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I had my gastric sleeve 8/2011. I began at 290 lbs. I have hit my plateau at 180 pds but then began losing again. I am now down to 129 lbs. I feel as if I have lost too much weight. I am eating all day as of yesterday. I take Periactin, a appetite increasing pill. I am drinking ensure and Protein Shakes also. Has this happened to anyone else? I have had to have Iron transfusions due to anemia and malabsorption. I am at a loss for ideas on what I can do to gain weight. I feel like a skeleton.

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Have you reached out to the nutritionist at your surgeon’s office? I’d make an appointment with them. In the meantime, make sure your meals & Snacks are containing high fat and healthy carbs. Nuts, avocado, full fat dairy are good options.

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If you feel skeletal, perhaps you need to build up muscle? I don’t know your height or body type but maybe you lost too much muscle during your weight loss. Talk to your doctor of course, but I don’t think it’s usually a good idea to put on fat purposely. I did that when people told me I was too thin (at 104 lbs) and proceeded to gain 60 pounds! I’m currently back to 104 and my bones are too prominent for my taste but this time I will either get used to it or build up muscle to improve my figure.

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1 hour ago, AmandaLong said:

I had my gastric sleeve 8/2011. I began at 290 lbs. I have hit my plateau at 180 pds but then began losing again. I am now down to 129 lbs. I feel as if I have lost too much weight. I am eating all day as of yesterday. I take Periactin, a appetite increasing pill. I am drinking ensure and Protein Shakes also. Has this happened to anyone else? I have had to have Iron transfusions due to anemia and malabsorption. I am at a loss for ideas on what I can do to gain weight. I feel like a skeleton.

I dropped down to 118 at one point, which was too thin for my comfort. I added more fat and carbs and that took care of itself! I still didn't eat junk food, my extra fat/carbs was in the form of granola, sweet potatoes, nuts, avocado, etc. I've always been very carb-sensitive, so reducing or adding carbs works really well to throttle my weight loss up or down.

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I agree with @kristieshannonsuggestion of contacting your dietician to develop a healthy eating plan. How many calories a day are you eating? What’s your activity like? How tall are you? What body type are you?

I have a smaller frame, am 5’3” tall, not overly active & weigh about 106lbs. I’m happy with my weight & how my body looks. I’m slim but not bony (can feel my bones but they don’t protrude). But that’s me. We’re all different & we have to find the weight we feel happy at.

To maintain my weight I added additional whole & multi grain carbs like @Jaelzion & more fruit & vegetables. (I would have added seeds & nuts but they make me windy 😁.) I eat three meals a day & snack 4 or 5 times. This allowed me to increase my calories to a point I maintain while still ensuring all I eat has nutritional value. I still takes ages to eat but it does allow me to eat a slightly larger portion size (3-4oz Protein & more vegetables) & therefore a few more calories.

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