Weight Loss

@ja24 My understanding is that 18.2 is an O.K. BMI. What have you been told?
My BMI is 17.6 and I am working on, trying to get it up. Hard to put the weight on with eating healthy. I do notice that what also raises the number on the scale is....lots of water. Stands to reason.
When i had been down ten pounds from where I am now, I was at nearly 90lbs and I am now at 101.77, I was so light that I was constantly tripping over myself as if I was about to fall. That ended with just that small gain in weight.
Barbara

@ja24 My understanding is that 18.2 is an O.K. BMI. What have you been told?
My BMI is 17.6 and I am working on, trying to get it up. Hard to put the weight on with eating healthy. I do notice that what also raises the number on the scale is....lots of water. Stands to reason.
When i had been down ten pounds from where I am now, I was at nearly 90lbs and I am now at 101.77, I was so light that I was constantly tripping over myself as if I was about to fall. That ended with just that small gain in weight.
Barbara

@blm1007blm1007 - According to my electronic scale, once you go below 18.5 BMI you are in the below normal range. That number has also been mentioned by the experts in Bronchiectasis and NTM. Good luck in keeping the weight on.

@ja24 @namd Although having gained 11 lbs. in three years and holding. Yes, I so would like to raise my BMI to what would be a healtier number.
So far I am very, very fortunate in that I feel fine, energy level O.K. MAI staying low on watchful waiting for three years and my appetite is good.. Biggest problems: Night wake up and spending 5 to 10 minutes clearing mucus and the amount needing to clear during the day and having mucus plugs.
I refuse to do Ensure and will make my own healthy smoothies with protein veggie powders.
Why they add all they add to the products is for their benefit, most of the time, not for our benefit. I am glad to see WalMart trying to take out much of the additives in their BetterGoods products.. However, their Better Goods Lemon Infused Fettuccine Pasta was just recalled. Why don't they just keep it simple and pure.!!! Seems every other week there is a recall.
Barbara

@blm1007blm1007 I agree with you about Ensure. More than once I've stood and looked the many competing brands of nutrition shakes on the shelf at the supermarket. I'm very sensitive to food additives and emulsifiers, stabilizers like guar gum, carrageenan, cellulose gum etc. They give me extra mucus, and like you I deal with mucus all day long as it is. Some brands have more of this stuff than others. The Boost brand has stabilizers and emulsifiers listed right after the protein, so it's not an insignificant amount. Sugar and glucose syrup are the 2nd ingredient after water, which I'm sure are for calories and masking the horrible taste. It uses canola oil instead of a healthier oil, and there isn't much more protein than a simple glass of milk, but people pay big bucks for it. These shakes make me so full that I can't drink my water requirement for the day. I'd rather make my own shake if I could find a really good, safe protein powder.

@blm1007blm1007 I agree with you about Ensure. More than once I've stood and looked the many competing brands of nutrition shakes on the shelf at the supermarket. I'm very sensitive to food additives and emulsifiers, stabilizers like guar gum, carrageenan, cellulose gum etc. They give me extra mucus, and like you I deal with mucus all day long as it is. Some brands have more of this stuff than others. The Boost brand has stabilizers and emulsifiers listed right after the protein, so it's not an insignificant amount. Sugar and glucose syrup are the 2nd ingredient after water, which I'm sure are for calories and masking the horrible taste. It uses canola oil instead of a healthier oil, and there isn't much more protein than a simple glass of milk, but people pay big bucks for it. These shakes make me so full that I can't drink my water requirement for the day. I'd rather make my own shake if I could find a really good, safe protein powder.

@ursala7
Hi, I ordered a plant based protein from Truvani. It is very 'clean' and only has 5 ingredients. I add it to my smoothies. I got the vanilla flavour. I live in the UK and ordered it from the US. It was a gamble but it gave me no side effects it can be a bit chalky but sipped slowly it is fine.

@ursala7 I look for protein powders that are only made from one type of nut or seed, like almond or walnuts, sunflower or pumpkin seeds. Then I add whatever I want in the way of fruits and vegetables to make a smoothie.
Amazon has many choices.