Cant stop losing

I'm a little over a year out from surgery, and I am trying to stop losing weight. I just recently broke it off from my 6 year relationship. Which I am happy about but I have lost 6 lbs in the last 2 weeks. I'm so upset. I went to the doctor for my year check up and he said to up my carbs. I try to eat more and get more carbs in, but I'm still losing!!!

Anyone have any advice?

I'm always reluctant to tell someone to actively try to stop losing weight, especially at just 1yr post op. Your ticker says you're at 142lbs~how tall are you?

The reason I'm reluctant is b/c it seems that between 18mths and 3yrs post op alot of people experience that dreaded bounce back regain in weight which seems to be for most about 10-15lbs in regain. I know these pounds drive most people crazy, but I do believe that the body is pretty smart and has a way of knowing exactly where its meant to be. Most of us will lose below where our bodies are comfortable and then the body takes over and bounces us back some. Also, if you're in a stressed state right now, your body will tend to lose, but once that stressful time is over, usually those pounds come back on naturally. Also, at just 1yr post op, you physically look different than you will at 3yrs post op~even at the same exact weight. I'm 5'9" and at 165lbs at 1yr out people kept saying "you look too thin", but then around 18mths to 2yrs things started to soften a bit, weight shifted and readjusted even though I weighed less at about 153-155lbs I just didn't have that "too thin" look anymore.

If you're going to increase your carbs, try to make them good carbs from fruits, veggies, whole grains, etc. What we're all really striving for is to be healthy. How  many calories are you eating daily? What's your exercise routine like?

Anyway, just some things to think about. Good Luck and keep us posted on how things are going for you!

I am 5'5" I am at 124.

I try to get in at least 1200 calories, but it doesn't seem to happen that way all the time. I hardly exercise, I know I need to, but things right now are chaotic. I want to think the same thing about how our bodies know where we need to be, but I continue to get the comments on "you look sickly" "you need to gain some weight back" yada yada yada. 

 

1200 calories at a year out is pretty good. I know its hard some days to get it all in. Do you still use protein shakes at all? This might be an easy way to get a few extra calories in and keep your protein levels up. According to your bmi you're not in the underweight catagory, so I wouldn't worry too much about it, unless you continue losing 6lbs every 2 weeks! And honestly, over the next 6-12mths I think you'll see that "sickly" look begin to disappear as things settle in and your body adjusts to the rapid weight loss. I guess the most important thing is how do YOU feel? Do you feel sickly? Do you feel healthy physically and mentally? Are you taking your vits? Do you have plenty of energy throughout the day? Hang in there and just do the best that you can every day!

My NUTs plan calls for the following to maintain - 30% protein, 40% carbs and 30% fat... I would first check and see where your calories are comming from and see if changing to the 30/40/30 would help. You may need to add additional snacks... personally I eat 3 meals and 3-4 snacks a day in order to meet my caloric goals.
I also suggest getting a metabolism test to find out how many calories *YOUR* body needs. My surgeon/NUTs plan calls for 1000-1200 calories on average, my metabolism test showed I needed 1400-1800 so I had to up what I was eating quite a bit, I drop below 1400 and I will start to lose again. Each person is different and its my feeling the further out you get the more you need to find out what YOU need, most of the information given is 'general guidelines' and not one size fits all ya know?

I agree with Jennifer K.  My surg told me to eat 1000-1200 cals a day to maintain.  I'm 4' 11" and 102 pounds so my BMI is about the same as yours.

Anyway, I had my RMR tested and my RMR is 1252 which means that I need to eat 1500-1700 cals a day to maintain or I will continue to lose!  Big difference from 1000-1200...

Everyone is different and you need to find out what your metabolic rate is so that you can really fine-tune your intake.

It's very difficult to just put the "brakes" on and stop the loss suddenly - you'll just need to slowly increase until you find your comfort zone on calories.

Good luck!

Bekah

I am 5'7" and currently weigh 119lbs.  I have just in the last few months stopped the weight loss.  I more times per day and added in good carbs.  I figure with the 10% to 20% regain that most people have I will end up right where I want to be. 

Chelsea, I agree with Tracy.  Your body will stop losing at some point soon.  The comments you've gotten, I have too.  My lowest was to low for me but I eventually settled in at a good weight.  She is so right also on how the body changes.  Even at the same weight range that I was in at 18 months out, here at almost 4 years out I can see my body structure change.

I'd be hesitate to add to many carbs and get in a cycle of not being able to stop the eating trend that I see happen when to many carbs are added back.  I know for me it's a vicious cycle, one I'm experiencing right and need to come to grips with and do something about.

Eat more calories than your BMR.

When I could not stop losing, the MOST HELPFUL thing I did was to replace any "Light" foods with regular foods.  So out with the Skim Milk, in the Whole...Fat Free?  Dump it and get the regular version.

This added about 600 calories a day to my diet and it was hard to stop thinking in "light food mode."  An advantage to this is that you can go back to the light foods without affecting the volume you eat.

The other thing I did was pick ONE THING and add it to my diet.  So, for example, every day you will stop and get an ice cream cone.  The reason I did it this way was so that I could stop doing that one thing when the time came.  For me: I got a Grande Mocha Frappucino with Whip.  I did eventually stop losing so I stopped with the Frappucinos.  Full foods remain, however.