Losing weight but not knowing why...

My problem isn't a serious one-- some might even say that it is a good one-- but it is puzzling to me.  I'm 4.5 years out of RNY surgery.   I'm still a food junkie.  I'm still a carbaholic.   I'm still hooked.  I still like to eat.  I was over 310 at my highest and down to 150 at my lowest after RNY.  Now, 4.5 years later, I'm used to balancing at 169 and hitting 174 every month for a day or two like clockwork.  I've been at these levels for over 18 months, not much fluctuation either direction.  One of the main things that was different for me from other RNYers was that *** I never lost my appetite *** after surgery.  True, I couldn't eat as much and, true, some things I couldn't eat at all after surgery but the urge to eat, the 'God, that looks good!' remained as strong as ever.  Until recently.... 4.5 years after everyone else, I've weirdly reached this level of 'food sounds good, I'm just not interested right now.'  Today I ate a 490 calorie breakfast and a 400 calorie lunch... and I am done.  Carbs aren't causing a binge/want more! reaction (english muffin as part of breakfast & six inch veggie sub for lunch).  I lost 2 pounds last month and 4 pounds so far this month.  What's different in my life? 1)  Well, I'm eating breakfast most days.  But I've tried that before for several months in a row and it never made me fabulously 'uninterested' in food or carbs.  2) My vitamin D level is in the acceptable range probably for the first time in my life.  Earlier this year it hit sub-basement and I became this teary eyed, irrational, mood-swingy creature that had virtually no memory and most doctors tried to tell me that I was entering 'that time of my life'.  My nails split and cracked, cold sores appeared, muscles ached & life, in general, sucked.  Then a vitamin test indicated the low vit-D and major supplements were added and here I am, 8 months later, with perfect nails, a happy attitude, no signs of menopause.  The only other difference I can think of is 3) chia seeds.  I've been eating these because they are low in carbs and can be used as a hot breakfast cereal.  Some studies have suggested that they can aid in weight loss because they swell in water and provide a 'coating' effect in the intestines so that carbs are not absorbed as much.  Who knows?  Maybe that is true for me.  However, if it worked as well as the ads claim, I'd think that we would have all heard of 'the great Chia seed colon cleanser Hollywood diet' by now.  Anyway, like I said-- this isn't a bad problem.  I'm just half afraid that I must have cancer because this is totally alien to the way I've always reacted to food.  Any insights?

No insight at all but it might be time to buy stock in chia seeds...j/k.

No advice, but wanted to say hello I haven't seen you in a long time.

Hi! :)

Interesting. I've seen ppl lose their over-abundant interest in food when all their nutrients are pretty well balances. I thought I was the only one of us who lost interest in all food!

I just got labs yesterday, and oddly, my thyroid derailed and is running in hyperdrive right now. ??? I changed nothing. I'll fix it, but it explains continual dropping.

I have some other things out of whack a little, but they're not nutritional in nature.

I popped into my PCP's office yesterday to see if we're in the age group of ppl who need H1N1 shots. I saw a cup of Tootsie Pops (OH BOY!) so a good sign. But they turned out to be pens with various football helmets on the tops! LOL I guess that's good that I saw them as food, even though I avoid sugar. LOL

Makes me feel a lil crazy.

Fixing your D could well reduce a rampant appetite. There's so much more to vitamin D than was known prior ro 2007, it's mind boggling.

When I was at the doctor's office and they diagnosed me rock-level low in Vitamin D and my forward thinking doctor said, "this could be it!" I kind of poo-pooed the idea.  However, over the last few months, I've actually watched a horizontal spot between bad fingernail and good fingernail grow out and when the last of the "bad" was filed away, the "good" is amazing.  Plus my mood and mental dexterity are SOOOOO different.  I will never under-estimate the importance of Vit-D again!  Who knows?  My waning interest in food & carbs started about the same time that the last of the bad nails grew out.  Maybe it is Vit D.  Glad to see that you are still doing so good!