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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
Thank you for posting! I did Noom and lost 35 pounds over 9 months. Got COVID June 2022 and have now gone up 20lbs. I know it’s inflammation because I’m puffy in my face and belly area. My measurements have barely changed and I’m being so careful with calories. Did dry January and no change. I also know it’s water because my weight will change 1-3lbs either way overnight. I’m feeling like a failure. I did a LOW dose diuretic for 2 weeks and I do think it helped but my doc isn’t comfortable prescribing higher or longer time frame. I wish they could figure this issue out since so many of us are battling it. I was feeling so crazy until I found this blog!
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I can understand your feelings! Weight loss—weight gain, so frustrating . It sounds like you had a good experience with Noom . Can you share a little about it? 35 pounds is a lot of weight. What about Noom helped you the most? You certainly aren’t a failure!
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My son is keeping his weight in check with diuretics, but a cardiologist friend suggested he have a complete cardio work up because any virus, especially Covid, can cause damage. I can't push him but hope he pursues the topic at his next doctors visit. I think the dr. Just wanted to get him stabilized first. On another note, I'm noticing the majority of the long Covid symptoms are coming from people who were hit in the early Covid outbreak spring 2020!