Re: Weight issues

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At 07:30 PM 9/8/2010, you wrote:

I have been on the diet for 2

1/2 months. i started at 215lbs. Down to 180 today. I don't really feel

as good as I had hoped losing all that weight. I hope it means my body is

still adjusting. I am getting concerned about the weight loss. My ideal

weight is around 160lbs. I ate like a pig before the UC hit. Guess I am

doing ok on the diet. cant eat much with out issues. Hamburger, eggs,

bananas, chicken cooked green squash and pears. Spinich went right

through me. Have been really good with keeping legal. Don't understand

why I am not much better. I am down to maybe 1 to 2 BM's a day usually in

the morn but they are small followed by loose stool and gas, about a 1/4

inch round. Almost like my colon is dramatically swollen. I have no

blood. I do pan fry most of my meats ( little butter or olive oil) except

whole chicken which I roast. You see I love to cook and eat and boiled

meat is just not acceptable :)I will try to introduce yogurt tomorrow as

I am finishing up a batch. Hope thatdoes not give me

issues.

Phil,

First of all, it's not uncommon to lose weight at the beginning of the

diet as you shift from bacterial based digestion (rumen) to an enzyme

based digestion (human).

First, are you keeping a food and event diary? If not, you should

start.

Second, if I understand you, you're eating burgers and chicken for meats.

What about adding some turkey, some lean pork, some beef roast? How about

some fish? Shrimp? Oysters? Lamb might be a little rich just now. I

didn't go for boiled meat either. I was too sick to cook, having just

gotten out of the hospital for emergency gall bladder surgery. I ate

roast beef, roast pork, steamed zucchini, and soft boiled eggs for WAY

longer than I care to think about -- and I'm a darn good cook who enjoys

making tasty dishes.

How many bowel movements were you having a day?

As your system adjusts, having stool that has been in the colon awhile

(and has thus had extra liquid reabsorbed from it) followed by stool

which is coming along behind that is much looser is not at all

unusual.

Have you tried adding some seasonings to your meats? If so, which

ones?

If spinach didn't agree, have you tried green beans? Baby new peas? What

about a couple of other squashes, if green squahs (zucchini?)

agrees?

How'd the yogurt making go?

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

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