Question:
Whats harder when your thin?
I thought of this question yesterday when a poster somewhere remarked loading animals on trailers is harder when your lighter. He said he is a farmer. I run into these problems too. Moving stuff when your MO is really easy. Just lean on anything. My best friend used to call me tiny at these times. Over my lifetime I acted as a weight for lots of useful purposes. When cleaning our home I could overturn sofas by grabbing and leaning, then sweep under them. Thats impossible now. Yesterday I had a heck of a time overturning my riding mower I was working on. It had been out of service since before my surgery. I had to get a jack and drag it into the back yard. Do others notice these things?<P> Dont get me wrong I love being normal weight, its just wierd when this stuff comes up. — bob-haller (posted on July 9, 2003)
July 9, 2003
HI BOB,
just to let you know i have had the same problem i work for the railroad
and now that i have lost 75lbs i find it difficult to do the things i did
before i lost weight,i have to make sure i found my center before doing any
heavy lifting,i will start some sort of weight training shortly just to
keep up my strength,i had lap done on march 31st,so be assured your not
alone.
— GRACE M.
July 9, 2003
Yah Bob, you should see me trying to unload 25 lb bags of dog food out of
my car, I almost fell backwards, it's hilarious. My weight used to
stabilize me before not any longer, it's great!!
— Margaret B.
July 9, 2003
I was just talking to my husband about this. I went to close the car door
the other day and just bumped it with my hip like I always did and it
knocked me right on my butt. I didn't have 370# behind my bump anymore. It
must have looked pretty funny because 2 people driving by jumped out of
their cars to see if I was OK. I was laughing so hard I couldn't explain,
they must have thought I was insane. I'm more than happy to occasionally
look insane than to gain those 192# back.
— Molly G.
July 9, 2003
What's harder when you are thin? Hopefully my butt! I'd like some abs too!
— Sarahlicious
July 9, 2003
Hi Bob, Do you think that some of it may be from losing some muscle from
lack of protein and losing weight so fast? I haven't experienced what you
are going through yet but what I can't get over is when I look down at my
forarms and they don't even look like they belong to me cause they are
thinner. LOL 2.5mo post-op, 78# down
— Kim J.
July 9, 2003
Hi Bob, I am NOT thin by any means yet, just 43 pounds down so far
according to my doc, but there are a few things I find different for me
now...my balance is way off LOL!! I find myself getting up or trying to
change directions when walking and going way out of my way for some reason.
Have to figure out where my center of gravity is now. Also, I had pain
and trouble with my tailbone before my surgery and it was hard to sit.
Well, NOW it is even harder and more painful to sit now because I have lost
so much more of my built in padding back there!! Guess I will have to
invest in a cushion to sit on when I am sitting. Amazing a blessing of
weight loss makes me hurt elsewhere!! O well, at least they make a cushion
for that LOL!! I cannot wait to lose more once I have figured out my new
center of gravity and have to figure it out all over again. O and to lift
dog food bags? That is going to be fun!! I am a stumbler by trade anyway.
Great question!!
— Lise W.
July 9, 2003
I think one of the worst things about being thin is my butt CONSTANTLY
hurts because there is NO padding on it anymore!! It's a real nasty pain
too and it hurts everytime I get up from a chair if I've been sitting for a
while. Before weight loss, I never realized that this could ever be a
problem.
— Patty H.
July 9, 2003
When my husband was in Iraq I was mowing the lawn quite frequently, and I
had a harder time pushing the mower. Seems silly, but it actually wore me
out more by having less weight to put behind the mower. I felt like a
little weakling:-) Something that is harder to do since losing all my
weight is shaving my legs. There are many more bumps and crevices around
my knees/ankles that are hard to shave. Used to be plumped up and easy,
now it is a task. So happy that there is less 'square milage' to shave
though!! Being thin is great huh??
— Cheri M.
July 9, 2003
What's harder to do now? How about walking through a crowd of construction
workers without attracting attention...
— merri B.
July 9, 2003
I'm FREEZING all of the time, have to remember to take a sweater
everywhere, my dog can now take ME for a walk, and my butt hurts when I sit
too long. But I'll take it! :0)
— mom2jtx3
July 9, 2003
I used to leg press 300 pounds and moving furniture was easy...those were
the days...the other day I tried to move a filing cabinet in my office
HAHAHA I had another gal help me, both of us on a side, and she slid me
across the floor with the cabinet...guess I'm kinda wimpy now BUT OH
WELL!!!!
