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@judithbramson12

How are you gaining your weight back? I'm 6 months post surgery but stuck at weight gain. I need to gain 13 lbs to get back to my usual 93 lbs. I'm 4'11" and have been in the 90s my whole life. I'm not losing, just stuck. Thank you for any hints you can give me. I count every calorie and gram of protein. Also, I'm on Zenpep, 30,000 units per meal, 10,000 per snack. If I go up to 40,000, I get the big D. So my bowels are beautiful; my body is awfully thin!

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I am struggling with the same thing. I am around 100 and want to be at 115.
I eat every 2-3 hours and stop eating at 7 pm just popsicles and water after that to avoid issues at night. I have tried eating tons of fat and protein
Like burgers and chicken salmon. I eat 2 eggs every morning on either a bagel or enriched bread with Mayo and cheese. I then will have cottage cheese 2-3 hours later and chicken breast. I just keeping eating all day long like that. I have tried ice cream and shakes, I drink protein drinks but probably not enough because they taste terrible to me and I’ve tried all different ones. I eat protein bars. I am trying to find that right combination of drinking liquids so I am not thirsty all the time( I am not diabetic) I just can’t drink with any food or it causes gas and stomach issues. I have to stick with small meals which I am just starting to do a better job at. I take my one 24000 creon with a 12000 creon amd that amount seems to be good for bigger meals . I take one 12000 with snacks. I had normal looking stools for this first time this week still a bit light colored lol so not perfect. I think I was eating tooo much fat. So thinking I stick to high protein lots of small meals take my creon and I also take Imodium AD or it just goes right out the other end. I am taking lots of vitamins multi vitamin iron and b 12 and glucosamine and turmeric
But eating the bigger meals I’ve discovered is huge for me causes lots of issues

Thank you for your hug!!! A lovely surprise!

Judy