Weight loss while eating well

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So many questions these days. I started losing weight immediately after I started my taper from k. Went from 200lbs. to 150lbs. in 2 and a half months. 15 lbs less than I weighed when I was 16 yrs. old. Im in my 50s now.

 

I have stabilized at 150lbs. I have had no nausea and eating is no problem. I have cut sugar from my diet except for fruits. I eat lots of fats (avocados, coconut milk and cream, olives and olive oil, salmon, goat kifir etc.) protein, beans and nuts and seeds. Tons of veggies.

 

Im all bones everywhere. Hurts to sit on hard surfaces or lean back against hard things. Ive always been skinny anyway but this is ridiculous. Almost no body fat at all. Maybe none. I can see all my ribs and ligaments and tendons. Even arteries (I think). I can still force myself to lift weight and swim some. Walk. Joined a gym so I would not disappear. People were afraid of me, I looked like a skeleton.  Like I was dying of cancer or something. Look a little better now that I added muscle weight.

 

Just wondering if anyone has heard of weight loss while eating like a horse? 

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I am in the exact same boat. I started at around 195lbs and lost 25-30 lbs very quickly (along with a lot of hair) to put me between 165-170lbs. I eat normal meals, fairly healthy and then sometimes not so. I also have a physical job and surf often (pain is making this much more difficult) but can't gain a pound. Im also a skeleton of my former self. I've had friends even tell me the same. I obliviously attribute much of it to stress on my body but I also believe being in withdrawal for so long puts our bodies in a state of ketosis (lack of glucose), where its burning up calories and fat faster than we can blink an eye. very frustrating bc I feel like I look sickly. Im only 30 and otherwise in good health.

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Same here, I feel as though I just can't eat enough, I have lost a lot of weight while tapering despite eating much more than I did pretaper. I think I have hyperglycaemia as I need to eat every 2 hours or anxiety and shakes and dizziness sets in. I think the benzodiazepines have messed up our system and now we are coming off it is revved up and working overtime. I hate looking so thin and boney, I am thin by nature anyway. It makes me feel sad when I look in the mirror. My GP said as long as I am eating healthy food I will be ok, but the benzo related health anxiety keeps telling me I am wasting away - I need to keep up the distractions and ignore those negative thoughts but it is hard some days. So good to know I am not alone in this.🤗

Also have hair loss-great what this poison has done to us!

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Wow! This is comforting - "misery loves company"!

 

I've lost about 35 lbs in the past two years after quitting all alcohol and continuing to taper from benzo (cruel irony - I got dependent on it while taking it during detox from alcohol!). I'm 5'9" (53 cm?) and have dropped from 175+ lbs to barely 140 lbs (80k to 64k) in two years, without trying to at all, and can only maintain 140#/64k by eating LIKE A HORSE - much more than I want to! I have to cinch my belt to the last notch and really should go out and buy some new trousers.

 

I certainly know the problems of boniness and feeling/looking emaciated. I am never comfortable sitting on a hard chair (even one with firm padding) anymore. I see blood vessels in my legs that I've never seen exposed before! I've been very worried that I have some wasting disease, but reading your posts has really eased my mind. I sure hope this weight thing stabilizes and I can gain some back.

 

Oh, and I've lost hair too! I was already balding on top, moreso now. But I also notice that my calves have developed bald spots during this time period. (I'm a guy, so that's a complication, not a shortcut to smooth legs as a woman might see it.)

 

Along with the sometimes crippling mood/energy swings (from anxious restlessness to periods of depression and utter fatigue), this has become such a win/lose experience and keeping up my hopes for physical and mental stabilization is very difficult.

[[Tw...]]

Wow! This is comforting - "misery loves company"!

 

I've lost about 35 lbs in the past two years after quitting all alcohol and continuing to taper from benzo (cruel irony - I got dependent on it while taking it during detox from alcohol!). I'm 5'9" (53 cm?) and have dropped from 175+ lbs to barely 140 lbs (80k to 64k) in two years, without trying to at all, and can only maintain 140#/64k by eating LIKE A HORSE - much more than I want to! I have to cinch my belt to the last notch and really should go out and buy some new trousers.

 

I certainly know the problems of boniness and feeling/looking emaciated. I am never comfortable sitting on a hard chair (even one with firm padding) anymore. I see blood vessels in my legs that I've never seen exposed before! I've been very worried that I have some wasting disease, but reading your posts has really eased my mind. I sure hope this weight thing stabilizes and I can gain some back.

 

Oh, and I've lost hair too! I was already balding on top, moreso now. But I also notice that my calves have developed bald spots during this time period. (I'm a guy, so that's a complication, not a shortcut to smooth legs as a woman might see it.)

 

Along with the sometimes crippling mood/energy swings (from anxious restlessness to periods of depression and utter fatigue), this has become such a win/lose experience and keeping up my hopes for physical and mental stabilization is very difficult.

 

It's like your talking about me here. Literally the same story. Stopped drinking two years ago, roughly began tapering and then everything you've said is and it has happened to me. The crazy mood swings/fatigue, hair loss, weight loss blah blah blah...almost ver batem. Are you off benzos or still tapering?

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Thanks so much for your post, TWOL! It sure helps to know I'm not alone in this! I'm VERY sorry that you've had to go through the same awful, scary sh**, but you saying your experience has been so similar to mine really gives me more peace of mind. Thank you. WE CAN MAKE IT.

 

I'm still tapering, but not even half-way through. Somehow I can't bring myself to write down all my details in a signature summary yet - I started to, but it was just so long and depressing, and at this point, I am loath to lay it all out for everybody's (or even my own) scrutiny. Just keeping my eyes forward, can't look back for very long at this point - I've done way too much of that already, and it wasn't of any benefit to my progress at all.

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I am still tapering as well, I have given up weighing myself as it it far too depressing. I hate having to wear 'cover up' clothes and the fact I can feel my bones when sitting or lying down. I am holding on to the thought that once off, our systems will slowly get back to normal. Here's hoping 🤞