Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Losing/gaining weight on this diet

I truly don't think it's the diet itself. Although I lost a few pounds when I first started the diet, I certainly didn't keep it off - and if you check the Fitness Board you'll find quite a few people who are on Heather's diet and are struggling to lose weight. It's probably a start-up problem: when you're new to the diet you haven't figured out all the foods that are safe to eat, so your diet gets restricted to just the few you're sure about and you automatically eat less. Also, until you do it for a while, cooking and grocery shopping this way feels unnatural so, if you're like me, you're more likely to eat something like a couple of slices of bread, rather than cooking a whole meal.

If all else fails, cruise the Recipe Boards for desserts. There are everybody's favorite Anti-Depressant Brownies, there are cakes, cookies, all kinds of things. Make some of Heather's higher-fat breads - like Pumkin Apple Spice - for snacks. Eat lots of small meals and snacks throughout the day - the Honey Glazed Snack Mix from EFI is great finger food. Discover soy ice cream (but only after a high SF meal). Filling up on sugar may not be the healthiest way to eat in the long run, but eating these foods will put some pounds on you while you develop a longer list of safe "real" food.

HTH.

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