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nut spreads all the way, there is PB, almond butter, cashew and macadamia nut butters etc, i eat mine on toast and with fruit as a snack. Avocados are a really good one too, so yummy, lots of ways to use. Hemp nuts are also good and easier to digest than your average chewed up nut. hmmm other than that, eggs, fish, olive oil, tahini in dressings, etc. good luck and i know how it feels, i am 5'5" and was down to 101 and my doc told me i had to gain some weight, so it took me a year to work up to normal portion sizes 6 times a day and i managed to get myself up to 110, 115 is my ideal, but i am stuck at 110, i used to be a healthy 120, but i don't see that happening any time soon.
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This is the same with me, Miso
I lost weight after 7 yrs of losing my weight and strength due to not being able to eat anything with the IBS. Last year the doctors even had to put me on a special IV diet to make me able to survive the surgery that I had a month later. I had to have several severe blockages repaired in my Aorta artery. This is the main artery that flows down from your heart. I had 100% blockage of circulation of blood to the intestine, and 95% blockage of the circulation of the blood to the bowels. So no wonder I was having a horrible time with my IBS.
That was last summer and even though I am still working on getting strength back and energy levels more normal, I am just learning what to eat. I am down to about 125 and as soon as I start gaining a little weight I get D really bad and lose all that weight.
My appetite is ok and my stomach growls when it is hungry which is about every couple of hours. So what would anyone suggest that might be helpful???
My doctor recommended that I take some Psyllium (1TB X2 per day), but that just causes me to have more bloating and gas pressure. Any other suggestions there???? My doctor says that the gastrenologist have told her that fiber is what is helpful and important for IBS suffers. While I have agreed and tried to explain that it may be as simple as soluble and non soluble fiber in the diet, she does not seem to catch the drift, ya know?????
I am frustrated and hoping that someone can at least help a little bit.
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I lost 7 lbs. and I look anorexic (is that how you spell it?)I would always skip lunch or eat real light before I went out because I was afraid of D happening. I am now eating tons of bread and pasta for most meals and also eat bananas on peanut butter toast in the morning. Is that good carbs and fat to gain weight again? I need to put on 10 lbs. Its my new years resolution. Thanks 
I'm the same way, I'm only 17, but people say I look like I'm 12 or something, I'm very thin, always have had trouble with losing weight but not gaining it back, right now, (I am short, so I guess the weight is somewhat normal, I'm 5'2) I only weigh about 92-94 lbs. Last April I was 100, and when I went back to the doctor in September or so to see what was wrong with my stomach always hurting (to find out that I had IBS) I had lost 6 lbs, and by now I know I've lost another 2-3 lbs, doesn't sound like much, but for me, it is. Friends and family accuse me of being annorexic or belemic (not sure on the spelling of both) because I eat in tiny portions (and they always seem to dissappear when I'm eating my next meal lol) and go to the bathroom often because of "d" and because I drink tons of water everyday. At least five 32 oz bottles a day. I've started adding more to my diet, I eat LOTS of bread and rice and potatoes, and I'm adding in some dairy, whole milk, small servings of icecream, and some desserts to try to add in calories, but I feel like I could be adding more low-fat foods that are healthier than chocolate and icecream lol. Any advice??  Usually for breakfast I have a bowl of cereal with whole milk (I take digestive enzyme suppliments which help a ton), and sometimes if I'm really hungry and in no danger of filling myself, I have a buttered bagel (the "butter" i have is SmartBalance, non-dairy) and a banana. For lunch I have leftovers from the night before, usually rice and/or potatoes with chicken and some kind of veggie, and for dinner I have generally the same thing, also sometimes I have pasta instead, or Chicken and Dumpling Soup. My menu isn't very big right now lol, as I am just now starting to get stable again. I only just started this diet a month ago. Also I have a guestion. What is acacia, I see it alot in posts?
