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losing weight
Hi! I'm 17/F and I have been diagnosed with several pain conditions which make eating and working out severly painful. In the past 6 months, I went from weighing 115 to 145. It's very disgusting. I am wondering if anybody has any way to lose weight/tone muscles that doesn't involve pills, exercise, or eating (I understand this is a stretch)?!? The pain conditions are CRPS (known as mankind's most painful disease), IBS (which limits my food to almost nothing), and others that make it impossible to move without severe pain. Thanks for reading this and I look forward to all of your responses!!
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i have very bad crps in my stomach area from my chest to my hips n its spreading. iv ben hospitalized alot and i get alota stomach ulcers so its close to there and rips the stomach n intestines till they bleed, the only things that have really helped is having numbing stuff injected or drank, and psychotherepy. you really should try both of thoes before it gets any worse.. i also have ibs, for that drink alottt and only eat bland foods. for the weight dilema just try walking everywhere thats what i do, n if you can numb your pain area by ice or meds then its easier. they only three ways to loose weight are the ones youve said you dont want. so i dont really know what to tell you other than go to the doctor and get your crps n ibs fixed a bit, go on walks with friends or stuff to get your mind off it as ur doin it. if i knew which area hurt the most on you then it would be alot easier to help. if i didnt answer it good enough just tell me n il try n fix it :)
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Hi. First off, I am really sorry to hear about your condition. Particularly since you are so young.
Now, in one way or another, losing weight will involve eating, though in principle it is the absence of eating. Fundamentally it's calories in vs calories out. If you are gaining weight, you are eating more than you burn. This is very likely due to the fact that you use very few calories during the day being stationery.
I don't know what you normally can eat, but I will give you some tips which you of course should ignore if they conflict with your situtation. First I would recommend that you eat carbs very, very sparingly. The more static you are, the less you need them. Also eliminate any empty calories from stuff that has sugar added etc. Keep saturated fats (found in fatty animal products) to a minimum as well.
In regards to muscle growth. This cannot be done without making the muscles work. Muscle growth is a response to damage to the fibres caused by stress. However, can you use electrical muscle stimulators?
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By all means do check with a doctor before you try anything, but if you can use them they might provide an alternative to exercise. I know a trainer who specialised in using those things for rehabilitation. She said they were very effective (though what she used was considerably more powerful than the regular stuff people buy from the shopping networks or whatever).
Apart from this, I cannot think of anything that does not invovle exercise in one way or another.
I am not sure if this was helpful for you, but I figured I would give it a shot. Good luck.
Alin 34/m
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