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Hi All,

I need help with weight gain.  Yes, I said weight gain! Because of a SIBO diagnosis, I have lost about 15 pounds eating low FODMAPS for the past 2 years.  I was already thin & couldn't afford to loose any weight.  I am feeling better, but cannot gain weight.

Before SIBO, I was already lactose intolerant & somewhat dairy sensitive.  So dairy is not an option for all those protein drinks that weight trainers use.  I eat tremendous amounts of good healthy fats such as ghee, olive oil, avocados, fatty fish, coconut oil, MCT oil, etc.  But it seems without the wheat bread, I gain nothing! 

I have gone to a nutritionist, and got very little help.  I do drink a pea & rice protein drink from Metagenics, and see very little weight gain. I eat & love red meat, pork, & all the various fatty meats.       

Does anybody know of any safe drugs where the side affects are weight gain that I could discuss with my GI?   

Anybody in the same boat?

Thanks for your advice.

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Sounds like you need more carbs.   High fat and protein diet doesn't equal weight gain.

I found this list that was on the OK to eat:

Cereals, Grains, Breads, Biscuits, Pasta, Nuts and Cakes

  • Wheat free breads
  • Gluten free breads
  • Bread:
    • Corn bread
    • Oat bread
    • Rice bread
    • Spelt sourdough bread
    • Potato flour bread
  • Wheat free or gluten free pasta
  • Bread, wheat – 1 slice
  • Almonds – max of 15
  • Biscuit, savoury
  • Biscuit, shortbread – 1 only
  • Brazil nuts
  • Bulgur / bourghal – 1/4 cup cooked, 44g serving
  • Buckwheat
  • Buckwheat flour
  • Buckwheat noodles
  • Brown rice / whole grain rice
  • Chestnuts
  • Chips, plain / potato crisps, plain
  • Cornflour / maize
  • Crispbread
  • Corncakes
  • Cornflakes – 1/2 cup
  • Coconut – milk, cream, flesh
  • Corn tortillas, 3 tortillas
  • Crackers, plain
  • Hazelnuts – max of 15
  • Macadamia nuts
  • Millet
  • Mixed nuts
  • Oatmeal, 1/2 cup
  • Oats
  • Oatcakes
  • Peanuts
  • Pecans – max of 15
  • Pine nuts – max of 15
  • Polenta
  • Popcorn
  • Porridge and oat based cereals
  • Potato flour
  • Pretzels
  • Quinoa
  • Pasta, wheat – up to 1/2 cup cooked
  • Rice:
    • Basmati rice
    • Brown rice
    • Rice noodles
    • White rice
  • Rice bran
  • Rice cakes
  • Rice crackers
  • Rice flakes
  • Rice flour
  • Rice Krispies
  • Seeds:
    • Chia seeds
    • Egusi seeds
    • Poppy seeds
    • Pumpkin seeds
    • Sesame seeds
    • Sunflower seeds
  • Starch, maize, potato and tapioca
  • Sorghum
  • Tortilla chips / corn chips
  • Walnuts

 

Annikki

Thanks for your quick response Annikki!  I appreciate it.  I do eat carbs everyday.  I purchase gluten-free breads made with potato, rice & corn, and have at least 2 slices (sometimes 6) each day for sandwiches etc.  I eat cornflakes with coconut milk or gluten-free pancakes every morning.  Along with a meat, I eat brown-rice pasta or white rice several times per week for lunch or dinner. In between meals, I eat Lucy's gluten-free cookies, corn chips, & potato chips.  I drown a lot of my foods with ghee & olive oil! On occasion, I have peanut butter, nuts & dairy free ice cream made with coconut milk.         

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J.T. posted:

Thanks for your quick response Annikki!  I appreciate it.  I do eat carbs everyday.  I purchase gluten-free breads made with potato, rice & corn, and have at least 2 slices (sometimes 6) each day for sandwiches etc.  I eat cornflakes with coconut milk or gluten-free pancakes every morning.  Along with a meat, I eat brown-rice pasta or white rice several times per week for lunch or dinner. In between meals, I eat Lucy's gluten-free cookies, corn chips, & potato chips.  I drown a lot of my foods with ghee & olive oil! On occasion, I have peanut butter, nuts & dairy free ice cream made with coconut milk.         

Sounds like you are doing everything you can.  I can send you some of my extra weight

Annikki

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