dang it!!! weight issues

[dramamama]

I have been reading all of the old posts about bmi and ideal weight and nutritional status and I am so discouraged. I am 5'5" and weigh 100 lbs...too small...but in my defense (ha ha) I have always been this size for 12 years.....In college when I drank a lot I weighed 110...but as soon as I quit drinking I lost the weight...and became diabetic....lovely. The thing is my entire family is tiny in weight...they are all way taller than me, but all very thin. So is genetics playing a role in this?

My bmi is awful...coming in at a whopping 16.7...yikes. All of my bloodwork comes in on the high side of normal for vitamins and minerals, my hemoglobain a1c is 5.6 (perfect for a non-diabetic)...all of my anti-oxidants are perfect levels...what gives? Am I mal-nourished???? I don't want to be this skinny.....but I also don't follow the typical cf diet either. I don't want to have to eat sugar to gain weight..so I don't. and I don't eat anything with corn syrup because that ingredient is a known inflammatory....so of course, that takes out a lot of the weight gain drinks.

I love to work out and am back on the wagon- as they say- with the working out a lot. Does anyone have any ideas? I do have a mycobacterium which is so awesome....I am wondering if that little dude is eating up all my calories??!! Of course I have had that for 12 years and have really not had any significant impact from him yet....to God's ears<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

My docs are on my case and even brought up the g-tube. I know I can do this...I just want to do it the healthy way. Anyone out there who is a health nut and has some advice....

Anyone who exercises a lot that finds their calories are sliding away?
I would love any help.
thanks.
mandy cf cfrd 33
married with 2 schnauzers

 

[dramamama]

I have been reading all of the old posts about bmi and ideal weight and nutritional status and I am so discouraged. I am 5'5" and weigh 100 lbs...too small...but in my defense (ha ha) I have always been this size for 12 years.....In college when I drank a lot I weighed 110...but as soon as I quit drinking I lost the weight...and became diabetic....lovely. The thing is my entire family is tiny in weight...they are all way taller than me, but all very thin. So is genetics playing a role in this?

My bmi is awful...coming in at a whopping 16.7...yikes. All of my bloodwork comes in on the high side of normal for vitamins and minerals, my hemoglobain a1c is 5.6 (perfect for a non-diabetic)...all of my anti-oxidants are perfect levels...what gives? Am I mal-nourished???? I don't want to be this skinny.....but I also don't follow the typical cf diet either. I don't want to have to eat sugar to gain weight..so I don't. and I don't eat anything with corn syrup because that ingredient is a known inflammatory....so of course, that takes out a lot of the weight gain drinks.

I love to work out and am back on the wagon- as they say- with the working out a lot. Does anyone have any ideas? I do have a mycobacterium which is so awesome....I am wondering if that little dude is eating up all my calories??!! Of course I have had that for 12 years and have really not had any significant impact from him yet....to God's ears<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

My docs are on my case and even brought up the g-tube. I know I can do this...I just want to do it the healthy way. Anyone out there who is a health nut and has some advice....

Anyone who exercises a lot that finds their calories are sliding away?
I would love any help.
thanks.
mandy cf cfrd 33
married with 2 schnauzers

 

[dramamama]

I have been reading all of the old posts about bmi and ideal weight and nutritional status and I am so discouraged. I am 5'5" and weigh 100 lbs...too small...but in my defense (ha ha) I have always been this size for 12 years.....In college when I drank a lot I weighed 110...but as soon as I quit drinking I lost the weight...and became diabetic....lovely. The thing is my entire family is tiny in weight...they are all way taller than me, but all very thin. So is genetics playing a role in this?

My bmi is awful...coming in at a whopping 16.7...yikes. All of my bloodwork comes in on the high side of normal for vitamins and minerals, my hemoglobain a1c is 5.6 (perfect for a non-diabetic)...all of my anti-oxidants are perfect levels...what gives? Am I mal-nourished???? I don't want to be this skinny.....but I also don't follow the typical cf diet either. I don't want to have to eat sugar to gain weight..so I don't. and I don't eat anything with corn syrup because that ingredient is a known inflammatory....so of course, that takes out a lot of the weight gain drinks.

