Strangled ankles

Y'all are getting to see me in all my glory this week! I don't know if anyone here was ever big enough to have had this happen but I want to ask. As I got heavier my ankles seemed to crease all the way around where the bend is and the lower part of my leg actually touched my foot a little bit. Does that make sense? Like it was sinched all the way around. As I've lost weight, my legs have gotten smaller but my ankles haven't reappeared. It still looks like there's an invisible string tied tight around them, causing that indentation. Has anyone had this and has weight loss helped it to disappear? When I was this weight (on the way up), my legs looked normal so I was hoping that they'd return to the way they were. Foolish idealistic girl, I know. I used to love wearing fitted skirts (with paratrooper boots, that was my style) but I'd like to be able to wear them again and the ankle issue is just too embarrassing. Am I doomed to wear pants forever??

Hmmm...I'm not sure. I do know that my thighs are shrinking (and the skin is incredibly baggy!) but my lower legs don't seem to be disappearing in the same way. I'm not sure why that is. Can we see a picture of you in the paratrooper boots?!?! - Stephanie

I've noticed that most of us RNYers lose our weight from the top down. My face got smaller, then my shoulders, then my boobs...etc. I don't have the same ankle issue, but I have large calves. Though I am getting smaller everywhere else, my calves are still large and my ankles are still pretty thick. Maybe we just need to give it more time. When we are on stalls, our body redistrubutes weight. So the next time you are on a stall, think of it as your ankles getting thinner. Kathy

Hi LuLu, I think I know what you are describing and sadly to say the woman I know who has the same leg situation has lost well on her wls, but her legs/ankles were/are still like that. She showed me her legs one time and the lower leg was still a bit heavy and then all of a sudden right at her ankles they went way in and it was small and her feet, it was as you said, looked like she had a gumband/rubberband around her ankle. Not sure if that is exactly the same as you are meaning, you say a string around them, but hers is just larger calf and then in real far at the ankle and then normal feet. She had her surgery a few years ago, and just recently underwent some PS. One of the things they are trying for this to help it is they did massive liposuction on her calves. She has been looking into PS's the past year or so trying to see about somme type of PS on calves, but there seems to not be any. She is just home from PS a few days ago and doing well over all with everything. I'll be interested to see if the lipo on them has helped her. I wish you luck with your concern, hope that in time with loss things shape up for you!!!

Nope my problem is i don't have ankles...never have never will my legs look like they are attached to my feet....you can barely see the bone....but even way back when...way way back when I was a size 7 (for like one summer when I was 16) I still didn't have ankles. I have really big calfs too...they have gone from 19" to 17.5...but my hips have gone fom 51 to 38...explain that one to me so much for that 36 24 36...hehehe I got 34 31 38 going on YIKES LOL! Mimi