IBS Person trying to put on weight

I have IBS and I lost about 15 pounds over the course of a few months from going thur a real bad bout.

I am trying to put on at least 10 pounds but, I  have some bad days so when I am having a good day I try to pack on as many calories as possible.

Is anyone else out there going thru this and can you give me some suggestions on what to eat or what you are doing.

hi, welcome.  well ive had IBS for about 12 years now, but really, i can eat almost anything, i just cut out some of the foods that give me problems.  if you want, you could try ensure which is good.  what can/cant you have?

Hi YES I have a similar situation, not IBS but i get severe intestinal and abdominal pain that I get days where eating has been torture due to the sever pain I experience.

I recommend from what I can eat:

oat bran, peanut butter (organic natural), almond butter, egg whites cooked through, greek yogurt (even 0% i have to be careful of fat content becuase of my liver so i have 0% if you can have regular or 2% have that instead)

make smoothies of: mangos, oranges, strawberries, yogurt with high protein content (greek has highest protein)

can you have protein powders? i can't but if you can add that to shakes...very nutritious vitamin rich way to have healthy weight.

brown rice boiled chicken breasts (perdue has one with no additives) quinoa,

can you have oils? (i can't but these are other options)

olive oil, butter, maybe one with omega 3's

flax seed add to cereals, etc.

speaking of cereals..check whole foods market they have plain puffed rice cereal with NOTHING but just literally puffed rice..not high in calories but extremely gentle on your GI system.

soy milk unsweetened is ok for me too..if you can have sugar etc. then have chocolate vanilla or another flavor of soy, rice even almond milk they are higher in calories.

hope this helps a bit..

oh in terms of vegetables and fruits..if you are in pain i sugest COOKING them only NOTHING RAW...even for a smoothie, cook them in the microwave and then toss them in...or cook them freeze them and then throw them in frozen BUT COOKED..it helps.

zucchini and tomoatoes cooked were vegetable staples for me for a while, i'd mix them with whole wheat pasta or brown rice

can you have soy cheese? check those out put them on rice with boiled chicken and cooked vegetables.

hope this helped

~Tiff

I have been drinking one Ensure a day but, I am thinking about adding a bottle. I have had IBS for 10 years and as long as I stayed away from problems foods I was okay then it changed to Constipation IBS and I started having all sorts of problems. Thanks for the advice i will def add the PB.

Tiff,

Thanks, I will give the smoothies a try

hey!

so i had ibs w/ diarhea- PRE-ED, once i was eating less, it became IBS w constipation.  im starting to think it was bc i just didnt have enough food in my system??

Original Post by agruskin:

hey!

so i had ibs w/ diarhea- PRE-ED, once i was eating less, it became IBS w constipation. im starting to think it was bc i just didnt have enough food in my system??

That could definitely be it.  Constipation isn't just caused by lack of fibre or water, but also depends on how much bulk you're eating and if you're getting enough fat.

Maybe I started to have problems with constipation after I had my baby. I was trying to lose weight and I did eat a lot less. I have been taking a little Miralax to move things along and that seems to be helping with constipation but, I still need to put a little weight back on  

eating more might help then.  im not sure if you have an ED, but good luck

I have IBS with constant nausea, and a facial injury that causes me not to be able to chew, and the combination has made me lose 21 lbs. I'm 5'4" and now weigh 101 lbs. I just lost 6 pounds in the past week, because I've been too nauseated to eat.

I haven't found anything that works yet but just want you to know yes there are other people going through this who understand what you're going through. High-calorie gainer powders from supplement/bodybuilding stores are good, 600 calories/scoop.

Original Post by agruskin:

hi, welcome. well ive had IBS for about 12 years now, but really, i can eat almost anything, i just cut out some of the foods that give me problems. if you want, you could try ensure which is good. what can/cant you have?

I have very severe IBS, and take medication 3x per day for it. Honestly there is no reason anyone should have to lose massive amounts of weight just by having this. Learn to know your trigger foods and eat them sparingly or not at all. It will keep the "attacks" at bay.