I'm So Vein

To answer your question, yes, the title of my post is spelled correctly.  Now that I am a year plus out from surgery and willing to actually look at myself in the mirror, I have been noticing a few things I hadn't expected.  Beyond the emergence of my wrist and collar bones, having one chin, not three, and cringing at the flubby skin around my waist and on my upper thighs, I have been most surpised by all the veins I see.  I first noticed them on my arms, but lately they are appearing on my legs as well.  Even when I was in good shape for high school sports I didn't have all these veins showing up everywhere.  It's not a problem...it just seems odd.  Has anyone else had a similar experience?  What else have you noticed that you hadn't expected?

RP

I had gross varicose lumpy veins when I was fat.  Thought they would get better when I lost weight.  So I lost 150 lbs.  They got WORSE!!  I think it was because you could see them more with the fat gone.

So that surprised me.

I also didn't expect all the aches and pains after losing weight.  I lost the sore feet and knees, and gained the sore tailbone and now, creaky hips.  Oh well, still better to have a sore ass than a fat one!

I have noticed the veins as well, but have also noticed tendons...

on my hands/wrists (most noticible when I type or play piano), on the backs of  my knees, my ankles and weirdest of all (I think) is my neck!