Question:
How do you stop losing

When I went for my 6 months check up I had lost 118. My Dr. said to stop losing. I wanted to lose more!!!I plan on having my stomach and theighs done, that should take off atleast another 10 pounds. I now weigh 167 and 5'10" I do believe the other 10 pounds will be small enough. I tried eating more and when I do I lose more. What do I do?????????    — LeeAnn W. (posted on April 28, 2004)


April 28, 2004
Eat more frequently - 6 small meals a day. Typically, grazing will put weight on.
   — Patty H.

April 28, 2004
I would try gradually adding more carbs and see where your weight stabilizes. Congratulations on your success
   — diannapullen

April 29, 2004
I gained back 10lbs from eating more carbs and junk food. I want to start losing again. Good luck!
   — Sandy M.

April 29, 2004
Reverse the pouch rules. Drink with meals. Graze. Eat refined carbs (well... in moderation anyway as they're not healthy in general!)
   — mom2jtx3

April 29, 2004
I hesitated to answer this, but I'm going to. I've never seen anyone STAY too thin. I've seen many, inc. me, who GOT a lil too thing, by everyon's stds, but there is bounceback. Knowing what I know today, I'd NEVER "try" to gain any back or stop the loss. It will continue to its own level, and then the bounceback occurs. Bounceback is not regain, but a settlin process. The question is then, how much do you want to b e weighing when that 10-16# bounceback occurs? We can't really control the "up" any more than we could the "down" while we're in that mode. I was just talking with someone who is perfect right now at 13 months out, still losing. By mid-summer, she will be a toothpick, but by Thanksgiving, she'll be back here again and freaking out over the holidays. It's just how life goes. Please be sure you are well nourished and avoid them temptation to eat carbs to mess with your loss, because it will. Ohhhhhhhh, it will.
   — vitalady

April 29, 2004
Michelle I AGREE COMPLETELY! As a matter of fact I too was reluctant to answer just like you. I got too thin, then tried to stall loss or gain a few pounds. Now I fight regain. Unless its making someone ill I say let the body decide. Of course I am no MD, but its what I WISH I had done!
   — bob-haller

April 29, 2004
Another thing I wanted to add is that after 6mo your body will naturally slow down on losing anyways. I have read many Q&A's and profiles and it seems be the first 6mo that everyone loses the majority of weight. I also was told by my Surgeon to slow down at my 6mo post-op visit, I am 5'5 and had lost a 103#, but it took 7mo to lose my last 30# to hit goal and now I struggle not to gain anymore than the 10lbs I already have and I never lost 1lb after my TT, I have actually been gaining since then. Your body will know and you will know if you become sickly. We know everyone is different. Good luck :o)
   — Sandy M.

April 29, 2004
Ditto, precisely, what Michelle said. At six months post-op, it is wayyy too soon to announce, "I'm through!" in terms of setting a goal. It takes wayyy longer for your body to settle in on a particular weight, and even at one weight (when it truly stabilizes), things shift around quite a bit, given *time*. Then, there's bounceback, which I originally dreaded, and now no longer fear. I look better with the extra ten pounds I freaked out about after bottoming out too low. Took me almost two years to get here, though.<P> Fast weight loss seems to create a false sense of urgency. You get the best results with plastics if you wait a good while and be sure that your weight is truly stable, and that your skin has done all the adjusting it's going to do on its own.<P>My weight stabilized, too thin, for about six months, and then I had bounceback, aided by indulgence in sugars I allowed myself to eat wayyyy to much of after I got too thin. For six months, this produced no raging addiction or weight gain, but after that, it did. With due respect, do not reverse the pouch rules. You will have a tiger by the tail, and a devil of a time undoing the damage.<P>My skin also has bounced back quite a lot on its own -- not enough for me not to want plastics, but what I would've wanted for "plastics" at 8 months out (when I reached my original goal), 12-18 months out (when I overshot it and parked low for awhile), and what I want now (at almost 2 years post), are all different things.<P>Finally, do not count on plastics as a way to get to a particular number on the scale. I lost a little more than you have (130 pounds), am a tad shorter (5'7"), and my plastic surgeon doesn't expect to get more than pound or two off of me surgically when I have my LBL this summer. Even if he's off by a little, it won't be ten pounds (nor do I want to lose weight -- I just want things arranged differently!). Often, I think people experience more weight loss after plastics because they simply weren't done losing quite yet.
   — Suzy C.

April 29, 2004
I was worried about the same thing lately. I am almost 2 years out and 5'6, 128 pounds. I don't want to lose anymore so I've added some more carbs to the diet. I know everyone freaks out about carbs, but there are good things about carbs in moderation just like anything else. I've stabalized in the past 3 weeks or so, so I think I'm good. Try not to worry because it does seem to stabalize just like everyone says. And if you are working out, you may gain a few pounds of muscle which is a good thing! Good luck!
   — emilyfink




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