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Posted 10/31/2009 6:46 AM (GMT 0)
Had a very nice figure before all this happened. Now I'm too thin, veiny, and it's hard, really hard to gain, on low fat, low sugar, no dairy, no residue cooking, (diarrhea and consitpation)...Very fashionable clothes just hanging on me. Any of you having trouble gaining weight? Is this it? Just get used to it? Buy a new wardrobe? Lost my behind :-(. Not a good thing at 50 years old.
Posted 10/31/2009 12:35 PM (GMT 0)
When I am flaring, I lost a lot of weight but when I reached remission I was able to put some weight back on. I eat a lot of high protein based foods. They also make a weigh gainer formula found at health food stores or GNC that you can add to dairy (I used Lactaid milk). It's tough to gain weight after losing so much but it can be done.
Posted 10/31/2009 2:42 PM (GMT 0)
Hi,
Do you recommend a brand? Can it be mixed with soyif I'm staying away from dairy?

Ellen
Posted 10/31/2009 3:39 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know the brand name of the weight gainer drink I got but I bought it at GNC and it just says Weight Gainer on the front. And yes, it can be mixed with soy milk.
Posted 10/31/2009 6:30 PM (GMT 0)
I am 6ft tall and weighed 225lbs before I got sick, when I was sick and at my lowest point I weighed 182lbs.. I have been able to gain some weight back( 11lbs) in 2 yrs. I agree with you it is tough to gain weight back but hang in there, everyone is different.
Posted 10/31/2009 7:26 PM (GMT 0)
I feel your pain.. I'm 6 foot and in a flair for just a month now and have lost 45 pounds.. I was around 165-170.. now I am 6 foot and 120 POUNDS. My last flair though when I got in remission i gained 40 pounds in a month and a half! I just ate EVERYTHING in site.. I mean like I would eat 4 or 5 hot dogs in one sitting, 4 cheeseburgers... haha I think the prednisone helped me too becuase i was ALWAYS hungry.. I don't know what to do though if you're on a strict diet for your UC... once I was in remission my docs said EAT, eat whatever I wanted and just saw what didn't agree with me, and thankfully that was nothing
Posted 10/31/2009 8:02 PM (GMT 0)
I am thinking I don't have to be so strict with my diet, but I'm so scared and new at this (anxiety I gets counter weighs attempts to improve this with healthy eating) I'm also constipated so eating right is important. I'm also concerned about pain and gas (more pain) so I'm not going to down cheeseburgers. I lost my butt which is so ugly on women (I guess men too). And I don't want to admit that this is my new weight and buy new clothes!

I go to the gym and think, mmmmhhhh, how many calories can I not burn and still get a work out.
Posted 11/1/2009 12:33 AM (GMT 0)
everyone is different when it comes to diet and what foods they can eat. Some can eat anything and it doesn't bother them, while others have to give up certain foods to avoid flareups. Keep a food journal, then when you flare you will know what foods to avoid. I know its scarey but hang in there, things will get better. Personally I have to be strict with my diet as I can't tolerate the maintenance meds. I have come to terms with my new weight but it still bothers me from time to time when people mention how thin I am. Especially when they knew me before I was ill. But I remember what I went through in my worst flare and that keeps me from straying from my diet.
Posted 11/1/2009 4:17 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you for your sympathetic comments...I just can't pound away cheeseburgers. I'll be patient and stay the course of diet. I'm going to try a weight gain supplement, but always nervous how it will affect my colitis.

ellen
Posted 11/1/2009 4:22 PM (GMT 0)
Too bad this forum's search function is so cumbersome. I've seen some really good posts over the last few months on how to gain weight.
Posted 11/1/2009 5:51 PM (GMT 0)

I have complete opposite problem but probably because I am a food addict and always obese - except for a few times I lost weight in life.  I am 69 and did lose a few lbs. when first diagnosed.  I can't eat a lot of different foods because of IBS but the ones that do agree put the weight on.  I am about 80 lbs. overweight.  Be happy to send some of it to anyone here.  I would believe that eating small amounts of food dense in calories often would put on weight - good luck!

ElaineNY

Posted 11/2/2009 7:26 PM (GMT 0)
I decided I'm not going to worry about weight gain right now and just focus on remission... Weight gain is about appearance. I should focus on my insides at this point...

Thanks for all your tips...

Ellen
Posted 11/2/2009 10:29 PM (GMT 0)
I notice that I can gain weight by resting rather by eating.
I lost 5 pounds (down from 100) last July/August when I started to flare. Since then I was on Prednisone and I continued to lose weight slowly till last Friday when I weighed only 90 pounds (I'm 5' 2"). So I decided to have bed rest during the weekend. Last night I was 91 pounds again.

By the way, I drink 2 bottles of Ensure everyday but they don't seem to help.
Posted 11/2/2009 10:55 PM (GMT 0)
You sound like me, get on the scale every day. I'm 5 foot 2 and should be at 121. I'm 112. Rest does help. Pounded away food on predison first taper, probably wrecked things not careful with what I ate, so I lost weight on this taper, but my meals are much smaller and healthier... Rest has been a problem, so I'm on sleeping pills and will see how it goes...

I'll go to the gym and think mmmmhhhh, what can I do that won't burn too many calories :-)

I just need to get used to my new body if this is the way it's going to be for a while...
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