I love to work out and am back on the wagon- as they say- with the working out a lot. Does anyone have any ideas? I do have a mycobacterium which is so awesome....I am wondering if that little dude is eating up all my calories??!! Of course I have had that for 12 years and have really not had any significant impact from him yet....to God's ears<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

My docs are on my case and even brought up the g-tube. I know I can do this...I just want to do it the healthy way. Anyone out there who is a health nut and has some advice....

Anyone who exercises a lot that finds their calories are sliding away?
I would love any help.
thanks.
mandy cf cfrd 33
married with 2 schnauzers

 

[EnergyGal]

hi Mandi

Nice to see you back here. I will tell you what works for me and if you like, feel free to apply for the job here<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

I get up early in the morning (I am spoiled my husband makes my breakfast) I eat two eggs and oatmeal every single day. If i still have an appetite, I have some organic cottage cheese or whatever I have lurking in the fridge. I occassionally snack on a cliff bar. Cliff bars are loaded with healthy food and I feel are a great source of carbs especially before a workout.

I try and have three mini meals in the morning and then have lunch. Between lunch and dinner, i have another two mini meals. Then after dinner which would consist of fish, chicken or red meat, I add veggies with some pasta.

I then have another snack two hours after dinner.

Currently, I still eat many mini meals but I do not add the extras. I have reached my goal.

after eating these mini meals it is a good idea to workout for twenty minutes (resting about twenty minutes after chowing down)

So if you can workout two times per day after eating extra calories, you will be ahead of the game.

Please read Energy Medicine by Donna Eden. I believe when the bodies energies are crossing over, your health will improve. She has a ton of ideas in her book.

 

[EnergyGal]

hi Mandi

Nice to see you back here. I will tell you what works for me and if you like, feel free to apply for the job here<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

I get up early in the morning (I am spoiled my husband makes my breakfast) I eat two eggs and oatmeal every single day. If i still have an appetite, I have some organic cottage cheese or whatever I have lurking in the fridge. I occassionally snack on a cliff bar. Cliff bars are loaded with healthy food and I feel are a great source of carbs especially before a workout.

I try and have three mini meals in the morning and then have lunch. Between lunch and dinner, i have another two mini meals. Then after dinner which would consist of fish, chicken or red meat, I add veggies with some pasta.

I then have another snack two hours after dinner.

Currently, I still eat many mini meals but I do not add the extras. I have reached my goal.

after eating these mini meals it is a good idea to workout for twenty minutes (resting about twenty minutes after chowing down)

So if you can workout two times per day after eating extra calories, you will be ahead of the game.

Please read Energy Medicine by Donna Eden. I believe when the bodies energies are crossing over, your health will improve. She has a ton of ideas in her book.

 

[EnergyGal]

hi Mandi

Nice to see you back here. I will tell you what works for me and if you like, feel free to apply for the job here<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

I get up early in the morning (I am spoiled my husband makes my breakfast) I eat two eggs and oatmeal every single day. If i still have an appetite, I have some organic cottage cheese or whatever I have lurking in the fridge. I occassionally snack on a cliff bar. Cliff bars are loaded with healthy food and I feel are a great source of carbs especially before a workout.

I try and have three mini meals in the morning and then have lunch. Between lunch and dinner, i have another two mini meals. Then after dinner which would consist of fish, chicken or red meat, I add veggies with some pasta.

I then have another snack two hours after dinner.

Currently, I still eat many mini meals but I do not add the extras. I have reached my goal.

after eating these mini meals it is a good idea to workout for twenty minutes (resting about twenty minutes after chowing down)

So if you can workout two times per day after eating extra calories, you will be ahead of the game.

