looking too thin

I get that. I found that simply losing weight by diet alone made me look weedy and skinny. I started lifting heavy about a year ago and now I weigh only a little less than when I was at my top weight, but with a more muscular physique, I look trim and healthy.

Try lifting weight to shape your new slim frame, it may help you look healthy trim rather than sickly trim.

I agree with Jayb0ne - as you get near your target weight (are you sure it's your correct target weight?) you can do some resistance work to shape and contour your physique.

I am a long way off, but I attend a couple of yoga classes per week which includes a lot of torso core body work, pressup type postures (Plank) and many ways to sculpt the body behind the fat before I get there. I am also cycling and I run once a week on the beach nearby and go for a sea swim so I am blessed where I am.

So weights or body resistance exercise - all good for not looking skinny when you hit your target.

All good - go for it. Just a guess - your work colleagues - are they overweight I wonder? Fear? Envy?

Hit the gym and lift some weights or do something like P90X at home.

I like using http://www.cordianet.com/calculator.htm to set a rational goal weight. Google women at different body fat percentages, try to look at a variety, because people don't all look the same, and see what bodyfat percentage you think you want to be. Find your body fat percentage by calipers if you have them, a scale or measuring (try a few calculators and average if you do a circumference based method).

What I like about this is it can tell you what is realistic for you. Plenty of girls my height would think 116 lb is a reasonable goal weight for them, but that is how much lean mass I have, so realistically, I'd have to lose lean mass or go below essential fat stores to get below 130 lb!

As others have said, lean mass is what makes you look "fit" versus "skinny" so if YOU and you alone think you look too skinny, you should try lifting weights and eating at least at maintenance to do a "recomp" (trying to lose fat while gaining muscle)

Some people feel so badly about themselves that they want every person around them to feel badly too. These people are seeing you make positive changes in your life and it makes them feel worse about themselves so they say **** like this to bring you down.

Maybe they don't mean to do but I've had people do this to me. I enjoy running. I've had people say to me, "you're going to hurt your knees with all of that running", or "I only run when I'm being chased", or my favorite "what are you running from?". All of these sound like innocent responses or questions. But in reality, these questions or statements are designed to get me to stop running. Why would a friend want me to stop doing something that I love and makes me feel great? I"m not hurting anyone. The only logical answer is, it somehow makes them feel bad about themselves and guess what, THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM, it's theirs.

So keep doing what you're doing if it makes you feel good. Don't let someone else impact decisions that you make for yourself. Switch up your routine to incorporate more lifting if you want, but make sure you're doing it for the right reasons. Good Luck!!!

People are asking my husband if he is sick or using drugs...lol. I think when people are used to seeing you look one way for so long and then you change so much outwardly, I wonder if it's just something they have to get used to. I have a ways to go before anyone says I look too thin.....but am looking forward to it!!!

Are they just saying you look too thin or is it more than that? If I called someone "sickly" I would mean that their skin looked sallow, that they had shadows under their eyes, that in general they just didn't have that healthy glow. If that's the case it might be worth looking at your diet and checking you have enough protein and vitamins and so on.

This was true for me.... When I reached goal, my face was very thin. After about 6 months, it was like things readjusted and I didn't look as thin in the face. I have heard many other people says the same thing.

I get that. I found that simply losing weight by diet alone made me look weedy and skinny. I started lifting heavy about a year ago and now I weigh only a little less than when I was at my top weight, but with a more muscular physique, I look trim and healthy.

Try lifting weight to shape your new slim frame, it may help you look healthy trim rather than sickly trim.

^This unless you do lift, I can't tell by your photo but you might have muscles we can't see. I personally don't want to just lose fat, I want to gain muscle and have some firmness and good muscle tone. Like I said, I can't tell from you pic sweetie. denise

Since losing 30 lbs I have been told by numerous people (mainly coworkers) that I look sickly and too thin. I'm 5 lbs away from my goal weight but the comments make me want to stop, sick is not the look I'm going for. Anyone else have similar issues after losing the weight

Here is what I posted about a month ago or less.
I continue to get Oh my goodness you are so skinny is your health OK. I am starting to think there is some
under lying health issues. I have a physical next month and I can't wait. I need to be able to tell people for
sure that I have just worked hard and ate right with 100% assurance. Just to note I am losing weight with
out really trying. Well I am eating good nutritional food and exercising
Here is my question is it because I got my body to a point that my metabolism is high
and burning fat naturally? I have good muscle tone and people are always commenting on my muscle tone.

Some Facts: 5'7" around 150-155 depending on the day

I can't wait until my physical.!!!!!!

Are they just saying you look too thin or is it more than that? If I called someone "sickly" I would mean that their skin looked sallow, that they had shadows under their eyes, that in general they just didn't have that healthy glow. If that's the case it might be worth looking at your diet and checking you have enough protein and vitamins and so on.

I have a thin build anyway and carry my extra weight in my stomach. When I started at 185 my waist was 29" and now is 26", try finding men's jeans in that size. So the weight comes off places that I don't need, like my arms and legs. I'm only eating fruits and veges and lean protein and haven't any ( junk) for 2 months. I think that most people haven't seen me at this weight.

Wow, a 26 inch waist on a guy is pretty small. You must have an unusual build that your waist was only 29 even at 185.
I echo those saying to do more weight training.

Also, why have several women on here automatically assumed this is a post by a female, lol ?

Ive lost 13kg and am now a healthy 65 kg at 170cm.

My co-workers are always telling me I look too skinny. Its not true, they are just concerned that I am overdoing it and its easier to say than, You are looking fat!

But are you not eating carbs at all ? That might be the problem? Im sure its not good to completely cut carbs?

Doesnt it mean ur body is only burning fat? and not glucose for energy?

It's likely not you, but them. It may be true that some people say that because they are jealous or "haters", but more likely it's because they are used to seeing the larger you every day and their minds make them think you look too skinny now. Especially when it's very noticable in the face. They just need to get used to it.

I also lost 30 lbs and got the same comments from some friends and family at first. They would tell me not to lose anymore weight, and some actually treated me like I was fragile. Of course many of those people think a healthy man is 265 lbs with a beer gut and chronic mysterious back problems (which must be from playing high school football 20 years ago)
Now that it's been over a year, I don't really get those comments anymore and some of them even treat me more like a role model for their own fitness or weight loss.

I trust that you've done some research and have a good feel for what a healthy weight and build is for you. Just give those other people time to get used to the new you.

i get it all too much, but ya know, i'd rather be "too thin" in someone's eyes than be a perfect weight. Many people told me to stop at 160-165 pounds, but i got to 150 and put on 5 lbs anyway, so it was much safer to lose more weight and eventually put some back on. not bad

It also may be that they have not adjusted to your new "look". I lost 50 lbs and people said I was too skinny (5'10" 180 lbs) which I'm not, but after 6 months of staying the same I didn't get the comments.