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Posted 9/15/2013 3:51 AM (GMT 0)
I re-started the SCD a few weeks ago. At the time I was in major gut pain and throwing up every other day. I was about 108lbs (my healthy weight is 125ish). The reason I went off the diet the first time was because I couldn't gain weight. Since re-starting, I have been in way less pain and it's helped with some other things too--so much that I will not go off of it. However, a major problem has been my weight. I'm now down to 98lbs :(

It's really scary. I look anorexic and I just don't know what all this weight loss is doing to my body. How can I gain weight on this diet? I feel like I've been eating throughout the day nonstop. Any suggestions would be awesome. Thanks!
Posted 9/15/2013 4:01 AM (GMT 0)
Are you currently flaring? Are the meds in your signature still up to date? Are they helping? I'd say don't get off of meds during the diet.

First of all, when you're still flaring it's gonna be hard to put on weight.

You could try to add oils into your diet or eat avocado, bananas, the SCD legal baked goods and nuts or nutbutter.

Hope it helps.
Posted 9/15/2013 4:30 AM (GMT 0)
after you're done eating through the day non-stop, gradually introduce eating through the nite also ;-)

+

what andrina said !

chill - it sucks but it's part of the uc surprise package - bet you never thought you'd have this much fun !

hang in there dubble h :-)
Posted 9/15/2013 5:06 AM (GMT 0)
Try one of these shakes if you want to gain weight. The first 2 are SCD legal. FYI - I prefer boiled egg whites to raw eggs....they are easier on my digestive tract. Good luck!

http://scdlifestyle.com/2013/04/5-real-food-weight-gain-shakes-paleo-scd/
Posted 9/15/2013 2:02 PM (GMT 0)
I never lost much weight on SCD but echo suggestions: take olive oil or coconut oil spoonfuls throughout the day. Make smoothies with whatever SCD legal things you eat. Maybe coconut milk, coconut oil, honey and some fruit. I've never used protein power but look up InSoFla's post, she uses a high quality one without a lot of chemicals.

Your inflamed gut may be not able to utilize your food properly. I'd also suggest taking a good probiotic in a large quantity. Most of them have far fewer billions of good bacteria than research shows is necessary.

Are you eating yogurt or making your own?
Eat fatty steak, you'll get calories along with vitamins (lots of vitamins in meat).
I also like juicing veggies, not many calories but it can help heal your gut and then maybe it will be able to utilize the food better and get some weight back on.

As your gut heals you should be able to put more weight back on.

edit to add: put butter on everything. SCD allows butter doesn't it? Maybe that's why I never lost weight. I loooove butter....and cheese. Put butter and cheese on your veggies :-)

Post Edited (imagardener2) : 9/15/2013 8:05:49 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/15/2013 4:29 PM (GMT 0)
Andrina--yes, I'm flaring and the sig is pretty much up-to-date. I guess that's true that I probably couldn't gain weight anyway...that makes me feel better. I just panicked yesterday on that scale. Haha.

Thanks for all suggestions. I like the smoothie ideas. I do indeed make my own yogurt but I think I'll start using whole milk instead of low fat to make it. imagardener--I will do that! Butter is allowed and I use it a lot but could do more. Good thought.
Posted 9/15/2013 4:34 PM (GMT 0)
@Dude 45 - Many thanks for posting the link to the smoothies!

Such a good idea. I think I'll try one today and see how it goes down. Would have never thought of adding boiled egg whites. To cool.

I think these would help a lot of people on SCD as getting enough calories is always the problem unless you eat HUGE meals all day long. Even just one of these for breakfast - then eat what you would normally for the rest of the day would add a 1,00o+ calories.
Posted 9/16/2013 1:46 AM (GMT 0)
If... you can't hold the SCD 100%, introduce plain white rice. I know it's not SCD, but better than what could be the alternative. Slipping out of the SCD and down the rabbit hole, eating the crap that reg. people eat :-)

As a SCD modified person, I am checking out this smoothy as well.

PS Watch out for honey while in a flare.

Post Edited (25yearsw/colitis) : 9/15/2013 7:53:21 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/18/2013 4:04 PM (GMT 0)
I've been doing some extra research on this. For anyone interested, I found a FANTASTIC recipe in Breaking the Vicious Cycle. High calorie, easy to digest, and it hits the spot more than anything I've tried.

Has anyone made carrot curls? All I did was deep fry peels of carrot in coconut oil for maybe two minutes and add some salt at the end. Tastes delicious (not just for SCD, but for anybody) like a yummy chip, high calorie from carrots and deep frying obviously, and the coconut oil is great for IBS troubles. Hope someone enjoys this as much as I do--definitely a new staple.

OT--By the way: colonoscopy yesterday had surprisingly good results, which I'm contributing to my combo of SCD, FMT, and Rem. Yay!
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