Weight GAIN with crohn's?

There is a theory about morning sickness that I think is interesting for crohnies as well. Your body makes you nauseous because you need to eat more to compensate for the needed more calories requirement.

I'm glad to see that maybe I'm not crazy! I have been 152 - 155 lbs for years...with the exception of when I had my son a couple years ago I went down to 143 while nursing.

I have had crohns since 2001, but did not medicate for it at all until just this past September when I was put on Entocort, then I started Remicade in December and stopped the Entocort...I have since September put on almost 30lbs! In less than 6 months!! I am so fat and miserable that I would rather be on the toilet 10 times a day. I feel like hell..weird..pains in my head,shortness of breath, sore joints..I look like an old woman when I walk because of joint pain. My period is all screwy and I am showing symptoms of pregnancy?!?! But I'm not pregnant, I checked.

I felt great before I started any kind of treatments, I was even a smoker and quit, I felt better when I was smoking a 1/2 pack a day.

This is not worth it to me, I am going to talk to my GI but I'm pretty sure my last remicade infusion is my Last, unless the ass falls out of me, I'm done.

I too am an over weight Crohnie!! I wont say I am humongous or anything but I cant lose weight! The food I can eat are the ones your not supposed to eat.....its surprising with the amount of Diarrhoea I have had in the past 3-4 years that I'm not a stick insect by now! But as someone else said, maybe the body keeps all the fat stored or something like that!
Also everytime I am on the prednisone I go like a balloon!! I try not to eat too much as I know that's one of the things with steroids, is it gives you an appetite, and I do take more care when on them of what I do eat, although still its all the junky food I can eat, rather than the nutritional salad assortments and veggies that one usually diets with that I cant eat!
So, as far as I am concerned as long as I feel well and try and stay in remission, people must take me as I am, or don't take me at all! Its not about how you look, its about the person inside that matters!

Just an observation I've had recently: Between the time I was diagnosed and my last surgery, I had gained about 20-25 lbs. It's been almost 3 years since then, and eating healthy and moderate exorcise didn't seem to work. BUT my remicade docs tested my vitamin D levels, and like most of the country (I heard on NPR) I was super low. So, I've been taking D supplements for the past few months and at my last dosage, I had lost 6 lbs, and my belt is one notch tighter! Other than getting a juicer, the D is the only thing I've changed.

A girl I work with is also taking it. Her docs said it would help with her metabolism and hormone issues.

just something to look into >^.^<

i have crohn's disease and i was diagnosed when i ws 40 i am now 59 it is really bad now i hate it, always looking for the bathroom when i go to a function where there is food i usually do not eat. the strange thing though i am not real thin i did loose 35 lbs for the first time in many years but until now i have always maintained my weight, glad to read other people have the same experience, this site has helped me because you do feel alone it is not something every one feels comfortable talking about, the pain is horrible, i will pray for all those who suffer from this disease

Since my flare up with Crohns this past year ,  I dropped to about 120 lbs which is very thin. 

Hi guys you have posted to a really old post. Might I ask you newer members to post a introductory post or make a new post of your questions. Members tend to avoid these older posts as the assume they have already responded. Hugs!