Still Losing Weight After Almost 2 Months

[moggio]

Hi!

I've been on a gluten and dairy free diet for 50 days now.

I immediately started to lose some weight when I took up this diet and I'm still losing some.I was lightweight even before....so now I'm super skinny. I've mostly lost fat (or something) around my waist and hips but even some in my face.

The good thing is that I feel a lot better but look skinnier.My mood has improved a lot.

I feel bad and I'm very pale when I wake up in the morning and shortly after I've been to the toilet.

After I've had something to eat I start to feel good and look healthier. I feel like somekind of vampire that has to eat every third hour. It seems like the circulation of blood is very bad when I'm hungry and makes me look pale and tired.

I'm eating a lot of salmon,meat,quinoa and vegetables( a lot of broccoli). Brown rice and apples too.

When should I start to worry about this weight issue?

[Skylark]

It sounds to me like you need to talk to a doctor about how you feel in the morning.

You can add calories to a gluten-free/CF diet to gain weight by adding fats and carbs. Have a little more rice, add potatoes to your diet, or have a corn tortilla with your meal. Eat more seeds, nuts and nut butters; snack on olives or hummus; have some soy butter, olive oil, or nut butter on your veggies; eat eggs with the yolk for breakfast.

[GlutenGladi8or]

  On 1/7/2011 at 2:48 PM, moggio said:

so now I'm super skinny. I've mostly lost fat (or something) around my waist and hips but even some in my face.

The good thing is that I feel a lot better but look skinnier.My mood has improved a lot.

I feel bad and I'm very pale when I wake up in the morning and shortly after I've been to the toilet.

When should I start to worry about this weight issue?

A few questions for you:

1) How many times a day are you eating?

2) You say that you're eating salmon and meat... what size are your portions?

3) Are you taking a multi vitamin?

4) Are you taking a fish oil?

5) How much water are you drinking a day?

Answer a few of these and I'll be able to give you further direction.

[moggio]

  On 1/7/2011 at 8:33 PM, GlutenGladi8or said:

A few questions for you:

1) How many times a day are you eating?

2) You say that you're eating salmon and meat... what size are your portions?

3) Are you taking a multi vitamin?

4) Are you taking a fish oil?

5) How much water are you drinking a day?

Answer a few of these and I'll be able to give you further direction.

I'm eating 5-6 times a day. Breakfast,lunch,dinner,and then I eat leftovers from the dinner later in the evening.

I have a snack or two between all these meals...usually an apple or some rice noodles

I'm not sure how you measures fluids and things over there since I'm living in Scandinavia...so I'll write it in litres and grams.

I drink about 1,5 litres of water everyday. Sometimes 2litres.

When I'm eating meat I eat about 200grams for dinner and then I eat 150grams or 200 more in the evening. I eat three big potatoes+ the meat or 1 deciliter of rice+meat. Then I have a lot of broccoli on my plate....and carrots+ other vegetables.

Maybe I'm not eating enough. Maybe it was enough before but not now when the stomach needs extra "fuel" to heal.

I took multivitamins for a while but I started to feel weird from them and had to pee extremely often.

I don't take any fish oil right now. I did the first weeks.

[moggio]

  On 1/7/2011 at 5:36 PM, Skylark said:

It sounds to me like you need to talk to a doctor about how you feel in the morning.

You can add calories to a gluten-free/CF diet to gain weight by adding fats and carbs. Have a little more rice, add potatoes to your diet, or have a corn tortilla with your meal. Eat more seeds, nuts and nut butters; snack on olives or hummus; have some soy butter, olive oil, or nut butter on your veggies; eat eggs with the yolk for breakfast.

I'm eating some sunflower seeds and cashew nuts. I've also added some cooking oil to my rice....and coconut oil.

I haven't tried nut butters. I'll have to try that!

Sometimes I cook some quinoa in the evening.

[GlutenGladi8or]

I like the look of your meals incidences per day (5-6). I was initially afraid that you may have only been eating three times. I also like the fact that you're eating plenty of fruits and vegetables throughout the day --- especially the broccoli. And, your rice consumption looks good too.

Here's are my suggested changes.

WATER: Try and consumer 3 liters a day instead of 1.5. I know it sounds like a lot, but it really is a great way of continually flushing your system. Try adding a green tea bad or a splash of juice and that will help as well.

POTATOES: Three a day seems a bit excessive. Try and find another variety of good carbs to replace it (gluten-free slice of bread, corn tortillas, multi grain rices)

DAIRY/FATS: We actually need fat to grow lean muscle, and I didn't see that you had an issue with dairy. Add some cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese to your snacks.

NUT BUTTERS: Try almond butter on the apples. YUM

MEATS: If you eliminate the three large potatoes, you could probably eat about 25% more meat each day. It's amazing what increase meat will do to adding lean muscle.

FISH OIL: By all means, get fish oil capsules into your regiment every day. Again, you need your good fats!

Keep us posted.

[moggio]

  On 1/9/2011 at 12:36 AM, GlutenGladi8or said:

DAIRY/FATS: We actually need fat to grow lean muscle, and I didn't see that you had an issue with dairy. Add some cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese to your snacks.

Hi!

Actually I've got an issue with dairy but it might change since it's only the last months I've had a problem with it...and it seems to be the lactose.

I'll add some more meat to my meals....some chicken too.

I'll buy some nut butters and fish oil.

I'm glad nothing is wrong with my appetite.Everything tastes better than ever and that's a good sign!

Thank you I'll leave an update in a week.