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Posted 5/28/2012 8:14 PM (GMT 0)
Who else here is a bit on the chub-ola side?

Seem most folks with UC lose weight, but not me. (I suspect that is one reason the doc didn't think I had UC).

I used to fill up on salads, green beans, cauliflower and broccoli but since it seems those should be limited, what to fill the void with?
Posted 5/28/2012 8:19 PM (GMT 0)
Me me me (raises hand). I've battled weight my whole life. Very hard to lose weight when you can't really do the salads and fruits. I can a little but not as much as I would like. I was actually very thin up until I got pregnant with my daughter over 5 years ago and then after her birth I was diagnosed with UC. Since then weight is horribe to lose. I've lost some this year but still have a ways to go. Really upped my exercise and cut down on portions. I really miss chocolate. :(
Posted 5/28/2012 9:22 PM (GMT 0)
me too! Ive never had D and lost weight and i dont want it to start either. i was about 40lbs over my pre baby weight. ive recently lost 22lbs and im keeping it of. i joined slimming world. its fantastic. i can eat as much potatoes pasta, rice as i want. fruit and veg, fat free yogurts etc. i know not much of its good for my uc but i want to tackle the weight 1st. it makes me miserable being overweight much more so than my uc. so far so good.
Posted 5/28/2012 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
Never had weight problems. I even lost weight when I quit smoking.
Posted 5/28/2012 10:11 PM (GMT 0)
I've not had weight issues but have fluctuated a fair bit in the last 5-6 years between 92 and 68 kg (which is 200 lbs and 150 lbs). currently at just under 160 pound ((72kg). I wouldn't want to lose any more weight. Some weight loss I attribute to the UC itself but I believe more is down to my more disciplined diet (no sugar, alcohol, starchy foods etc) trying to combat the UC - if that makes sense.
Posted 5/29/2012 12:33 AM (GMT 0)
ho yes ! since i had my second baby, 5 years ago, im stuck at the same weight, ive done everything to loose weight, and it wont budge, dr also didnt think it was uc because of the no weight loss. i can be on shakes 2 times a day, and not loose weight,.. sosososososos frustrating, and right now, im just to scared to eat veggies or fruits, i hope when i get the flare under control that mabye ill finaly be able to get back to my pre baby weight...
Posted 5/29/2012 1:51 AM (GMT 0)
It's possible that a factor in the difficulty losing weight for some UCers is depressed adrenal function. Just a hunch really.
Posted 5/29/2012 2:15 AM (GMT 0)
Interesting stories.

Sherbear, have you tried to move to dark chocolate? You can't eat much of that.
Michelle...I'm happily jealous for you...I gained about 40 lbs when I quit smoking AND I became addicted to gum chewing, which I also have recently quit just in case it's affecting my UC.
Jimbo, I did a strict no starchy carb diet for several years, lost a little weight but then just really went to maintainance. I see you're trying GAPS...I gave it a go but I got really sick in the first week and now I can't face the soup.
Viviane, must have been hard to get a diagnosis of UC just after a baby, I'm in my mid 40's

Jimbo (again) I think I should look into adrenal function, I'm in a very stressful home situation and have been for the last 20 years, so I bet this has something to do with it. Can you suggest a starting point(s)?
Posted 5/29/2012 7:07 AM (GMT 0)
Chob-ola?

Call me freakin humpty dumpty tongue

I am overweight due to a myriad of problems - PCOS, IVF, 3 pregnances involving steroids, then also steroids for UC, salofalk/uc meds! For the past 6 years the weight has just been piling on!

And it doesn't matter what I eat - I can eat nothing and still not lose weight. Although, in the past six months I have lost close to 20 kilograms (44 pounds), but this is the 20kgs that I put on due to being on prednisone for 6 months.

And I have had the same problem - my old GI would not believe the UC was that bad, as I was not losing weight, despite having constant D, and consuming less than 1200 calories per day - said it was impossible and used to dismiss me.

Then when I started seeing my new GI - he was also 'sceptical', but after scoping me, and also seeing a diary that I was keeping (which included photos of the blood & D as evidence to prove that I was telling the truth, with time and date stamps) he has placed me on the MDX 1100 drug trial.

Since I have started this trial, I have stopped eating - I am lucky if I eat once a day - usually dinner. And even then its about a cup of food.

And this is why I have lost 9 kgs in the past 7 weeks. But if I was a normal person, who did not gain weight just by looking at cake, I would have dropped double that!
Posted 5/29/2012 9:16 AM (GMT 0)
Before UC, I was 68 kg (and slowly gaining). After 1-5 years of UC, I went down to 63-64 kg because of diarrhea. In this moment I am only 56-57 kg.

This with weight-loss is a complicated thing with many factors:
1. UC is often preventing you from training (pain, gas, diarrhea etc), thus you do not burn the same much calories.
2. Fiber is often not okay for people with UC, thus more calories.
3. Really bad flare with diarrhea might balance out the two previous.

People on this forum is probably soon going to get tired of me mentioning "food combination"... but I have really found that food combination is effective in solving the two first problems. It has been removing all the gas problem I had, that prevented me from doing training. Also, as long as I combine right, I can increase my intake of fiber. Instead of repeating myself over and over, anyone interested in food combination can either google for it, or read my previous posts on the topic, or buy a good book about it.
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