 [ Symptoms ] is my new girlfriend allergic to me i mean in a medical way [ Disease ] first off congratulations on your weight loss i think you have a couple of choices right now you can focus on maintaining your weight with healthy habits instead of losing as you deal with your back issues and surgery in order to lose weight you will need to lower the calories you take in to make up for the lack of activity it is best to do this with professional help such as a registered dietitian or through a medically supervised program i do not know how much weight you have to lose the calories you have been taking in or the state of your health which are all factors to take under consideration i think the first choice makes the most sense because lowering your calories without exercise can slow down your metabolism you can also see a physical therapist to get ideas for exercises you can do i encourage you not to go back to old eating habits and use this as an opportunity to live a healthy lifestyle without focusing on weight you may be tempted to eat because of your situation but if you can maintain your weight and learn how to deal with stress in a healthy way that is true success and just because you are not losing weight now does not mean you will not be able to in the future good luck carrie i had spinal fusion surgery 12000 l4 l5 s1 regrettably so i just cringed when i read your post i have been living in constant agony worse than prior to surgery i have 6 screws and 2 rods i was told last week that the hardware has weakened so i continue the blocks which are painful especially when the medicine goes down the nerve of my leg severe pain there too if that fails i may have to do surgery again which i will not weight gain up the ying yang and exercising is difficult i wish you the very best if you had it done if you have not really think about it