To think I’m not going to fade away any time soon?

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I’m now 5 months postpartum and have lost a total of 5kg. My mother is concerned I am going to fade away.

I however would still like to lose more. Do I have some sort of body image distortion issue do you think? Do I look like someone who is seriously emaciated and heading into dangerous territory here?

Ignore your mother, my mother is a bit like this too, but then she also thinks that having a hot meal at lunchtime absolves the need for dinner so you can’t win!

I think you’ve done really well in five months, it took me four years and I’m still not quite there yet!!

I would also ignore your mum and do whatever you want. My mum has something to say about my eating/exercise/body but I just ignore half of it.

You are both very kind. Thank you.

Could be your visible bits look slim! So face, arms(?) maybe?

You're being unreasonable to attach a photo.

No! Your body, your choice. You’d be fine to stay as you are but nothing wrong with losing more of the baby weight.

My health visitor said something similar to me postpartum. To be fair, while my middle was similar to yours, the rest of me was quite skinny. I think my BMI was about 18/19. So.i was quite slight. Not fading away! But the concern was just around making sure I kept my strength up. I wonder if the same applies to you?.people r likely just wanting you to keep your strength up and ensure u r well nourished as it's a tricky time for mum bodies in the postpartum months.

What's your BMI?.what was it before.pregnancy? And have you lost a lot of weight quite rapidly?

Do make sure you are eating enough and keep your strength up! (to quote my old health visitor!)

It’s impossible to tell from that photo.
is your bmi low? Are you eating well? Are you over exercising? Those matter more than what your stomach looks like

To be honest, your stomach doesn't look like you're carrying extra weight, but I wonder if you have diastasis recti?

"my mother is a bit like this too, but then she also thinks that having a hot meal at lunchtime absolves the need for dinner so you can’t win!"

Are you Jarlath Regan's sister?

I would encourage people not to comment on OP's body in the photo. Posts like this can be used to fuel ED spiralling and we unwittingly become participants.

I am not commenting on whether OP does or doesn't have disordered thoughts regarding her body and food, but it is not worth the risk.

This is exactly what I was like. BMI of 18 and people didn't even realise I'd had a baby. If you're naturally slim then ignore mil and do what makes you happy

You are definitely slim but don't appear emaciated.

Do you think your mum's concern for your weight loss is at all justified? Because it might be. Or she may be a mother who worries unnecessarily. Be honest with yourself. Eating disorders can be deadly and your baby needs you to be healthy.

What's your BMI now? I think that picture is deceptive as your back is curved, looks like you are pushing your belly out. And also 5 months PP you might well be very thin elsewhere but still seeing some changes to your body shape from the pregnancy.
5kg per month sounds a nice steady loss , but has that been every month or have you lost a lot recently?
Are you breastfeeding? And are you eating balanced meals and exercising or existing on some fruit and a yoghurt and starving yourself?

Thanks all. For context this is my third baby and this time the gap between pregnancies was less than 8 months. So I think I probably do have some degree of diastasis recti. I genuinely wasn’t pushing my stomach out here, which I think may be a sign. I’m going to look into this.