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I've started adding more to my diet, I eat LOTS of bread and rice and potatoes, and I'm adding in some dairy, whole milk, small servings of icecream, and some desserts to try to add in calories, but I feel like I could be adding more low-fat foods that are healthier than chocolate and icecream lol. Any advice?? Usually for breakfast I have a bowl of cereal with whole milk (I take digestive enzyme suppliments which help a ton), and sometimes if I'm really hungry and in no danger of filling myself, I have a buttered bagel (the "butter" i have is SmartBalance, non-dairy) and a banana. For lunch I have leftovers from the night before, usually rice and/or potatoes with chicken and some kind of veggie, and for dinner I have generally the same thing, also sometimes I have pasta instead, or Chicken and Dumpling Soup. My menu isn't very big right now lol, as I am just now starting to get stable again. I only just started this diet a month ago. Also I have a guestion. What is acacia, I see it alot in posts?
Please, please read all the stickies at the top of the board and the rest of the website outside of the message boards. You can start on the homepage ( http://www.helpforibs.com) or click on the link "IBS Diet & Recipes" up in the upper left hand corner.
Dairy is one of the biggest trigger foods! It'll be hard to get stable if you're eating dairy products.
Acacia is a soluble fiber supplement (SFS). It's discussed extensively in the stickies and elsewhere on this site.
--AC
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i know how you feel, i was 100 lbs at 5'5" and my doc said to gain some weight now. it took me 6 months to increase my portion sizes of my 3 meals and 3 snacks a day without feeling sick, but i did it and now i am 110-112. Yikes nooooooo milk of any kind, try a good soymilk, it should have a decent fat content and won't hurt your tummy, the other good and tasty weight gainer is nut butters (peanut, almond and sunflower seed) use on bread, bagels, fruit, veggies etc as a dip ( not too mcuh at a time, but various times during the day. Also eating and hour or 2 before bed helps you to gain weight. There are also soy icecreams with good fat content, but you really want the fat and nutrition without all the added sugar and such. Oat meal is also a good grain because i=t has soothing tummy properties, and if you get the old fashioned one it has a higher natural fat content than most grains and lots of SF which is good for tummy, add in a banana and some chopped walnuts and you're in business.
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as this website says, psyllium is veryy hard on the intestines, i would suggest the acacia fiber or something called fibersmart which is flax and borage seed. That is impostant for eventualy controlling gas and bloating. as for the gainng weight, do the 3/3 food combo. I eat a good breakfast with oatmeal, a banana and some walnuts in the morning, then fruit with almond butter for a snack(berries and kiwis) then a decent sized lunch (not too much) then some abby carrots and some crackers for snack, or tortilla chips with salsa or hummus and pita, and then a decent dinner (pasta with veggies and sauce as an example) the a either some oatmeal with berries, toast with PB and such for a bedtime snack 2 hours before bed.
Breaking it up means you aren't too full, but get all of the calories that you need.
Good luck.
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I have read all about the diet, I've read and re-read every page of this site, I know it like the back of my hand. I do follow the diet almost to the letter, and I've been stable for almost 3 weeks straight (there have been two days where ive been really sick). It's just hard on my family to buy soy products and other foods like that, and its also annoying cuz I have 5 siblings and they all get jealous of the "extra attention" i get lol. I'm sure everyone with several siblings and children of their own know the feeling? Thank you for your help though. I'm going to try to follow the diet more carefully
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thank you for all the replies!!!!!! i've incorporated avocados and slowly doing nut butters. i still need to stabilize. i think i am getting there slowly my C right now is kinda bad. i may have to take MOM
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Wow I will be looking for the fibersmart stuff on payday. Last week I went to an appointment that I finally got from the VA Medical Center in Seattle for a Gastrenologist. He had me go to the Lab for some blood tests and a poop test. I am hoping that he can help me to find what is wrong so that I can gain some weight.
Do not get me wrong, I am glad to be a very small size but it is not sexy nor is it comfortable so if being so tiny means that I will have pain, bloating, and eating problems then I do not want it. My doctor too has told me to gain weight right now! Like I can just order the weight on today, and it will stay there.
Good luck to all and lets keep in touch on this subject. Like what works for you and what does not work. Sometimes the best advice here has come from these boards and then we can share the info with our doctors. Does your doctor learn from this or do they just listen???? I have no idea.
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Does anyone know where in Bellingham Washington that I can find "FIBERSMART"?? It is the beginning of the month and my disability has arrived and I can afford it now.
Thank you,
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