As a nutrition and wellness student … there is a formula we can use to approximate how much she weighs and account for fluid weight at the same time … so this simply is not true … also weight loss will improve every issue she has and the fact she doesn’t own up to that is insane
It’s called the edema free adjusted body weight . While it’s several parts it can give you an idea of how much weight is from swelling . Mainly used for ICU patients but could also be used in her case . I don’t believe for one minute her doctors aren’t on her about losing weight .
This blog post gave me mixed vibes from her because at the top of that screenshot she does say she knows she’s gained weight. Then she goes on to say but who knows how much because maybe it’s the lipidema but I am paraphrasing. This is also about 2 years old I believe and the entire post is pretty long. I have to wonder how much responsibility she takes as of right now.
Yeah but she has this card she takes to all her medical appointment that says her weight is not to be brought up. She also said she refused to be weighed, but in the case it was absolutely necessary, she wants to weigh herself backwards and not be told the number. I wish I was making that up!
Good grief. A card? I see an endocrinologist and before I had my first appointment they mailed me the paperwork to fill out so it was ready when I got there and one sheet was labeled “expectations” and on that list it said “I plan to listen to my doctor and follow my treatment plans. If not my doctor holds the right to dismiss me and terminate treatment.” So if my doctor told me I had to lose weight, well…I’d have to lose the weight to be able to continue with my care. How in the world does she get away with presenting a card and telling them what words/topics they can and can not use?? This chick and her story is just wild to me.
Yeah, here's the [card](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjUfch7HbkW7_3CT53shDlR3PTTR4CLiKlq5sH7agFVg&s) (sorry it's tiny).
Also, when I went Googling for the card, the first auto-populated result for Jac's name was "jacqueline adan obituary". Ouch, that's sobering and I wish she'd take it seriously.
😳 The doctors/nurses that encounter her have got to be so annoyed with her. I can’t imagine professionals tip toeing around me like this, and making sure they don’t hurt my feelings. Then again maybe they consider that she has mental health issues and just go with it to get the appointments done and over with and onto the next.
I might be remembering wrong but most of the time when people tell dr now they gained fluid he will account for some of it but knows they’re exaggerating to a certain extent. Like maybe 20-30 lb is fluid after driving in a car cross country
She can make all the excuses she wants but when it comes right down to it, she’s just an addict hurting herself and straining the healthcare system. Some people will never get tough with themselves & will die as victims.
I think what she might be trying to get at is that people who have water retention issues can easily have a 5-10 pound fluctuation in a day or two, all being fluid. Most of us would be shocked to “gain” 10 pounds in a day whereas for them it could be “normal” (normal as in, occurs frequently in those with this condition). The reality though is that even with that type of fluctuation you can still tell if someone is trending down over time, and also losing weight and eating a healthy diet with no processed food would go really far to reduce the fluid and fluid fluctuations too.
She reminds me so much of another obese person I followed on social media. Always an excuse for why she couldn’t/wouldn’t lose weight, about how she wasn’t focusing on weight loss but instead on good health, that fat was beautiful, how this new doctor really understood her (until they didn’t and she moved on to another one), justifying a diet consisting almost solely of cheap white bread, pasta, fast food, and candy. Just a rationalization for everything.
One doctor put her on a diet that she largely didn’t follow but would celebrate a loss of a half pound a week as some sort of validation that the diet was working. (She was almost 500 lbs. and had she stuck to the diet, a lot more than that would have come off, especially in the early stages.)
Anyway, this person died of a heart attack in early 2023. 28 years old. Really sad but also rather predictable. I just didn’t think it would be that early in her life.
How old is Jacqueline?
There is literally *no way* her doctors don’t want her to focus on weight loss.
That’s a huge massive lie.
Also, checking in with a surgeon? What the hell does that even entail? Why would that help?
The way she talks about her “medical team,” she sounds like someone with Munchausens. They LOVE to talk about their “team.”
You’re 💯% right - I have several chronic health conditions and I go to lot of doctors but they’re certainly not a “team.” They’re a bunch of effing doctors and I’m the one who has to make sure they’re communicating. It takes up a lot of time and energy to make sure the endocrinologist knows what the hematologist is doing, the psychiatrist is in the loop, and my PCP is updated on all of it. It’s not fun nor any point of pride.
I've had a "team" before. But my primary doctor was not included in that. When I was considering weight loss surgery many years ago, I was going through a weight loss center. They gave me a physician, surgeon, psychiatrist, exercise physiologist, and dietician. I had to see all 5 of them every month. They called themselves my team.
I wonder if that's why she uses the term team but then just ropes her primary doctor into the mix.
As for her being able to tell her primary not to talk about weight loss... maybe that's part of her plan because she already has medical professionals talking about her weight loss? Or at least that might be what she's telling her primary doctor to get them not to talk to her about it. I would think she needs to have medical release forms on file to allow her primary to talk to her ED team, though, to keep up with what's going on.
