Loosing Weight

Might need a little more information regarding your current dietary plan. While most Crohn's sufferers battle weight loss, there are many that have difficulty with losing weight.

I'm guessing that the typical healthy foods that you'd like to eat, are troublesome for your digestion due to having Crohn's. Fruits, veggies, and other higher fibre foods can be an issue.

If you want to simply try the healthier eating approach, you might go with a modified calorie intake, and eat low fat foods. Boiled chicken, steamed fish, turkey, egg whites for protein. While raw fruits and veggies might be a problem, you may get away with steamed or boiled varieties. Some lighter whole grains like light rye toast, some cereals, and you might consider low fat yogourt as well.

There are some with Crohn's and other autoimmune disorders that are having success with the Carnivore diet. You'll need to do some research. This would not be just for weight loss, but for overall health and wellbeing. It's a tough approach in my opinion, but if you can get through the first two weeks, you might find that it's a diet that works for you. Good luck, keep us posted.

Post Edited (73monte) : 1/10/2021 5:31:09 PM (GMT-7)

Sorry it was updated to the Dick Gregory's Caribbean Diet.

seattleibdho said...
Walk 8 miles a day you will lose weight.

Ummmm, not necessarily. I walked 6 miles per day for an entire year, ate 1500 health calories, and never lost any weight. At all. Or inches. My metabolism has been shot because my body has yo-yo'd between "starving" from Crohn's and pancreatitis to "plenty" when I gain weight on prednisone.

Kasandra, I get it, it's not easy at all. Honestly, I had to change my goal to work on being HEALTHY not THIN, if that makes sense. I think if you focus on the skinny part, it may just cause issues in the long run.

You might do okay on a Keto diet, avoiding the fiber part of it, but focusing on the protein side of it. I've found protein shakes help me as well. Walk DOES help with health, so if you aren't already, you should be doing it or some other exercise.

Just don't try to force the typical healthy stuff like fresh fruits and vegetables. All it does is cause pain, which makes you less likely to eat and exercise, which moves your body into a sedentary starvation mode.