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Thanks...I love hot chocolate! Utah is sooo cold!!

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do you guys know of anything easy to eat w/lots of calories?

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There is something in the air, Pat. I've done the same thing. Only,

fortunately, we can eat so little that it won't do too much harm as long

as it's not sugar!

Jim

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Man I don't know what is wrong with me,for the last 2 days I have done

nothing but eat ever chanch I get

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I, on the other hand, lost my appetite and can barely chew.

Marta

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> Man I don't know what is wrong with me,for the last 2 days I

> have done nothing but eat ever chanch I get,

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Humm Pat I wonder what is in the air...I'm doing the same thing.

Today I kept telling myself to get a drink of water and get busy

doing something instead of stuffing food in my mouth. I've just

been OVER the TOP the last few days. I could lick the paint off the

walls.

Jo

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Pat

I can soo sympathise. I have spent the last week in total despair and fright

because I too have been eating like mad..It is the old Kristy back all over

again.

It is a real time of crisis for me and I guess for you too. Hope things get

better for you..

Kristy

-wonder if Jo or Laurie from Ojai have these periods..not just over eating but

really eating WAY too much

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Pat,

You know, I go through that every now and again. I will get monsterously

hungry and munch everything in sight for a few days. Weird. It has no effect on

my

weight, though. Ahhhhh. Animal Planet. One of my favorites. I watch it all

the time. Hope you got some sleep!

in WA

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hang in there we all have bad days!!.

I know the feeling your describing and your right it is a pain thinking what and when to eat.I take small bites chew for ages and then swallow and I always take a sip of a drink as I swallow,I find this helps a LOT.

All the best

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PS Welcome new members believe me you are not alone and you will find a wealth of information on this group I guarantee!!.If your going to see your doctor soon look in the past post and somebody has wrote a list of FAQ You can print off and take with you.(Your doctor will then know not to fob you off as you have obviously researched your condition).

Again All the best

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This may sound crazy BUt When I have a good day Meaning no spasms no" heart Burn"{I take nexuim Food goes down well With water small portions and soft I am afraid to eat I feel that WHat if??? What if the food stays in the "E"?? will it scar the "e"?? Some times food lays at the bottom of the "e" I feel the pressure on my ribs I have got to get pass the feeling of something is going on Why can I eat fairly comfortable knowing its okay Its just a good day I hope some one understands How I feel Its sooo hard to be thinking of food all day What shall I eat and when ???

As you can see it's been a hard day Thanks for listening Hope you all understand And I am not just rambling

from beautiful NJ

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Hi ;

No, you're not just rambling! I understand perfectly. I definitely have my good days and bad days. I'm also taking Nexium and I haven't had one spasm in the past few months. I eat every two hours and find that if I wait longer between meals, I have a very difficult time eating the next time I try. I always have one cup of creamy coffee around 7:00 A.M. to start my day. Around 9:00, I have about 3 crackers and a slice of Havarti cheese with a glass of milk. At 11:00, I have a bowl of creamy soup. At 1:00, more soup etc. Occasionally, I am able to eat fish and chicken. I can't eat hamburger at all. It must be the texture, I have no idea. Also, no pasta. I can eat oatmeal and cream of wheat, baked potatoes and I eat a lot of vegetables. I have to have all my vegetables cooked well and mushed. I am healthy and energetic if I follow this routine, but only then. I lose weight really fast, so eating is a chore, not a pleasure. I take my Nexium at 7:00 and don't eat anything after that. I also drink a lot of water and milk. Any way, I hope you are having a better day today.

Take care, .

-- Eating

This may sound crazy BUt When I have a good day Meaning no spasms no" heart Burn"{I take nexuim Food goes down well With water small portions and soft I am afraid to eat I feel that WHat if??? What if the food stays in the "E"?? will it scar the "e"?? Some times food lays at the bottom of the "e" I feel the pressure on my ribs I have got to get pass the feeling of something is going on Why can I eat fairly comfortable knowing its okay Its just a good day I hope some one understands How I feel Its sooo hard to be thinking of food all day What shall I eat and when ???

As you can see it's been a hard day Thanks for listening Hope you all understand And I am not just rambling

from beautiful NJ

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I take my nexium in the morning 20 minutes before I "drink" my breakfast I then have Instant Breakfast Mix I can't drink hot coffee or tea Yet ice tea or coffee is fine I drink a lot of milk Say 3 or 4 per day It's funny I weigh myself every morning And worry if I have lost some weight Go figure I try to stay about 140 If I go less then that I am tired Can't get my day started Haven't got the energy to do daily chores I am 5 ft 4in

If I eat well one day can't eat the next Now I don't mean a full dinner Etc You know what helps ??? When I eat out?? I sip wine Still watch what I eat But it stays down better ----- The weather is beautiful It's just a wonderful fall day Did some chores and some X stitching

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Hi ,

I know about those days. Hopefully you are being seen by a physician.

