Hi
I'd be glad of any advice or personal experiences here. I am around 4 stone overweight, so definitely obese. Most of it is on my stomach though, which now looks like I'm 11 months pregnant with triplets. I'm in my 50s so this is not a possibility. It's very painful and I am short of breath when I walk etc.
I've put on a lot of weight in a short period - 10lbs in 2 months.
Six months ago I was bodyboarding in the sea, walking every day and doing an exercise class every week. Now it's a struggle to do anything.
I'm having bloods done on Friday but any ideas / comments? Am I just unlucky to pile it all on in one place?
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Obese but with pretty normal legs / arms etc but very fat, enormous belly ***Ovarian cancer diagnosis - title edited by MNHQ at OP's request***
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TwitterQueen1 · 27/02/2017 15:00
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TheFurryMenace ·
10/03/2017 07:27
What a shock for you OP, hope you have support around you. My mum had a very distended tummy despite being rake thin. Dr told her it was just part of growing older (she was late 40s/early 50s), she was however diagnosed with a stomach ulcer a few months later. The tummy got worse, she was so down about it I encouraged her to go back to GP as it did indeed look odd (she looked pregnant). She was rushed to hospital, turned out to be a massive ovarian cyst (benign), 8lb! This had been the cause of her breathlessness, and 'ulcer' as pushing up against her stomach!
I hope you have someone with you, it must be very frightening. Let us know how you get on. Take care 
RuncibleSp00n ·
10/03/2017 18:13
A friend of mine had something very similar. She'd always been apple-shaped and overweight, so when her tummy grew very large she didn't think it odd. Eventually she felt unwell and they discovered a huge (basketball-sized) ovarian cyst and litres of fluid in her abdomen. Once it was all whipped-out she made a full and quick recovery.
I really hope this is what your situation turns out like, OP. You must feel very worried but hopefully all will be sorted soon
KindDogsTail ·
10/03/2017 22:13
As others have said, the first thing would be to get very thoroughly checked for everything mentioned.
Stress can cause weight gain too, I think not just by making you hungrier but in and of itself. So if you have been very upset by the loss of your dog (for which I am so sorry ), perhaps that has caused more stress for you. Do you think you need any counselling for bereavement, or for other issues this great loss has brought up?
Once everything else has been ruled out, you might like to read The Blood Sugar Diet by Michael Mosely which talks about the effects of certain foods on weight specifically around the middle. Though he suggests an extreme reduction of calories for one of the three options, the other options promote a more gradual approach.
The important part to take in though is the sort of food eaten: basically starchy carbohydrates and sugar in all its forms are replaced with fibrous and leafy vegetables, some alternative less starchy grains and lower sugar fruits eaten together with protein and adequate healthy fats.
This is generally called the Mediterranean diet.
It makes a dramatic difference, and though difficult at first, after getting used to eating that way, this densely nutritious food is so much more satisfying that the old way of eating looses its appeal. Oddly the fewer calories seem like a lot more than the same calories of other food would.
It can be used to stop pre-diabetes and diabetes.
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