How to gain weight after c diff

[debfair]

Any advice for how people gained weight after c diff?

[georgina]

Sorry about moving your topic , but it doesn't belong in success stories .
To answer your question : You need more protein in your diet to help with muscle growth . Most people that lost weight during Cdiff haven't really lost fat but more muscle. So, for that , you need protein to rebuild it . Until your gut is healed , you won't be able to digest everything so you just need to stick to easy to digest protein sources like :chicken , turkey , bone broth , eggs , and (if you tolerate) yogurt and maybe some easy to digest fats like avocado and some butter .

[Bobbie]

Debfair,

Ensure Plus helped me gain weight. A former poster (CindyM) recommended the probiotic primeus reuteri. It seems to stimulate the appetite. It helped both Nancy1 and me. I bought it at Whole Foods, and it also can be ordered online.

[Ril]

Another good source of protein that I was able to eat that also has good fats and calories is peanut butter. I ate peanut butter and low sugar jam sandwiches. I also ate pasta with eggs and some butter scrambled into it, plenty of hard parmigiana cheese on top, easily tolerated and some protein and fair amount of calories.

[poppy86]

It's been just over a year since I finished treatment for cdiff, and I only recently started to regain the weight I lost. In total, I lost 25 pounds, and I have regained about 7 or 8 at this point. It has been a very slow process.

[beth22]

It took me a few years to regain weight and I never fully regained all of it.