Liquid Diet

livedadream

anyone out there wana give a hand with this?

ive been put on a liquid diet...

seriously struggling with it, anyone have any experience or advice?

im told after a few days it will get easier but im 5 days in and losing the will to live...

theres only so much peppermint tea, broth, and making ''shakes'' i can take, i get that i need to do it but if anyone has been on one or has experience of them id appriciate it.

Thanks
Liv x

Blacktie.

Why do you need to do it? Just cut back on what you currently eat and you'll lose weight. This sounds like a sure fire way to crash and binge eat.

livedadream

Blacktie. wrote: »

Why do you need to do it? Just cut back on what you currently eat and you'll lose weight. This sounds like a sure fire way to crash and binge eat.

nice rush to judgement and assumption there mate.

obviously i didnt want to go into detail but i have crohns diseasse and have been ****ting and bleeding out my ass for the past three weeks and meds arnt working that a good enough reason for you?

my specialist has me on it, i asked for help not a rush to judgement, but thanks. if you have any actual advise that would be great.

i know there are a few bodybuilders etc here and any advice on how you survive cutting season would be amazing... or if anyone else has been on a liquid diet... for whatever reason, medical or otherwise...

Ps; i dont need to lose weight ive done that the hard way. 7 stone down.

Dtp1979

No need to bite blackties head off. The thread of the title is liquid diet. Diet generally means you want to lose weight. Not always, but most would have assumed it was for weight loss. Anyway,
Are you on certain prescribed foods or can you have any food you want once it's liquidised?

livedadream

I can have: water, tea, broth (homemade chicken of beef) these packet things that I can have as many I want a day. Like a protein or weight gainer with vitamins and minerals that are prescription only. After two weeks I can start on low fibre juices.

It's basically to give my insides a rest and heal from digesting food. I mean it working I feel better stomach and bowel wise but not eating chewing or tasting anything is driving me mental I'm tired from no carbs I think and finding it really tough. I'm not lacking energy or concentration I am a bit tired yes but nothing I'm not sure to from a bad flare...

And to me diet means the food you consume on a day to day basis not a weight loss thing. He made a quick judgement and offered no help... And the charter is pretty clear about **** like that (ie liquid crash diets) and to be fair I clearly said I've been PUT on one not that I've decided to hop on the stupid bandwagon.

Dtp1979

livedadream wrote: »

I can have: water, tea, broth (homemade chicken of beef) these packet things that I can have as many I want a day. Like a protein or weight gainer with vitamins and minerals that are prescription only. After two weeks I can start on low fibre juices.

It's basically to give my insides a rest and heal from digesting food. I mean it working I feel better stomach and bowel wise but not eating chewing or tasting anything is driving me mental I'm tired from no carbs I think and finding it really tough. I'm not lacking energy or concentration I am a bit tired yes but nothing I'm not sure to from a bad flare...

And to me diet means the food you consume on a day to day basis not a weight loss thing. He made a quick judgement and offered no help... And the charter is pretty clear about **** like that (ie liquid crash diets) and to be fair I clearly said I've been PUT on one not that I've decided to hop on the stupid bandwagon.

Well I'm not here to argue about what the word diet means to people.
Anyway, advicewise I dunno, it seems pretty tough. Keep yourself full and busy I guess. Add in as much variety as you can and best of luck with it

And btw, you said you were out on a liquid diet, not put on one

livedadream

Thanks.

yeah keeping busy is good but I find I get hungry or tired if I'm do anything too much.

I tried going to the cinema but the smell of popcorn and sugar etc drove me insane so we left. Not a good place when your hungry and not allowed eat anything...

As you stated you weren't arguing but then pointed out a typo 'out' is clearly 'put' I'm pretty sure you got me. Most people would ask why instead of assuming.

Dtp1979

I'd argue most would have assumed what blacktie said. Anyway, enough pointless arguing.
A friend of mine was on a liquid diet a few years back. For weight loss, not for medical reasons. He had to take a lot of what you're drinking. He said chewing gum helped a lot. Are u allowed that?

livedadream

I don't chew gum either way it's not good if you have crohns... Build up acid and air in your stomach. Not ideal if your stomach and bowel is defective.

Yeah I've been told by my specialist that I won't lose weight I lost too much by accident (I'd lost 7 stone the past year and a bit on purpose by lifting and running and strict calorie and food type control dropped 11 lbs in just under two weeks during the worst of this flare) and the steroids will make sure I put that back on, and then some. The liquid goo as I call it, the shakes, are high calorie don't think there much chance of me wasting away.

Blacktie.

Instead of tearing me a new one you could have just stated my doctor prescribed me one. Misinterpretations happen.

Good luck with any advice I'll be certain to avoid responding to anything you post in future.

livedadream

Blacktie. wrote: »

Instead of tearing me a new one you could have just stated my doctor prescribed me one. Misinterpretations happen.

Good luck with any advice I'll be certain to avoid responding to anything you post in future.

Fair enough mate.
I don't see how pointing out that you'd jumped to the wrong conclusion and offered no advice was wrong and I certainly didn't tear you a new one dude. Misinterpretations happen when people jump to conclusions... You could have asked instead of making an assumption. It's pretty simple, I'm going through hell at the moment and asked for help because there are some pretty smart people in this forum... Incorrect Judgement wasn't needed. Feel free to offer any advice I'll more than welcome it, judgement free zone though even if I had chosen to do a liquid diet ( not sure if that actually exist though) your comments still wouldn't have been helpful.

marialouise

If you go on the forums on MyFitnessPal there are many users there who talk about diets with Crohn's disease.
You could have mentioned Crohn's in the first post, it really does sound to most people like you hopped on a liquid diet bandwagon, Blacktie wasn't judging and was just trying to offer helpful advice, it was misinterpreted becase we didn't have all the information.

livedadream

Thanks marialouise I hadn't thought of that! I didn't even know there were forums on my fitnesspal!