Skinny people problems

[shedo82773 1,236]

OzRoo, I have the same problem with shaving my pits!! What is the Brazillian Laser treatment? Is it painful? Does it cost an arm and a leg? I also have the knee's going on after I lost 124#'s my knee's started killing me found out it is Arthritis!! Which makes them even more boney!! I sleep with a oblong pillow between them at night. When I ask my Dr why the Arthritis started after I had lost my weight he said, that if it had flared up before that I would be in a wheelchair!! SCARY THOUGHT. I also have a tail bone that kills me now. Had to buy pillows for my recliner and my car seat!! I freeze to death where before I was so very HOT and everyone else was cold!! We are thinking of buying an Electric Blanket for this winter. I won't say that I wished I had WLS years ago because I really don't think I was ready for it. Plus with all the practice Dr's have had and the support from the internet I'm glad I waited. I know 3 people that had the old Stomach Stapling and one gained every # she lost plus, one is sickly and doesn't take care of herself. (Mentally she is a wreck) The other has so many health problems and has gained a significant amount of weight back. So I'm happy I waited until now. I did have some problems with Strictures but all is great now!! If you were to ask me if I would do it again I would have to say with everything in me IN A HEARTBEAT!!! I will just deal with the boney stuff small price to pay to be HEALTHY AGAIN!!

[Browneyedgirl41 176]

Oh, and re sweats or feeling cold .....

The only time I felt cold was during European winters, many, many years ago.

I have a thyroid disease, and I always did sweat when I was slim, when I was obese and sweat again now, when I am heading back to being slim again.

My thyroid has been doing cartwheels before, and is still making me sweat now, after my 3rd med dose adjustment.

I live in air-conditioning, other people freeze, but not me

I long to feel cold! Can always put more clothes on, turn up the heating.

With feeling hot so much, even sitting naked would not fix this for me ......

And I live in the hottest and humid state in Australia ......

And summer is coming .......

Check your thyroid ladies, it does affect the internal furnace.

The first thing I did was have my thyroid checked when I put on 50 lbs in 2 years. Turns out it is working perfectly fine. It was the 4 pints of ice cream per week I was eating! Lol!

I long to feel cold again too. I live in southern AZ. It's warm here nearly year round as I know it is in many parts of Australia too. Our summers are ridiculously hot. I know once I drop some weight it will make me more comfortable.

[OzRoo 1,492]

@@shedo82773

" OzRoo, I have the same problem with shaving my pits!! What is the Brazillian Laser treatment? Is it painful? Does it cost an arm and a leg? "

This laser slightly burns, but it is not unbearable, and each session was very quick. You get special lotion to put on, and really one hour later you don't feel anything.

I bought a package for $39 AUD for 1 treatment. I had 8 treatments that included arm pits, pubic hair and in between buttocks.

Each treatment was initially spaced 1 per month, then as the little hair got weaker and started completely disappearing, I went every 6 weeks.

It was done in a Laser Clinic. You can find out and check out laser clinics in your area, and enquire if they do pits only.

Please let me know, and I am curious re prices in your area too.

[OzRoo 1,492]

@@Browneyedgirl41

Yes, the ice-cream, demon food, will pile the weight on .....

Glad your thyroid is good!

I lived in Sydney before, and the climate was just right for me.

In Queensland, I really have been suffering from the heat and humidity. Summers last 6 months here!

My hyper-thyroid and gaining 90 Ib in 2 years made it so much worse, practically unbearable.

Lately, I started feeling a bit cooler at times, and like you, I am waiting to be more comfortable.

Good luck to Us!

[Browneyedgirl41 176]

@@Browneyedgirl41

Yes, the ice-cream, demon food, will pile the weight on .....

Glad your thyroid is good!

I lived in Sydney before, and the climate was just right for me.

In Queensland, I really have been suffering from the heat and humidity. Summers last 6 months here!

My hyper-thyroid and gaining 90 Ib in 2 years made it so much worse, practically unbearable.

Lately, I started feeling a bit cooler at times, and like you, I am waiting to be more comfortable.

Good luck to Us!

I've been to Sydney to visit and loved it. The Opera House was amazing and the cruise ship harbor area is one of the nicest I have seen. So pretty. I had only seen on TV before when they show the fireworks on New Year's Eve. It was very cool to see it in person.

I watch The Real Housewives of Melbourne and now I am obsessed with going there- but I'm not going until I lose some weight so I can dress chic and do some shopping! My husband was born and raised in India, so next time I visit my in laws, it would be easy to plan a trip to Australia since it's close. Last time we stopped in Dubai for 4 days on our way home. It was incredible!

