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Posted 4/20/2010 7:57 PM (GMT 0)
I have such an appetite lately! It is becoming somewhat odd to want to eat soo much all day long! I am always hungry and never full enough..I am not on steroids, not pregnant so I really dont know what is going on. Could it be because my colitis is in remission?
Posted 4/20/2010 10:18 PM (GMT 0)
Did you lose a lot of weight while you were flaring? Could be your body thinking it needs to regain all that lost weight now while the gettin' is good.
Posted 4/20/2010 10:27 PM (GMT 0)
The same thing happened to me when I was tapering off pred. The munchies didn't really hit until I was down to about 10 mg, and my doc said it was probably not the pred (since it's not that much higher than what the body normally produces) and instead was because I was finally feeling better. By the end of January (so 3.5 months post-partum) I was about 30 lbs below pre-pregnancy weight, and I'd gained about 25-30 when I was pregnant. That kind of massive weight drop so quickly made it impossible to keep it off once I started eating again. Oh well. I need to get my butt in gear and get some exercise! The munchies are gone, but I need to loose what I gained.
Posted 4/20/2010 11:53 PM (GMT 0)
Agreed! (Currently eating tootsie rolls...our secretary's candy bowl is the devil). You guys couldn't have posted at a better time. Just today I really started to question why I can't seem to control my eating. Was trying to remember if I ate like this before my last flare but I swear I'd remember feeling this hungry for EVERYTHING. I'm already up 5 or 6 lbs since feeling better in March. I've never been pregnant and was starting to wonder if there was any possibility...

I started back up at the gym now that I have better control of my urgency, but no amount of calorie burning can combat this food frenzy. :)

After being so uncomfortable this past year that sometimes I could barely eat, I'll take the weight gain. And the ability to go to the gym, even if it's not helping.

Krissy - have you tapered your enemas?
Posted 4/21/2010 12:39 AM (GMT 0)
no I havent..I am still on nightly and will start to taper on may 15 so stll a lil bit.

I just cant control my eating..its so odd..its all I think about too..weird
Posted 4/21/2010 5:09 AM (GMT 0)
feeling more stressed than normal?

Period coming around the corner?

I get days like that too....maybe you're emotionally feeling freed from some of the restraints of food vs flare?

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