No diet seems to work

Dercum's Disease
#1

Hey all, Ok I confess, I have zero appetite. I could care less whether I eat or not. Nothing sounds good and nothing tastes good either.

However, between 7PM last night and now, I have eaten 15 packages of teddy grahams, you know the ones, 100 calories per packet. Some of them are 150 calories per packet. What else have I eaten ?? NOTHING!!! I don’t have energy to cook, and even if I did, nothing sounds good. Nothing.

I ate 4 boxes of teddygrahams in 4 days. Which is why I bought the smaller packets. But it hasn’t stopped me.

I know I need to be eating a healthy diet. I KNOW that I do.

However, I am lactose intolerant, and I don’t like things with milk in them anyway. Like YOUGURT, ICK. Can’t eat the stuff.

What am I to do? Anyone else been trhough this terrible feeling of not caring what you eat, desperately knowing you need a good diet, but no idea how to go forth ?

I am 150 pounds overweight, and have gained 20 pounds since diagnosed with dercums, and beginning lycria. Gosh oh gosh I just feel so helpless. Every “diet” i look at has yougurt, or cottage cheese, or
something like that. Ugh.

I am lost. Every day I say to myself ok, I am just not going to eat anything anymore. Then I read about the poor woman who lost 25 pounds and now her aliens hurt her even more ? Who wants that ?

Yes, I am ranting. Yes, I am raving. I live on diet coke and crackers/cookiess. With an occasional bowl of oatmeal thrown in.

Well I am all wet, from being in the pool, so I am gonna go take a xanax and a shower. Then I will try to restrict my cinnamon graham cracker bears to just a couple of packages.

helplessly lost.

calle//carin in az

#2

Calle,
I know just how you feel. I am over 100lbs over weight, I work in an office that teaches nutrition and I usually can sell it pretty well myself, but do I eat and drink what I should? Absolutely Not. I just don’t really care, diets have never worked too well for me. I did the adtkins thing and went low carb, and I did manage to lose a little weight then once I got off the diet, it all came back and then some.
I felt so lousy it just didn’t really matter anymore. I hurt no matter what I do and dieting is stressful, not only emotional, but financial and the energy it takes to plan at least two seperate menus for each meal? Forget that I barely have the energy to eat much less cook!

I have taught my youngest son how to prepare a lot of his own meals, which makes me feel like a lowsy mother, because he doesn’t eat as healthy as he should, but he has always been a picky eater, no excuse though. He is a great kid. I don’t know what I would do without him. He still loves hugging me and telling me how beautiful he thinks I am and how much he loves me, it sure makes my day.

The first thing my husband does if I get home before him is look at the stove to see if I cooked then he gives me that “Again?” look it just drives me crazy. I really love coming home and eating a Poptart or a piece of cheese and bread. Anything I don’t have to stand over and cook.

Ok I am on a rant now. I guess we have similar issues aside from the aches and pains? Its all related to what this nasty DD has done to our lives. Where is the Xanax?

#3

Your lives are mine! I do the same. I could go for days without eating. And yet, if there’s something like those Teddy Grahams around, I’ll eat until they’re gone. (PopTarts are one of my weaknesses, too.)

I try to keep fruit right near me, and pretzels, or other low fat things. But there aren’t that many, and it’s a pain to keep fresh fruit in the house at all times! I was proud of myself today that I actually “cooked” a couple of hotdogs for lunch. Whoohoo! The woman cooked! :wink:

My husband came home and made frozen fish filets and french fries for lunch so it was a rare day for me - I had two “good” meals, and only a few pieces of dark chocolate (the kind that’s good for you) besides.

I drink only water, though. I gave up Coke a couple of years ago, because “everyone” was convinced it was the reason I was heavy, because I really don’t eat a lot. I knew that I’d nurse a can of coke half a day, but it “looked” like I drank several cans a day - I always had one at my elbow. I rarely drank more than two a day. So now I drink only water besides my cup of tea in the morning. And you know what? My weight, after the initial weight gain of approx. 120 lbs, about 4 years ago, has stabilized. Go figure. I don’t miss the coke anymore, but sometimes, when I need to eat something, and I’m too weak to get anything but some saltines, and I’m eating saltines and water for lunch, I can feel a wee bit sorry for myself!

me