Got E coli from Chipotle and lost all my gains! WTF!!

[Sewnmouth]

So I'm writing this as a kind of PSA if you will. I'd been bulking for the last two months and things were going great. I was coming back from a year and a half off because of an injury so my gains were insanely fast because of muscle memory. I put on a good 20lbs of lean muscle and almost every time i hit the gym I was a little stronger. Then a disaster happened. On Dec 30th I went to chipotle for dinner and got e coli. I woke up the next a day and I spent the next 18 hours violently throwing up. I felt like I was dying. After the vomiting was over I couldn't eat for two days because of severe nausea. After that I started to eat and thought the worst was over. I tried working out again and fatigued extremely quickly and when I would work I'd get to a level of exhaustion that I'd never experienced. I'd feel like at any moment I could just keel over all with really achy joints and back, frequent numbness in my hands, brain fog, insomnia and worst of all I was losing weight quickly.

It turns out that e coli infections can cause severe anemia which is rare but happened to me. As a result I lost almost all the muscle that I had gained...about 15 pounds lost in 3 weeks.I've never experienced such a rapid weight loss in my life and i've water fasted for 10 days. This is such a lame experience and I hope everybody is careful. Also I should say that I live in WA state and it turns out that there have already been 27 reported cases of ecoli associated with chipotle in the last few months. I was totally unaware and had I known I probably would not have went to begin with.

 

[roastdawg]

Brutal man! Chipotle is my go to on carb up day... Damn. Hope you're thru the worst of it and can get back at it soon.

 

[T_verde77]

What state were u in if u don't mind me asking. I know they just had a problem with that up I Oregon I think

 

[Sewnmouth]

Washington state. Washington turns out had a big problem too.

 

[Frandeman]

Ecoli can kill you..no a joke
I'm a chef last 15 years.. I don't enjoy eating out for a reason things a seen in some of the best kitchens in London are sickening..
And the worst places are the busiest ...chefs don't give a fuck when busy.. They just send food out
Done it myself [emoji23] [emoji23]

 

[Janoy crevesa]

You seriously think you lost 15 pounds of muscle? 100% you didn't even lose 1. Your body isn't retarded. It doesn't just loss a pound of tissue. It's all glycogen and water. I could gain 15 pounds in a day if I wanted.