What is acceptable gain?

[Zach]

Also , If I ate nothing , and only drank water... wouldn't that mean I have more freedom in drinking what I want because my weight wouldn't go up so much? Totally opposite of my quesiton  on the other board, but if someone could answer it , that would be cool,

As you said your other thread you want to gain weight not lose it.

If you are working out, you need the calories and the protein to maintain/build muscle mass.  Otherwise your body will start "cannibalizing" muscles for calories & protein.

BTW Nepro makes a great post-workout recovery drink!

Very good point Trikkechickk about muscle mass.  And consuming protein after a workout is very important.
I use one of the other renal supplements, Novasource Renal after workouts and after hemodialysis.  Pretty much the same as Nepro, but without the sugar alcohol.  I also use Zone Perfect bars and Whey protein shakes.

[AlasdairUK]

I'm stealing Zachs words from a while ago. You need to make sure that you eat enough protein and calories in a day. I used to cycle 11 miles to work and then to dialysis and ride home after haemo. It is really important to watch your diet and eat enough protein, which can be tricky, so dring protein shakes or eat protein bars.

There is a lot of information on the board already, I followed Zach's advice and it kept me fit and health until I had a transplant.

All the best,
Alasdair

[Bajanne]

Well, I hit one of my high numbers after my weekend in Las Vegas.  I didn't have dialysis for 4 days.  I went Wed,Thur and didn't have until Tues, Wed before i got back on my usual MonWedFri.  I weighed in at 6kg above my dry weight.  They took off 4kg and the next morning i had 2.4kg on so I was back on stream.  I think I only had that kind of gain once before.

[Zach]

I'm stealing Zachs words from a while ago. You need to make sure that you eat enough protein and calories in a day. I used to cycle 11 miles to work and then to dialysis and ride home after haemo. It is really important to watch your diet and eat enough protein, which can be tricky, so dring protein shakes or eat protein bars.

There is a lot of information on the board already, I followed Zach's advice and it kept me fit and health until I had a transplant.

All the best,
Alasdair

Alasdair,
Good to see you on the board.
And thanks for the kind words.