Question:
After so much weight loss, do you feel your bones are sticking out?
I am 14 months post op and down to goal weight (142 lbs, started at 269). I had a baby 2 months ago, so I am really noticing these things now. My hip bones seem to big for me now and they stick out. When I wear like low riding jeans, they actually make my hip bones soar. I also feel my ribs so much when I lay down. Is this just because my bones were bigger to compensate for the weight or is it just that I notice it because I am thinner? — emilyfink (posted on August 31, 2003)
August 31, 2003
I only dream of having this problem someday. How nice it must be! -7 weeks
out
— Michele B.
August 31, 2003
I am only a little over 4 months post-op. I started at 232lbs, and I'm at
158. I notice my bones and ribs sticking out already. I went to the
chiropractor the other day, and he said wow you don't need to lose more
weight. Your bones are really sticking out. There is no meat on your
bones. I smiled from ear to ear. I don't think anyone has ever told me
that! I lay down and my ribs stick up instead of my belly... Enjoy it. I
think of it, when I feel my bones, as a feeling of real accomplishment! I
thought I was made up of fat and skin. I haven't felt bones in years!!!
Congrats on the new baby and your weight loss!
— Lisa C.
August 31, 2003
Mine aren't sticking out yet but I definitely can find my hip bones very
easily now. As a matter of fact they seem way too high. LOL
<p>I wonder if the heightened noticeability of the ribs and hip bones
has anything to do with just having the baby. Who knows what all changes
when we carry a baby for 9 months. Just realize it is confirming that you
have done what you were supposed to and instead of having lots of fat to
feel you can find your bones. I know are bones get denser when it is
carrying all the weight but I don't know if they actually get bigger. I'm
guessing not because being as how I carried a LOT of weight I would have a
huge frame and technically I am a medium frame. Enjoy your new found body
and your new baby! Congrats on both!
— zoedogcbr
September 1, 2003
I am loving it. I am 6 1/2 months out, and I feel my hips, tailbone and
ribs. My collarbones have been showing for a few months. My husband
tells me he feels my shoulderblades and ribs along my back!!! I am fairly
large framed, still wearing a 38D bra at 158 lbs.. I only went down 1 bra
size in all this time and losing 90 pounds. I kinda like seeing them as
it causes me no discomfort except for sitting on the tailbone, and since I
will never appear petite, it helps give the appearance of being thinner at
least til this extra skin on my stomach is removed next year. I could
think of worse things to deal with!!!
— Fixnmyself
September 1, 2003
Interesting reading the comments back. I'm only a few weeks post-op and
looking forward to the bone thing (ESPECIALLY collar). It sounds like
bones that are 'exposed' all along (average thin person) gain some
tollerance for being bumped and hit but our bones which have had
SIGNIFICANT padding, are weak little babies. Perhaps they will get
stronger after awhile. 6 months is not a long time to be thinner. I am
only down 30 lbs but noticed last night I had the hardest time bringing the
16 lb kitty litter bag up the stairs. It was soooooo heavy when only 30
days ago, I was carrying two of those all over my body. ...things
that make you go "hmmmm".
— Donya P.
September 1, 2003
Emily, i think we all go through this stage in our journey cuz we were
never use to having bones or seeing them..I to feel my neck bone all the
time and i hate it but noone else notices it more then i do, my husband
just made the comment to me just a few minutes ago that im getting too thin
and i so now im looking at my body and noticing my bones sticking out and
thinking lol ya and the problem is? I can see my bones and not my fat
YESSS thats a plus! however, we must be carefull to not lose to much
weight...we want to be healthy thats our main reason for losing in the
first place...congrats on your new baby and im sure u look fine...btw i
have some hip huggers too i love them!!
— Deanna Wise
September 1, 2003
I know I seem to be getting bruises a lot, especially my shoulders. My
ribs hurt sometimes too, like when lying down. Interesting what pops up
when fat disappears.
— Kimberley E.
September 1, 2003
Yes, my bones do seem to stick out more. Hip bones, bones on my chest
(upper rib cage), collar bones, knee bones! especially at night when they
bang together. It's odd though, because I still have some fat around my
middle and upper back, so how can I be boney AND fat? Weird.
— mom2jtx3
September 1, 2003
Hi, its Emily. Thanks so much for all for the comments. Yeah, it seems
like something I just have to get used to. Maybe my bones are just a
little sensitive for the time being. But, I played lacrosse in college
just 5 years ago at 190 pounds and had two natural childbirths so I should
be able to handle it, right? :)
— emilyfink
September 5, 2003
My bones stick out way more then before surgery. I guess they had so much
fat covering them before, I didn't even realize that I HAD bones!!
— Patty H.
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