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dej923
dej923 Posts: 26 Member
edited November 9 in Social Groups
I've lost 75 lbs & my rear hurts! It doesn't matter how padded the surface is I can't sit for long before my tush starts to get sore. I was reading online that this can happen with weight loss as our bodies adjust to the lack of padding between our bones & the chair. I guess I need to do more squats! Nobody told me this before surgery!
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  • homerismyhero
    homerismyhero Posts: 204 Member
    Yes! All the time. I just figured it was me- good to know I'm not alone. I guess in a way it keeps me active because there's times where I just can't sit anymore and have to get up and move. The only other time I had a problem like this was when I was pregnant- another time my body was going through a lot of changes.
  • garber6th
    garber6th Posts: 1,890 Member
    Yep. I was so excited that I could fit into my bathtub and take a nice hot bath, and after a few minutes I was over it, my butt couldn't take it lol!
  • joyhibbz
    joyhibbz Posts: 38 Member
    Yep! It's terrible between that and being froze to death all the time I am not sure which is worse for me. Oh well I guess there good things to complain about considering! :smile:
  • jamezln
    jamezln Posts: 182 Member
    My wife said i needed to start doing squats....said i was getting the old man's butt.
  • Thaeda
    Thaeda Posts: 834 Member
    OMG - YES!! And since hubby has lost 150 pounds, he has the same problem!! Not enough cushy on the tushie!
  • klcovington
    klcovington Posts: 376 Member
    ha ha --- wondered about this! Of all the places to lose...I lost here. I was looking at the Brazilian Butt Lift DVDs the other day wondering if it would help. :smiley:
  • 2BeHappy2
    2BeHappy2 Posts: 811 Member
    Yeah, that and my area seems to be more in the hips.
    I used to be a side sleeper and now I find myself adjusting a lot more to get comfortable :neutral_face:
  • rpyle111
    rpyle111 Posts: 1,060 Member
    Our 12 hours in airplanes sunday/monday were great because i fit into the seat but painful on my newly non padded butt. I'll take the tradeoff!
  • shoppinglady1972
    shoppinglady1972 Posts: 72 Member
    Haha! Guess I wondered if I was the only one who had this issue...constantly having to shift in my seat! I'll take it, though!
  • klcovington
    klcovington Posts: 376 Member
    If only I could "rearrange" my padding --- take from my stomach and add to my butt!!
  • Thaeda
    Thaeda Posts: 834 Member
    klcovington wrote: »
    If only I could "rearrange" my padding --- take from my stomach and add to my butt!!

    YES!!! ^^^^^THIS^^^^^ !!!! :):):)
  • garber6th
    garber6th Posts: 1,890 Member
    klcovington wrote: »
    If only I could "rearrange" my padding --- take from my stomach and add to my butt!!

    Definitely this, but since we are making our wish lists, I would add take some from my stomach and add it to my boobs. Gawd they are just not what they used to be lol!


  • Mangopickle
    Mangopickle Posts: 1,509 Member
    Had to get the Sharper Image seat cushion from Sams club, gonna have to get a Tempurpedic mattress cause I am just a bag of bones now!
  • MistyHiker
    MistyHiker Posts: 175 Member
    joyhibbz wrote: »
    Yep! It's terrible between that and being froze to death all the time I am not sure which is worse for me. Oh well I guess there good things to complain about considering! :smile:

    ^^^ so me too! ^^^
  • juliebccs
    juliebccs Posts: 233
    Definitely. Like being kicked in the rear every day.
  • boomerkae
    boomerkae Posts: 217 Member
    I have a desk job and use an exercise ball chair. It takes a little getting used to, but you're working the core and butt while sitting. For me, it is actually feeling better post op!

    Oh, I hate squats, but know they are crucial. My favorite place - the bathroom. Each time ya go do 10 squats before finally sitting!
  • Thaeda
    Thaeda Posts: 834 Member
    boomerkae wrote: »
    I have a desk job and use an exercise ball chair. It takes a little getting used to, but you're working the core and butt while sitting. For me, it is actually feeling better post op!


    My hubby switched to an exercise ball, too. He likes it MUCH better than a chair. :)
  • JreedyJanelle
    JreedyJanelle Posts: 645 Member
    Oh my yes, the butt is boney now. I have been doing squats with weights and it seems to help a bit, kickboxing helps as you do kicks that use those muscles. I am thinking about getting the brazilian butt lift videos. My husband was a track star in college, he said that running should help too. I must say that the squats are shaping up my quads!
  • paul87920
    paul87920 Posts: 165 Member
    Thank you. I feel so much less weird now. I had convinced myself that this was all in my head.
  • MistyHiker
    MistyHiker Posts: 175 Member
    boomerkae wrote: »
    Oh, I hate squats, but know they are crucial. My favorite place - the bathroom. Each time ya go do 10 squats before finally sitting!

    That's a good idea!
  • boomerkae
    boomerkae Posts: 217 Member
    MistyHiker wrote: »
    boomerkae wrote: »
    Oh, I hate squats, but know they are crucial. My favorite place - the bathroom. Each time ya go do 10 squats before finally sitting!

    That's a good idea!

