Re: re: very confused
01/03/04 08:15 PM
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TessLouise
Reged: 01/21/03
Posts: 540
Loc: Nashville, TN
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You need to get some weight on you, girl! What have you got in your cupboards right now? I'm not asking you to jump into the wide world of tofu--that's for later. I'm talking about trying to find something good to eat that's safe and appealing right now. Here are some suggestions:
Cook rice with fat-free, MSG-free chicken broth instead of water.
Or cook the rice with salted water like normal, and when it's done pour over a can of MSG-free vegetarian vegetable soup. It's filling, cheap, and the insoluble fiber in the vegies has been thoroughly broken down by long cooking.
Cook carrots thoroughly and make Lemon-Basil Carrots (search the recipe archives).
Eat a baked potato with butter-flavored spray, seasoned salt, and pepper.
Or eat a baked sweet potato with butter-flavored spray and cinnamon-sugar.
Oatmeal is great if you can tolerate it. I can't, but I love grits. I eat them with sugar and soy milk like hot cereal (don't shoot me--I'm a Northerner!).
White bread, English muffins, and crumpets (in the refrigerator case, if you're lucky) are all good toasted and spread with seedless jam.
Try to include a little bit of good fat consistently to help you put on some weight, but just a little bit, so you don't trigger an attack.
For protein, try mixing tuna with low-fat mayo, mustard, pickle relish if you like it, and maybe VERY FINELY CHOPPED celery and/or onion and eating it with crackers.
Or you could do the same with canned white-meat chicken.
Hummus is another source of protein, good fat (olive oil), and soluble fiber. Eat it with white pita bread. And you don't have to make your own--the deli case at the grocery should carry a couple of different brands. I like Tribe of Two Sheiks.
Additive-free turkey, such as the lunch meat available at a health food store, would make a safe sandwich with mustard and low-fat mayo. Skip the lettuce and tomato for now. Maybe add some hummus to your sandwich, though.
I hope this helps and isn't just more overwhelming material to absorb. I know how it feels to be nauseated all the time (in my case, it was an "acid condition")--I didn't eat anything for a looong time till that cleared up. And I felt so bad from not eating, it was just a vicious cycle.
Here's hoping you'll feel much better soon!
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