High calorie foods that are easy to digest

May 24, 2006

Hi I have been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis about 2 years ago.

I had a recent very bad flare up and in the past 2 weeks I've lost

about 20 pounds. I have the urge to go relatively quickly after

each meal so I end up going 4 or 5 times a day (this really sucks).

And of course there is accompanying blood and mucus. A few days ago

I decided to start the SCD. I'm a bachelor and never cooked before,

but I suppose that might be part of why I'm in this mess! So I will

learn slowly.

I am currently eating 2 scrambled eggs in the morning with dry

cottage cheese and homemade yogurt. Then for lunch and dinner I eat

more dry cottage cheese/yogurt and lots of boiled carrots. Finally

I drink a lot of pure orange or grape juice and eat ripe bananas

throughout the day. Before the SCD I was eating essentially nothing

for a week and hence the huge weight loss. The problem is that

despite eating all this cheese/yogurt/carrots/bananas, I am not

gaining weight and also usually hungry. In fact I'm continuing to

lose even more weight! I've only been on the SCD for 3 days but it

also doesn't seem to be helping the frequent urge to go.

My question (finally!) is what are some very high calorie foods that

I can eat at this early stage of the diet that will fill me up and

help me gain weight. I was thinking cheese or nuts or peanut

butter, but these might not be good to add at this stage. Any

thoughts? Appreciate any advice...

Thanks, Bruce

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