Originally Posted by
Caincando1
There are some drawbacks to rapid weight loss. I've noticed that my tail bone can get irritated if I sit wrong and my ears get sore when I sleep (no fat padding on the side of my head any more). Not to mention the loose skin, oh my, the lose skin. I can only hope and pray that it tightens up, but I think that might be a futile hope.
Nice job Neil, 100lbs in 9 months is great.
Caincando,
Thanks. It was 111 pounds in a year, and 143 in 19 months. The bike helped me get rid of the additional 30.
A friend of mine has reported he's seen some excess skin shrinkage since he's lost his 250 pounds. And I fell a little tighter. (I've also fallen off the wagon over the past two months, but that's changing too.) If you give it time, you will see tightening.
In my case, the main changes I've noticed are:
- I feel the cold more than I used to. Of course, perhaps it's because I get out in the cold more.
- My scoliosis is a heck of a lot more noticeable. All that extra fat helped cover up the curvature. Before I looked like a jelly donut; now I look like a crescent roll.
- Likewise I get irritation when I sit wrong, and I often sit wrong.
- I've never had the sore ears problem, since I sleep on my back, but I do sometimes get loose skin folding under me in bed. Likewise it's a problem in the saddle.
- I will be having several moles removed on my back, and there's so much loose skin the surgeon doesn't think he'll need to graft. (He also thinks my gynecomastia can be removed in the same procedure - "They're almost nothing but skin sacks now" the surgeon said - but insurance won't cover it.)