If you know that things are getting worse then you should call him or her.

Maybe it's time for a reevaluation. Have you had a dilatation? Surgery? or

other treatments? Achalasia appears to go through many stages and I don't

envy where you are right now. But be assured that it can get better, you just

need to try something new.

Bobbie

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I have had dilation 13 years ago The DR tore my"E" and spent that Christmas in ICU Sooooooooooooooo No more dilations I had surgery with a wrap 3 years ago that did not work Soooooooooooo I watch my diet eat little Etc Etc I do take nexuim every day Drink alot of milk that stays down And when I go out with friends I sip wine with meals Still have to watch what I eat but it stays down [Almost all the time]

I do have my opinion about Botox I am afraid of it

Fact ...... Botox causes scarring Ofcourse acid can cause it and many other things But Botx can be avoided

Fact..... the shots don't last long

Fact .....you might have to have surgery later on

Fact.... the scarring makes cutting into the muscle harder Not impossible

If you are tooooo old for surgery with other problems Botox is okay But I really don't know if it's worth it It's like buying time till you have surgery surgery is not bad Recovery is easy Why did mine not turn Out?? MD said he did not cut down far enough

Morale of that story Research research and then do more research Get the best MD

Hope I did not ramble to much CArrie

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Hi , I know about those days. Hopefully you are being seen by a physician.If you know that things are getting worse then you should call him or her.Maybe it's time for a reevaluation. Have you had a dilatation? Surgery? orother treatments? Achalasia appears to go through many stages and I don'tenvy where you are right now. But be assured that it can get better, you justneed to try something new. Bobbie

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Hi ;

I still can't figure out how you can possibly drink wine. I eat crackers to absorb the stomach acid. I actually know when it's time to have a few crackers. I have tried drinking wine in the past, but it has caused me so much burning I lost everything in my stomach. I guess it's because everything I eat has to be so bland. Any way, if it makes eating easier, enjoy!

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I have had dilation 13 years ago The DR tore my"E" and spent that Christmas in ICU Sooooooooooooooo No more dilations I had surgery with a wrap 3 years ago that did not work Soooooooooooo I watch my diet eat little Etc Etc I do take nexuim every day Drink alot of milk that stays down And when I go out with friends I sip wine with meals Still have to watch what I eat but it stays down [Almost all the time]

I do have my opinion about Botox I am afraid of it

Fact ...... Botox causes scarring Ofcourse acid can cause it and many other things But Botx can be avoided

Fact..... the shots don't last long

Fact .....you might have to have surgery later on

Fact.... the scarring makes cutting into the muscle harder Not impossible

If you are tooooo old for surgery with other problems Botox is okay But I really don't know if it's worth it It's like buying time till you have surgery surgery is not bad Recovery is easy Why did mine not turn Out?? MD said he did not cut down far enough

Morale of that story Research research and then do more research Get the best MD

Hope I did not ramble to much CArrie

--- Bartolino

--- jfbartolino@...

--- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.

Re: Eating

Hi , I know about those days. Hopefully you are being seen by a physician.If you know that things are getting worse then you should call him or her.Maybe it's time for a reevaluation. Have you had a dilatation? Surgery? orother treatments? Achalasia appears to go through many stages and I don'tenvy where you are right now. But be assured that it can get better, you justneed to try something new. Bobbie

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A few other things:

Protein pancakes

And some of the muffin recipes on www.leanandstrong are terrific. Go

to healthy recipes. Someone just posted a pumpkin pie muffin recipe

that I'm definitely going to try!

Colleen

> I am having a really hard time eating. I can drink the protein

shakes, no

> problem, but any type of meat, I gag. (

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If you do it that way, then its not body for life. Follow the book

for your first challenge-thats what everyone has told me to do!

> Do you really have to eat 6 meals a day? Can you eat 3 meals and a

> snack(veggies or fruit)in between. Has anyone tried Weight

Watchers

> with the work out program?

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Have you read BFL? it explains it all.

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> Do you really have to eat 6 meals a day? Can you eat 3 meals and a

> snack(veggies or fruit)in between. Has anyone tried Weight Watchers

> with the work out program?

