I have not had a weight problem my whole life and at after a few years on the HIV meds, my weight began to blow up and I am now 267 pounds after being about 180 most of my adult life. This started around 50 years old, a few years after my diagnosis with HIV and now I am 60 years old.

The weird thing is, it is not affecting my face, hands, arms, legs, etc. It is only affecting my mid-section which is rather bulbous with a sort of "pregnant" look. I am wondering if this is some sort of… read more

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I gain significant weight since I started Biktarby. Most of it is on my abdomen and have a hard belly . I become very depressed and insecure because I never been this heavy I am 5'9 and am 250lbs. Before I started Biktarby I weight 146lbs. I been 135-146lbs since I was 18 till two years ago. No one in my family is over weight. I started to gain weight rapidly since I started medication . I gone on diets and exercise and lost at most 15lbs but then I gain them right back. I had to throw away… read more

When I was diagnosed with AIDS last year (July '17) I weighed 150 lbs. Since then I have gained almost 50 lbs. I watched a video on Poz.com about lipodystrophy and I'm wondering if that is what is happening with me.

I have other health issues which keeps me from serious exercise but I do walk 6-10 miles a day for several months and still have not been able to lose more than 6 lbs. I have even improved my diet to add more protein and cut down on carbs and sugars.

Shortly after I began seeing… read more

I have a question. How can I get rid of my belly fat and gain muscle. I try and try and try and I gain fat and very little muscle. The only bit of muscle, is in my arms. Any advice, will be greatly appreciated, thank you.

I've lost all kinds of weight but my stomach has gotten larger.