How much is too much?

Feb 14, 2011

Hi, interestingly... several people have said to me that I shouldn't lose any more weight.  But then I have my Primary Care Doctor and WLS Surgeon telling me that for my height and weight I should be 120 lbs (9 more to go).  I don't know if my friends are saying that because they aren't used to seeing me at this size? or if they are just being kind and sweet.  This surgery for me personally wasn't all about losing weight, it was about getting 'healthy', beating Diabetes & Hypertension.  The weight loss was an added bonus for me. I remember being in the 120's in high school. No one ever told me back then I was too skinny.   Wonder why I'm getting defensive on this.  I'll have to mull this over...

This morning my husband said, "what happens if you keep losing past 120 lbs?"   It made me pause.  At this point I'm not really trying to lose weight.  I eat what I can, still focusing on the protein.  I still have a tough time getting it all in and am still supplementing with protein bullets once a day.  This past weekend I still was experiencing nausea/vomiting and I am still trying to add new foods to my daily intake and seeing what I can tolerate, and what I can't.  I do work out but only to keep or build my muscle back up (daily push ups, sit ups, squats/lunges etc) because I've lost so much body mass those first two months.  I didn't really give him an answer except to say that I assume my body will balance itself out and if it doesn't, I would continue to try to get more calories in.

I guess both of these conversations are "Food for thought" I suppose.

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