Re: Question for Eileen................................

[Guest guest]

SAME BOAT!!

I'm to the point of being scared now! I am 124. That's 7 pounds in a

week.

Jodi,

has been more than helpful coaching/encouraging me along! I am in a

great deal of debt to her!

But, this is ridiculous. My wife and I are scared. I've bumped up to

around 3000/calories a day, a lot of protein, and almost zero physical

activity. Eating bananas, avocado, cooking w/ coconut oil, etc....

[Guest guest]

Hey Cris,

You and your wife are going to have to reach with-in and have some

faith in The SCD. Hard to say but gaining calm is very important to

us as stress is not good for our conditions.

People gain weight eventually after healing takes place.

Some people are very emaciated. It is very scary- I understand.

Eileen was very underweight and terrified when she first began she can

tell you more about it. Search the archives- you can read a lot about

anxiety and weight etc..

Have you tried adding Ghee (clarified butter) into your diet?

That is something you can do from the get go. Good source of easy to

digest fat.

When healing takes place you'll absorb the food and fats much much better.

Like homemade Pecan Butter, Avocado, Coconut oil.. All sorts of yummy

stuff.

Another good thing is maybe you can add some marrow bones to your

chicken soup? That adds some good fat as well.

Hang in there..

You're getting through the rough parts.. Soon you'll start seeing

fruits of your labor and you'll be doing the SCD dance.. Takes time.

Jodi

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> SAME BOAT!!

>

> I'm to the point of being scared now! I am 124. That's 7 pounds in a

> week.

[Guest guest]

That sounds like me! I'm now up to about 1200-1400 a day (I was a lot

worse the first month of the diet). But weirdly, I don't think I've

lost any weight. I've never been a big eater though, so maybe my body

is accustomed to living on a small amount of food. I still could stand

to gain a good 5 pounds though.

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> Hi Eileen,

> I read in a past post where you said you try to aim for 3000

> calories a day. I was wondering if you would tell me what you eat to

> reach that count! I know I've only been on the diet for 4 weeks and I

> definately was not as sick as most of the people on here but

> nevertheless still had bad tummy problems. I just can't seem to get

> above 1200-1400 calories a day and I've dropped another pound. I know

> this sounds stupid because most people are trying to lose weight

> BUT ......I wish I would stop losing. How long do you think that will

> take? I've just now began to eat about a fourth of a banana a day

> without it killing me! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!! I love banana's! Hoping to

> hear from you.

>

>

> Blessings, Tonya

>

[Guest guest]

sorry haven't been on - here's what my day was back then -the weight

should start at least stabilizing soon at least stop dropping - it

takes time - it will creep up slowly

I had 3-4 eggs a day

soup

3 bananas

3 avocadoes

1 1 1/2 lb porterhouse steak daily

1 large chicken breast

carrots

pears or applesauce

dil juice for calories

yogurt after a while

I saw a gain after pecan butter was introduced but don't push it - heal

and feel better it will come - somone menioned dig enzymes heling

weight gain - i didn't see it but when I tried to put them in last week

they didn't agree now and did a year ago?????

keep diaries - add vit/supp as needed everything one at a time

ask away

have faith - hang in!!!

eileen

>

> SAME BOAT!!

>

> I'm to the point of being scared now! I am 124. That's 7 pounds in a

> week.

>

> Jodi,

>

> has been more than helpful coaching/encouraging me along! I am in a

> great deal of debt to her!

>

> But, this is ridiculous. My wife and I are scared. I've bumped up to

> around 3000/calories a day, a lot of protein, and almost zero physical

> activity. Eating bananas, avocado, cooking w/ coconut oil, etc....

>