No, not having a uterus would not make one more muscular-having more muscle through abdominal exercises would make one more muscular.

However, if you are talking about having a hysterectomy, and physically not having one because of that, then you also get into the discussion or hormonal issues from the forced menopausal symtoms, which can make some women more resistant to weight loss-which is another issue.

Holy cow. Starvation? Malnutrition? Gosh, I never thought of that.

Makes sense, yanno, because I only eat when I'm hungry and only until I'm full. But I see it clearly now: my doctor and the lab tests and the hematocrit could've easily missed all that. :)

Ohhhhh, I jest. Just jokin' around. I understand what you're saying, appreciate your suggestions and am taking your advice. I'm adding spoons of peanut butter to my routine. Don't need to work up an appetite to do that.

Guys, I'm not exactly running up and down stairs or putting my calories on fire. I'm limited with any exercise that puts weight on my legs because of knee defect (bone thing). My husband assures me "It's not a bug, it's a feature." (old joke about Microsoft software)

Wouldn't one get colds and flu and experience other noticeable maladies if malnourished?

Another serious question: Wouldn't a malnourished person be dreadfully hungry? I lost weight by changing what I eat. I don't DO hunger. Frankly, I find it very disagreeable and distracting. Besides, it makes me grouchy. I can't fathom how so many impoverished people deal with ongoing hunger, let alone people who undergo it willingly. I have the utmost respect for those who do.

I believe in vitamins - almost to a superstition. Everyday I take Vital Earth's amazing liquid vitamins, fulvic acid, calcium/magnesium and their bone supplement formula. One of my children, the health nut, gives me a year's supply each Christmas. Cool gift, eh?

Thanks,

Sera
Support sanctions against the despotic Myanmar regime. The people ARE, literally, starving.

Just a suggestion. They were saying that's what Nicole Richie had because she had hardly any weight on her, but sometimes had a bit of a stomach (before she got pregnant), and many speculated it was because she was malnourished.

And who knows? Your doctor could be wrong about your ideal weight, as many doctors and other professionals are from time to time. To me, even for a small-framed female, 96 pounds does NOT seem to be an ideal weight if you're 5'3". My opinion only...take it or leave it. Or you can get a second opinion from a different doctor. :) Take care of yourself

No, not necessarily. If you aren't getting enough to eat, your metabolism shuts down and you stop being hungry. If I go longer than normal without eating, there is a period where I feel ravenous but once I get past that, I stop feeling hungry. It's the very fact that you aren't hungry on 1,000 calories a day that makes me think you aren't getting enough to eat. BTW-I agree with Aphil about adding calories slowly.

This happened to me once as well, because I made the crazy decision to try for an extremely low-calorie diet and I ended up never wanting to eat. My body needed the nutrients but my mind had stopped thinking I needed them. I was eating 300 to 500 calories a day for a while and I never felt hungry. I was still very overweight and thankfully my ridiculous starvation period didn't last that long (I think I did it for about a month or two, which sounds like a LONG time actually). Even if you don't feel hungry, your body probably desperately wants more than 1000 calories.

Malnutrition isn't always obvious. Mostly you have to do the right bloodwork to find many problems. I've had sodium and vitamin D deficiencies in the past and the low sodium level was found in routine blood work, but for vitamin D deficiency they had to do a specific test. I was having very bad leg cramps, and I had test after test to find out why. Calcium, potassium, magnesium..... all were fine. The doctor told me to wear different shoes. It wasn't until several months later that I had a consult with a endocrinologist and she decided to test for vitamin D deficiency. I was given a supplement and leg cramps disappeared.

In high school, there was a time I only ate on weekends (not a weight-loss technique I would recommend). Hunger really was only a problem until my body got used to the pattern, which only took a few days.