M 6 months out and will lose up to about 3 lbs a week lately. I feel like I'm eating all day and don't work out. I want to join the gym, but I'm also scared of losing too much. I'm 159 right now, 9# away from my drs goal for me (though I think I'll probably get myself to 130). Also, I can only eat about 3/4 cup or 1/2 a sandwich or a whole banana (slowly). Is this normal? How much could y'all eat? What should I do?

What should you do? Exercise. For me, the goal is to improve my health and, hopefully, lifespan. Exercise is a major component of a healthy lifestyle. If you start losing too much, you can up your calories.

That is a fairly normal consumption 6 months out I think. consider yourself lucky that you are losing that fast still! Anyway, I guess I would discuss concerns with your doctor or probably even better, your nutritionalist! It is pretty easy to add calories without adding bulk... nuts for example. Another example is that there are some very high calorie Protein bars out there.

I personally agree with the idea that there are alot of good reasons to exercise, not for calorie burn but also helps with maintaining muscle and bone strength - long term healthy benefits.

be thankful! Its not always going to be this easy!! :-)

I wonder sometimes because I had my surgery Nov. 2nd and 3 weeks and 2 days later I can eat a Talipia (fish) filet and small sweet potato patty (the circular patty is about the size of the bottom of a bisquit can) .. Sometimes I wonder if that's more than I should be able to eat. However sometimes it varies and I can only eat half of the Talipia filet. That is either for lunch or dinner...then later I'll have some cottage cheese and a few canned peach slices...then rarely I'll have a small thing of Eazy Mac. Either way right now I'm getting about 800 calories a day and just started walking.

Don't get me wrong, I want to exercise!!!!! First things first to tone my saggy bottom. It wasn't saggy when I was bigger!

Also, when does your brain and your eyes get on the same page? I know I've lost a lot of weight, but when I look in the mirror I still see fat frump..

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Start doing before and after pics of urself side by side. I was like that also until I did this. Now I do them all the time just to remind myself that I've come a long way and be thankful for the lost I have so far