It takes time to stabalise the weight loss before any gains sadly. Try if you can to eat some protein, fat and carbohydrate each meal.

As long as you have good quantities of chicken and fish in there, and you actually digest them, I wouldn't worry about it.

Consider using digestive enzymes by Source Naturals to assist in digestion.

Also farmer's cheese to help the stomach. I mistakenly called it "cottage cheese" before, which is similar but not the same. Stupid English-as-second-language...

Is cottage cheese ok, I've been eating between meals, so you say farmers cheese is better, isn't that like cream cheese?
I've been doing digestive enzenges since June and use Iberogast since November and I eat tons of fish and chicken and still can't gain weight, I can even eat ground pork mixed together with rice that I wrapped in cooked cabbage no spices delicious. Has anyone here tried any beef?

Shihonage,

I think at some point, you have no choice but to worry about the loss in weight. It is very excessive, even though I feel like I am eating enough. I just eat smaller meals and more frequently... but I know that increases your metabolism in itself. Also not eating after 6pm.

I have lost some 28Lbs in the last 8 weeks... I was 155 to start.... I am at the point where I have lost a lot of muscle mass that it took me a long time to build (years). I do not want to lose anymore. I am slowly increasing my intake of food.... So I hope it stabilizes.

Tummy are you able to eat gluten and dairy?

I nowhere near eat enough. Haven't been able to for a long time and I'm still losing weight. Very scary stuff.

Recently I saw a dentist and found that I have Periodontal disease which they explained can cause some of this burning in my throat ( that I always thought was GERD ). It probably is a combination of the gum disease and the gastritis. I am undergoing a deep cleaning with scaling and ( ? ) can't remember what. I have read that this disease can go systemic and cause all kinds of problems.

Anyway, I'm hoping that when I get thru this process I will be able to eat better. I am sure I never eat more than maybe 200 calories a day. I know how bad that sounds. I just pick and nibble and get down as much as I can and whatever I can.

I started on protein drinks and have been drinking Ensure for years. I think the Ensure is keeping me alive! I used to love food, loved to cook. Now everything is just such an effort that I grab whatever is handy and easy.

@rosebrook. I made boiled beef two days ago and had some with the broth and some vegetables. I wish I never ate it. It flared everything up again. I felt awful the next day. I only ate cereal and some toast yesterday. Today I feel ok. Won't be eating beef again for a long time.

@Rosebrook -- I just added bread to my diet 4 days ago and I think that is helping. I have always been eating yogurt, but I am not daring enough to try any other dairy products.

@LittleMart -- That is very scary littlemart. Ensure does have 350 calories, so you are definitely above 200. I think if you were eating 200 calories a day, you would in starvation mode.. your body cannot function properly on that. I am so sorry it is really that hard... I hope you feel better.

@LittleMart. I don't understand why you're not going into a hospital. Eating only 200 calories a day is dangerous to life!!

tummy2

I personally think it's better to stop worrying about weight-loss, I found the worry led me to pushing my diet too hard and just made my stomach worse. I think as long as you are getting 1000-1500 cals per day the body will eventually stop losing weight, yes you will be skinny but you probably wont get to a point where you look like you've been in a concentration camp.

I know how heartbreaking the weight loss can be when you struggled to put it on in the first place. Before this started I have been eating and training well to bulk up and had put on 20kg. All that and more is gone now, but I just have to stop letting it get to me for now and think that once I'm better I can hopefully gain it all back. In most cases gastritis does eventually heal and you can eat normally again.

@Sara

It may not be the beef, it may be some of the vegetables that caused your flare. I have big problems will too much fibre so have to be careful, raw veg especially leaves me in pain.

What I'm going to do with the beef is roast it then I'll put it thru the blender and mix it wi th mashed potatoes. I make a grease free gravy for my meats only has a little salt and the national juices and corn starch.
Littlemart, can't you eat some soft rice or white or sweet potatoes. I put all my food in the oven so it's easy for me. You are fortunate that you are able to drink ensure giving you the vitamins you need.

Thanks for reminding me about the calories in Ensure. I forgot about that. So maybe I'm getting 500 - 600 calories a day. I've often thought I should be in the hospital, but my doctor just tells me to eat. I'm counting on this deep tooth cleaning to help kick this infection and start me on the road again. I have so many other problems and they all kind of cross over each other. Frustrating.

@Andy1986 -- Sure is frustrating.. years of working out withering away.... I am trying not to worry about it... I am right now just trying to hold the line and stay the same weight without losing more. I feel like I am eating too much now... weird how you get used to eating so little that when you do eat a little more, feels like you are overdoing it.

What did everyone eat for the holidays, just curious. It's a bummer when you see people pigging out on candy and cakes pies and everything I use to eat, and oh the coffee with dessert at dunkin donuts. How I miss those days, I have been sick for a year now, I hope 2015 will be better for me. I try not to think of the aniexty that comes over me when I start feeling sorry for myself, then I say, at least I can eat most healthy foods, and not the junk. I ask my husband to make a pot of coffee so I can just smell the aroma of it. LOL?

I ate Turkey and Mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving..... I missed out on some good stuff :(