Healthy weight loss with Crohns. Maybe TMI, sorry!

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amother

Burgundy ↓

Wed, Nov 21 2018, 6:09 pm

Hi,

I'd really love to lose 15-20 lbs. I have Crohns and constant diarrhea.

When I stick to my diet and eat minimal processed grains and more salads, my bathroom problems are worsened. (Meaning more frequent and looser diarrhea)

I keep going back and forth. When I eat several servings of raw fruits and vegetables for a few days, my urgency gets worse, and then I go back to eating cookies instead of salads.

I don't know if it's a physical craving or just in my head, but when the Crohns symptoms are worsened due to eating lots of produce, I crave cookies and pasta even more!

Any advice?

amother

Burlywood

Wed, Nov 21 2018, 6:19 pm

Have you been able to try SCD or the new Mass U diet?

Mom23gs

Wed, Nov 21 2018, 6:19 pm

Have you worked with a nutritionist? I know there are diets that are supposed to be better to follow when you have Crohn's to maximize motion and minimize the gastro distress.

Miri1

Wed, Nov 21 2018, 6:20 pm

Maybe it's worth seeing a registered dietician.
Also, if it is the full feeling that you're seeking, perhaps you need to have a handful of nuts, or some nut butter.
Try to have some less fibrous foods, low-fat yoghurt, and grains like quinoa, or buckwheat. Soups with cooked veges may be easier on your stomach than raw fruit and veges.

anonymrs

Wed, Nov 21 2018, 6:41 pm

Check out the scd diet at www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

amother

↑ Burgundy ↓

Wed, Nov 21 2018, 6:43 pm

Thank you.

I've been on the SCD diet several times, twice for nearly a year. It prevented those terrible flairs that come up every few years where I feel like I'm dying, but it never improved my mudpile diarrhea and urgency.

amother

Teal

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 6:35 am

The Mass U diet cuts out the inflammatory foods, but also incorporates the principle of improving the gut bacteria (which is often out of wack in people with IBD).
I think it is well worth checking it out, it is similar to SCD, but gives you specific foods that are probiotic and prebiotic - they might help with diarrhoea. They also have suggestions of probiotic supplements.
And plenty of recipes - so you don't feel you have to run to the cookies.
You can sign up for emails too.

amother

cornflower

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 7:11 pm

amother wrote:

If it was me, I’d go back on scd and try to see a chiropractor/holistic dr that does kinesiology to test for foods that may be not agreeing with you. Sometimes, there’s a culprit food that holds back the healing.

amother

↑ Burgundy

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 7:28 pm

amother wrote:

I did that a few years ago.

However, there was almost nothing left for me to eat - almost everything he tested me for he said disagreed with me. It was like a quarter of Pesach foods which I could eat. I can't live like that.

behappysk

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 8:56 pm

Maybe try to have only cooked fruits and vegetables?

pistachio88

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 9:30 pm

Following. I also struggle with this.

amother

Lawngreen

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 10:29 pm

amother wrote:

I used to think like this then I learned that the foods you are allergic to arent triggers forever. Its a temporary diet. Working with a practitioner will help and you’ll soon be able to reintroduce foods.

Its hard -Im struggling too. Not keeping to the guidelines perfectly. But its not as hard as thinking I’ll have to be so limited forever
( and my food restrictions are for health only. Not weight loss)
Hatzlacha

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