Please read Energy Medicine by Donna Eden. I believe when the bodies energies are crossing over, your health will improve. She has a ton of ideas in her book.

 

[dramamama]

Risa-
I was hoping the resident health nut would respond<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> How are you? I eat very much like you, but am noticing that my caloric intake is jsut not doing the trick. I think when I quit eating pasta a few years back is when I noticed my weight became harder to maintain...I used to eat a lot of pasta nd pizza but realized as soon as I cut wheat out of my diet that I could breathe a lot better...so then I lost those calories. You know I follow the perricone diet (loosely) and my lungs cleared out like you wouldn't believe when I started it...

I saw that post from Jody about the lentil flour pasta and of course, called every whole foods in dallas...none of them carry it...but I did talk one into getting it....hopefully that will happen soon. If I remember correctly, you don't drink milk right? I can't do soy either, so I just invested in rice milk....the jury is still out on that one. I do cottage chesse (dairy) and kefir and do not have a problem with either of them...

I recently had my blood work done to test for food sensitivities....the results were over-whelming and actually depressed my a little because it limited my food choices...something that had already happened when I chose to follow an anti-inflammatory diet.

I will order that book today and see if I can make some positive changes in my weight and health. The bummer or not bummer is from a nutrional stand-point I am good...so why is my weight so crappy?

I hope you are well.
can you believe that pasta papadini has 13 grams of protein..isn't that amazing?
mandy

what is a realistic goal for weight gain?? how much a week?

 

[dramamama]

Risa-
I was hoping the resident health nut would respond<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> How are you? I eat very much like you, but am noticing that my caloric intake is jsut not doing the trick. I think when I quit eating pasta a few years back is when I noticed my weight became harder to maintain...I used to eat a lot of pasta nd pizza but realized as soon as I cut wheat out of my diet that I could breathe a lot better...so then I lost those calories. You know I follow the perricone diet (loosely) and my lungs cleared out like you wouldn't believe when I started it...

I saw that post from Jody about the lentil flour pasta and of course, called every whole foods in dallas...none of them carry it...but I did talk one into getting it....hopefully that will happen soon. If I remember correctly, you don't drink milk right? I can't do soy either, so I just invested in rice milk....the jury is still out on that one. I do cottage chesse (dairy) and kefir and do not have a problem with either of them...

I recently had my blood work done to test for food sensitivities....the results were over-whelming and actually depressed my a little because it limited my food choices...something that had already happened when I chose to follow an anti-inflammatory diet.

I will order that book today and see if I can make some positive changes in my weight and health. The bummer or not bummer is from a nutrional stand-point I am good...so why is my weight so crappy?

I hope you are well.
can you believe that pasta papadini has 13 grams of protein..isn't that amazing?
mandy

what is a realistic goal for weight gain?? how much a week?

 

[dramamama]

Risa-
I was hoping the resident health nut would respond<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> How are you? I eat very much like you, but am noticing that my caloric intake is jsut not doing the trick. I think when I quit eating pasta a few years back is when I noticed my weight became harder to maintain...I used to eat a lot of pasta nd pizza but realized as soon as I cut wheat out of my diet that I could breathe a lot better...so then I lost those calories. You know I follow the perricone diet (loosely) and my lungs cleared out like you wouldn't believe when I started it...

I saw that post from Jody about the lentil flour pasta and of course, called every whole foods in dallas...none of them carry it...but I did talk one into getting it....hopefully that will happen soon. If I remember correctly, you don't drink milk right? I can't do soy either, so I just invested in rice milk....the jury is still out on that one. I do cottage chesse (dairy) and kefir and do not have a problem with either of them...

I recently had my blood work done to test for food sensitivities....the results were over-whelming and actually depressed my a little because it limited my food choices...something that had already happened when I chose to follow an anti-inflammatory diet.

