ma belly

[nona]

I have always little, 5' tall, and pre-diagnosis my weight dropped from about 128 to 115 pounds. I have been holding steady at that weight for five years. But over the last few months, as I've gradually transitioned to 100% feeding tube ( Kate Farms ), my belly has grown and some of my clothes don't fit me.

Is this typical of progression? I take in 1500 calories per day.

 

[KarenNWendyn]

It’s probably the Buddha Belly phenomenon from weak abdominal muscles, not from fat. I’m dealing with that myself. I don’t know why it has suddenly hit you in the last few months, but if your weight is still holding steady at 115#, I don’t know what else it could be. Gas??
Kate Farms is good stuff.

Sorry.

 

[nona]

I just realized that my post sounds vain. I don't care about the weight or fat, I was just curious about it. No gas here, most of the time.

 

[KarenNWendyn]

Vanity went out the door with the ALS diagnosis. It sucks for those of us who kept fit throughout our lives, and then have to deal with a changing body image on top of everything else. I get it.

 

[nona]

I just did a belated search and saw that there are previous threads on this subject. Thanks for indulging me!

 

[KarenNWendyn]

Out of curiosity, I also did a belated search on “belly”. My favorite is this quote from Chally, our dearly departed PALS brother:

“would love to see a time lapse video of my abs going south

Sil calls it a “ dicky do”. It’s when your belly sticks out farther than your dicky do!

Good enough for Budda, good enough for me”.

 

[blitzc]

I remember that post....

 

[KimT]

Prior to my diagnosis I had already gained over 15 pounds from Remeron but I probably needed that weight. Mayo scared me into quickly gaining another 30 pounds. Some of that gain naturally fell off because I could still walk several miles a day and stayed active. Then I sprained my ankle and the weight came back. I think a lot of my belly is fat but some of it is the loss of muscle..

 

[affected]

oh yes I so remember laughing so hard at the dicky do thread .... oh Chally you are still holding us up!

 

[Kristina1]

omg I remember that thread too, so funny!

Nona, Im also small (4'11) and struggle to keep my weight above 100 lbs. But even so I have the little pot belly from abs not holding things in.