— Kimberley E.
July 10, 2003
I am by no means thin - yet - but the only real problem I have is that my
xyphoid process is more prominent and gets sore! (That's the little bit of
bone at the bottom of the sternum, or breastbone.)Used to have a lot more
padding there, I guess!
— koogy
July 10, 2003
GREAT question!! Physically - the fact that I freeze all the time is
harder. Emotionally - the fact that I'm always afraid that I'll gain it
all back is the hardest. I wonder if that EVER goes away.
— ronascott
July 10, 2003
Hiya everyone, I thought this was an interesting subject. I have noticed a
couple of differences myself. I too am freezing all the time...and I live
in South Carolina and let me tell you, July in South Carolina is very hot!
Another thing is when my two year old wallows me....she use to climb all
over me, at 352 pounds I was a huge pillow, now at 185 It hurts when she
elbows me or presses on a bone. And the other day, my car broke down,
There was no way I could push it alone. I use to just put my weight behind
it and Presto! Luckily now as a smaller me the men where happy to help me
out. These things are different, but I have to say that I LOVE IT!
— Renee C.
July 10, 2003
ROFL Yes I know what you guys are talking about! You should have seen me
the first time I tried to move my heavy pine bookcase after I hit goal. I
took a deep breath and HEEEEEEAVE! Nothing. I felt just like Sponge Bob
Square Pants lifting weights! LOL I had to scoot the darn thing inch by
inch while sitting on the floor. I hope I never have to move it again! LOL
— ctyst
July 10, 2003
Bob- I feel your pain. Prior to surgery, I was 500 pounds (and
6'3"-- which I still am) and could lift absolutely anything. Of
course, lifing stuff was easy as long as I didn't need to move it more than
a few inches as I was very easily out of breath. Now lifing things like
air conditioners is a little tougher, but because I don't have to carry
things about two feet away from my body (because I no longer have that
rather large bulbous protrusion jutting forward called a "gut") I
can at least maneuver them better. I guess like most big guys, I had to
make that important mental crossover from considering myself a prospective
furniture mover and competitive eater to wondering if I could soon be a
Speedo model. Aah, the challenges of WLS that are never disclosed in the
surgeon's office.
— SteveColarossi
July 10, 2003
Harder for me now that I thinner, SAVING MONEY! I am always out spending
money on protein bars, Isopure and CLOLTHES! I shop to much, they take up
less room in my closet cause they are smaller, so, I need more to fill it
up!
— heathercross
July 10, 2003
the hard part for me is that I used to use my feet to push doors open and
the first time that i tried that after losing a lot of my weight is that
the door didn't move and I ran right into it!!! I laughed so hard I almost
peed myself. So did everyone around me. 15 months out down 155 pounds!!
— Tammy B.
July 10, 2003
My butt bones hurt when I sit on a hard surface. (who the heck even knew
there were bones there before????)
— **willow**
July 11, 2003
DRIVING. Yes DRIVING a car is HARDER now. You see these blasted car seats
sit so low that it's hard for a shortie to see out the window. Well at
about 3-4 months post op (if I remember right) I was sitting at a stop
light. For some reason everything looked "warped and far away".
Then I noticed I was sitting so low and that my head was tilted way back
just to see the top of the wheel! I could hardly see the cars all around
me. Then it dawned on me that all this rapid weight loss had taken all my
"padding off my a##" and because of it, I was sitting much lower
than usual. Now, no matter what car I drive I need a thick pad to sit on.
Driving is such a pain in the a## when you don't have much of an a##. LOL!
(PS I don't wish for my ascot back). ;)
— Danmark
July 11, 2003
Walking the dogs is harder. When I was almost 270 pounds, two fifty pound
hounds on flexi-leashes chasing a taunting squirrel could be stopped if I
simply planted myself on the sidewalk and waited for the leashes to run
out. Same scenario now, at 130 pounds, puts me on my keister every
time.<P>I now have a fear of taunting squirrels....
— Suzy C.
July 11, 2003
Keeping to a budget! I can shop anywhere now...and I've discovered the
wonders of resale shops!
— gamboge
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