    My other fav - wall pushups in the bathroom. Not as easy at work, but if you can pull it off, go for it!
    Just don't wait til the last minute to go...all those pushups and squats and you may have a mess to cleanup!
  • klcovington
    klcovington Posts: 376 Member
    I just bought the Brazilian Butt Lift DVDs!! Whoo hoo --- so excited. :smiley:
  • aylajane
    aylajane Posts: 979 Member
    edited January 2015
    Definitely do squats. Your butt is a muscle... we lose a lot of muscle by losing weight so rapidly. A lot of people who have had WLS have a flat butt because that muscle is gone, part of ending up "skinny fat". Once you start working that muscle pretty hard, it comes back and should make a nice round shape again (think little bubble butt!). I went over a year with no butt, had my work give me a standing desk and all. But once I built that muscle back up - no trouble sitting after that :)

    Muscle is what gives your body shape. Keep it at all costs! Its way easier to keep what you have than to try to get it back once you lose it. Start today!! Dont lose all the weight and then start...
  • dsm6380
    dsm6380 Posts: 6 Member
    klcovington wrote: »
    If only I could "rearrange" my padding --- take from my stomach and add to my butt!!

    Me too...me too!! :D:D:D I wondered why my butt was numb. That must be where the whole 50 lbs came from so far 'cuz the tummy still has plenty to share with my lesser padded parts. That's okay, it will come off eventually.

  • debhaley1
    debhaley1 Posts: 45 Member
    Oh My Goodness YES! and always freezing, and my feet always hurt too. My gym trainer is helping me build it up to pad it again. lol
  • freedomfighter1
    freedomfighter1 Posts: 23 Member
    Thank you for the great advise. Exactly what I needed to hear this morning. I downloaded a 30 day squat challenge and will start right away. Lol
  • juliebccs
    juliebccs Posts: 233
    aylajane wrote: »
    Definitely do squats. Your butt is a muscle... we lose a lot of muscle by losing weight so rapidly. A lot of people who have had WLS have a flat butt because that muscle is gone, part of ending up "skinny fat". Once you start working that muscle pretty hard, it comes back and should make a nice round shape again (think little bubble butt!). I went over a year with no butt, had my work give me a standing desk and all. But once I built that muscle back up - no trouble sitting after that :)

    Muscle is what gives your body shape. Keep it at all costs! Its way easier to keep what you have than to try to get it back once you lose it. Start today!! Dont lose all the weight and then start...
    hahahahaha 'little bubble butt'. I want one of those. My husband commented the other day that I actually may not have any butt muscles left at all (nicely). But (t) I would like to tone it if it is still possible. I have vibrator plate. Would that help do you think? I ask because I have hip and back issues and sometimes just repetitive crunches etc can be a bit much for me.
  • klcovington
    klcovington Posts: 376 Member
    Squats really bother my knees but I bought the Brazilian Butt Lift DVDs and they have a variety of exercises to work all the muscles in your butt area. Pretty intense. It actually looks easy until you start trying them and it burns! I can definitely see that following their program will help define and lift the butt. You can also Google Youtube videos and search online for BBL ideas and they will give you exercise ideas for free.
  • aylajane
    aylajane Posts: 979 Member
    edited January 2015
    juliebccs wrote: »
    aylajane wrote: »
    Definitely do squats. Your butt is a muscle... we lose a lot of muscle by losing weight so rapidly. A lot of people who have had WLS have a flat butt because that muscle is gone, part of ending up "skinny fat". Once you start working that muscle pretty hard, it comes back and should make a nice round shape again (think little bubble butt!). I went over a year with no butt, had my work give me a standing desk and all. But once I built that muscle back up - no trouble sitting after that :)

    Muscle is what gives your body shape. Keep it at all costs! Its way easier to keep what you have than to try to get it back once you lose it. Start today!! Dont lose all the weight and then start...
    hahahahaha 'little bubble butt'. I want one of those. My husband commented the other day that I actually may not have any butt muscles left at all (nicely). But (t) I would like to tone it if it is still possible. I have vibrator plate. Would that help do you think? I ask because I have hip and back issues and sometimes just repetitive crunches etc can be a bit much for me.

    Heck you could start out with just butt clenches while driving. Anything where you feel the muscle contract fully and relax fully and hopefully it is a little sore the next day. Do it while standing in line at the store even (no one can tell). You will want to branch out from there into some others like glute bridges, etc. to work various angles, but it doesnt have to be complicated or formal!

    I dont know much about the vibrator plate thing, but I would not think it would help unless you physically are contracting and relaxing your muscle purposely. Just shaking your booty doesnt make it bigger :)
  • juliebccs
    juliebccs Posts: 233
    haha,,I think the what the plate does is creates a rapid muscle response from certain areas of your body depending on how you stand on it. If you bend your knnes for example it targets a different set of muscles than if you stand upright. My biggest problem is, those butt contractions that the average person can do, actually involve the muscles that effect the pain in my right hip too. Left it fine but I am not sure how you do one side only haha. Maybe I'll just try the plate and see what happens. If it works without causing me too much pain in my hip, I'll recommend it as a 'little bubble butt creator' :-).
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