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I started out right at the 40 BMI mark and am already at 35 pre-surgery. I am curios if anyone has lost too much weight. I REALLY want to get back to a healthy size after 10 years of being a plus size; however, I am not a fan of too skinny. Has anyone had to deal with the problem of not being able to stop losing weight?

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Sorry... I meant to put LOSE in the title, not "lost"

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im interested to know the answer to this too!! my BMI was 33.3 when i had surgery im now 30, and 3 weeks out. I idealy want to be around 22 or 125lb and like you are not wanting to be super skinny! iwas beginning to think about what i can do to maintain at that weight once i get there.. so I hope someone has an answer!

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Well for me if I stick to my eating plan during weight loss, yes, I could continue to lose weight. I find that I have to eat more food, some times higher calorie to prevent this.

To the one poster that wants a BMI of 22, that seems to be a low weight have you thought you may be too skinny at this weight?

For me right now my BMI is just under 25(normal) and I have very little fat and I do have loose skin, it is what it is as they say. As you get closer to your goal you may change what you want to weigh.

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sleeve master you are right!! i have just checked what my BMI would be at 125lbs and that is 23.5 so thats better I am small framed and 5ft 2. I agree I may change as I get closer to my goal, I would like to be a US size 6 which is a UK size 10. that would be perfect for me. I seem to be stalling a little at the moment but i am told that happens at 3 weeks? i am also transitioning onto pureed (which I am struggling with!) thank you Kat for asking this question! sleeve master.. i am interested what sort of higher calorie foods do you eat in order to maintain? thanks Rachel

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Well for me if I stick to my eating plan during weight loss, yes, I could continue to lose weight. I find that I have to eat more food, some times higher calorie to prevent this.

To the one poster that wants a BMI of 22, that seems to be a low weight have you thought you may be too skinny at this weight?

For me right now my BMI is just under 25(normal) and I have very little fat and I do have loose skin, it is what it is as they say. As you get closer to your goal you may change what you want to weigh.

I know my BMI is a little lower than the norm for this surgery, but I have been over 200 and plus size for 10 years. I am very active and love healthy food, I just cannot portion control--aside from having a slow metabolism. So, I believe (or I have convinced myself) that this surgery is right for me. I guess what I want to know, is that if there comes a point where I have hit my ideal size (I am almost 5' 7" and medium framed, so a 6/8 looked good on me back in the day), what do I have to do not to look sunk in and/or too skinny?

Amazon, what you said sounds simple enough: in a nutshell, just consume higher calorie foods?

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