I will order that book today and see if I can make some positive changes in my weight and health. The bummer or not bummer is from a nutrional stand-point I am good...so why is my weight so crappy?

I hope you are well.
can you believe that pasta papadini has 13 grams of protein..isn't that amazing?
mandy

what is a realistic goal for weight gain?? how much a week?

 

[EnergyGal]

I do not eat wheat pasta. I buy Kamut, quinoa or spelt. They sell them at whole foods. I do not eat a ton of carbs but it is the quantity that matters over the course of the day. If you have a little bit and little bit there before you know you have a lot of little bits lol

I think two pounds would be awesome to gain. I think it is also the time factor. The more you can spread your meals over the course of the day, the more calories you can consume.

I like Shirataki noodles. They are gluten free but there are not that many calories but i add a high caloric soup or just add many other carbs to the meal. For example, for a soup, I will make a chicken broth, tofu and broccoli with shriataki noodles.

I think worrying can burn lots of calories and make your adrenal glands go into overdrive.

Try and focus on a number for your future. I would pick 115 and say in six months, you should come close to that goal. I say eating, therapy and everything else you might do is work so be easy on yourself.

The book does not talk about weight issues but it has healthy ideas and trust me if anyone is going to love this book, you will.

 

[EnergyGal]

I do not eat wheat pasta. I buy Kamut, quinoa or spelt. They sell them at whole foods. I do not eat a ton of carbs but it is the quantity that matters over the course of the day. If you have a little bit and little bit there before you know you have a lot of little bits lol

I think two pounds would be awesome to gain. I think it is also the time factor. The more you can spread your meals over the course of the day, the more calories you can consume.

I like Shirataki noodles. They are gluten free but there are not that many calories but i add a high caloric soup or just add many other carbs to the meal. For example, for a soup, I will make a chicken broth, tofu and broccoli with shriataki noodles.

I think worrying can burn lots of calories and make your adrenal glands go into overdrive.

Try and focus on a number for your future. I would pick 115 and say in six months, you should come close to that goal. I say eating, therapy and everything else you might do is work so be easy on yourself.

The book does not talk about weight issues but it has healthy ideas and trust me if anyone is going to love this book, you will.

 

[EnergyGal]

I do not eat wheat pasta. I buy Kamut, quinoa or spelt. They sell them at whole foods. I do not eat a ton of carbs but it is the quantity that matters over the course of the day. If you have a little bit and little bit there before you know you have a lot of little bits lol

I think two pounds would be awesome to gain. I think it is also the time factor. The more you can spread your meals over the course of the day, the more calories you can consume.

I like Shirataki noodles. They are gluten free but there are not that many calories but i add a high caloric soup or just add many other carbs to the meal. For example, for a soup, I will make a chicken broth, tofu and broccoli with shriataki noodles.

I think worrying can burn lots of calories and make your adrenal glands go into overdrive.

Try and focus on a number for your future. I would pick 115 and say in six months, you should come close to that goal. I say eating, therapy and everything else you might do is work so be easy on yourself.

The book does not talk about weight issues but it has healthy ideas and trust me if anyone is going to love this book, you will.

 

[coltsfan715]

Hey there I don't have much advice to offer in regards to how to put the weight on, but I wanted to say that genetics CAN play a part.

I was talking to my docs about that not too long ago and they said that they had a patient in the past - at their old office up north - that was so frail and thin and they were constantly on her about gaining weight and she always said she was trying but nothing ever worked. They also suggested a feeding tube to her and she said no then she brought her mother to an appointment with her and the docs were shocked. They said her mother was actually thinner than she was - so by all means for her genes and her health she looked good. She weighed more than most of the women in her family.

I just wanted to throw that out there. There is probably something you can do since you have gained the weight before - but it may be realistic to think that you are just going to be smaller than normal if everyone in your family is as well.

Take Care and Good Luck with the weight gain.
Lindsey

 

[coltsfan715]

Hey there I don't have much advice to offer in regards to how to put the weight on, but I wanted to say that genetics CAN play a part.

