Under weight and periods stopped..

Lots of friendly ears on here, Sarahlou, though I'm afraid I can't be too much help 'cos I'm Type 2 and fat :roll:

What I can give you is my constipation tip! 4oz rhubarb stewed with Splenda as a sweetener, served with live organic yoghurt ( I prefer sheep's) and some flax seeds. According to my calculations that's about 6 grams of carb. Otherwise, fresh figs - about 10 grams of carb per fig, but nice! Also lots of water is supposed to work.

The only suggestion I can give you about upping your calorie intake to gain weight is to try more fat - if you can tolerate fat, of course. There are medical reasons why some people can't. Cheese and nuts are lowish carb, also avocados. Butter (or oils and good margerine/spreads) and cream wherever you can get them in. Very dark chocolate - 85% proof - is about 16 grams of carb per 100g, which is a whole bar. If you make that last over 4 days, it's not very high carb but you take in 61 grams of fat! Check the labels - different brands vary a little.

Obviously you must check all the above to see if they suit your health and your diet and carb intake. But if you can take fat, as a vegetarian I think it's the only way to go without increasing your carb intake too much. Just a little extra fat here and there will make a difference to your calorie intake. I'd be interested to see what anyone else thinks.

Let us know how you go on.

Viv

PS I can tolerate fat, and eat quite a high fat diet. But I'm losing weight, and my cholesterol is okay. There's no need to be frightened of it, and you don't need to go too high - every 10 grams of fat is 90 extra calories. It all adds up.

Sarah - Morphine is well known to cause constipation, so you should ask your prescriber about medication. Although diet and fluid intake will help, they are unlikely to solve constipation caused by morphine. With that sorted, your appetite will probably improve.

Hi sarah I am also under weight and I know how frustrating it is I eat lots of cream and nuts as part of my breakfast nuts are also good snacks I make chocolate mousse by beating double cream (jersey is very good) with a melted square or two of the very high cocoa chocolate mix in a few berries or put into a tall glass with some whipped cream on top.It looks really good and that helps your appetite The gp has prescribed me Calogen which is just a mixture of oils it tastes like liquid lard :mrgreen: but it has helped .It would help more if I was regular in taking it :!:
CAROL