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Hi, ive gained some weight with the Elavil.. (haven't we all) not alot, about 15lbs, but i want to get control over my weight again.. before it spins totally out of control, so i was going to join Weight Watchers this week....I dont really know what weight watchers intails...? Is this something anyone else has tried? Are the meals IC friendly? Any Advice would be helpful... i dont want to pay my money then find out its not a good idea...lol.. thanks!
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Several years ago, I used www.sparkpeople.com It's a free weightloss website & very IC friendly.
I did Weight Watchers before I had IC. If you stick to the IC diet while you're on it, it should be ok. (You won't be able to do a lot of the bars, commercial meals they talk about, but you can do the points with your own food). If you don't strangle people who complain during the meetings, it should work out great.
Kadi
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Current treatments:
-IC diet
-Elavil 50mg at night
-Continuous use birth control pills (4-5 periods/year)
-Heparin/Marcaine/Sodium Bicarb home instills at night 3-4x per week, more often if needed
-Pyridium if needed,
-Pain medicine at bedtime daily, as needed during the day several times per week
-Antibiotic when doing an instillation to prevent UTI
-Colace & SmartFiber to treat chronic constipation from meds, Fleet enema as needed
-Dye Free Benadryl 50 mg at bedtime
-"Your Pace Yoga: Relieving Pelvic Pain" dvd, walking, treadmill at gym
-Managing stress= VERY important!
-Fur therapy: Hugging the cat!
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I did WW years ago and it's a very good program. You should be ok as far as the IC diet, because on WW you can eat whatever you want, you just have to count your points. So that way you can atleast choose all the foods that are IC friendly, so you shouldn't have a problem. Good luck with it.
Kari
Kari 
I'm 47 years old, married 27 years. I have two wonderful boys and two wonderful grandchildren. I was diagnosed in 1994. Life has certainly thrown me many many surprises, all of which I'm trying to stay positive and hopeful, and I try to think about my blessings not my misfortunes, when possible. Stay Strong!Comment
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