how to gaint weight when having crohns.

Hello everyone I'm ttrying to get back to my average weight , 126 I wweigh 111 idk how to put on weight really idk if I should try protein shakes or certain food like pasta any ideas?

Adding shakes to every meal can help you gain weight. However, many of them contains carrageenans which irritate many of us.

If you want you can make your own shakes with lots of calories and less fillers.

1raw pasteurized egg or equivalent of liquid egg (won't taste it, make sure pasteurized)
Cup of whole milk/green yogurt/kefir/lactaid milk/ice cream.
2tbsp of nut butter
Banana
This has a lot of calories, tastes great and costs less than ensure or similar.

Adding in fruit juice instead of water will also help you gain weight. Note that it is empty calories and provides little nutritional content. The fructose may cause bloating in some ppl.

Try using lots of butter when you cook

Thank you

During this flare, I eat a lot of salmon (usually in burger form with vegan tartar sauce since eggs tend to bother me) (btw fatty fish is also a good way to gain weight) tuna, chicken and turkey made in a variety of ways but usually pretty bland, zucchini muffins (frozen from the store), plain pasta, Greek yogurt, cereals without tons of sugar. I've been drinking a lot of organic valley protein/ meal replacement shakes that are equivelant to ensure since they have fewer additives. I stay away from fast food and processed food.

Anything that you can eat that is high calorie and doesn't cause you symptoms is ok for you to eat. Food won't make your disease worse....it can however make your symptoms worse. So if you can eat burgers, chicken, fries, protein shakes or whatever you want and it doesn't bother you, then absolutely go for it. Some people are lactose intolerant and can't handle dairy, and others do great with ice cream and shakes and stuff. That's why food diaries can sometimes help. We are all different, which is why the advice on these forums often seems so contradictory. I know that I can't tolerate dairy well, but with other foods, I can eat it one day and be perfectly fine, and then eat the identical food another day and feel sick...it can be quite maddening!

But if you want to gain weight, then you need more calories and/or less exercise than you are currently doing. Or get better management of your Crohn's, especially if you are having lots of D or inflammation which makes it difficult to absorb food.