Re: Losing Weight-- need help!

[Guest guest]

Well,

I just want to thank all whom have replied. It makes me feel better

to hear your own stories and advice. I saw my doc today and he said

not to worry until I get to a " normal " weight, which would be 15 lbs

less than right now, but a weight I havent been at since my 20's (I'm

42). He also said the prednisone would catch up with me. He did take

my concern seriously though, which also made me feel better. Its hard

building a relationship with a new doc, especially under these

circumstances, but I think I might have a good one here. Only time

will tell.

Im gonna try the peanut butter brownies next-

First day of yogurt (yesterday) so far so good-

Tried the BTVC cheesecake- ehhh, will be better when I can make some

fruit sauce to top it, maybe blueberry or strawberry in a month or

two.

Got my hubby working on a BBQ sauce for me!

Thanks to you all, its truly a blessing have supportive folks here

who have paved the way, to listen and help with all of this.

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> >Hey all, Well I've been SCDing for over a month

> >now, and with the help of meds my flare is

> >getting better. My concern is that I've lost 20

> >lbs so far, and the weight loss isnt slowing.

> >I'm not in any real trouble, I have the extra

> >pounds to lose. Its just scary. I've been

> >keeping a food diary and it seems that I can't

> >tolerate much yet except meats, cheese and eggs.

> >Carrots, spinach and zucchini are all right

> >also. Bananas with peanut butter and honey is my

> >sweet treat that usually doesn't get me.

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> >I got my yougurt maker and am going to make a

> >batch of french cream first as I'm not a fan of

> >tart stuff too much, but I'm scared of

> >introducing this. I did search the site, and it

> >seems as if I should start with a teaspoon first?

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> >I eat 5-6 small meals a day. So any tips on how to get more

calories in?

> >And to think I was afraid of weight gain when I

> >started my Prednisone-- Oh the ironies of life!

>

> ,

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> One of the ironies of SCD is that one's weight

> tends to normalize on this style of eating. I

> dropped around 75 pounds in the first 5-7 months

> I was on SCD. I was too sick to crawl on a scale

> -- I really didn't care or notice in the first 2

> months or so, but when I went back to work, one

> co-worker asked if I'd had bariatric surgery

> because my trousers were at least a full size too large.

>

> You're not doing badly with what you can

> tolerate. I bet if you sat down and made a list

> of what you actually ate the two weeks or so

> before you started, you'd find an awful lot of repetition.

>

> My weight just dropped until I reached the point

> at which it went completely out of control. (My

> form of malabsorption is something I call " the

> termite syndrome, " -- my bad bacteria turn

> normally inedible stuff into fatty acids which

> are easily absorbed.) Now I'm having to do things

> the hard way to get the remaining weight off. <wry grin>

>

> When I began, the strictures on introducing

> yogurt weren't so stringent. I was chowing down

> on a half cup to a cup a day with no problems.

> However, many folks on the autism list, and some

> people on the old Long Island list found that

> they did much better in terms of not triggering

> die-off as severely if they introduced the yogurt

> gradually. I can tell you that I do better with

> dripped yogurt. So yes, start with a very small

> amount. Warning: French Cream is very delicious and highly

addictive. <grin>

>

> 5-6 small meals a day is excellent. To add

> calories, just add butter or coconut oil (if

> tolerated) to your cooked veggies. Eat ripe

> avocados. (Avocado mayonnaise is top-mark.)

>

> How are things faring otherwise?

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

>

[Guest guest]

You can make the exact same recipe with pecan butter.

That's how I still make it - it's delicious that way, btw.

There's also one with butternut squash added that's

delicious as well.

Mara

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>Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:37:15 -0500

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>Subject: Re: Re: Losing Weight-- need help!

>To: BTVC-SCD

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> peanut butter is an advanced food b/c peanuts are legumes like

>beans. Try almond or pecan butter instead. You can do the peanut

>butter later!

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>> Im gonna try the peanut butter brownies next-

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>Carol F.

>Celiac, SCD 8 years,MCS, Latex Allergy

>http://www.celiac.com/authors/143/Carol-Frilegh

>http://www.talkaboutcuringautism.org/gfcf-diet/sc-diet.htm

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