front thank goodness! I am taking Tamoxifen and in spite of eating sensibly and exercising as much as I can with creaky hips and knees, my weight is creeping up - I’ve put on 6lbs since my last checkup. Not a lot I know, but that’s nearly a stone a year and I’m already 3 stone heavier than I was when I was diagnosed. I asked what else I could do about the weight gain and was told not to worry - if I put on a lot more something would be done.
So it appears that I have to wait until I’m another 3 stone - or 4 or 5 - overweight before something is done! I thought excess weght in ladies of a certain age was one of the risk factors for BC so how huge do you have to get before ‘something is done’? I posted this last week (on the wrong page - would like to think it’s chemo brain that makes me a bit slow but…). Daisy Do replied (thanks Daisy!.
It’s so nice to know I’m not alone with this.
Hi everyone
All my friends keep telling me to not worry about my weight, but it is really getting me down. I’ve had trouble with aching bones, and this will not get any better with weight gain. I seem to have developed quiet a few chins as well. Someone said to me it could be water retention, so went to the Pharmacy tonight but they would not sell me tablets because they knew I was on arimadex and zoladex. When I asked the doctor about the weight gain, he said just cut down. But I don’t eat a lot anyway. He said you put on more weight anyway when you get older. I think I might go and see my onc, see what she has to say.
Hi ladies
its such a comfort to know i am not the only one…i have put on 1 1/2 stone during my 5 years of treatment. It has been the one thing that has really depressed me. Everyone tells me not to worry and how good i look etc, even my lovely husband but i just want to get back to my original size.
The only thing that shifts the weight is running.
I am on a mission at the moment and I am seeing some results which is good. The joint pain does get bad, but the running does seem to ease it a bit but now i am suffering from bad stiffness in my ankles and feet. I feel like a very old lady at times!!
I am due to come off tamox and zoladex at the end of this month so i am hoping it will help with the weight loss.
Good luck to you all on your weight shifting missions
lots of love
xxxxx
Hi everyone
I also put on about a stone during chemo (because I treated myself to chocs and pies and anything I fancied on the days I felt like it)and then another one when I started Tamoxifen in April this year. I have always been a yoyo dieter but realised I needed to do something to stop the increase in size before it was too late. I joined Slimming World 12 weeks ago and by sticking to the plan have managed to lose 1st 5lbs already. I stay to class and listen to all the advice and it’s working for me. I’ve never been very active but intend to start swimming again in the near future to tone up the wobbly bits. Good luck with all your endeavours.
Hugs to everyone
Jackie xx
I had treatment last year (mx, chemo, rads) and have been on Tamoxifen since the week before Christmas. Put on 2 stone and when I saw the breast surgeon in April, he said I ‘obviously’ had to eat less, if I gained weight it was because I’m eating too much for the level of activity I’m managing. Could have wept (or thumped him), he and I are on different planets. Now back in a manual job, on my feet all day, still no weight shifting, so clearly I’m still over-eating. Not sleeping at all well, and probably having too much carbohydrate and sugar to keep awake, otherwise I’m eating caffeine tablets to manage at work. Maybe it’s menopausal weight gain, and not linked to cancer meds, but either way he made me feel like a greedy pig, he’s probably right.
YOU ARE NOT A GREEDY PIG!!! I too had a not very comforting reply from my onc when I mentioned the weight gain. I was told they would do something if it got too bad - i wondered how huge i had to get before they ‘did something’. I recently had loads of blood tests done - the results were brill confirming that I do eat healthily but the weight is still going on. Cant run as I also have arthritis in both hips so yesterday joined a rosemary Conley slimming class. The girl who runs the class said she has helped others on Tam before - it would be slow progress but she would be there all the way.
You sound really down - don’t let others get you that way you’ve done so well so far. We need the medication so have to stay on it - take care x
Im worried about weight gain battled with it all my life, due to start hormones in Feb, my concern is that if weight round middle increases hormones and treatment = weight gain, why cant we have slimming pills to stop the weight coming on, I am going to ask my onc next month
take care xx
If your onc says you can have slimming pills let me know - I’ll be there demanding them too!
scooterbabe x