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I don’t believe the so-called weight neutral meds are really weight neutral.  They still slow your metabolism. I weigh more than I did before I was on meds and I follow a low fat diet. penguin

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Weight gain can ultimately be life threatening.  Regardless of the reputation of your meds, the result should not be ignored. Make it clear to your P-doc that you need to make a change to stop it.  Some P-docs don’t care about weight gain, even to levels of morbid obesity.  You may need to change P-docs. "Buther Boy" <m…@privacy.net> wrote in message

news:u5m5l1pt925advn03a3ar6q3c0skom147v@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I am gaining weight like mad, and I just don’t know how to gain > control of my eating and of food.  I just am afraid that I gain every > day, and I probably am!  I’ve gained a lot this year, and I remain on > a weight neutral set of psychiatric drugs.  Go figure! > Buther Boy > — > Remove the word Spam from my e-mail to contact me… > http://www.PrivacySig.com/SIGbutherboySpam-gmail-black.png > ~

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I am about 78 kg while I should weigh about 70 kg. So I have what you call a Budha belly. Cisordinol is not weight nutral but also not like Zyprexa. I don’t care much about my belly. Berty

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I hit 119 kg after switching off of diet soda and going to the full calorie stuff and gaining 14 kg in 18 months.

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Buther Boy I went to a dietician and she told me to eat foods with 3 grams of fat per 100 calories.  I don’t go that extreme but I basically try to follow a low fat diet.  I look at all the labels on foods and try to eat foods with 6 or 7 grams of fat per serving.  I haven’t lost but I haven’t gained any more weight by following a low fat diet. Ask your psychiatrist to refer you to a dietician.   take care penguin

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On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:10:54 -0700, kol…@webtv.net (Penguin A) wrote: >Buther Boy >I went to a dietician and she told me to eat foods with 3 grams of fat >per 100 calories.  I don’t go that extreme but I basically try to follow >a low fat diet.  I look at all the labels on foods and try to eat foods >with 6 or 7 grams of fat per serving.  I haven’t lost but I haven’t >gained any more weight by following a low fat diet. >Ask your psychiatrist to refer you to a dietician.   >take care >penguin

thanks, penguin!  good info. — Remove the word Spam from my e-mail to contact me… http://www.PrivacySig.com/SIGbutherboySpam-gmail-black.png ~

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I am gaining weight like mad, and I just don’t know how to gain control of my eating and of food.  I just am afraid that I gain every day, and I probably am!  I’ve gained a lot this year, and I remain on a weight neutral set of psychiatric drugs.  Go figure! Buther Boy — Remove the word Spam from my e-mail to contact me… http://www.PrivacySig.com/SIGbutherboySpam-gmail-black.png ~

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I know this is an obvious approach, but it’s what I’m doing now: One thing I’m trying is drinking hot coffee (decaf) and tea.  Drinking hot beverages is a slow process.  Plus it fills you up.  If hot isn’t your cup of tea (pardon the pun) drinking ice water/tea fills you up and maybe instead of reaching for something to munch on, reach for a calorie less drink.  Sugary sodas/drinks have calories.  I would much rather eat my calories than drink them. I know a guy that lost 30lbs cutting soda completely out of his diet. I still like diet sodas, but maybe they make me crave the calories the sweetners take out.  Hard to tell.

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