Getting creeped out by my own body

Has anyone else had unexpected body image issues after surgery? I anticipated a lot of loose skin, which I have, but that's not the problem. The issue is that I've been overweight since I was 6, and now for the first time in my life, I'm seeing things like my collarbones, hip bones, ribs, shoulders, neck muscles, leg muscles/tendons, etc. I get an actual shiver of discomfort every time I accidentally see or touch one of these areas that "sticks out" now. It doesn't help that my husband's going through the same thing, so his body is creeping me out too. (He has a HUGE frame, so weird things like his sternum even stick out!)

I've talked to my therapist about it, and she thinks it'll just take time to get comfortable with my "new normal" (after all, I had 30 years to get used to the old version). Patience has never been one of my virtues. I just wanted to see if anyone else had this weird discomfort too. Most of the posts I see about body image are either lamenting loose skin or celebrating the very things that are creeping me out.

This is exactly what I am experiencing!! I can see the veins in my arms and neck and when I stretch I can see ribs through my chest wall. I have never seen these on my own body before and it is a real mindf*ck.

Thank you; it helps a lot to know I'm at least not alone!

My collarbones freak me out every once in a while, even now...and seeing my breastplate underneath my skin-that is still weird to me. 

Wow, even a couple years down the line, huh? I guess we didn't get used to the old way overnight, so I'm going to have to learn to be patient.

Being able to see the veins in the back of my hands SERIOUSLY squicks me out, doubly so if I feel my hand bones. Hips and ribs I can deal with, but something about hands is super weird!

My work BFF (who had VSG last December) and I were just talking about that at lunch today! I feel like my hands don't even belong to me anymore. My fingers have always been short and stubby, but now my hands just look tiny all around. So weird!!

I agree about the hand veins. I can't stop looking at them, and my husband thinks I'm being weird. 

It's a real trip, you are not alone.  The rib cage thing is super weird to me.  My boyfriend said to me on Saturday, "It feels like I'm cheating on you with someone else." 

My husband said the exact same thing to me! He's not exactly complaining, mind you.