Hi everyone, I have never actually posted on here before, just browsed through what everyone else has had to say. A little bit about myself, I am 27, and I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease last fall. Its also important to know that two years previous to that, I lost 50 pounds in preparation for my best friend's wedding, and was hugely pleased and so happy with myself, and still had more weight to lose.
My disease is not particularly bad, but there were a lot of setbacks, bad reactions to treatments, a couple hospital stays. And I did have to go on steroids for quite a long time to get my Crohn's into remission, and now here I am 9 months later, 30 pounds heavier than I was just a few short months ago.
Its not really all the steroids fault. I think with the depression from all my medical setbacks I probably did far too much comfort eating, and also, as anyone with Crohn's knows, during a flare most of what you eat goes right through you, so once you are feeling better those calories suddenly begin to stick.
I am back on track now, as of this week, but I was hoping someone else might have a similar situation or understand where I am coming from because I just feel so guilty for gaining weight again after working so hard to lose it the first time.
