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Chronic Illness and Frustration

I am super frustrated. I live with Crohns Disease and with this brings lots of dietary restrictions (no raw veg etc), exercise limits and side effects from medications. I needed to gain weight and I gained 75 pounds, 20 of which I did not try to gain but rather tried to stop. I eat well, I exercise as much as my body will allow and hydrate and I still see the scale moving upwards. I try not to go on the scale but when I feel like my clothes are fitting tighter I start to panic. There are many side effects to the meds I take and they help to manage the disease but the with side effects like gaining weight it is not good for my mental and body image health. I am not too sure where to go from here. If anyone has any advice I would love it, Needing support in battling this feeling of hopelessness.