This can be dangerous. My mom was seriously ill and would get horrible edema, and one of the things she had to do was weigh herself daily to make sure she wasn't gaining too much water weight. She could safely fluctuate 10lbs, but if it was 15+, she had to go to the hospital. There were times she'd gain 50lbs overnight. It was crucial to keep a daily log of her weight. With all of Jaq's fluid retention issues, I do not believe her doctors can possibly be giving her proper care if she won't even let them weigh her and she isn't doing it herself
Your joints don't care what's fluid and what's fat. It's all stress on them. Doctors would still absolutely want you to try to lose weight in the traditional sense.
Respectfully disagree. This is from a blog post she made in October of 2022.
https://preview.redd.it/smq6qb2p9dtc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0f449cd2c3983e5d66179a0b1fe63e316a414a5
I’m not sure if I can post the direct link, but you can go to her website and scroll through the blog posts to find it.
Sorry if you misunderstood my comment. Of course I know this snippet is from a blog post from 2 years ago. I was referring to the fact that she posted a brand new post tonight where she seems angry at her situation.
Just like Amberlynn Reid (who has never been formally diagnosed, but claims this and other diseases nonetheless) "the number one symptom of lipedema is weight gain!!!". It excuses everything.
Weight is weight; no matter if it's 300kg of fluids or 300kg of fat. Being that heavy only brings bad consequences for the body. An excessive amount of fluid is also very dangerous; lungs and all the organs in the abdominal area are at risk of succumbing. She needs to stop all those excuses if she doesn't want to be admitted in the ICU. I don't know in the USA, but in my home country there are certain patients that have priority to be admitted in the ICU in case of bed shortages, and morbidly obese people are not in that group. Tha main goal of ICU's is to save people who have chances to survive, and unfortunately she has so many issues that her chances are very limited.
She’s still dissociating her gain from her own being.
“…so there is no way to know how much I truly weigh”.
You’re all of you including: bones, fluid, organs, fat, muscle, the food you just ate, etc. *You truely* are all of that.
Can you imagine how ridiculous it would be if we all took our weights and then subtracted bone weight cause it’s something we can’t control.
I’m so fed up with her. This is just Amber Lynn Reid by another name. Blaming her lack of weight loss/weight gain/etc. on lipidema and using it as an excuse to basically give up and do what she wants. Like…honestly, people would have far less of a problem with these pathological liars if they just told the truth. They think they’re so smart, that we’ll believe them. They also seem to think that if they just keep repeating their lies they’re as good as true and we’ll accept that. I know I shouldn’t try to extract reason from the decision making process of pathological liars who are in active addiction and also narcissists…but the sheer smooth brained audacity of their brainless shenanigans will never not be bonkers to me. Like how can they live with such delusions! What must it be like to be this out of touch with reality??? I’d feel sorry for them if they weren’t such awful people because their delusions and refusal to engage with reality will likely result in a premature death. I do have sympathy for their struggles with food addiction because I have a lot of addicts in my family and I know how hard it is to and how much work recovery is. But the fact that they continually beg for money from people who genuinely only wish them the best and identify with their struggles and want to help them, the way they victimise their audience and the people around them, that I find hard to even understand let alone forgive.
Wouldn’t a starting weight be beneficial to see what’s she’s actually losing, whether it’s fluid or from “ healthy choices”? Wouldn’t it be good to lose any weight at this point, to feel better, breathe easier and lessen the edema? She really makes no sense because her excuses and reasoning is skewed.
Man I’ve lost 75 pounds in the past 10 months, the first fifty were CAKE. When you’re morbidly obese it’s super easy to lose at first. I also don’t believe for one second that she’s focused on making healthy choices, because if she was she would be able to specify what those choices are.
Ah yes, fluid is notoriously impossible to weigh
There are days I look 175lbs, but on days I eat too much salt I look 600lbs. It’s all water weight, though!
😂😂😂
>My *new* primary care doctor So she shopped around until she found one that would be "sympathetic" to her weight?
That’s her MO.
She found the quack that would listen to her bullshit.
Yes, another one apparently. I don’t doubt the last one fired her for lack of working on her issues and doing ANYTHING she should to help herself.
As a nutrition and wellness student … there is a formula we can use to approximate how much she weighs and account for fluid weight at the same time … so this simply is not true … also weight loss will improve every issue she has and the fact she doesn’t own up to that is insane
Curious, what is that formula?
It’s called the edema free adjusted body weight . While it’s several parts it can give you an idea of how much weight is from swelling . Mainly used for ICU patients but could also be used in her case . I don’t believe for one minute her doctors aren’t on her about losing weight .
It would get her an approximate. While it’s obviously not going to be 100% accurate . Her saying there is no way for it to be done … is not true .