The goal is to keep your blood sugar/insulin at steady levels. If you

eat a meal and then eat a carb as a snack that snack is going to cause

an insulin spike. That's why you always need to eat protein at the

same time. The idea of eating six times a day is to give your body a

steady, even intake of balanced food. If your " snacks " were nearly

the same size as your three " meals " -- since they both have protein

and carbs -- you'd be eating too many calories most likely. If it

helps, you could think of it as three *small* meals and three large

snacks. Make them all about the same size, but I know we think of

eating different foods for meals and snacks.

Weight Watchers will not provide you with nearly enough protein for

nearly anything, let alone working out at BFL levels. Its also very

high carb and it won't steady your insulin. This element of BFL is

very important to losing fat. Changing your carb intake, changes your

body chemistry (lowering your insulin response) -- this is why people

say 80% of BFL is eating.

Some people have had success with BFL combined with a low carb WOE,

but if you haven't done either one before, switching to the moderate

carb, balanced meals of BFL probably should be your first try.

Regan

C1W4D2

I feel like I'm going to throw up. Must be a 10 HIIT.

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went through some crazy food habits when he was little but

they changed frequently. When he was about a year old he wouldn't let anyone

but his sister feed him, with a spoon, and she was in school all day. You can

imagine how that went. For several years, he would only eat ice cream for

breakfast. Then there came a stage when he wouldn't eat anything that COULD be

a

vegetable but that too passed. Now he'll eat most anything that doesn't get

him first. He's not too much on sweets and will only eat fruit that comes in

small pieces, like grapes. He'll eat peaches(loves them) and others but they

have to be cut up for him. Or melon, has to be cut up. His dad was the

same way, some things were too much trouble. But for I will do it. For

snacks he likes yogurt, (lo cal) Yuck. And juice boxes, pickles, All really

healthy foods. He has been eating quite a few cookies, the Chips Ahoy soft

and chewy chocolate chips. But since he's been losing weight I don't object to

that. We do everything lo fat and lo cal and that helps. I switched him to

1% milk some years ago and he will drink skim without noticing but I don't

like it. And neither does the cat, he likes a few sips out of 's glass (

I know, shouldn't do that, but they are both happy with it and the cat

doesn't drink enough to give him his own) but the cat doesn't bother if it's

skim.

I get a kick out of that. He's more discerning than .

Jessie

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In a message dated 7/21/2004 12:09:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time,

JB66111@... writes:

> For

> snacks he likes yogurt

Oh, Maverick likes only LEMON yougurt. It's so funny. Not always easy to

find. At one point he had yougurt three meals a day, but I figured it was

healthy so I let him. When we couldn't find Lemon, we got Lemon Chiffon. We

would give it to him and tell him it was lemon. He would take a bite or

two...and

stop and read the label and refuse it. No one else could tell the

difference, but he could.

M.

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3:33

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I don't know what I have done but I am lucky that Vickie does not seem to be

fixated on certain foods... now she has her favorites like any kid but she

seems willing to try almost anything... somethings come right back out but I

am happy she at least tries... The only thing I can say I do is insisting

that she at least try everything on her plate... she doesn't have to eat it

all... That was the same thing I did with Webb also and this boy doesn't

order soda in resturants, he prefers water.... You should see Vickie go to

town on Won Ton noodles and lo mein.... she also does broccoli, rice,

pasta, potatoes, all meats, plus the normal sweets my hubby tends to buy...

can't send that man shopping without him coming home with more snacks then I

tend buy... for breakfast is is normally eggs, reg oatmeal, sometimes with

applesauce, nutrigrain bars or left over dinner... she is trying bacon but

is not big on it yet... I am lucky she also likes bananas, blueberries,

pears, apples, peaches, (sometimes) and grapes...

I guess I don't know if this is unusual based on what I am hearing in this

thread or what..

ann

mom to Webb 13 and puberty, and Vickie 4 (ds)

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In a message dated 7/21/2004 12:09:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time,

JB66111@... writes:

> For

> snacks he likes yogurt

Oh, Maverick likes only LEMON yougurt. It's so funny. Not always easy to

find. At one point he had yougurt three meals a day, but I figured it was

healthy so I let him. When we couldn't find Lemon, we got Lemon Chiffon.

We

would give it to him and tell him it was lemon. He would take a bite or

two...and

stop and read the label and refuse it. No one else could tell the

difference, but he could.

M.

