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Gaining weight on CKD????

maurice02

maurice02

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One of my friends has been attempting to cut down his fat on a CKD diet. For about 4 weeks, he has steadily lost 3 - 4 pounds a week.
This week though he asked me if it is possible to gain weight since he has gone up about 1.2 pounds so far this week......

Any reasons? I honestly couldn't give an answer but said I would check the forum.
 
Yes. If you eat more calories than your body can utilize then yes.

If he is at the same caloric intake its very possible that it can be a little water retention.
 
maurice02 said:
One of my friends has been attempting to cut down his fat on a CKD diet. For about 4 weeks, he has steadily lost 3 - 4 pounds a week.
This week though he asked me if it is possible to gain weight since he has gone up about 1.2 pounds so far this week......

Any reasons? I honestly couldn't give an answer but said I would check the forum.
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Ok, if he's lost about 3.5 lbs per week for 4 weeks, that's about 14 lbs total.

He needs to adjust his BMR to take that weight loss into account. If he's still consuming, say, 500 calories below maintenance at +14 lbs, that could very well be 100+ calories ABOVE maintenance at his actual weight. That's one way to gain weight during a CKD.

It could also be constipation, since the CKD is famous for causing that. If he's been too long w/o a carb-up, or the carb-up was mediocre, he could have 2 lbs worth of waste in his tract.
 
SuppKnight said:
Ok, if he's lost about 3.5 lbs per week for 4 weeks, that's about 14 lbs total.

He needs to adjust his BMR to take that weight loss into account. If he's still consuming, say, 500 calories below maintenance at +14 lbs, that could very well be 100+ calories ABOVE maintenance at his actual weight. That's one way to gain weight during a CKD.

It could also be constipation, since the CKD is famous for causing that. If he's been too long w/o a carb-up, or the carb-up was mediocre, he could have 2 lbs worth of waste in his tract.
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Good call on both. Gonna check with him on the diet.....and I never thought of the constipation aspect but that is definitely a good chance as well.
 
It's also important to weigh urself at the same time on the same day each week. Especially on a ckd where you carb-up 1-2 days per week and can easily gain 8 lbs. of water weight on a carb refeed that you'll lose in the next few days.
 
Wilderbeast said:
It's also important to weigh urself at the same time on the same day each week. Especially on a ckd where you carb-up 1-2 days per week and can easily gain 8 lbs. of water weight on a carb refeed that you'll lose in the next few days.
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That's definitely true. I prefer the "just-woken-up-and-have-taken-the-morning-piss" scale check because that's when you are the lightest everyday.
 
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