Ugh. Thyroid issues can wreak havoc on your weight. I hope you've got it under control.

[OzRoo 1,492]

@@Browneyedgirl41

I lived in Sydney most of my life, and yes, it is a fabulous city with great beaches.

I am now on the Gold Coast, which I call a miniature version of Sydney.

Hope you can start buying chic clothes soon. And visit Melbourne as well.

I have had so many thyroid issues, and this made my recovery from WLS much harder, I am now on 1/2 dose of my med, and starting to sleep better and have less nasty headaches, so fingers crossed.

Haven't had issues with weight-loss, just my med was getting too strong with each weight-loss, this was making me Hyper-thyroid again.

Anyway, another blood test in 6 weeks time, and maybe this time it will be better.

[mngreeneyes 674]

@@Raynbolite

My experience was that it snuck up on me. I had surgery in November. It wasn't till July that I really noticed I was colder. I noticed it in the reduction of AC over the summer. It was our hottest July on record or close and I spent about half what I did last year on AC. Last summer I would sit in my livingroom with the window AC full blast in the bedroom right next to me and still be sweating. This summer I rarely set my AC above a 5 out of 10 and wasn't sweaty anywhere in my apartment! I also slept under blankets (light ones) all summer! I am a little concerned about making it through a Minnesota winter, but I can always put more clothes on. Sweating is so unattractive!

pam

[mngreeneyes 674]

What pi$$es me off are the people that say..... your too thin you need to gain weight... F*ck them. Friday night i had a relative that had not seen me in a while asked if i were sick..... Hell no, im great.... Never better. You know the old question..... Cancer, Death or divorce...

I had the funniest thing happen related to this the other day. I was at a work function and someone commented on how I was getting too skinny. That person knew about my surgery and was paying me a compliment. One of my coworkers who also knows about my surgery quickly came to my defense thinking that the compliment was actually an insult and didn't want me to feel bad so she said, Pam has been working very hard to lose weight and is doing great. I had to let her know that I appreciated the defense, but it was a compliment! I have the best coworkers!

pam

[Alex Brecher 10,512]

@@rydersmama, congratulations on developing all of these new problems! And thanks for this great thread.

Yes, being cold without 100 lbs of fat to insulate is definitely a problem that didn’t exist before weight loss surgery! It’s nice that I can fit into the extra layers of clothing that I need, though!

Another one is the annoyance of people telling me that I don’t need to… “You don’t need to watch what you eat.” “You don’t need to skip dessert.” “You don’t need to work out so much.” Well, yes, actually, I DO need to! That’s how I am able to maintain my weight loss! It is so flattering that people see me as someone without a weight problem, but it is annoying when they think I can maintain my weight without any effort – almost nobody can, even most people who have never been overweight work really hard to prevent weight gain!

All these “skinny people problems” are such beautiful reminders of how far I have come, and I wouldn’t trade them for anything.

[Emswe 1]

OMG. I came here exactly for THIS. I've lost almost 100lbs and I still have about 37lbs left. I'm kinda worried about losing more because I am SOO bony now it hurts to sleep cause my hips have no cushion and they dig into my MEMORY FOAM mattress. I can't even contemplate laying down on the hard ground. My collar bones stick out and are very prominent, and I have to be careful when sitting on a toilet seat cause my tailbone whacks the back of the seat if I don't sit a bit forward. I'm freezing ALL the time. I was always cold even at 300lbs, but now it's intolerable. (My thyroid has been tested & is fine.)

Let me be clear, I am in no way already skinny. I still have heavy rolls (not just skin) on my belly and significant back and thigh fat still. But all my joints are extremely bony.

My question is this: is this normal for thinner people or do I just genetically have a big frame bone structure? OR... is that we really do get "big bones" from being obese for so long? I know the concept of big bones is mostly a myth, "I'm not fat, I'm big boned" but I'm wondering if our bone structure adapts to our extreme weight. I've been morbidly obese since I was 12 so I honestly don't know what my bone structure should be like and if this is normal. (My mom & both grandmas are/were also morbidly obese their whole lives.)

Highest weight: 2010, 320lbs

PSW: 2019, 287lbs

Current Wt: 192lbs, Goal Wt: 155lbs

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[omrhsn 621]

On 9/24/2016 at 12:57 PM, rydersmama said:

First off, I'm not calling myself skinny...yet...but I've noticed a couple of things with my body that I'm surprised about that I wasn't expecting since I've lost so much weight.

First off...how the hell do you shave your armpits when they've turned into a cave?? I swear, my armpits are so sucked in now, it takes me 15 minutes to try to shave them....as off tonight, they're pretty hairy because I gave up.