I was talking to my docs about that not too long ago and they said that they had a patient in the past - at their old office up north - that was so frail and thin and they were constantly on her about gaining weight and she always said she was trying but nothing ever worked. They also suggested a feeding tube to her and she said no then she brought her mother to an appointment with her and the docs were shocked. They said her mother was actually thinner than she was - so by all means for her genes and her health she looked good. She weighed more than most of the women in her family.

I just wanted to throw that out there. There is probably something you can do since you have gained the weight before - but it may be realistic to think that you are just going to be smaller than normal if everyone in your family is as well.

Take Care and Good Luck with the weight gain.
Lindsey

 

[coltsfan715]

Hey there I don't have much advice to offer in regards to how to put the weight on, but I wanted to say that genetics CAN play a part.

I was talking to my docs about that not too long ago and they said that they had a patient in the past - at their old office up north - that was so frail and thin and they were constantly on her about gaining weight and she always said she was trying but nothing ever worked. They also suggested a feeding tube to her and she said no then she brought her mother to an appointment with her and the docs were shocked. They said her mother was actually thinner than she was - so by all means for her genes and her health she looked good. She weighed more than most of the women in her family.

I just wanted to throw that out there. There is probably something you can do since you have gained the weight before - but it may be realistic to think that you are just going to be smaller than normal if everyone in your family is as well.

Take Care and Good Luck with the weight gain.
Lindsey

 

[EnergyGal]

Brown rice is also great. Eating nuts in small amounts is a great snack.

I like Amazaki drinks. I think the spelling is Amasake. not sure but you will see them in Whole foods Market. You can actually make your own with soy mild and almond butter.

I buy Soy that says Non GMO on the box. I now eat organic dairy but do not eat tons of it.

I also buy rice milk cheese. Delicious.

 

[EnergyGal]

Brown rice is also great. Eating nuts in small amounts is a great snack.

I like Amazaki drinks. I think the spelling is Amasake. not sure but you will see them in Whole foods Market. You can actually make your own with soy mild and almond butter.

I buy Soy that says Non GMO on the box. I now eat organic dairy but do not eat tons of it.

I also buy rice milk cheese. Delicious.

 

[EnergyGal]

Brown rice is also great. Eating nuts in small amounts is a great snack.

I like Amazaki drinks. I think the spelling is Amasake. not sure but you will see them in Whole foods Market. You can actually make your own with soy mild and almond butter.

I buy Soy that says Non GMO on the box. I now eat organic dairy but do not eat tons of it.

I also buy rice milk cheese. Delicious.

 

[Ender]

Hey you...

How far apart are your meals spaced? The problem about having a low BMI is that when we have no food in our systems (say two hours after we eat) we have no fat reserves, so our bodies break down protein for food. So, if we don't eat regularly, our bodies are always in a state of catabolism.

Try eating every two hours, even if it is something small. Nuts are great as mentioned...because you don't have to eat much and they are very dense in energy. By doing this, your body doesn't have to go into it's own energy stores when we are not eating.

Once you get to a BMI of lets say 20-22, you don't have to worry as much because you will have enough fat for your body to use during the meal breaks..

Anyways, give it a shot...good luck..

 

[Ender]

Hey you...

How far apart are your meals spaced? The problem about having a low BMI is that when we have no food in our systems (say two hours after we eat) we have no fat reserves, so our bodies break down protein for food. So, if we don't eat regularly, our bodies are always in a state of catabolism.

Try eating every two hours, even if it is something small. Nuts are great as mentioned...because you don't have to eat much and they are very dense in energy. By doing this, your body doesn't have to go into it's own energy stores when we are not eating.

Once you get to a BMI of lets say 20-22, you don't have to worry as much because you will have enough fat for your body to use during the meal breaks..

Anyways, give it a shot...good luck..