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[flutterbye_xo]

Being a short young girl it can be devistating to gain any weight especially when you aren't considered "big". When I tell someone I need to loose weight they usually reply from where you aren't overweight. I need to try the small frequent meals thing but I never seem to have enough time to eat being in school and busy all the time. I deffinitely gained weight due to fatigue and decreased activity. I'm grateful my treatment negates that and now I'm loosing weight. As a healthcare professional I have faith in management through diet and exercise and treatments. Now if I can just stop falling asleep after running.

[NetiNeti]

I became vegetarian when (or around) the onset of narcolepsy in HS, although I wasn't aware of it at the time. I gained a lot of weight in college, but that was because I started weight lifting. I went from 140lbs or so entering to 185lbs at my max. I have dropped 20lbs in the last year or two because I started running, but my weight has remained at 160lbs or so, plus or minus 2lbs (and I am 5'5''). I still lift though and I have a high protein intake, so a lot of it I think is due to that.

On the Ritalin though I do find that I forget to eat sometimes. When I first started it I dropped 5lbs quickly.

[katiepineighty]

I was diagnosed with N about 6 months ago, and my Dr. Immediately put me on Ritalin. Before I was diagnosed I weighed 132 lbs, and now 6 months later I now weigh 115 lbs on a good day, my activity level hasn't changed much, although my eating habits are completely different. I find that I have to force myself to eat because I get to focused on my daily work that I just forget to eat. In the past my stomach would growl to let me know and now nothing... My mom is constantly on me about my weight and I don't know what to tell her when I dont know how to change it. I feel super skinny, and almost. I have started to eat healthier foods, and a lot more protien to increase the amount of nutrients I am taking in, and still I'm not seeing any results no matter how much I work out and try to build myself back up.

 

Is this something that will change over time? Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to feel stronger or anything I can tell my mom to get her off my back?

[DeathRabbit]

Eat a late, large supper. Eating in the evening is exactly what you don't want to do if you are wanting to lose weight because it's the best way to gain it!