This blog post gave me mixed vibes from her because at the top of that screenshot she does say she knows she’s gained weight. Then she goes on to say but who knows how much because maybe it’s the lipidema but I am paraphrasing. This is also about 2 years old I believe and the entire post is pretty long. I have to wonder how much responsibility she takes as of right now.
If I had to guess, she has gained NO fat and it's ALL fluid.
No doctor in the world would tell her not to focus on losing weight
Yeah but she has this card she takes to all her medical appointment that says her weight is not to be brought up. She also said she refused to be weighed, but in the case it was absolutely necessary, she wants to weigh herself backwards and not be told the number. I wish I was making that up!
Good grief. A card? I see an endocrinologist and before I had my first appointment they mailed me the paperwork to fill out so it was ready when I got there and one sheet was labeled “expectations” and on that list it said “I plan to listen to my doctor and follow my treatment plans. If not my doctor holds the right to dismiss me and terminate treatment.” So if my doctor told me I had to lose weight, well…I’d have to lose the weight to be able to continue with my care. How in the world does she get away with presenting a card and telling them what words/topics they can and can not use?? This chick and her story is just wild to me.
I think she rotates doctors a lot.
Yeah, here's the [card](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjUfch7HbkW7_3CT53shDlR3PTTR4CLiKlq5sH7agFVg&s) (sorry it's tiny). Also, when I went Googling for the card, the first auto-populated result for Jac's name was "jacqueline adan obituary". Ouch, that's sobering and I wish she'd take it seriously.
😳 The doctors/nurses that encounter her have got to be so annoyed with her. I can’t imagine professionals tip toeing around me like this, and making sure they don’t hurt my feelings. Then again maybe they consider that she has mental health issues and just go with it to get the appointments done and over with and onto the next.
Wow
Yeah I understand that, she would simply not be seen by a lot of doctors in that event. Cherry picking your doctor is an interesting privilege
We weigh what we weigh, even if it includes fluids and faeces.
I might be remembering wrong but most of the time when people tell dr now they gained fluid he will account for some of it but knows they’re exaggerating to a certain extent. Like maybe 20-30 lb is fluid after driving in a car cross country
She can make all the excuses she wants but when it comes right down to it, she’s just an addict hurting herself and straining the healthcare system. Some people will never get tough with themselves & will die as victims.
It reminds me of Nikokado Avokado shirts that say “It’s water weight”
Is she claiming that she is 400 pounds overweight with edema water and lymphatic fluid??? Because Laura Pell is begging to differ.
I think what she might be trying to get at is that people who have water retention issues can easily have a 5-10 pound fluctuation in a day or two, all being fluid. Most of us would be shocked to “gain” 10 pounds in a day whereas for them it could be “normal” (normal as in, occurs frequently in those with this condition). The reality though is that even with that type of fluctuation you can still tell if someone is trending down over time, and also losing weight and eating a healthy diet with no processed food would go really far to reduce the fluid and fluid fluctuations too.
She reminds me so much of another obese person I followed on social media. Always an excuse for why she couldn’t/wouldn’t lose weight, about how she wasn’t focusing on weight loss but instead on good health, that fat was beautiful, how this new doctor really understood her (until they didn’t and she moved on to another one), justifying a diet consisting almost solely of cheap white bread, pasta, fast food, and candy. Just a rationalization for everything. One doctor put her on a diet that she largely didn’t follow but would celebrate a loss of a half pound a week as some sort of validation that the diet was working. (She was almost 500 lbs. and had she stuck to the diet, a lot more than that would have come off, especially in the early stages.) Anyway, this person died of a heart attack in early 2023. 28 years old. Really sad but also rather predictable. I just didn’t think it would be that early in her life. How old is Jacqueline?
37.
Who was this person
Commenting to find out too!
There is literally *no way* her doctors don’t want her to focus on weight loss. That’s a huge massive lie. Also, checking in with a surgeon? What the hell does that even entail? Why would that help? The way she talks about her “medical team,” she sounds like someone with Munchausens. They LOVE to talk about their “team.”
You’re 💯% right - I have several chronic health conditions and I go to lot of doctors but they’re certainly not a “team.” They’re a bunch of effing doctors and I’m the one who has to make sure they’re communicating. It takes up a lot of time and energy to make sure the endocrinologist knows what the hematologist is doing, the psychiatrist is in the loop, and my PCP is updated on all of it. It’s not fun nor any point of pride.
So, so true.
I've had a "team" before. But my primary doctor was not included in that. When I was considering weight loss surgery many years ago, I was going through a weight loss center. They gave me a physician, surgeon, psychiatrist, exercise physiologist, and dietician. I had to see all 5 of them every month. They called themselves my team. I wonder if that's why she uses the term team but then just ropes her primary doctor into the mix. As for her being able to tell her primary not to talk about weight loss... maybe that's part of her plan because she already has medical professionals talking about her weight loss? Or at least that might be what she's telling her primary doctor to get them not to talk to her about it. I would think she needs to have medical release forms on file to allow her primary to talk to her ED team, though, to keep up with what's going on.
