Anyone have trouble losing weight?

if you are truly eating almost nothing and not losing weight it seems like you need to talk to an endocrinologist. I do know that the Weight Watchers plan really points out this feature of our bodies - in starvation mode, every calorie is held onto as much as possible. You really need to eat more in order to lose weight according to that plan (like 1200 calories/day). Have you kept a food journal and honestly recorded your daily caloric intake?

You aren't alone, many of us face similar struggles. I really think it's from malabsorbtion so my metabolism slows and makes it difficult. My best advice is to try and eat as healthy as you are able. Even though you can't eat granola, etc. you might be able to make lower calorie or lower fat choices. I actually dropped several pounds back in the fall when I cut out white sugar. I was putting it in my iced tea every day and was shocked at the difference it made. Did you ever think of going to a dietician?
I also understand being beat at the end of the day with no energy to work out. I'm 51 and it seems the older I get the harder it is. I'm just so lucky my CD was in remission when the boys were little, I don't know how you do it with 4 of them! Take care.

kazbern - Yes the adderall does decrease my appetite. I am taking that to help with the fatigue.

No - my Crohn's is not in remission - well I don't think so. I am not sure what remission really is. I have a lot of pain and a lot of bathroom issues. I am taking Humira bi-weekly but I have been noticing that the last few months 2-3 days before I am due for a shot my symptoms are bad. I had my last injection on May 2nd and hoped that I would start feeling better but so far after this shot I haven't. I have an appt on the 24th to see my GI. I go through spells it seems where for 2 months or so I am ok and then I have a few bad months. When I say ok I mean that I am not in a lot of pain. My bathroom issues have never gotten better.

lamb61 - Nice to hear I am not alone. I don't eat beef or pork - haven't in almost 20 years. I don't do fried foods. Fruits and vegetables don't sit well and neither does peanut butter or dairy I am finding out. I think sometimes I am afraid to eat, it seems that in the last few years I have cut out so many foods. I get scared with always being busy with the kids that I am going to get somewhere and have to run to the bathroom or be in horrible pain. Sorry to sound like a downer. Just struggling with it all right now I guess.

It's been hard for me to get there in my head, but I try really hard to be the healthiest person that I can, meaning managing my stress, exercising and eating as healthy as I can. When I'm very tired, I exercise to my ability. I try not to focus on weight at all. I think my natural body is chubby by society's standards. The only time my weight is "good" is when I'm severely flaring and feel terrible! So, I pick health every time. I agree with Kazbern...first get your medical problems under control, and then live your healthiest life possible and try to accept yourself.

fongers, I had one more thought. If you are feeling so tired that you need to take adderal, I would suggest that you include that on your list of issues that you discuss with the GI. Have you had your vitamin D levels checked? Are you anemic? Fatigue is a common symptom of active disease. I hope you can get into remission so you don't have to deal with these problems by taking other meds!

 You are soooo not alone. And saying don't worry about your weight is easy if you don't have a weight issue to worry about. Getting healthy means psychologically as well as physically. I gained 50 pounds since my diagnosis some 20 years ago. Had I not had the Crohns disease it would surely have been a hundred pounds or more. I have learned not to allow my bowel patterns to control my diet now. I too eat very little. I'm not a breakfast eater, I don't feel hungry for several hours even into lunchtime after I get up. My problem is that I eat totally the wrong foods, small amounts as they may be, lots and lots of bad carbs. Not even a sugar junkie. Breads, pasta, potatoes, etc... The other problem and aruguably probably the biggest offender is that I usually didn't eat more than once a day. Think of metabolism as a fire. The fire requires fuel in order to burn (calories and fat). Not eating is actually preventing weight loss, perhaps even causing weight gain. It doesn't have to be a huge meal but something to let your body know that it doesn't have to douse the fire. Controversial but definately an easy and extremely effective diet is Atkins. I modify it though by keeping the the proteins low in fat as well. I have lost 40 pounds since September 2011. I have more energy. I feel happy and proud of myself and this actually is easing the stress I was placing on myself because I was being cheated by having Crohns but not having the benefit of the weight loss. Another thing too is I take a very large dose of generic metamucil each day which bulks up my stools and has the added benefit of better absorption of the vitamins and such from the foods I eat which also aids in weight loss. I'm not saying don't follow with your doctor as suggested but I am saying that I totally understand how you feel. Good luck and God Bless.

I don't eat all day so i can leave my house. Then spend all night eating because I'm hungry, home and have bathroom.So i over eat. If i try to lose weight dont work. Cant eat salad beans raw fruits celery. All the foods people fill up on while on diets.

OK, I am going to chip in here but quite understand if I get told to wind my neck in because I don't have a clue!!
Firstly it is ds whith Crohn's and he suffered with being severly underweight(now in healthy range :) )

Obviously Crohn's has lots of variables from being underweight and overweight, to what foods each can/cannot tolerate.
I think as Kazbern said that if you do not eat enough calories your body does go into starvation mode so no matter what your weight you need your body to think that there is a regular supply of energy coming in.

I see that you have eliminated a fair few foods already (not fun) although I see that carbs such as bread/wheat/pasta/rice are not on that list(?) How are you with eating them? Is it that you do eat some of them and tolerate OK? This could be a problem in that the body normally utilises these foods first and leaves the stored fat well alone.

I always carry extra weight (has been up to approx 56lb extra at heaviest :o ) I am now on a mission to lose final 14lb.
The problem I have now is that I don't eat meat(through choice) dairy(allergic) and the only veg I like are classes as not being low carb, and I am attempting to low carb it!
I am only a week in (with 4lb gone :) ) and yes the foods that I am eating are very much the same day in and day out(really must be more adventerous) but I am eating a lot and not feeling hungry (or depived) in the slightest.

I understand that most/all fruit/veg is not an option for you how about eggs/fish? How are you with fats/oils? Try and make al list of foods that you are def ok with (and what variations there are for that food by method of cooking/what you add to it) Eg, you can eat chicken(?) think about different ways that you could make this into a meal-can you tolerate different dressings over it, can you add it to eggs to make an omelette, cook it in garlic(imagine not on that one but everyone is different)

I think that like many of us you have 'switched off' trying to find something that works food wise and tend to grab the nearest easy option(like the granola bar) which really isn't helping you.

defibrill8-Totally agree with what you have said, well done with the weight loss(that is how I lost mine too ;) ) doing a similar sort of thing now, slightly more tricky cause I no longer eat meat but I am doing it!!

I did not have a weight problem till I was put on long term predisone..I have had to really change my diet and it is coming off alittle at a time..I am still at 10mg of predisone..I have really been pushing the low carb thing..Seems predisone and carbs lead straight to a marshmellow body!! Veggies and fruit especially juiced is helping!! I was eating whatever making the excuse I would flare again so it would come off and with predisone I could finally eat again so I was eating!!??