Getting fatter and Fatter

[ad8123]

I have no idea what to do, the ic diet is not working for me and i am turning into a cow. I am trying calorie restricted diets 1300 a day is what i was told for my size. I am buying convience foods like lean cusine, the slimfast shakes killed me flare city. Still using thier candy bars though to satisfy the sweet craving. If i hear my urologist tell me one more time just go on a diet as if it is easy with the stupid limits of IC I swear I will scream until his ears bleed.

How do you do it? eat healthy and not get fat with IC??????

Angela
Florida

[kadi]

My weight has remained steady over the last 8 months with IC, have gained only 2-3 pounds total, in spite of Elavil & virtually no exercise... I am rather flabby though, but oh well... Considering the year I've had, I'm doing okay!!

No big secret, I just have been weighing myself every day or two, and if I'm comfort-eating instead of eating when I'm truly hungry, then I try to curb that...

It is an irony of the IC diet that I can eat a bag of donuts without a flare, but one teaspoon of cilantro on my salad made me miserable for 2 days... Go figure...

I think I eat a lot more vegetables than before which is good for weight maintenance and helps with the constipation problems we IC-ers seem to get..

Anyhow, check out the IC diet in the Patient Handbook & look for ways to make it liveable. Portion sizes are a key, I think...

Dunno if any of that helps, but hope so!