Shrinking Pains

AliciaStinger

Sorry to hear that. It's great that you're seeing a doctor, and that your doctor recommended a dietician. As others have said, 800 calories is dangerously low, and I'm glad you're seeing someone who can help you set better goals for your body. I hope you feel better soon!

acorsaut89

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It's Dec 16th - that's almost a lb a day - even discounting water weight of about 5 lbs that's still a defecit of 1968 cal/ day - not humanly possible.

What if she was eating 4000 cals a day and now eats 1200. She has a lot of weight to lose so its definitely humanly possible. Take off 5-8 lbs for water weight and waste and its not that crazy at all.

You're right on the calories part. I did cut them down A LOT. I've gone from maybe 4000 to 800. Limited the amount of food I eat, cut out all pop, and junk completely.

So let me buffer this with saying I'm definitely big on removing those trigger foods from reach because it really helps with not eating them if you don't have them. Now for the kicker: Eating 1/5 of what you used to eat will send your body into almost like an anorexic mode/state of being. Anorexia (and its symptoms) are almost always associated with the visually too skinny people, however if you are depriving your body of essential nutrients and foods (AND if you have a goal of losing 126 lbs you need a lot more than 800 cal/day) no matter what you weigh your body will start to eat itself and its lean body mass, or muscle. If this continues, you can experience organ failure, hair loss, brittle nails and bones, and troubles reproductively in the future, not to mention excessive and constant fatigue along with see through or yellowing of the skin. Prolonged VLC diets are so so so so so bad for you I can't even stress that enough.

Annnnnd - for the win - if these symptoms happen to you many of them are irreversible and when you start to have things like losing density from your bones (which includes your teeth) and you realize you cannot change or reverse these symptoms . . . well I have friends who went through this and now they cannot get pregnant because of the stress they put on their bodies, they can't eat whole meals because their stomach has shrunk beyond repair, they have dentures because they're teeth were so brittle from lack of nutrients they couldn't really eat anything but pudding and soft food, their nails are yellow and look like they've smoked packs and packs a day for 25 years - plain and simple: they've destroyed their bodies and they don't get another shot at it.

I cannot support weight loss like this. It's bad for you, mentally and physically and it's promoting unhealthy and unsustainable ways of living. Bodies need fuel to go, it's that simple. If you expect to get the same "output" from 800 calories as you did from 4,000 calories you're in for a major shock

Also - you say >800 calories/day makes you feel ill BUT just 6 weeks ago you could eat 4000+ in a day. I'm curious as to how that happens without having weight loss surgery. I know those who have WLS physically can't eat any more because they will actually be ill, but if it's from a medication, the medication didn't physically change the size of your stomach, it changes the nerves/cravings in your brain telling you to keep eating, and increases the nerves to say you're full and to stop. It will also decrease your want or desire for food, hence the appetite suppressant, not a physical change to the size of your stomach. An appetite suppressant is that you just don't want to eat - maybe you're hungry but you cannot muster the want or desire to actually put food in your mouth. Maybe I'm missing something, but from my research they're two different things.

You need to get help - and hopefully this isn't just trolling.

Trust me... No trolling here. I spoke to my doctor today and I'm being sent for all kinds of tests, and an ultra sound to check my liver. She seemed very concerned about my liver because of previous tests/ultra sounds done. I also told her about the rapid weight loss and she is recommending me to a dietitian as well. Hopefully I can get this resolved. Although it is nice to drop 13lbs after a few years of trying so hard to even lose just 5, all this pain isn't worth it, and I do feel myself feeling much more fatigued.

I would like to eat more but at this point the thought of food alone makes me want to vomit. If I was to go to McDonalds today and order a kids meal, I know that it would fill me up completely. I eat till I am full, and as of late it does not take very much to fill me up. I tried eating a meal where half my plate was a veggie, 1/4 was meat, and 1/4 was a carb, and I barely put a dent in that before I felt full.

If I can ask, what kind of a liver function issue is it?

I have only heard of a couple issues with liver function that cause loss of appetite, and they rarely - like very rarely - appear in anyone younger than about 50.

You didn't mention fatigue before. Any ways, it's just odd to me that you only recently lost the weight (and so suddenly) after years of trying. It took me about 6 weeks of trying to see about a 30lb drop when I first started.

Anyways, best of luck to you in everything.