How do skinny people sit?

I am currently at my thinnest ever and within 10-15 pounds of my ideal weight range. Yes, on the positive, I can now cross my legs without tugging one leg over the other with my hands, I only take up one seat on the bus, I have definable knees, etc. etc. etc. However, whenever I sit for periods of time, I can feel the bones against the seat and my bum just hurts. I can hardly sit for more than an hour without getting squirmy and uncomfortable. I'm hardly skinny even now but sometimes I miss that extra padding! How in the world do skinny people sit?

Can't help you with that one, 'hon, but I wanted to tell you what an inspiration your pictures are to me.  I feel a little less hopeless & helpless.  How have you lost all that weight?  Is it mostly the exercise?  How do you stay so motivated?

We use butt cushions in our underwear ;]

Just kidding, I dont have a problem? I get squirmy and cant sit just because I cant. I use to be told though when I was little people didnt want me to sit on them because I had a boney butt. 

maybe it's part of how they manage to stay skinny.  Less time sitting around.

I was actually exercising on a rowing machine today and I had to stop because my butt hurt from the plastic seat.  I never used to have that problem.

Easy for blokes.... Sit with arms out as far as possible, and grab the couch or whatever you're sat on...

Spread legs as far apart as possible...

Optional extras inclusing slouching and/ or placing a hand inside the trousers :)

When I lost 30lbs last year that was one of my first "wake up calls" that I was actually thin. I remember in high school when I was also thin I was getting sore tail bones quite a bit. That hasn't happened to me yet however, I am sometimes uncomfortable sitting or lying on hard beds (more so in December when I had reached my goal than now as I am 7 lbs heavier)!

OMG YES thanks for posting this

this is my new problem also!!!

my step-son's baseball has started and I notice when I sit on the bleachers at his games I can't sit still because of those darned bones!!!

Speaking of bones....I never knew I was born with a collar bone!!!!

GOOOO BONES!! LOL
~H~

 

I always sit cross-legged ('Indian-style' as we called it in grade-school) when I can -- at work, during class, at home. Way easier on the bum. Not so good for formal meetings and whatnot though -- then you just have to suffer through it I suppose.

just get used to it i think. recline more maybe.

oops two posts lol sry

you definitely get used to it. i was chubby as a kid and had extra padding. then i got this-too thin for a while. one thing to do is to tone/workout your butt-gives extra padding :)

 

haha! what a funny post. erm well wen i was abit thinner than i am now i used to find it uncomfortable too.

i think you should just always sit on cushions! lol.

or maybe you could stand 8)

xxx

LOL!

I have lost 73 pounds so far and still have a long way to go (67 to be exact) and even at my heaviest I never had a particularly big arse. But my butt is flat! and even at my current weight of 256 it is beginning to hurt on hard surfaces! Blimey- I wonder what it will be like when I reach my target.

well done though machine :)

wear thicker pants. with butt pockets.

 

 

 on the plane, i get one of those pillows and stuff it behind myself.  in the car, i alternate between slouching and sitting up really straight.  on the exercise bike, i just suck it up and deal.

like someone else mentioned, cross legged is a good position!  I like dinner tables with long table cloths so i can kick off my shoes and sit "indian style".

Wow - you look great and your pics make me miss Ptld (I grew up there).  You're an inspiration!  I'm within 20 lbs of my goal and I've noticed I can't sit comfortably for as long as I used to either.  I consider it a good thing!!!

I have the same problem too! I have only lost 20lbs, but boy-oh-boy am I uncomfortable sitting for long times (on hard chairs/surfaces) and even laying in bed. Don't get me wrong, I am happy at my weight (5'3" and 128.5lbs) but I agree - the extra padding was nice.

I don't like feeling my butt bones on the seat and when I lay in bed, I hate how my hips and shoulder bones dig into the mattress.

Maybe it is time for a down pillow-top mattress pad?!?! I have always wanted one... never thought it was worth the splurge... but heck, maybe it is!

When sitting on a harder surface, I fold one leg under me to kinda boost me up. When that leg starts to fall asleep, I shift my weight and switch legs.

At night time, I layer on the clothes, and sleep ontop of my blankets and sheets -- under the comforter. That helps a little, but not much.

A friend of mine who lost 25lbs and now weighs 100lbs (she is definitely very thin) - I asked her if she noticed that her butt bones hurt after sitting for a long time. She laughed at my comment, but said yes and that she tends to avoid sitting on hard surfaces.

What about an inflatable hemmoroid cushion?!! HAHAH. JK!

I would say work out more, and focus on the butt and legs.  I've never had that problem, even when I was 145 pounds with about 15% body fat. And that's why... muscle provides just as much padding as fat does, it just looks a helluva lot better!

I have the same problem and one of the things I do to help it is to sit up very straight with my chest out.  I have found that this forces more weight onto my upper thighs and less on my tail bone.  I also turn my legs to the left or right about 30 degrees from the direction that my torso is facing.  And when it gets too bad, I just get up and move around (if possible).  It can be a major problem though when I am forced to sit for long periods (like on my recent flight to Hawaii).  Being 6'5", crammed into a seat with no leg clearance, and unable to adjust my position as a result was pure torture.