[bejuce]

Ha! Looks like it's not just me then. I also packed on 20 lbs with treatment. I do hour long work out classes at work 4x week (spinning, kickboxing, and body sculpting), a long bike ride on most weekends (will do a 50 mile one on Sunday) and eat healthy for the most part. I do not drink alcohol (except for the occasional wine tasting) and my only vice is a can of diet coke and the now more prevalent candy for Halloween. I had a sugar test recently and it was normal at 90.

I trained and completed a century (100 miles) bike ride in Tahoe in June and thought I was going to lose weight with it but it remained the same. I think I'd literally have to be in the gym 2-3 hours a day and eat only raw veggies and drink water to lose weight (not possible with my lifestyle as a working mom of 3).

I have a friend who is healthy (never had any cancer) and who just trained and completed a marathon. She lost no weight during the process. I thought that maybe I could train for a marathon to see if it would help but based on her experience and my attempts to lose the weight, I doubt it.

I've made peace with it for the most part but it is really frustrating to experience this especially when relatively young. My beloved oncologist tells me that I should just focus on living life the best I can and not worry so much about the weight as it will come off eventually when I stop Tamoxifen (at least I hope so!)

If any of you have any weight loss successes to share, please do!