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Anyone else experience Weight Gain with long COVID?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Sep 21 8:51am | Replies (400)Comment receiving replies
I happened to find this thread after googling long COVID and weight gain. I've been seen by a number of doctors, run a number of tests and blood draws, and like so many others, no answers. No one can understand where the weight is coming from. I've had no change in diet, exercise. If anything this is triggering my eating disorder, and I've been restricting even more. I've gained almost 40 pounds in the last year or so. I currently have COVID yet again for the fifth time. I don't know what to do anymore. I'm on weightloss pills that have taken a few pounds off me, but now that I've been off them a few days, the weight is coming back. I just don't know what to do anymore.
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@jaylanleigh Most weight loss science says the biggest component of weight loss amongst diet, exercise, and activity is surprisingly activity. Those who move around at work burn more calories than those that sit (and many studies say they are healthier). Those who move around at home burn more calories than sitting reading, watching TV, etc. What happens with LC? For me my activity level dropped (hey, we don't feel well, right) dramatically and yes I have added 20 pounds.
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I’m so sorry you’re going through this! And I can totally relate and have no answers either. It’s super frustrating and it seems there’s nothing to be done.
I know there’s a lot of water retention with long COVID and hopefully one day more answers will come.
It is interesting that obesity is biological not behavioral as everyone believes and we’ve been told. Studies are showing viral activity changes adipose tissue causing increased fat stores and raising glucose levels. So far no studies are showing what can be done for these altered cells, unfortunately. But this also highlights how much of this is out of our control and not your fault or something you’re doing wrong.