Today is my 1 year anniversary. I've lost a total of 75 pounds (HW275, SW 250, CW 175, GW 150, 12mg reta/wk, 3mg cagri/ wk).
I discovered that I have bones underneath all that now gone cushion. Now when I lay in bed on my side, I feel hip bones stick out. I didn't even know I had hip bones. Sometimes, I just caress the tops of them before I go to sleep in utter amazement that they're there. When I'm trying to go to sleep in the fetal position, my knees knock together and I have to sleep with them off-set so they don't touch. I lay on my back and can feel my rib cage stick out and this weird nub that sticks out of the bottom of my sternum (wtf, it that thing?). When I'm fixing my collar of my shirt, I feel collar bones that seem strangely unprotected. Sitting on a hard surfaces is extremely uncomfortable as my butt bones have no cushion and it feels like I'm sitting directly on the bones. I don't look like a skeleton yet, but I see my orbital and cheek bones popping out. With the loss of all the insulation (and probably a down shift in my metabolism), I'm always freezing cold and I go to bed a half an hour earlier, just to feel the warm embrace of my electric blanket.
Lots of positives: blood panels are good, BP almost too low, essentially quite drinking. But all these bones: I'm not sure if it's a positive or a negative side effect.
I discovered that I have bones underneath all that now gone cushion. Now when I lay in bed on my side, I feel hip bones stick out. I didn't even know I had hip bones. Sometimes, I just caress the tops of them before I go to sleep in utter amazement that they're there. When I'm trying to go to sleep in the fetal position, my knees knock together and I have to sleep with them off-set so they don't touch. I lay on my back and can feel my rib cage stick out and this weird nub that sticks out of the bottom of my sternum (wtf, it that thing?). When I'm fixing my collar of my shirt, I feel collar bones that seem strangely unprotected. Sitting on a hard surfaces is extremely uncomfortable as my butt bones have no cushion and it feels like I'm sitting directly on the bones. I don't look like a skeleton yet, but I see my orbital and cheek bones popping out. With the loss of all the insulation (and probably a down shift in my metabolism), I'm always freezing cold and I go to bed a half an hour earlier, just to feel the warm embrace of my electric blanket.
Lots of positives: blood panels are good, BP almost too low, essentially quite drinking. But all these bones: I'm not sure if it's a positive or a negative side effect.
