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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

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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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Adrianna, IBS-D, stable since May 2007, living life to the fullest because of it!

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