If I were only taking in 2,000 calories per day, I'd probably weigh about 85 pounds, too. That's a weight-loss diet for MC patients because a lot of our nutrients and calories go down the toilet until we heal. Ingrid, if you're going to try to eat ice cream, get ice cream made from coconut milk or something else that does not include cow's milk. But be careful with the sugar — most of us can't tolerate very much sugar, especially while we're still healing. If you eat too much of it, some of it will end up fermenting in your colon, causing gas, bloating, cramps, and diarrhea.
Tex
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Most of us have lymphocytic infiltration in our stomach and small intestine when we are reacting. GI docs don't understand that, because they don't understand the disease. The antibiotics will not help. They often trigger MC.
Recommending psychiatric treatment is an old trick that gastroenterologists use to try to save face and lay the blame on the patient when their treatments don't work. My GI doc did the same thing when he couldn't figure out what was wrong with me 20 years ago — he recommended that I visit a good psychiatrist.
I didn't bother to do that, but I certainly never went back to him, either.
Tex
Recommending psychiatric treatment is an old trick that gastroenterologists use to try to save face and lay the blame on the patient when their treatments don't work. My GI doc did the same thing when he couldn't figure out what was wrong with me 20 years ago — he recommended that I visit a good psychiatrist.
I didn't bother to do that, but I certainly never went back to him, either.Tex
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Ingrid,
Do you eat meat fat? I've always liked fat, but felt guilty if I ate it because we've been told it's so bad. Now with LC, I've been given permission to eat and enjoy the fatty cuts of meat. It sets well and feels like a healing food to me - and it would sure add the calories you are needing.
Are you eating meat stock (with included fat)? I try to eat some each day. Think that was what really started my healing.
Tex - feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'm still a newby on here.
Carol C
Do you eat meat fat? I've always liked fat, but felt guilty if I ate it because we've been told it's so bad. Now with LC, I've been given permission to eat and enjoy the fatty cuts of meat. It sets well and feels like a healing food to me - and it would sure add the calories you are needing.
Are you eating meat stock (with included fat)? I try to eat some each day. Think that was what really started my healing.
Tex - feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'm still a newby on here.
Carol C
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Hi Ingrid,
Some additional mouth-watering suggestions to consider include:
* Roasted chicken with crispy skin (gotta have the skin!)
* Ribeye steak finished for a couple of minutes right under the broiler flame to get the fat to sizzle. So good.
* Burgers with strips of bacon (uncured) on lettuce. Maybe pickle slices if that works for you. No cheese, bun, or tomatoes.
* Ham and turkey rollups. Need to use good-quality, unprocessed organic cold cuts.
* Roasted pork chops or pork loin
I'm getting hungry just writing this! Enjoy those 4000 calories each day!
Some additional mouth-watering suggestions to consider include:
* Roasted chicken with crispy skin (gotta have the skin!)
* Ribeye steak finished for a couple of minutes right under the broiler flame to get the fat to sizzle. So good.
* Burgers with strips of bacon (uncured) on lettuce. Maybe pickle slices if that works for you. No cheese, bun, or tomatoes.
* Ham and turkey rollups. Need to use good-quality, unprocessed organic cold cuts.
* Roasted pork chops or pork loin
I'm getting hungry just writing this! Enjoy those 4000 calories each day!
DX CC 2013
HI Ingrid,
Is there a reason why your doctor thought you should avoid fried foods? I avoided fried foods before I developed LC, but afterward I started adding fried foods to my diet, as I needed the calories. I also started baking with almond flour and coconut oil-- making muffins mainly. If you can tolerate those things, look at our recipe section for Sheila's Paleo muffins. Seriously, it's hard to leave them alone once you bake them. I also make a turkey sausage with gravy made from coconut milk that my family loves as much as I do. I've served it on roasted potatoes, but also with green beans. I thicken my gravy with potato starch but corn starch or arrowroot, even almond flour will work as well.
Tonight I was looking for my recipe for chocolate zucchini bread. It's another crave-worthy favorite. If you feel like baking and can tolerate the almond flour, honey or maple syrup (rather than sugar) and eggs baked into something, then this may be another good way to get calories. If you don't want to eat eggs there are egg substitutes and egg free recipes out there, but I found that even though scrambled or fried eggs bothered me when I was reacting, eggs baked in recipes did not bother me. The other nice thing about baking something was that it added something interesting to my otherwise boring diet.
I wish you the best of luck and hope you find success stopping your weight loss.
Carol M.
Is there a reason why your doctor thought you should avoid fried foods? I avoided fried foods before I developed LC, but afterward I started adding fried foods to my diet, as I needed the calories. I also started baking with almond flour and coconut oil-- making muffins mainly. If you can tolerate those things, look at our recipe section for Sheila's Paleo muffins. Seriously, it's hard to leave them alone once you bake them. I also make a turkey sausage with gravy made from coconut milk that my family loves as much as I do. I've served it on roasted potatoes, but also with green beans. I thicken my gravy with potato starch but corn starch or arrowroot, even almond flour will work as well.
Tonight I was looking for my recipe for chocolate zucchini bread. It's another crave-worthy favorite. If you feel like baking and can tolerate the almond flour, honey or maple syrup (rather than sugar) and eggs baked into something, then this may be another good way to get calories. If you don't want to eat eggs there are egg substitutes and egg free recipes out there, but I found that even though scrambled or fried eggs bothered me when I was reacting, eggs baked in recipes did not bother me. The other nice thing about baking something was that it added something interesting to my otherwise boring diet.
I wish you the best of luck and hope you find success stopping your weight loss.
Carol M.
“.... people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou
But be careful with the sugar — most of us can't tolerate very much sugar, especially while we're still healing. If you eat too much of it, some of it will end up fermenting in your colon, causing gas, bloating, cramps, and diarrhea.
Tex[/quote]
You were tottaly right as usual. I ate 7 GF cookies in desesperation to put on weight and yesterady had a relapse. :( simply can not find my treatment to putbon weight. It has been 1 year since my diagnosis. And can not gain weight. Bo doctors want me to put on budosenide as they say I di not have bad WD. The worst episode was 25 times just one day. They put me on Racecadotril that helped me out a lot I mean the following day I made perfect stool. Yesterday that I had a relapse took another pill and just went once after. I really want to gain weight.
Tex[/quote]
You were tottaly right as usual. I ate 7 GF cookies in desesperation to put on weight and yesterady had a relapse. :( simply can not find my treatment to putbon weight. It has been 1 year since my diagnosis. And can not gain weight. Bo doctors want me to put on budosenide as they say I di not have bad WD. The worst episode was 25 times just one day. They put me on Racecadotril that helped me out a lot I mean the following day I made perfect stool. Yesterday that I had a relapse took another pill and just went once after. I really want to gain weight.
Ingrid