IBS caused 20lb weight gain

^Correct. Stop blaming your condition for your weight gain.

gabrielleelliott90 wrote: »

Think what OP means is it causes temporary weight gain.

That was covered under water retention...weight gain comes from one thing...excess calories...

Agreed IBS can play games with your body but...that being said if you follow a reasonable deficit within your dietary guidelines there few issues....and weight gain isn't one of them...

IBS is the worst, and it's brought on by stress - maybe it's the stress that's bringing down your weight loss efforts? I know that with IBS you should try to cut out any bread as much as possible, it really helps

I thought I had IBS for 15 years. Could never be more than 20 feet from a bathroom. Then, I ran out of magnesium. I was cured the next day.

Wednesdae71 wrote: »

My body was not processing nutrients properly. The condition impacted my metabolism and digestion. It was a very frustrating and depressing ordeal. I knew something was wrong when I reduced calories n continued to exercise and the weight kept increasing. I am happy now to have a medical regimen and wellness plan to effectively lose the weight. Some ibs suffers experience unexplained weight loss but that wasn't my case. Perhaps this isn't the platform for sharing my challenges and goals. I was seeking support and felt that this was a safe place to do so. I apparently made a terrible choice in sharing.

often times people are eating more than they think...due to poor estimation ability. Yes IBS can cause some weight gain but that is typically from water retention and constipation.

There are boards here for specific medical conditions perhaps search for one of those would be better for you.

I had a lot of gastointestinal problems a couple of years back. I always had a lot of bloating and gas after eating vegetables, especially fresh salads. I cut out bread and starchy foods, for the most part. Then my symptoms went away. Seriously. I feel very lucky. As long as I keep to restricted starch, I am fine. However, weight loss takes time and effort.

Look into the low FODMAPs diet. It was designed for IBS and also has helped some IBD sufferers (myself included)! I'm currently working on losing weight while following a low FODMAP diet.

Wednesdae71 wrote: »

My body was not processing nutrients properly. The condition impacted my metabolism and digestion. It was a very frustrating and depressing ordeal. I knew something was wrong when I reduced calories n continued to exercise and the weight kept increasing. I am happy now to have a medical regimen and wellness plan to effectively lose the weight. Some ibs suffers experience unexplained weight loss but that wasn't my case. Perhaps this isn't the platform for sharing my challenges and goals. I was seeking support and felt that this was a safe place to do so. I apparently made a terrible choice in sharing.

I've found that unfortunately there are a large number of unhelpful people on the boards lately. All they do is bash every single thread that is out there. I feel your pain. I was diagnosed with IBS and given misinformation by the first two doctors I dealt with that only made it worse. Through elimination I learned what my triggers were, but in the meanwhile, I gained weight because I was depressed and wasn't eating low fat or working out regularly. It's a difficult battle to balance the two when every weightloss advice article you read tells you to eat something that makes you sick. The nutritionist I worked with suggested the FODMAP diet which helped me. It's not 100% do this and you'll be fine. There are many things listed as "bad" in FODMAP that don't trigger my symptoms. It's very personal and you need to work your way through it. I wish you lots of luck!

Wednesdae71 wrote: »

My body was not processing nutrients properly. The condition impacted my metabolism and digestion. It was a very frustrating and depressing ordeal. I knew something was wrong when I reduced calories n continued to exercise and the weight kept increasing. I am happy now to have a medical regimen and wellness plan to effectively lose the weight. Some ibs suffers experience unexplained weight loss but that wasn't my case. Perhaps this isn't the platform for sharing my challenges and goals. I was seeking support and felt that this was a safe place to do so. I apparently made a terrible choice in sharing.

So, the first part of your statement is absolutely correct -- certain conditions absolutely can not process nutrients correctly, IBS being one of them, certain hormonal conditions, allergies, intolerances, etc.

The issue here is that, these conditions result in malnutrition, or lack of nutrients -- that could certainly cause water retention (IBS with constipation being a big cause of that), not a miraculous gain of fat. I'm definitely in the boat of aberrations when it comes to metabolic processes, and tend to avoid these types of threads because you have so many people who (with good reason) don't know the intricacies of certain medical conditions and how they impact weight. Yours just doesn't make sense, though, even with that -- your weight could be impacted because your metabolism has slowed and you didn't compensate, you're retaining a great deal of water (which can definitely happen -- I don't think people realize how much water one can retain due to medical conditions, which reflects in how you look and what the scale says) and in both those cases, constipation would play a huge rule. But in terms of "processing nutrients" properly, you'd gain (fat) weight if you were OVER processing them, not under processing them.

In terms of "safe space," are you looking for places where your word and scientific claims will be accepted completely without question? That doesn't sound like a "safe space"-- it sounds like a "yes" man group.