# Please help! Weight gain even when exercising, heart racing and weak muscles **URL:** \ **Category:** Signs and symptoms\ **Tags:** Weight loss and gain - unintentional\ **Created:** [15 August 2019 16:25 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/please-help-weight-gain-even-when-exercising-heart-racing-and-weak-mus/710771 "2019-08-15T16:25:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nh\_user\_1262143](https://community.patient.info/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@nh\_user\_1262143](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1262143)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2019 16:25 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/please-help-weight-gain-even-when-exercising-heart-racing-and-weak-mus/710771/1 "2019-08-15T16:25:59Z")
Hello, I have been gaining weight steadily for years. When I do sport I can easily gain 1kg per month and if I diet I can gain 1kg per week. My stomach swells up and my heart rate can race for a second or skip a beat (even later in the day when not working out). My musculature does not improve even when working out. When I stop working out and dieting most of these symptoms improve. For example, I had a baby 4 years ago. Before pregnancy I was 78kg. I lost a little weight in the first trimester and generally felt better than normal. After giving birth I went from 94kg to 65kg without dieting in about 6 months. The second i joined the gym i put on weight and this pattern continues. It was the same for my first child. I feel like this is something related to an accident I had about 13 years ago. Before it, I was very sporty and felt great. In the accident i hit my right side with force and was fine, then fainted half an hour later. After that dizzy spells started, weakness began. I could barely walk upstairs. I would have almost seizure-like attacks. These were not panic attacks,they could happen even when sleeping and I wasn’t stressed or depressed. I am better now but it still happens when my body is stressed in any way, like doing sport or after a miscarriage. I had a brain mri 3 years ago and last wrek had CT scan for my torso. I have had full stomach ultrasounds and an Hysterosalpinography test for my womb as I have also had 4 early miscarriages. All my basic blood work has come back clean. I have also had cortisol, PTh, glucose, insulin, tsh, calcium, magnesium, creatinine and ALT tests done. I also had estrogen and progesterone checked. Everything has come back fine. The only problem found is a genetic blood clotting one - factor v leiden which might explain the miscarriages but the doctors aren’t sure. I fall asleep easily but i dont get deep sleep and wake up a lot - again, not stressed. I also have a small hump of fat on my neck and a lot of stretch marks on my stomach and legs (not relating to weight). But obviously my tests were negative for Cushings. Is there anything that I am missing or any other ideas you might have? My whole life is being affected by this. Any helpful ideas would be so welcomed. ---
**Author:** ![nh\_user\_1348499](https://community.patient.info/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e9bcb4/32.png) [@nh\_user\_1348499](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1348499)\ **Post date:** [19 February 2021 17:59 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/please-help-weight-gain-even-when-exercising-heart-racing-and-weak-mus/710771/2 "2021-02-19T17:59:14Z")
Iron deficiency. ---
**Author:** ![nh\_user\_1193802](https://community.patient.info/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@nh\_user\_1193802](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1193802)\ **Post date:** [25 October 2021 03:11 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/please-help-weight-gain-even-when-exercising-heart-racing-and-weak-mus/710771/3 "2021-10-25T03:11:30Z")
Have you heard of Lipedema?