Can any of you folks give me ideas of a safe diet to go on with having an ileostomy? I need to lose about 15 to 20 lbs. I have been cautious about dieting as I was worried I would mess something up. I've had my ileostomy since February 2018. I am able to eat salad and most vegtables now and most other foods. I usually eat a bagle and coffee for breakfast, sometimes a sandwich for lunch but sometimes no lunch. I do eat dinner most nights but nothing fancy. It is usually soup and salad or spagetti or other pasta. Sometimes I have a small steak and salad. I am not near a gym but if I was I would swim. I would like to lose around my mid section which is where the weight all seemed to settle. I don't want to hurt my stomach or get a hernia but would like to know if there is any safe exercises that could help me to lose around my belly area. I have issues with my balance after a client beat me in the head so sometimes walking long distances can be a challange but not always. There are some days I do ok walking for long periods. The last time I walked for a fair amout of time, I fell and broke my foot. When I was beaten, I received a closed head injury and sometimes my brain doesn't recognize that I am on an uneaven surface. So I could use a few suggestions if you can share them. Thanks everyone!
You posted twice. No real diet l am on. I only eat twice a day, breakfast and supper. No pie or cake and portion control. Meat, potatoes/pasta, and vegetables each about the size of a deck of cards. That seems to maintain me. My wife tried Weight Watchers. You could look into one of those.
For exercise do you have a bike? You my want to get some walking sticks for balance. Or try a treadmill.
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The Adkins diet has always worked well. Not sure about with an ileostomy. My deal with dieting is to cut anything white out of my diet and I can l lose weight. That is rice, bread, pasta, potatoes. All the good things! And of course sugar.
drink lots of water which you are probably doing anyway.
good luck.
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