Also, it's uncomfortable to sleep on my side because my now boney knees hurt when they're rubbing against each other....I've tried putting pillows and blankets between them but I can't sleep with that stuff between my legs...sigh.

And don't get me started about my boney butt on hard chairs and toilet seats!!

I am constantly cold and am not looking forward to the upcoming Canadian winter. My husband is already agitated with all the layers I wear to bed as it is.

But even with all these new "problems", I still wouldn't change any of it for the world!!

So what are your "skinny people problems" you weren't expecting??

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Oh my! I'm having exactly all of these problems right now. I can't sit for so long and have to stand up every now and then and take a walk around the office because it hurts to sit. I didn't have this problem a year ago. Having a desk job does not help. I get cold very easily even before my WLS. Luckily I have my own office and I never turn on the air conditioning at all. You can certainly feel the difference when you walk into my office and the open space which feels like the north pole

[hills&valleys 130]

On 9/24/2016 at 7:55 PM, OzRoo said:

Well I was diagnosed with Graves Disease (hyper-thyroid), this is why the sweats came back for me.

They went away after Radioactive Iodine treatment, and they came back after I was losing significant amount of weight.

My Thyroxine levels got too strong, so hyper-thyroid troublesome symptoms came back.

Funnily enough, I was hot yesterday, had ceiling fans going full blast plus air-con.

This morning my fingers are cold ..... just my fingers ..... LOL.

Ceiling fan on low, no air-con right now

Maybe this is a start ...... Cold fingers in the beginning

I was diagnosed with Grave's disease at 20 years old. Because of my age (child bearing years) Radioactive Iodine was not a treatment option and I had to have the majority of my thyroid removed. The stress of a pregnancy destroyed the functionality of the remaining thyroid and I have been on 175 mcg since (30+ years) but still have trouble maintaining adequate T3 levels even when taking T3 directly. Medications can never fully replicate God's design and as a result my metabolism has never recovered completely. To stay thin, I became a master of deprivation and an extreme carb-phobic.

Until 2012, I "dealt" with "skinny people problems". As far as underarm hollows, it may take time to increase your flexibility, but raising your arm with your elbow behind your head alleviates the hollows. The issue of hip bones, bony knees & rumps, etc., we become so accustomed to extra padding we forget that this is how our bodies are supposed to be. As overweight people, few of us have the layer of muscle and the thin layer of FIRM fat the human body should have. When we lose excessive weight, we lack the muscle and the fat that remains is loose and contained within loose skin so it "parts" like the Red Sea when pressure is placed on bones. The solution is the bane of our existence.....exercise, specifically weight training to build muscle. Loose skin will always make our "thin layer of fat" loose rather than firm but it sure beats being obese.

As far as feeling cold, I can't speak with any authority. Being severely hypothyroid, I have difficulty regulating body temp (my normal temperature runs 96.4). When i get chilled, it takes an Act of Congress to warm me up. On the rare occasions I get overheated, I am unable to sweat which is the natural mechanism to cool oneself, so I must resort to cold showers.

[Pouchify 10]

When I first got my Lapband and went down to 121lbs, it hurt when I slept as well. All I did was cardio and squats in the gym. My doctor told me it hurt because I needed muscle. So I started lifting and it fixed my problem.

[hills&valleys 130]

On 7/12/2020 at 10:08 PM, Emswe said:

 

My question is this: is this normal for thinner people or do I just genetically have a big frame bone structure? OR... is that we really do get "big bones" from being obese for so long? I know the concept of big bones is mostly a myth, "I'm not fat, I'm big boned" but I'm wondering if our bone structure adapts to our extreme weight. I've been morbidly obese since I was 12 so I honestly don't know what my bone structure should be like and if this is normal. (My mom & both grandmas are/were also morbidly obese their whole lives.)

Highest weight: 2010, 320lbs

PSW: 2019, 287lbs

Current Wt: 192lbs, Goal Wt: 155lbs

People who have been overweight for most of their years, especially during puberty, the skeletal development's major hormonal growth period; do have thicker bones to accommodate the extra weight

[pintsizedmallrat 473]

On 2/4/2023 at 10:42 AM, Pouchify said:

When I first got my Lapband and went down to 121lbs, it hurt when I slept as well. All I did was cardio and squats in the gym. My doctor told me it hurt because I needed muscle. So I started lifting and it fixed my problem.

I've been wondering about this recently because I have ZERO booty whatsoever which means my tailbone is sticking way out and hurts CONSTANTLY.

Sounds like I need to go hit the gym and grow my own butt cushion!