can weight loss make me sick?

PrinceHibiya
PrinceHibiya Posts: 3
in Health and Weight Loss
Its been almost a full year of dite and exorcise for me. I started at 147lbs (I'm 4'10 if that matters) and now after 10months I am at 109 I was dropping weight at what I thought was a fast rate. On a good week I lost between 3 to 4lbs otherdays it stayed the same. I propbably don't eat more then 1000 calories a day. Since I lost a lot of the weight my period had became regular rectly back in august but this month I didn't have a period I am a week late no pregncy symtoms but I read somewere that if your underweight then you don't have a period because you body doesn't think your fit enough to have children. So I guess the whole question is am I lossing weight too fast that its going to make me/is stopping me from having a period?

Please help.

Oh p.s its not like I am starving myself to loss weight ether I never eat a whole lot of food to begin with because I am almost never hungry. I did replace all the bad food with healthyer options I even started getting organic foods. Every once in a blue moon I get taken out to eat but even then I don't go all crazy.

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  • VeinsAndBones
    VeinsAndBones Posts: 550 Member
    O.o double thread? Yes weightloss can make you sick... Eat too little your body will eventually begin to falter, weakened immune system, muscle loss organ loss ect...
  • OMGeeeHorses
    OMGeeeHorses Posts: 732 Member
    You need to eat about 1200 as the lowest possible. Unless being watched by a doctor. typically they want you to loose 2lbs a week. I remember when I lost 10lbs in 1 week when working with a nutritionist. She freaked out and upped my calories because that was way TOO FAST.

    I would suggest eating maybe an avocado.. Very healthy and 250 calories for 1. Helps me whenever I am WAY low on calories for the day :)
  • PrinceHibiya
    PrinceHibiya Posts: 3
    Yeah sorry about that I'm don't have a computer at the moment and am doing this though my phone. I take vitemen supplaments.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    The reason your missing periods is because YOU are NOT EATING ENOUGH!!!! Your body needs fuel, whether your hungry or not!!! See a doctor ASAP!!!
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    Chronic malnutrition can manifest as a depressed immune system and missed periods.

    You're not eating enough and have been losing weight too quickly. Eat more. Seriously. You are putting your health seriously at risk.
  • gigglesinthesun
    gigglesinthesun Posts: 860 Member
    what you describing are symptoms of malnutrition. I would get some blood work done to determine just what exactly is missing aside from the periods and after that perhaps consult with a nutritionist to see how to diet 'better'.

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