Weight gain and eating fats (or not) [was: Re: Re: New to this List]

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always have - thank God - how else could I have had hot fudge sundaes daily (the

BIG ones) from Friendlys?? LOL -that may be what i return to once in a blue moon

- lol!

eileen

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> > > > Once you start healing, the weight sure comes on! I started the diet at

> > > > 94 pounds, dropped to 90 pounds, and am now at 105 pounds. I've had to

> > > > cut back on my calorie intake, because I can no longer fit into some of

> > > > my clothes! My mom is surprised I'm gaining, because I really don't eat

> > > > that much, but what I do eat is loaded with calories. In my pre-SCDlife,

> > > > I could eat and eat and never gain a pound (except when onprednisone).

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> > > > Dairy is a great way to put on weight, if you can handle it. Yogurt,

> > > > cheese, cheesecake, butter, and frozen yogurt added lots of calories to

> > > > my diet. Nut butter, avocado, and coconut oil are the other things that

> > > > helped me pack on some weight.

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> > > > Holly

> > > > Crohn's

> > > > SCD 12/01/08

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> > > If that's true I can only conclude that people's different metabolisms

> > > play a very large role in weight gain or not and what you eat is

> > > secondary. While there's truth to the first part, the last part isn't

> > > true. Eating a lot of calories, per se, isn't going to make you gain

> > > weight. It depends on the type of calories as well as amount. But not fat

> > > calories. I wish we could lay that falacy to rest once and for all.

> > > Fat/protein calories aren't going to do it. I'll mention again the books

> > > Good Calories, Bad Calories and Life Without Bread. Both books explain

> > > what you makes you gain weight and what doesn't (i.e., how the body

> > > metabolizes fats, proteins, starches, sugars), and contrary to public

> > > opinion and the government, and conventional medical establishment, it

> > > ain't eating fats that makes you fat.

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> > > I have Crohn's. I was somewhat overweight before I started the diet and

> > > went on LDN. I'm 5' 11 " tall so didn't look all that heavy. I've lost just

> > > under 50 pounds since the beginning of the year since starting the diet

> > > and LDN. I eat tons of meat, cheese, yogurt, oils, butter, and that

> > > doesn't gain me a pound. Or anybody else. That's not how it works

> > > physiologically. If anybody is gaining weight on the SCD then it's because

> > > of whatever amount of carbs they're eating; and some people gain a lot of

> > > weight from few carbs; and some gain not much from a lot of carbs. How

> > > your body metabolizes carbs (and what kind of carbs) is the key to weight

> > > gain/lose.

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