i have been asking around bout if celiac people lost or gained weight or both after beggining the gluten free diet and i have been getting lots of different answers. i am a lil worryed about loosing weight cuz i think i dont weigh that much in the first place and i will be pretty unhealthy i think if i do loose weight. so hopefully i dont but if i do when should i start to loose or gaining weight? is it possible for me to not even loose ne weight at all? i am a lil worryed bout this subject and help would be greatly appriciated.

Joe Moe

I don't know exactly what it was, but since going gluten-free last September, I've put on 8 pounds. I think that if you are underweight now, chances are going gluten-free will help you put weight on. (I can't even say the 8 pounds in 8 months is from going gluten-free... I wasn't getting enough exercise...)

I gained 12 lbs. in a little more than a year after going gluten free. Tiffany's right, if you're underweight you're probably gonna gain weight by goin gluten-free. This makes sense too cuz your intestine will start to heal and absorb more of the foods that you're eating then before. Besides, if you're worried about losing too much weight, just eat more gluten free food. It's not like one of those weight watching diets where you have to watch all the calories you intake.