Do you have days you just look down and it feels like some stuck a pin in you? Or a slow leak in a tire? Something looks/feels so different all of a sudden. I almost feel...small..kind of fragile almost (trust me, I am neither). I notice I'm not comparing myself to a others quite as much. It was unusually warm yesterday and I'm always freezing. I'm outside in jeans and a tee. I didn't feel self conscious it was weird. I didn't go grab something to hide my sagging...I just enjoyed the air!

Hard chairs hurt more now. Less cushioning.

I also feel cold more easily.

That is a wonderful feeling Best wishes!

Hard chairs hurt more now. Less cushioning.

I also feel cold more easily.

You're right! I'm always cold from about September to June lol. It's just worse this year!!!

Good for you!!! My surgery isn't until the end of January... I'm looking forward to getting my life back! Merry Christmas... Keep up the good work.

I'm freezing all the time too and shrinking from my extremities inward. My wrists and fingers are tiny now. I can cross my legs. I've lost a cup size. Gone from XXL to L. All great! But I am deflating and getting saggy! The dreaded turkey neck! Oh well! I feel tons better, my labs are good, and I no longer fear diabetes, heart disease, and osteoarthritis in my knees!

I'm freezing all the time too and shrinking from my extremities inward. My wrists and fingers are tiny now. I can cross my legs. I've lost a cup size. Gone from XXL to L. All great! But I am deflating and getting saggy! The dreaded turkey neck! Oh well! I feel tons better, my labs are good, and I no longer fear diabetes, heart disease, and osteoarthritis in my knees!

Who would have thought saggy skin and a turkey neck would be a beautiful thing? Considering I was working on my 14th chin...lol...I LOVE the turkey neck. My upper thighs have bought the farm though. Glad from the knee down aside from fall incidents they look pretty good.

I can fully relate @@kimpossible67! My saggy skin and turkey neck are far preferable to the "inflated" version I had before! (Btw, my sister told me to start using good moisturizer with firming qualities twice a day on my neck and it's really helped.) my thighs look like they just had a litter of kittens, but I'll take that over their prior size happily! And yup - cold much of the time too, though a fun bonus I've noticed is that as those newish pants get looser, the silk long underwear fit underneath them nicely! Same with the tops. Enjoy the continuing deflation!

Kate

@@JCP

Were you diagnosed with osteoarthritis? I was, left knee only, I'm wondering if it actually goes away. The ortho surgeon said there was no need for surgery and I want it to stay that way!

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Oh what a feeling isn't it? I remember the first day post op that I "felt" different. I everything I had on that day seemed ever so slightly a bit large. There's an old movie "the increatable shrinking woman" and that was exactly how I felt!

Keep in shrinking!

@@JCP

Were you diagnosed with osteoarthritis? I was, left knee only, I'm wondering if it actually goes away. The ortho surgeon said there was no need for surgery and I want it to stay that way!

I don't, no. I have MS. If I walk a lot my left knee gives me fits.

I am cold ❄ today and it's 75 degrees outside. I am no longer pretty diabetic. I still suffer from knee pain due to Army injury.

@@laurenella82, no, I had not reached that point but my mother had it in both knees and was in a wheelchair for the last 10 years of her life. (She passed in 2009 at 80.) Seeing all she went through is what got me started on this journey. She endured so much. I'm sorry to hear of your diagnosis. Perhaps you can have a replacement?

@@laurenella82, no, I had not reached that point but my mother had it in both knees and was in a wheelchair for the last 10 years of her life. (She passed in 2009 at 80.) Seeing all she went through is what got me started on this journey. She endured so much. I'm sorry to hear of your diagnosis. Perhaps you can have a replacement?

The ortho surgeon said I was not a candidate for surgery. Apparently it's not that bad yet. That's why I am so anxious t have VSG.