Will lost weight remain stable as time progresses?

Hi Kathy for me my weight started to come back in around15 months after treatment finished. I’m now almost at my normal weight I lost around a stone which is niw back in  , no bigger but body shape has altered slightly around the waist area. 
I had to stop the cakes ice creams etc. I’m 9 stone I lost most of my muscle mass which is now back,,today I’ve cycled 75 km up and over mountains in Spain not electric bikes pure pedal power  life is great  

Hazel x

Hi Kathy, I finished 3 wks before you, and I lost substantial weight over the course of my journey. To get the food tube out I had to maintain my weight for weeks, so I was on a really high carb diet and the Dietician I see doesn't want me to lose anymore until I'm a year out. She's saying I can change out some of the carbs for veg if I start to gain. Unfortunately, a lot of my loss was muscle, so now I'm on an extremely high protein diet, but I'd be eager to lose the remainder of my excess fat. So unless I overeat, I don't see the weight going back on. Tina

Hi Kathy 

Chemoradio finished in June 2023... rapid weight loss towards the end of treatment...shed 16 kilos...spent 12 days in hospital to stabilise my weight .... now eating well and have a healthy BMI....I don't think I will put the extra weight again.... luckily I kept some of my old clothes in the hope of slimming.... chemo has some odd 'benefits'

Peter 

I was fine re weight gain till around 18 months. Five years later I really have to watch my weight! 

Hard to believe isn’t it when you look back at our early years. I’m same no more cream cakes never thought that would happen did we. 
Hazel,x

Hi Kathy

Last op I lost 6k.g. I have now put a couple of k.g. back on but am happy to stay the weight I am now.It is a year since my last op.  I am maintaining that weight by eating although in puree form lots of veg, some fruit, some protein, some dairy. It works out as about the same number of calories every day. However unable to eat most cakes, biscuits, junk food. I top up with 3 Fortisip a day. I weigh myself about once a fortnight to make sure that I am not losing weight.  In the long run you definitely start putting the weight back on unless you keep an eye on it and adjust some of what you are eating. Do enjoy cake, biscuits and junk food in moderation. I wouldn't be that stringent it's just that with taste changes and pureeing some things just don't work for me.

Lyn

I lost just a few kg in treatment, thanks to my partner feeding me up with cream in everything. 18 months on I've kept it off which I'm happy about. I keep thinking it will go back on but so far so good. I eat healthily anyway, lots of veg and not much carbs/sugar (and no cream, don't fancy it now!)

Thanks Hazel, I'm impressed at your stamia to cycle so far. I'm pretty sure my weight loss is muscle as well as fat. I will hate stopping the carbs so I am enjoying while I can!

xoKathy

Hi Tina,

Thanks for your reply. My dietician discharged me after I was able to maintain my weight for a month. I hope my weight stays the same as it is now but I'll have to give up the carbs I love eventually I suspect. The loss of weight has helped the arthritis in my knee quite a bit, which has delayed a knee replacement.

Very best

Kathy

Hi Peter,

I had to laugh about the chemo having "odd benefits." Yes I agree although I also wonder if it was the radiation that put my metabolsm into overdrive ( speeded it up). I wasn't able to complete my chemo spending 9 days in hospital towards the end of treatment. My body just couldn't take more that the 4/7 chemos. For one thing, I am 74 years old and as the chemo potentiates the radiation effects, I got pretty sick. Also, my hearing has suffered. But that can also be due partly to age. Anyway, I have a cancer audiologist looking after my hearing.

Very best,

Kathy