Anyone lose weight?
#145470 - 02/01/05 07:04 PM
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happyday
Reged: 03/08/04
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Loc: Chicago, IL
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I am looking to start the IBS diet, but am afraid I will gain more weight. Has anyone lost weight following Heather's plan?
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I have!
#145473 - 02/01/05 07:23 PM
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ptillen
Reged: 06/27/04
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Loc: Milwaukee WI
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Yeah, 18 pounds; mostly, I think thanks to portion control and exercise. This diet isn't a diet in the sense of a short-term food regimen, but a long term plan to eat healthy things; as such it's a good plan to lose weight with.
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I lost...
#145530 - 02/02/05 02:45 AM
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khyricat
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I lost 7 pouinds and many inches on it without trying to lose (bloat for the inches).. and I know heather7476 and others have lost a fair amount of weight on it too... just remember to keep the caloric count to a reasonable level, and portion control is key.. as well as getting exercise along with the diet.. some of the recipes- like heathers quick breads are great for weight gain or maintenance but not so much for loss unles you cna limit how much you eat of them, but the rest of the diet is ideal for weight loss- low fat and healthy!
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Fructose and MSG intollerant
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Yes
#145555 - 02/02/05 05:26 AM
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CindyC
Reged: 09/30/04
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There have been a lot of threads about this question. Do a search and I'm sure you'll find lots of answers and suggestions.
I was leery when I first started this diet, but it's all about calories in, calories expended. If you eat more calories than you burn, then sure, you will gain. But if you eat less, you will lose.
I had been dieting before I started this diet and had 8 more lbs. to lose. I have lost those 8 lbs. and am now maintaining on the diet.
Cindy
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#145563 - 02/02/05 05:45 AM
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Since you can't ever indulge in fattening treats or fattening occassional meal I found losing weight really easy at first. Also just in feeling better I exercised more and just not being bloated seemed to make me less of a person so to speak  . I used to eat gas station cookies couple times a week and ice cream and candy bars and that kind of stuff, so even though now sometimes I wish I could have a salad instead of so much bread and rice, I still am taking in less fattening food. Lately though since it is winter I have been eating like a horse and gained back 4 pounds! 
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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#145564 - 02/02/05 05:49 AM
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I lost a lot - 35 pounds. I actually think I lost more like 40 but I gained a few back over the winter.  but I think they'll go away again too.
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Yes I have lost over 50 pounds (including 30 lbs baby weight). I was really sick this summer and fall and that's when I lost the rest. When I was diagnosed in the fall I started the IBS way of eating and have maintained my weight loss well. Now I can enjoy being thinner and not feeling rotton along with it!
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Yes - I started the diet a month ago and I have lost about 5 pounds - my clothes are starting to be too big!!
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Michelle
IBS-A, pain predominant
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I lost 25 pounds with this diet. I also exercise 5 days a week. Like everyone, I gained 14 pounds over the holidays but 4 pounds have gone already.
Lene 
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God never promised life would be easy, but he did promise to provide a way out!
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