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

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i have to disagree -i only gained when I was forcing in 3000 calories a day -

once I was back up to my weight and chilled out or scaled back the calories

-weight stays basically even - for me at least :-)

eileen 20 months scd

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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).

> >

> > 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.

> >

> > 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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