what to snack on

Hi in a bad flare at presant but am hungry has any one any ideas what would be a good snack i dont need to put weight on so they dont have to be high calorie just something nice seems anything i eat right now gives me stomach pains and gurglings of olympic standards am staying away from anything fried or that has a lot of sugar or is milky there is only so much chicken you can eat and i dont like rice and not that fond of potatoes

Unflavored rice cakes, low in calories and great tasting.

Sue

Very ripe bananas, natural flavored applesauces in individual portions, nut butters, scrambled eggs... all are easy on the digestion.

My favorite treats when I need a snack that doesn't upset my gut are potato chips or fritos.
Gluten-free, filling and yummy.

I need to put weight back on. Anyone have ideas? Lost 28 lbs. in 6 weeks. I am on Pred. and Asacol, just don't want to balloon up from the Pred. any ideas my ribs are showing. Dont even want to look in the mirror. LOL

Mtnhawk said...
I need to put weight back on. Anyone have ideas? Lost 28 lbs. in 6 weeks. I am on Pred. and Asacol, just don't want to balloon up from the Pred. any ideas my ribs are showing. Dont even want to look in the mirror. LOL

I can eat nut butters and mild curry with rice when I'm flaring. Both of these cause me to gain weight.

I forgot about peanut butter. Just last week I was feeling pretty awful and shaky. I ate several crackers with peanut better and everything was as right as rain.

Also my husband makes this chicken stew that I swear cures all. Basicly it's rotisserie chicken with chicken broth, beef broth and every vegetable we have in the kitchen. It's cooked on low for about 3 hours with the skin of the chicken floating on top. That is a must for flavor. He throws in lima beans, chick peas, carrots, celery, some tomatoes for flavor, onions, spinach, potatoes, peas, yellow squash, kidney beans and or white beans. He uses montreal steak seasoning for flavor. I save some for dinner then freeze the rest in individual containers to unthaw for later.

One of these days I'll type up the full recipe. I hate soup, but I love this stew. It's too thick to be called soup IMO.

Oh, yes, homemade soup is really, really good and you can control what goes in it (I need to avoid tomatoes). I think I'll make some tonight!

Mtnhawk said...
I need to put weight back on. Anyone have ideas? Lost 28 lbs. in 6 weeks. I am on Pred. and Asacol, just don't want to balloon up from the Pred. any ideas my ribs are showing. Dont even want to look in the mirror. LOL

I also lost a lot of weight in a 6-7 week period. Not cool when I have spent the last 15 years of my life weight lifting. I have now put on about 13 pounds in the last 8 weeks. I eat all day long and try to keep my caloric intake around 3200-3500 calories (I am very active at work and outside of work). When I am short on calories for the day, I will make some fresh carrot juice and mix in 5 tablespoons of olive oil. This drink gives you about 700 calories. Keep your protein intake up. I find that eggs, chicken, fish and turkey sit the best in my gut (occasionally bacon, love it). I also found that lifting weights through the tough time of loosing weight helped me bounce back in size. It was hard but I too could not stand looking in the mirror.

Take care and God Bless

I am always eating junk food. I avoid certain things but potato chips seem to fall within a catagory I can handle. I eat tons of potato chips. I also eat aged cheeses and crackers (if they don't contain corn syrup). Melba toasts and other natural brands don't have high fructose corn srup I find. I like rice crackers and bagles with butter. I try to eat fresh foods, the packaged stuff has such a long list of questionable ingredients. The more packaged food I eat, the worse I feel. Sometimes I bake fresh chocolate chip cookies, they are my favorite. I notice some of the pepperidge farms cookies and breads don't have corn syrup but some do. If you read the ingredients you can probably find something that you can tolerate. I eat peanut butter and jelly a lot too.

I have no advice because I'm stupid and eat things regardless of how they'll feel, haha. For example, I just got done eating some strawberry shortcake AND thin mint cookies. Sooo delicious, but I'm sure my guts will hate me shortly.

thanks all having a bad day and nothing else but chocolate will do did have cranberry bits in lol will pay later