Update: Ed dropped 3 lbs overnight last night after consuming just over 3000 calories, including eggs, bacon & toast for breakfast, grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch and 3 hot dogs for dinner & enough other snacks & protein drinks to get him to that 3000/day calorie point. Since I first posted here 12 days ago, he has had only one day of weight gain which followed a day when he had a salad for lunch and skinned chicken in tomato sauce w/ one half a baked potato without butter or sour cream. Yes you are reading correctly, on a day which followed a 1000 calorie day, the scale went up 2 lbs. Another point (very important point in my opinion). He has NOT been working out at all during these past 12 days. Had he done so it would have increased his daily calorie requirement and he might have had more weight gain days that weight loss days.
Ed still believes it is too soon to claim victory over this problem and I wouldn't dissagree, however, I am very optimistic that we are really onto something. Perhaps if the scale continues the downward trend for another week he'll finally be convinced?
If I were giving advice for any of you with this weight-gain & bloat associated with the removal of your gall bladder it would be this: Do not starve yourself. Do not exercise for a while, especially doing any sort of sit ups, crunches or anything that stresses any part of your body that is bloating or connected to any part of your body that is bloating. Avoid salads for a while. Avoid tasty spiced soups for a while. Consider liquid protein drinks to supplement your meals for a while. Try to avoid going long periods without eating. Eat something like ice cream or yogurt or cottage cheese before you go to sleep. Keep a loaf of bread at your disposal (for some reason the white bread that is not supposed to be good for you works best for Ed)....white bread really seems to help for some reason?? If you wake up in the middle of the night, have a little something easy & convenient to eat. Keep a log of what you are eating. Count the calories and increase them until you start losing weight. Remember your problem is NOT A MATTER OF BURNING MORE CALORIES THAN YOU ARE CONSUMING. I'm suggesting you increase your calories per day because i think it's a safe bet all you ladies have been dieting for as long as you care to remember. Forget the bile salts & other supplements your are taking for a while.
Why is this seemingly working for Ed????? Why do only some people bloat & gain weight after their gall bladder is removed? I don't know, but I suspect it's because you folks have a liver that produces more bile, or unusual bile chemical composition, or for some reason your small intestines just don't like having that bile constantly dripping in (no longer being stored by your missing gallbladder)....heck maybe that little check valve between your stomach & small intestine isn't working efficiently & the bile is leaking into your stomachs? I don't know, but I do know starving yourselves, eating "good & healthy foods", most all diets, exercising, seeing doctors & specialist DO NOT WORK.
One more point that I haven't made before, but puzzles me a great deal. Weight gain and loss is not always positively associate with bloating for Ed. What I mean is that he can be bloated following a weight loss, and not be bloated following a weight gain. Similarly, there is more often a positive association (thank goodness), meaning less bloating does occur with weight loss. We're just working on the weight for right now, hoping the bloating will resolve in time.
I am not a particularly religious man but I do want to say God Bless all of you, my heart goes out to you. I realize there are very few people who will be able to really appreciate what you are going through. Hell, there's probably a lot of people around you who may very well believe it's your own fault....for not dieting properly, or getting enough exercise, or whatever. I know it is NOT your fault.
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Update: Ed dropped 3 lbs overnight last night after consuming just over 3000 calories, including eggs, bacon & toast for breakfast, grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch and 3 hot dogs for dinner & enough other snacks & protein drinks to get him to that 3000/day calorie point. Since I first posted here 12 days ago, he has had only one day of weight gain which followed a day when he had a salad for lunch and skinned chicken in tomato sauce w/ one half a baked potato without butter or sour cream. Yes you are reading correctly, on a day which followed a 1000 calorie day, the scale went up 2 lbs. Another point (very important point in my opinion). He has NOT been working out at all during these past 12 days. Had he done so it would have increased his daily calorie requirement and he might have had more weight gain days that weight loss days.
Ed still believes it is too soon to claim victory over this problem and I wouldn't dissagree, however, I am very optimistic that we are really onto something. Perhaps if the scale continues the downward trend for another week he'll finally be convinced?
If I were giving advice for any of you with this weight-gain & bloat associated with the removal of your gall bladder it would be this: Do not starve yourself. Do not exercise for a while, especially doing any sort of sit ups, crunches or anything that stresses any part of your body that is bloating or connected to any part of your body that is bloating. Avoid salads for a while. Avoid tasty spiced soups for a while. Consider liquid protein drinks to supplement your meals for a while. Try to avoid going long periods without eating. Eat something like ice cream or yogurt or cottage cheese before you go to sleep. Keep a loaf of bread at your disposal (for some reason the white bread that is not supposed to be good for you works best for Ed)....white bread really seems to help for some reason?? If you wake up in the middle of the night, have a little something easy & convenient to eat. Keep a log of what you are eating. Count the calories and increase them until you start losing weight. Remember your problem is NOT A MATTER OF BURNING MORE CALORIES THAN YOU ARE CONSUMING. I'm suggesting you increase your calories per day because i think it's a safe bet all you ladies have been dieting for as long as you care to remember. Forget the bile salts & other supplements your are taking for a while.
Why is this seemingly working for Ed????? Why do only some people bloat & gain weight after their gall bladder is removed? I don't know, but I suspect it's because you folks have a liver that produces more bile, or unusual bile chemical composition, or for some reason your small intestines just don't like having that bile constantly dripping in (no longer being stored by your missing gallbladder)....heck maybe that little check valve between your stomach & small intestine isn't working efficiently & the bile is leaking into your stomachs? I don't know, but I do know starving yourselves, eating "good & healthy foods", most all diets, exercising, seeing doctors & specialist DO NOT WORK.
One more point that I haven't made before, but puzzles me a great deal. Weight gain and loss is not always positively associate with bloating for Ed. What I mean is that he can be bloated following a weight loss, and not be bloated following a weight gain. Similarly, there is more often a positive association (thank goodness), meaning less bloating does occur with weight loss. We're just working on the weight for right now, hoping the bloating will resolve in time.
I am not a particularly religious man but I do want to say God Bless all of you, my heart goes out to you. I realize there are very few people who will be able to really appreciate what you are going through. Hell, there's probably a lot of people around you who may very well believe it's your own fault....for not dieting properly, or getting enough exercise, or whatever. I know it is NOT your fault.
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