I'm Starving ... Am I Healing?

[grey]

So, for the past couple of days, I've been *starving*. This past week I noticed that I wasn't forcing myself to eat three meals, I actually seemed to have an appetite. Today, I've wanted to eat *all* day!

My other GI symptoms are still there, though better, except the bloating. The neuro symptoms and fatigue haven't changed.

I don't think I've had an appetite for over a year - could this is a good sign that maybe I'm starting to heal a little?

(I've been gluten-free now for a little over 5 weeks...).

[little d]

grey

have you last a lot of wieght, for me i am not as hungry, with gluen foods im always hungry an hour after i eat a big meal. I think that you being hungry is a good sign, but you this celiac disease affect everybody diffently

donna

[happygirl]

I remembered I had read this, and it applied to you:

"Q: I feel hungry all the time. Is that normal?

Yes, it is very common. Your body is making up for the time it wasn't fully absorbing foods. Hunger levels tend to normalize within the first months after eliminating gluten and beginning a well balanced diet of gluten-free foods."

from: Open Original Shared Link

[lovegrov]

I ate like a pig immediately after I went gluten-free. It's a common reaction.

richard

[Crystalkd]

I've been on the diet about as long as you have. The first three days I was on it I was constantly eating. For the first two week I ate a lot of processed stuff that plainly said Gluten free on it. Now I'm making more of an effort to eat a balanced diet and not nearly as hungry although I always have rice cakes or some sort of veggies with me to snack on. I've been told itsw normal because you're finally feeding your body things that aren't destroying it.

About the bloating. Are you still eating dairy or things with lactose in it? I noticed I was still bloated and then read in several places that it's suggested that you lay off the dairy at first to let your body heal. I hadn't had dairy for two days and didn't feel bloated. I had some cheese on a salad this after noon and now have a bloated feeling so I'm laying off the lactose for a while.