hi joanne!
sorry to hear about your weight gain. since having AS ...symptoms since about 5-6 yrs old, back pain at about 18 and full blown about 10 yrs ago...i've lost weight the last 10 yrs.
i follow a low starch diet. it helps. i also suffer from non specific colitis that i keep under control with low starch and keeping away from spicy foods and tomato sauce. my flares exhaust me. all the time, but some weeks even more than others..and my appetite changes. i get nauseated. doc said it's the pain levels shooting up. very true. and weight issue was bad for awhile trying to keep up...now tapered off.
i wish i had some helpful info but you seem to know quite a bit already about carbs and all that good stuff...
just wanted to offer some support!
best of luck! buggy
