body hurting after losing weight

We lose a mess of weight, and we find ourselves a lot more ACTIVE than we used to be - so yes, we're using muscles and joints and tendons and such that have been more or less DORMANT for a long time!  They're gonna ache.

Yes, there's a lot less padding on our poopers, so those church pews and non-cushioned chairs (and frankly, the Log Chute ride at the Mall of America!) are kinda hurtful these days!  But Johnny Cougar (aka Mellencamp) was on to something when he sang - "Hurts so Good!"  Bring on the butt pain, baby!  It proves my arse ain't all it used to be!!! For me, the knee pain has been a rather significant issue.  I had knee pain before WLS, and yeah - once I unloaded 3+ big honkin' bags of doggie food off my frame, I figured the pain would magically disappear!  But Dorothy at PNC explained it to me this way - for my knee, anyway.  The extra FAT I used to carry around, even in the knee joint, helped CUSHION the joint!  Even tho the weight was crushing, the fat was cushioning.  So now, not only have I lost that extra cush in the joint, but I'm USING it so much more than I used to!    It sucks, but not as much as hauling Sandie and her purse around piggie-back 24/7 sucked!  (Nothing personal, Ms. Sandie  )

 

Yes, I was quite famous for the butt pillow I would bring with me wherever I went. I suggest you go out and buy one. The best kind are at Target, in the luggage department. It's the blow up neck pillows, put the open toward the back. I had one for work, one for the car, and one I brought with me into restaurants, support meetings, etc.  It finally went away after dealing with it for around a year - year and a half. I went to chiro, masseuse and physical therapy.  Good luck.

OMG!!!  I've had three different chairs at work the past month.  My butt is even sore on the coach at home -- and in my beloved car too.  I loved the comfy driver's seat in my car and now I can't get comfortable.  And I always have bruises too.  My hips hurt sleeping at night.....GESH!!!   But it does "hurt so good" like Darla said.  I'll take the trade off --- beats the hurting chest cause I couldn't breathe, or hurting feet from the weight, etc.  It's just my butt's sitting places getting back at me for all the crap I put them through!!! XXOO

I've been hurting quite a bit and will be going into Orth soon to see what they say.  I've having issues with my left side.  One thing the doc said when  mentioned this is that after loosing all the weight our centers of gravity are so different and we carry ourselves differently.  It will take our bodies time to adjust and until we do, things will be out of whack.

Yep, mee too. But my butt still has plenty-o-padding. My problem is my hips.