AlyssaKaye
#165585 - 03/31/05 01:41 AM
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Linz
Reged: 09/01/03
Posts: 8242
Loc: England
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I'm wondering...what are your other illnesses and symptoms? If you don't mind me asking?
It's just that that sentence about the "old" complaints sounds like me and my Fibro.
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I know I mentioned this before, but I struggled with the same problems you did. I mean, I could have written your post exactly 7 or 8 months ago!
First of all, I'll say this: baby steps. Don't worry about meeting anyone else's idea of adequate calorie intake all at once - it's too much for your body, and it's too much stress on your mind if you're worried about triggering. Since you've hit 1000, staying at 1000 or above is a good goal... for a few days, or a week. Then start to do what I've suggested in the past - add a little here and there, and make 1200 your goal for a few days... then 1400... etc. Increasing incrementally, your body will hardly know the difference.
Second, eat the bread, pasta, etc. Don't stress about nutrients just yet. Yes, nutrients are important, but so is stabilizing so that your body can actually absorb all those nutrients. See what I mean? The bonus is that the breads and pastas and such are pretty high-calorie, compared to vegetables and fruits, and that's another thing you need right now.
Potatoes. Seriously, potatoes. I probably never would have gotten back up to a reasonable calorie intake as quickly as I did if it wasn't for oven fries - peel potatoes, slice 'em up, and bake them at 400 for an hour. Salted, even when I was really sick, I could eat 3 potatoes' worth in a sitting! At least in my mind, it has a little more nutrition than a serving of pasta, and potatoes are pretty calorie-dense.
Honestly? I found my stability IBS-wise was helped dramatically by eating MORE. I'm an A, but tend more to the D side, and seriously, I was still having D almost every day, even eating safely. I noticed a drastic improvement when I finally worked up to eating 1500 or more calories a day, even when most of it was bread. It's like my insides finally had something to work with, rather than just cramping on themselves all the time!
For protein, stick with what's safest right now. Chicken breast and white fish are good. If you can tolerate it, soy milk has protein too. If you can tolerate soy, that opens your options considerably - you can also boost your calories and protein in one shot, without a lot of bulk in your stomach, by trying a Spiru-Tein shake. They're IBS-safe, and most health food stores sell them in small trial packets, as well as big containers. But I know I just aim for getting protein in every meal. Read labels; sometimes things you wouldn't expect, like oatmeal, have protein.
I have the low BP problem too. I salt everything like crazy, hehe.
I also had the same problem with cold foods and drinks. It was only very recently that I started being able to do those again. In that case, if your body says no, avoid it. Otherwise, though, forcing isn't such a bad idea.
Anyway, I'll stop rambling now... I just woke up so I don't even know if I'm being coherent. My inbox is always open, by the way, if you feel like you want to email somebody who's been through the same problems.
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Breakfast: Rice Krispies with Choc soy milk Lunch: Tuna, corn and tomato sandwich on brown Snacks: about 8 chocolates at work (but thankfully they are all gone now so no more temptation) Dinner: Dolmio pasta sauce with turkey bacon and pasta Snack: 2 gingernut biscuits, 2 babyfood fruit purees
Cals: 2189 Activites: Brisk walking- 122 BMR: 2270 plus 122= 2382 Food: 2189
So 193 left over, but to lose weight need 500. Must try harder!
-------------------- S.
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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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Here's Wednesday:
Breakfast - 1/2 serv. oatmeal made w/soy milk, dried apricots, OJ w/fiber (366) Snack - most of a banana (I HATE when they get all squishy!), UFO beverage (218) Lunch - leftover Zoup, sourdough bread (284) Snack - baby carrots (46) Dinner - Sierra turkey sub (small) from Quiznos (350) Dessert - Frozen lemonade at the BB game (250)
Excercise - none, except walking from the farthest reaches of the Palace parking lot into the game. Guess I also climbed a bunch of stairs once we were inside to get to our seats. Not too shabby!
water - ~80 oz.
So I only ate 1512 cals today, which should make up for the reduced calorie burn, as I would normally have done the elliptical today.
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STEF
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Casey had a lot of great tips. Bread, potatoes, and pastas really are lifesavers. Can you take a multivitamin? If you can, pop one a day and don't worry about the nutrients.
I wish you the best of luck.
-------------------- Elizabeth
all those years it wasn't IBS - it was celiac!
send me an email: liz@dopple.net
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I never got in here last night...
ok:
rice chex, rice milk, acacia luna bar potato and chicken boob with bbq luna bar adb muffin(*2) chicken burrito- DH took me out!
-------------------- Dietetics Student (anticipating RD exam in Aug 2010)
IBS - A
Dairy Allergic
Fructose and MSG intollerant
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Quote:
chicken burrito- DH took me out!
was this in response to your fit over the one he brought you home? You have that guy where you want him Amie, good work!
-------------------- S.
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Cailin, why don't you try upping your exercise rather than decreasing your cals so much? Do you have sports injuries or can you run? It burns a heck of a lot more calories in a short time. Do you lift weights? Builing muscle may make your weight go up a few pounds, but your BMR will speed way up. I find it easier to exercise more than try to cut calories.
HTH!
-------------------- Elizabeth
all those years it wasn't IBS - it was celiac!
send me an email: liz@dopple.net
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I still owe my report in for this day....working on month end right now, will get caught up today or this weekend....
-------------------- www.facebook.com/shell.marr
www.myspace.com/shellmarr
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