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Posted 1/19/2014 1:10 AM (GMT 0)
Argh, I can't believe it! I've been pooping less, eating more, feeling better etc., but I weighed myself and I lost another three pounds this week!!! mad how is this possible???? I expected weight gain to be a slow process...but I have no idea why I'm still LOSING weight????
Posted 1/19/2014 1:18 AM (GMT 0)
Time to break out the cookies. Have you been to McDonalds lately?
Posted 1/19/2014 1:34 AM (GMT 0)
Ahhhhh! Another weight loser! I can't lose a pound to save my life. I will so gladly send you some of my extra :)
Posted 1/19/2014 1:37 AM (GMT 0)
toomuch...im curious. Are you male, female? How old? If you're female please forgive me!
Posted 1/19/2014 1:40 AM (GMT 0)
scales depress me so i've stopped weighing myself. now i just stick to getting weighed every month or two at the doctor's office. i go by how i feel.
Posted 1/19/2014 1:56 AM (GMT 0)
You are probably still flaring. One of the earliest signs of remission for me was when I stopped losing weight. My last flare was the first time since high school that I would get on scale and hoped to gain weight, or at least wished that I would stop losing weight.
Posted 1/19/2014 2:07 AM (GMT 0)
banana, it's so sad that you visit the Dr. every month or two :(. I mean, I visit alot too (more than once a month) but it's kind of heartbreaking to see it in writing or something.
Posted 1/19/2014 2:22 AM (GMT 0)
activeucer, i guess i don't even notice how often it is. it's been like this for years for me so it's just my "normal."
Posted 1/19/2014 2:55 AM (GMT 0)
Yeah... my hospital just got a new mobile app thing for getting test results and making appointments and it very "helpfully" summarized that I had 55 doctor's appointments in 2013 :-o
Posted 1/19/2014 3:10 AM (GMT 0)
Yeah. I feel a bit the same regarding ER visits. I'm like, I haven't been to the ER for four months! Every visit I take is necessary but man it's a hard decision every time. I don't go in for a stoved toe. My Dr. appointments are split over two apps, haha (two different service organizations). I know my one app says I've had over 500 blood tests this year. Granted, this is hospital, ICU, and other things but I was like, wow.
Posted 1/19/2014 3:17 AM (GMT 0)
Maybe u can try drink supplements...like ensure or Boost. I used this as snacks in between my regular meals when I got down to 95 lbs. it was helpful to see a nutrition too, and she helped me create list of what I could eat from each food group to make sure I was getting enough nutrition.

Granted, I also had an eating disorder at the time, so it's always been tough for me not to "run with it" and take advantage of my flare to losing weight. Ugh, it's a battle. Good luck tho..

Love your screen name by the way. Peeps are too funny.

Post Edited (Doggiedo) : 1/18/2014 8:20:00 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 1/19/2014 4:20 AM (GMT 0)
I'm female, early 30s. Yes, I know it's not common for a lady to get on the scale and hope to gain!! But I'm under weight, losing still mad I've already had to buy new pants so people at work would stop commenting on how much weight I've lost. I can see my ribs from the front and back cry I've been eating every two hours. I still feel like my system is at a delicate point...I can't cram down a bunch of junk foods, I think that'd tilt me back in the wrong direction. I think I will try to eat even more...and hope for the best.... Are those protein shakes and boost type things lactose free? Are they all full of additives? I'm sensitive to carrageenan and those types of things. Maybe I can make my own protein shakes and chug 'em in between my every 2 hour meals, lol. Lord help me. rolleyes
Posted 1/19/2014 5:58 AM (GMT 0)
There are mixes to make protein shakes out of soy protein, egg protein, and pea protein (weird). Most vitamin stores have them. Whey is a milk protein and there are some that are labeled lactose free. I'm not sure about the premixed drink supplements like boot.

Another though is to add fats in the way of oils or nut butter. Bread dipped in olive oil with some seasoning can be tasty. Sometimes you can find pre-flavored olive oil. There's also peanut butter, almond butter, and sun butter. Sun butter is made from sunflower seeds and it's surprisingly good. Fatty meats like beef might be better than lean meats like chicken (purely from a calorie perspective).

Also, being slightly dehydrated can have a profound effect on weight.
Posted 1/19/2014 6:38 AM (GMT 0)
My weight loss has stalled finally. But I suppose that could change next week. Lol.

I've been eating avocado and full fat dairy. Well 2% milk. But ice cream - fo sho. Very glad I dont have a dairy issue. And I've been putting more butter in things!

Also Hormel has all natural bacon... mmmmm.

Being naughty calorie/fat wise has been fun :D
Posted 1/19/2014 8:40 AM (GMT 0)
Katie-you're giving me the munchies :)
Posted 1/19/2014 11:35 AM (GMT 0)
My GI doc sez "forget the weight loss"
How do you feel?
Well I feel great,since adding pred& 6mp to the humira.
I did lose 4 lbs, now weigh 98lbs!!!
I am down to one loose BM in the morning, have lots of energy&I can enjoy the rest of the day.
I know at my age I lost muscle mass over the last year & won't get it back.
So I deal with it!
Hope 2014 is better for all of us. turn
Posted 1/19/2014 11:53 AM (GMT 0)
Do you feel like you are eating a lot? I'm still flaring though better, and I think I'm putting some on. But the thing is I'm ALWAYS hungry right now. With the pred though I haven't been eating as well as I should though. I'm actually thinking I better slow down.

The bread and olive oil is a fantastic idea. Can you tolerate hummus? Make some homemade guac with some dippers. Put honey in tea. I've been noshing rice crackers like crazy. Sesame noodles if you can do it. Coconut oil maybe?
Posted 1/19/2014 12:28 PM (GMT 0)
toss the scale - it's not your friend right now -
Posted 1/19/2014 1:22 PM (GMT 0)
It took a while to see the weight loss turn back into gain. Smoothies with protein powder, (keep the ingredients smile and pronounceable ) banana and whole milk scd yogurt helped me. Now I am back above my normal weight by 1.5 pounds but I ok with that!
Posted 1/19/2014 3:00 PM (GMT 0)
Lol you sounded like me about 10 years ago. No matter what I ate, including weight gain powder from GNC, I always lost and I could never gain. I was super skinny; one of my friends said that my waist was as skinny as a pencil!

I didn't actually start gaining weight until I hit remission. I mean true clinical remission. Now I can't stop gaining! Nor can I lose, so be careful what you wish for :)
Posted 1/19/2014 4:19 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks so much for the kind replies guys. Lots of good suggestions and its comforting to know I'm not alone in this weight issue :-)
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