cant seem to gain weight

Sorry for asking so many questions.

But I am having so much trouble with this uc.
I have vein pain (Idk if that is uc)
Really bad cramps.
Mouth ulcers
The awesome tastic diarrhea that blessed me with hemmoriods.
Bloating.

I can't do much more for me except eat right.
And frequently.
Still no weight is coming.
My doctors keep telling me I'm underweight and I understand this and I am trying (I am upping my protein because I heard that of you don't work out after consuming soo much protein you just gain weight, so I have become a peanut butter eating fool.)

Is there a way to get more heavy without hurting myself or is this just the colitis life and I just have to weight it out.

- <3 Rice Bunny

(Sorry again for posting soo much)

Agree with just getting the flare first. Once the diarrhea stops, it'll be easier to gain weight because you're not immediately pooping everything you just ate out. During my worst flare I got down to 93lbs and it was because I literally pooped everything out. I'm talking I'd eat a salad for lunch (not good for a flare I know, just an example) and full pieces of lettuce would be in the toilet an hour later. It's almost useless. As long as you're eating just get your flare under control and everything else will follow.

Gaining weight while having diarrhea is impossible, you're much too inflamed due to uc. Right now, focus on staying hydrated (I'd drink a small glass of water everytime I pooped diarrhea), and eat, force yourself to eat (I had no appetite when flaring badly). It's common to loose 20 pounds in a month when flaring badly, as your body cannot absorb nutrients well, and you usually eat infrequently.

Once you get down to 3-4 semi formed bms a day, you should be able to very slowly gain weight back (I was gaining a half a pound a week). Basically just eat more than usual, an additional meal a day and/or frequent snacking. Eat healthy, as your body has lots of nutrients. Some have had luck with protein shakes. I wouldn't worry about fat or muscle gain, just pack on the calories as after that extreme weight loss, you need anything you can put on.

My suggestion is to eat a lot of starchy things, like potatoes (cold preferably, as in potato salad), white rice, pasta (again cold is best). Not only are these things calorie dense, they have resistant starch which might help end or at least lessen your flare.

Many people with UC have this problem. I agree with the advice of everyone else in regards to getting your inflammation under control but you still may be on the thinner side. I myself even when flaring never seem to lose weight and believe me I could stand to lose some.

Obviously in a large flare you wont will most likely not gain weight unless you go on pred but hey this might sound a bit nasty and I guess you should see how your system handles it first but gulping down say a tablespoon or two of healthy fats in either olive oil or coconut oil will up your calorie count and if it's olive oil it's anti inflammatory and may help with the colitis as well as.

I think the magic number is between 2,843 and 3,752 calories extra over the course of a week to gain 1 pound per week, 1 tps of olive oil is around 120 calories, x2, 7 days per week is nearly 1700 calories so it wouldnt take too much extra to start adding that weight on after that. There's many other places to get decently healthy calories in through fats such as adding extra butter to your toast, waffles, mashed potatoes, etc..any bit of fat helps with the calories

When I was bulking up during my workout phase I would just literally gulp 1 or 2 tbs down of olive oil with whatever drink of choice and after awhile it didnt even phase me. There's growing research that healthy fats such as in the Mediterranean diet are actually good for the heart and body in general and not this evil we are told all over the news!

http://www.ihaveuc.com/olive-oil-is-helping-my-ulcerative-colitis/ <--- weird thing with UC, one thing can be a life safer to one person and the exact opposite to another, but hey, olive oil helped this guy!

Post Edited (Virdent) : 5/15/2015 11:57:29 PM (GMT-6)