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I didn't advise on IBS. The OP didn't ask for advice on IBS, she asked for calorie dense foods that don't need to be eaten in large quantities. I have a lot of experience with that. She asked about people who have lost weight due to digestive symptoms. I totally get the terror of losing weight, and worrying that you can't…

Full fat greek yogurt. Takeout chinese food on rice. Chow Fun. Eggnog. Milkshakes. Cream cheese frosting. Pasta with creamy sauce. Grilled cheese sandwiches. Bacon spread with peanut butter. I do the same thing - it hurts to eat, so eating is hard. I have gastroparesis, not IBS, but it's the pain and fullness more than the…

Most of the research on calories burned at various speeds seems to be old. http://jap.physiology.org/content/18/2/367 "Indirect calorimetric measurements were made on two athletes running at different speeds up to 22 km/hr at grades from -20 to +15%; the function was found to be linearly related to speed. "…

"low carb Elvis" says he. I ended up with egg fried/basted in bacon grease on top of buttered toast. Totally not as good. I need to cook some bacon tonight.

Hazelnut frappuchino, no whip. This is not a good sign!

I get that. You'd currently prefer my double-edged sword (I struggle to eat enough to maintain weight) and I'd prefer yours. But it seemed like a little sociable envy might be appreciated. ;)

Did something change in your diet then? You seem to eat a lot of the same foods. Since food labels only have to be accurate to +/- 20%, there's a pretty big possible swing.

Just for the record - I'm totally jealous of this ability.

That feels kind of vague and woo-like, even after I edited it. I got a great explanation from my GI about why it would work, but the mechanics were over my head to try to pass on. He did say that it's effectively a form of indigestion or dyspepsia - food isn't moving from your stomach to your small intestine at the rate…

Yup, I get that. I feel ravenous, but also full - reminds me distinctly of breastfeeding hunger. A little ice cream or a mug of full-calorie cocoa seems to do the trick. My target is ~125-200 calories per half cup, and liquid at room temperature. I need more simple sugars than plain whole milk provides to be effective. Hot…

I had to read this thread tonight. I gave my husband a hard time this morning for eating bacon smeared with peanut butter, and now I really want bacon and eggs. But it's 9pm, and I'm way too lazy to cook more bacon now.

If your issue is increasing protein, it's not FODMAPs. What did you add to increase protein?

Trader Joe's espresso cocoa mix - made with coffee instead of milk.

Yeah, I have a doctor who thinks it might help me re-identify what hunger feels like, so I eat more and stop losing weight. I haven't made it over the finger-pricking hump. And, AFAICT from their studies - it won't make me stop losing weight until I have a BMI around 20, which is lower than my doc wants me to be. However,…

Make smaller changes to your diet. Researching FODMAPS makes sense (there's a book called "Free at last" that might help - or she's got a very useful website). In general, if you had your IBS under control before, you can adapt to your new diet, just by slowly increasing the servings of fruit, veggie and fiber. I have to…

This. Hunger is in part a conditioned response and in part your body's reaction to blood sugar changes. The conditioned response part is what trips people up with "just eating mindfully" I mentioned it elsewhere, but there's a method called initial hunger training that seems to be effective in re-training us about what…

When I first started losing weight, I kept track of servings of sweets, with a target of no more than 7 a week. I had the best results when my choices were dark chocolate with nuts or peanut butter. Justin's peanut butter cups, Trader Joe's dark chocolate with hazelnuts, etc. I like fruit when my mouth wants something…

Whey from yogurt is sweet whey. To get acid whey, you have to add an acid (like you do when making ricotta or paneer.)

Unfortunately, two threads have crossed in my mind. The image of lucky charms marshmallows floating in agar prepared with only water is too terrible not to be shared.

I think that even with the Monash app, you'll really need to read the ingredients on things like your cordial. Sweeteners like saccharine, aspartame, and sucralose are fine. So is stevia. Sugar alcohols like isomalt, maltitol, mannitol, sorbitol and xylitol are a problem.

Epigastric pain (in the center and up high - just below your breastbone) can mean that your stomach isn't used to the extra effort needed to move raw/fiberous foods through. Switching to more cooked fruits and veg can help your body adjust. If the pain is lower (below your ribcage), it's more likely to be a sudden increase…

http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/3339 says that dried agar is 306 calories per 100g, so 38 calories for a 10g packet seems about right. As for eating it - well, it sounds terrible, but it won't -hurt- you.

If you're willing to be flexible on shape, there's a guy who buys cereal marshmallows in bulk and resells them. Ingredients appear plausibly GF " sugar, modified cornstarch, corn syrup, dextrose, gelatin, sodium hexametaphosphate, artificial color, (red 40 yellow 6 blue 1 yellow 5) artificial flavor, natural flavor"…

I came across a study on "initial hunger" awhile ago. They were training people to recognize blood sugar cues for hunger. You only ate when you met the criteria for "initial hunger". Then you'd learn to eat the right amount to meet the criteria the next time you wanted to eat. Apparently it becomes second nature in just a…

You've probably already made a choice, but if you're full - I'd just call it a day. The MFP macro percentages are only one possibility in a wide range of reasonable distributions.

Yes and no. In theory if you weigh something raw, cook it, and then weigh it again - you should be able to use either the cooked or raw weight and entry to enter it. However - many foods lose nutrients beyond water when they're cooked. Fat renders out, vitamins are released into the cooking liquid, etc. If you're…

You might find the actual USDA nutrient database useful for questions like this - http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2602?fg=&man=&lfacet=&count=&max=&sort=&qlookup=&offset=&format=Full&new=&measureby= - you'll see the note "Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion" It will also tell you how much of the study…

About one week a month I hate food. This is that week. Yesterday I ate 800 calories - a good chunk of which came from candy. It's been ~20 hours since I last ate, and I'm still miserably uncomfortably full. This explains why I'm down ~ 5.5lb since a week ago. OMG - will my period just start so I can eat again?

Aside from the acid reflux issue - gravity helps in digestion. I'm supposed to stay upright, or better yet walk (the internal pressures created by walking help peristalsis) for an hour or two after eating.

I'm sure that you read and post on the forums often enough to know that not everyone understands what benefits their weight loss. ;) I lost weight at a pretty respectable clip (average of 5.5lb/month) without any attention to those factors. I did it intentionally, by paying attention only to intake (and that pretty…