[janal14]

I'm back, after a long break, and starting over. My weight loss goals fell to the wayside while I changed jobs, got engaged, moved, had ankle surgery, and dealt with a lot of health issues - which aren't under control now either, but at least the docs and I have an understanding of what's going on.


I lost almost 4 pounds on my first week after starting over, but I'm guessing that from here on out, I'll be a pretty slow loser - my health problems limit the intensity and length of time that I can exercise for, but I'm doing my best.


My biggest problem (which I'm still working on with my doctors) is eating. Multiple food allergies limit my diet, though I can make most things that I want as long as I do it from scratch and substitute - though there are some things that are obviously off limits - I haven't figured out how to make an egg-free omelet or anything. The bigger issue is working with my gastric emptying delay, my stomach doesn't empty when it is supposed to. In conjunction with some pancreatic enzyme supplementation, my doctor recommended diet is pretty unusual - a higher portion of processed carbs (easier to digest), not much fiber at all, no salads (these fill my stomach up to fast and stay there for way to long, and I'm also advised to eat higher proportions of fat than many - I'm heavily supplemented with an enzyme that speeds fat digestion.


Funny as it sounds, I'm pretty sure that my current inability to eat enough is slowing my weight loss. For the past few weeks, my DGE is really acting up - I've only been managing to eat once or twice a day, in pretty small amounts. Yesterday I managed about a cup of mashed potatoes, which was going to be it, until I managed a small sandwich right before bed at about 11:30.




Anywho, while I don't expect anyone here to probably know much about my specific issues, or have similar ones, I figure that some background info - especially if I end up posting about my strange (to most other people) eating habits. Also, I know a lot of times there is worry about folks eating to little and going overboard when they are trying to lose, and while I know that I'll probably need to remind folks, please know that my extremely restricted diet (along with my medically fragile self) are under the constant supervision of my docs, who I see at least once a month, minimum. But everyone here has their own struggles, I'm on a different journey, but have the same goal, which is what I'm here for.




If you're still reading, thanks for making it through the short novel!

[JessLess]

Hello! Congratulations for making it through all those challenges and trying to make things better! I was wondering if you had been tested for a corn allergy, based on what you had written.

[janal14]

Been tested for corn, and free of that allergy, thankfully.


For anyone who might be wondering, my allergen list includes: eggs, soy protein (I can eat soy lecithin and small amounts of soy oil), barley, tomato (I have a limited tolerance for small amounts of very processed tomato and barley as well), apples, peaches, pears, cherries, melons, bananas and nectarines. I have OAS (oral allergy syndrome) to most other raw fruits and veggies. Luckily, so far, I've only had life threatening reactions 3 times so far - twice to apple ingredients, and once to an unknown - we suspect saffron.



I make really delicious allergy free food though, so if you need to know how to sub out eggs in a recipe, or make a really delicious tomato-free corn salsa, I'm your girl!