Help me gain weight!

I thought I would start a new thread as I asked a couple of questions on other one.

I am being treated with Biaxin and Plaquinel.  Before that is was Biaxin and Flagyl.  I started treatment on Feb. 19th of this year.  As soon as I started treatment I very quickly dropped about 25 pounds.  I assumed it was the no carb no sugar abx diet.  Since then I am still losing at a slower rate, but still losing.  I have lost 44 pounds.  I am 5' 7", and was 169 pounds and am now 125, way too low for me.  Very uncomfortable.  In the last month I have started to add some brown rice gluten free items, small amount of yellow potato, (very small).  It hasn't helped.  In volume I probably eat more than I used to, with making sure to eat three meals everyday.  I used to skip lunch sometime. 

If anyone has had this problem or has ideas of how and what I can eat to up my calories, I would be oh so grateful.  Thank you springsjean for your previous idea for me.

I hope everyone is having a better day today. 

Tks in advance

Maxine

Nuts, hummus ( I suggest because if you are like me, you can eat a ton of it ) avocado, peanut butter. I'd go for calorie and nutritionally dense foods, myself. Also, have an occasional treat! Trail mix might be a good idea, as well.

I would agree with Alhanna on this one. I got hooked on homemade hummus this summer - ohhhh I ate that for my lunches for weeks!!! LOL! I've had to slow down with that, as several other things because I'm having the opposite issue that you ladies are having! Ugh! I'm a short, pudgy thing again!!! LOL - although it wasn't the Lyme that made me short!!! giggle!

Well for pasta I'm in love with just a basic Marinara sauce that I found here:
www.cooks.com/rec/doc/prt/0,1915,151162-232203,00.html

And I'm on a Japanese style cooking kick right now. Here's the link for where I have gotten some recipes:
justbento.com/
Of course I always use brown rice or quinoa instead of the white rice.

I have had this issue a few times and it turned out not to be that I wasn't eating enough, I was stuffing it in even though just the thought of eating would make me sick, but it was because the antibiotics had done so much damage to my digestive system.

The food I was eating wasn't being digested properly and there for I was dropping weight rapidly, over six pounds in one week at the worst of this problem.

Fortunately I have found a fairly good solution for this problem. Probiotics are very important. You can go to the store and by some but make sure you are taking enough of them to help. Besides adding another pill to your new pill popping life style I use Kiffer.

Keffir is a culture that makes several strains of probiotics that you can't find in bottled forms. You grow it in a jar and there are types for lactose intolerant people but that required sugar water. I do recomend using stevia since it can be bitter.

I usually add about a cup of milk to my kiffer and let it sit 24 hours on the counter. It will thicken but it's ok, this is how people make cheese, we just aren't taking the procees that far. I use about a half of bannana, a scoop of protien mix to make sure I am gettting my daily protien and a little more milk if needed.

You can make it without the protien and just add a bit of stevia to sweeten it up and you can add all kinds of other friuts too.

This has allowed me to regain some control over my digestive system. I am able to eat solids again and most things settle pretty well, except pancakes or anything else heavy carb. I eat mostly veggies and animal products. Don't be confussed with the low fat, animal product free hype. Your body needs those fats to do just about everything at a cellular level.

Focus on putting in foods that are good for you and not whether they are low fat. Avoid vegatable oils! and Carbs! they cause a huge variety of health conditions. And listen to your body.

Thank you everyone for your comments. I truly appreciate all the help.

I take a lot of acidolphilus (extra when I think I may have eaten wrong) and also BIO K. My doctor is concerned about my rapid weight loss (I lost the first 20 pounds in the first five weeks of treatment and have lost 24 pounds since, I have been in treatment for seven months) It is all so concerning, especially when it is so painful. No protection on these bones that are sticking out and I can see every rib! Not a pretty sight. I hide from my husband. I look terrible. I can handle it when I don't feel too bad, but when your not, you really look bad and it just adds to the depression. I keep saying one day I will fit into all my clothes again, and I'm sure I will, it's just hard to see it when you are eating so much and the weight is still slowly decreasing. Every bone hurts. I had some gluten free pasta the other night and for the first time in months (pre-treatment) I was BLOATED! It actually felt good cuz my ribs weren't stabbing out of my skin and my pants weren't trying to fall down! Oh the small joys!