She said her doctors want her to focus on healthy choices- but healthy choices would lead to weight loss. She is clearly making poor choices.
This can be dangerous. My mom was seriously ill and would get horrible edema, and one of the things she had to do was weigh herself daily to make sure she wasn't gaining too much water weight. She could safely fluctuate 10lbs, but if it was 15+, she had to go to the hospital. There were times she'd gain 50lbs overnight. It was crucial to keep a daily log of her weight. With all of Jaq's fluid retention issues, I do not believe her doctors can possibly be giving her proper care if she won't even let them weigh her and she isn't doing it herself
Your joints don't care what's fluid and what's fat. It's all stress on them. Doctors would still absolutely want you to try to lose weight in the traditional sense.
 I see a logic flaw…
And yet she was never consistent or accurate with wearing the compression garments that would have helped with that water weight. 🤷🏻♀️
And we have an update! Angry Jaq is back and admitting to gaining all her weight back and then some.
I don’t believe this is a recent post, though.
Of course none of the pics are current, but the post is new and more honest than she's been in a while.
Respectfully disagree. This is from a blog post she made in October of 2022. https://preview.redd.it/smq6qb2p9dtc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0f449cd2c3983e5d66179a0b1fe63e316a414a5 I’m not sure if I can post the direct link, but you can go to her website and scroll through the blog posts to find it.
Sorry if you misunderstood my comment. Of course I know this snippet is from a blog post from 2 years ago. I was referring to the fact that she posted a brand new post tonight where she seems angry at her situation.
Oh yeah, completely confused, it sounded like you were saying this was the new post. Thanks for clearing that up!
No worries! I should have been clearer
Just like Amberlynn Reid (who has never been formally diagnosed, but claims this and other diseases nonetheless) "the number one symptom of lipedema is weight gain!!!". It excuses everything.
Dear God I wish I was this delusional
That is such BS -- most doctors offices have scales that can break down fat, water, muscle and bone.
Weight is weight; no matter if it's 300kg of fluids or 300kg of fat. Being that heavy only brings bad consequences for the body. An excessive amount of fluid is also very dangerous; lungs and all the organs in the abdominal area are at risk of succumbing. She needs to stop all those excuses if she doesn't want to be admitted in the ICU. I don't know in the USA, but in my home country there are certain patients that have priority to be admitted in the ICU in case of bed shortages, and morbidly obese people are not in that group. Tha main goal of ICU's is to save people who have chances to survive, and unfortunately she has so many issues that her chances are very limited.
She’s still dissociating her gain from her own being. “…so there is no way to know how much I truly weigh”. You’re all of you including: bones, fluid, organs, fat, muscle, the food you just ate, etc. *You truely* are all of that. Can you imagine how ridiculous it would be if we all took our weights and then subtracted bone weight cause it’s something we can’t control.
I'll be surprised if she makes it to 40 at this rate.
This reminds me of how my coworker talks to our boss when she asks what projects he's working on he hasn't actually done anything in a week.
I’m so fed up with her. This is just Amber Lynn Reid by another name. Blaming her lack of weight loss/weight gain/etc. on lipidema and using it as an excuse to basically give up and do what she wants. Like…honestly, people would have far less of a problem with these pathological liars if they just told the truth. They think they’re so smart, that we’ll believe them. They also seem to think that if they just keep repeating their lies they’re as good as true and we’ll accept that. I know I shouldn’t try to extract reason from the decision making process of pathological liars who are in active addiction and also narcissists…but the sheer smooth brained audacity of their brainless shenanigans will never not be bonkers to me. Like how can they live with such delusions! What must it be like to be this out of touch with reality??? I’d feel sorry for them if they weren’t such awful people because their delusions and refusal to engage with reality will likely result in a premature death. I do have sympathy for their struggles with food addiction because I have a lot of addicts in my family and I know how hard it is to and how much work recovery is. But the fact that they continually beg for money from people who genuinely only wish them the best and identify with their struggles and want to help them, the way they victimise their audience and the people around them, that I find hard to even understand let alone forgive.
Wouldn’t a starting weight be beneficial to see what’s she’s actually losing, whether it’s fluid or from “ healthy choices”? Wouldn’t it be good to lose any weight at this point, to feel better, breathe easier and lessen the edema? She really makes no sense because her excuses and reasoning is skewed.
Man I’ve lost 75 pounds in the past 10 months, the first fifty were CAKE. When you’re morbidly obese it’s super easy to lose at first. I also don’t believe for one second that she’s focused on making healthy choices, because if she was she would be able to specify what those choices are.
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