Hello everybody, I am currently a sophomore in college and have been lifting weights about 5x a week with an ileostomy. I had a couple questions.
While I have gotten stronger, I have realized that I have had a hard time gaining any weight and muscle mass (gained some but not too significant). With an ostomy do you need to eat more to enough nutrients? I had almost all my large intestine taken out the summer before college. Last year as a freshman, I had my first ostomy reversed and was able to go from 145 to 157lbs by working out about the same amount throughout the school year. I gained my weight back after my 2nd ostomy surgery, but now my weight has completely plateaued at 157 the past 5 months.
I also have a really complex fistula tract and multiple drains (malecot and seton) in right now, could this also be making it harder for me to put on weight? I eat plenty of protein and even when I was eating 4000 for two weeks I only gained about a pound and a half.
Finally these are all of the supplements I take, are these all ok?
Multivitamin
Vitamin D
Vitamin B Complex
Iron
Fish Oil
Protein Powder (40% whey, 20% casein, 20% egg white)
I'm a healthy weight since I'm only 5' 9.5" but I was just curious about this. Thanks.
While I have gotten stronger, I have realized that I have had a hard time gaining any weight and muscle mass (gained some but not too significant). With an ostomy do you need to eat more to enough nutrients? I had almost all my large intestine taken out the summer before college. Last year as a freshman, I had my first ostomy reversed and was able to go from 145 to 157lbs by working out about the same amount throughout the school year. I gained my weight back after my 2nd ostomy surgery, but now my weight has completely plateaued at 157 the past 5 months.
I also have a really complex fistula tract and multiple drains (malecot and seton) in right now, could this also be making it harder for me to put on weight? I eat plenty of protein and even when I was eating 4000 for two weeks I only gained about a pound and a half.
Finally these are all of the supplements I take, are these all ok?
Multivitamin
Vitamin D
Vitamin B Complex
Iron
Fish Oil
Protein Powder (40% whey, 20% casein, 20% egg white)
I'm a healthy weight since I'm only 5' 9.5" but I was just curious about this. Thanks.