This never occurred to me until yesterday when I had the strangest thing happen to me...

I work in a very small office that only has 6 people in it. I told none of my co-workers that I was having VSG because quite frankly it was none of their business. When it comes to work life and private life, I keep them as far apart as possible.

I had taken Thursday office from work because I was feeling a little under the weather. When I returned to the office yesterday morning, I was approached by one of my co-workers. She asked me if I was ok. I told her I was fine. She then proceeded to tell me that she was becoming very concerned about me because I was losing so much weight, and she was wondering if I was seriously ill. That comment really caught me off guard. I thanked her for her concern, but assured her I was completely fine.

Ever since yesterday this has really been weighing on my mind. My surgery was done on December 12, 2014 and I have lost a total of 81 lbs. I see posts all the time about people who are worried that they aren't going to lose any weight, but has anyone had an issue with losing TOO MUCH weight?

The last thing that I want is to look too thin to the point of looking emaciated or anorexic. I am currently 39 lbs. away from what I thought was a good "goal weight", but if people are already thinking that I'm starting to look "sick", maybe I should reconsider what a "healthy" weight for me might be.

Has anyone else had these feelings, or actually experienced losing too much?

I think she was just being kinda nosy. lol people esp women at work tend to be gossipy and love something new to talk about. Not saying that she or any of the others were talking bad about you. Maybe they are just very curious to know how you did it. Strut it girl.

I get lots of those comments... "Don't lose any more weight." "You look great the way you are." "You're going to get too skinny." My standard response is a polite, "Thanks! Yeah I'm getting really close to the goal I set with my doctor." And then I keep on keeping on. But now, I'm one pound from the lowest I want to be. So for the first time in 50 years, I actually have to figure out how to stop losing weight. How weird is that?!! But that's okay. Better to figure it out from here than 50 or 80 pounds ago. So one suggestion I got from my "keep carbs as low as possible" doctor, is to add small amounts of starches back in. But very carefully, and only tiny amounts of the starches that you might eat as part of a meal, like brown rice, sweet potatoes, or whole-grain Pasta, but not bread! Stuff that doesn't taste good cold, so you won't be tempted to go grab a handful from the fridge or pantry. And then closely monitor how your body reacts.

Stick to your goal, @@GreenEyes604, and don't let anyone derail your program before you get there just because they're not used to seeing you looking so great!