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,·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ \__\ ,·´º o`·,

```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | | | ```)¨(´´´

¸,.-·²°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°²·-.¸

......for a tree is recognized by its fruit.

3:33

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When I first brought home he was 15 months old. He'd spent his

three months being tube fed, then the next 6 on bottled milk before finally

being weaned onto liquidised congee at about 9-10 months. When I got him he

was onto congee with bits in it or sago. I gave him what I gave to my other

kids as babies, real food but mushed up. I made him very poorly! The poor

kid was desperate for real food and gobbled it up but his system was so used

to tasteless sludge that it couldn't cope! So we went back to congee (but

better tasting!) and introduced real food over the next few weeks and he

hasn't looked back. There is very little he won't at least attempt to eat,

celery is probably the only thing and as I have a total loathing of the

stuff I can live with this! He does have trouble with meat but will chew

and chew until all the flavour is gone and then spit it out! He often turns

down sweets but never turns down crisps or chips (chips and fries). He is

by far the easiest of my three children to feed.

sue wong

>

> I guess I don't know if this is unusual based on what I am hearing in this

> thread or what..

>

> ann

>

> mom to Webb 13 and puberty, and Vickie 4 (ds)

> -----

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In a message dated 6/11/2005 9:03:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, pgnsht@... writes:

this goes for my 10 year old son as well.. I cant have snacks in the house because they will be gone in a day...... I have to keep fruit readily available because the boy can really pack it away.... and messily at that...LOL.... no cookies in my house..... he would be 1000 lbs if their were......lol

Now here's a subject my 4 boys can relate to. My oldest eats very fast. He's 15, and I have to remind him at every meal to slow it down. Then as soon as he is done with dinner, he wants a snack. I remind him that there is a break between dinner and snacks, lol. It is the same with my youngest 3, who are 8, 9, and 10. If the snacks last a day, you are lucky. I barely have time to put down the bag. They would all weigh 1000 lbs if I brought cookies and stuff like that in. However I do the fruit thing to. It took some getting use to, but eventually when it was all that was available, they grabbed the fruit. I think that kids with autism crave a lot of sweets, and once they start eating, they don't know when to stop. Sharon

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this goes for my 10 year old son as well.. I cant have snacks in the house because they will be gone in a day...... I have to keep fruit readily available because the boy can really pack it away.... and messily at that...LOL.... no cookies in my house..... he would be 1000 lbs if their were......lol

in Lancaster, CaLaha1960@... wrote:

In a message dated 6/11/05 4:00:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time, Autism and Aspergers Treatment writes:

Oh, a new topic, EATING!!!! My 13 year old AS eats like a slob, He shovels his food in so fast, he literally inhales it and there is usually one of everything that he has eaten all over his pants and shirt, (and the floor). By the time we have eaten one bite of a hambuger or whatever, his is already gone, seriously, I sometimes so shocked by this, it seems almost impossible someone could eat

* ********* HI

I think you have cameras planted at my house ..... and my 16 year old son is being watched! HEHEHEH

Yes, it is the same here. However, my son is improving with the age and maturity thing and nightly reminders! I can not wait for the day the reminders sink in!!!

I sit down to eat, and he is done!!!! Been there done that! :_)

hugs

in IL

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Isnt it funny???? Well not really funny but interesting how they all love to eat... I mean who doesnt right?? lol..... If I didnt tons of fruit and cut veggies around the house he would be very ill..... and heavy..... Hopefully healthy snacking will continue to be a habit for him as he grows up..... He can eat all the carrots and grapes he wants... NO PROBLEM.................

in Lancaster, CaSSch184188@... wrote:

In a message dated 6/11/2005 9:03:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, pgnsht@... writes:

this goes for my 10 year old son as well.. I cant have snacks in the house because they will be gone in a day...... I have to keep fruit readily available because the boy can really pack it away.... and messily at that...LOL.... no cookies in my house..... he would be 1000 lbs if their were......lol

Now here's a subject my 4 boys can relate to. My oldest eats very fast. He's 15, and I have to remind him at every meal to slow it down. Then as soon as he is done with dinner, he wants a snack. I remind him that there is a break between dinner and snacks, lol. It is the same with my youngest 3, who are 8, 9, and 10. If the snacks last a day, you are lucky. I barely have time to put down the bag. They would all weigh 1000 lbs if I brought cookies and stuff like that in. However I do the fruit thing to. It took some getting use to, but eventually when it was all that was available, they grabbed the fruit. I think that kids with autism crave a lot of sweets, and once they start eating, they don't know when to stop. Sharon

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