Energy and weight

[runtrails]

Really struggling with fatigue and this weight. Up 20 lb..I think its a mental block..hard to get to the gym even though that is the answer. Ran 1,100 miles in 2019, backed off due to foot nerve operation..now 20 minutes in gym and I am exhausted. Just a couple months post radiation after failed surgery. And 5 months of ADT..Not sure how you fellow warriors have done it for years. Guess I need to get my ass in gear. Or eat a donut while I have another hot flash...Ugh..

[MateoBeach]

Some of us really don’t tolerate ADT as well as others do. Your health and well being is being severely impacted so you have to consider and discuss whether to stop the adjuvant ADT to your RT should be stopped early at six months rather than continuing for 18 months. There is no one best answer that fits everybody, only statistical averages. And none of us is the average (mean) patient.

If going off ADT and allowing testosterone to recover should result in a PSA rise then one could always choose to go back on it.

I had sarcopenic obesity with severe fatigue and hypogonadism from ADT with SBRT. I needed a more radical way to quickly lose the excess weight while going off ADT. What worked for me was the ketogenic diet (with little added fat since I had plenty to burn) along with OMAD intermittent fasting. Weight came off quickly with great energy and no hunger once adapted to it. Free info available at DietDoctor.com and elsewhere.

[Teacherdude72]

In my 7+ years after G9 diagnosis, no Mets just local, radiation & HDR, I had few issues with fatigue until I started Nubeqa. Energy crashed. Do an hour in the gym M-F and still do projects just takes longer and frequent do nothing breaks Stinks but still here. Run??? Stopped that decades ago due to hip and both knees replaced.

[PSAed in reply to Teacherdude72]

Just read your bio, hope I have the same resolve as you when my time comes. Best wishes.

[Teacherdude72 in reply to PSAed]

Be strong and Positive. Live life, it's the only one you have.

[TMcgee]

I went on strict Mediterranean diet the day I was diagnosed. I cheat and eat two squares of chocolate with hot tea after dinner. Otherwise, I have eliminated process food, sugar, red meat, dairy. I’ve lost 12lbs since being diagnosed.

Through 2 cycles of Docetaxel I managed to play Pickleball 5 days a week for 2 hours. Since 3rd cycle, I had to cancel all games. Anxious to see how the fatigue and shortness of breath impacts my weight.

Best to you and your family.

[j-o-h-n]

Eat all you want.... don't swallow..........

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Sunday 03/26/2023 12:55 AM DST

[Nusch]

Start small and grow over time. And be consistent. When I feel fatigued I start exercising until I’m tired. There is a big difference between being fatigued and being tired from practice. In earlier times I stopped exercising when I felt fatigued, but each and every free day made it worse. Now I do something every day, really every day. And that makes a huge difference. I wouldn’t have believed it until I experienced it.