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Jacky vasquez i get on my knees12/1/2022 ![]() Truthfully…my legs are one of my biggest insecurities about myself. I cannot wear them while working out, SO I really have to modify what I can do in the gym because of the pain. The compression leggings seem to help, however, they do not eliminate the issues. They shake, jiggle, wiggle, and pull, which is causing a lot more pain and stress to my body. I have a hard time even lifting them off the ground, or going upstairs. They are heavy and really pull on my knees and hips and cause me a lot of pain. The truth is…my legs hurt…all of the time. These leggings also help with the pain of the skin by supporting the loose skin and holding it tighter to my body. I recently got some custom fitted medical grade compression leggings to help my body get rid of some fluid that may be stuck. It’s like an optical illusion haha What am I doing to help them?!? So yes they are big, but when looking at the rest of my body they do appear much bigger because the loose skin up top is mostly all gone. I have had a lot of skin removal on my upper body, causing my legs to be disproportionate to the rest of me. I also hate making excuses but wanted to address this, yes my legs look bigger than the rest of my body because…they are. All things that once the skin is removed, will drastically help my legs to heal and improve. A lot of these issues are out of my control and are things I am working on. My massage therapist is also really working on getting that knot out of my leg too. I have been having special massages to help break up the fat and lactic acid that is stuck in my legs. A lot of issues that will not go away until I have the excess skin removed and we can really start helping my legs fully heal. All of this combined…I have a lot of issues with my legs. ![]() I also recently found out that I have a huge knot in my left calf that I have no idea how long it has been in there. I was not taking proper care of my legs or stretching when I was 500 pounds or while I was losing the weight. Kinda crazy!Īlso, my legs have a lot of lactic acid build up. It’s like the loose skin soaks up all of that water retention and the fluid gets trapped in the skin. My legs are left with a lot of loose skin and anything I put into my body that is higher in fat or salt…it makes the loose skin, especially in my legs become very swollen and retain a lot of fluid. When I lost weight, it was a lot harder and a lot slower to lose all of that weight in my legs. ![]() Except now…have all of the loose skin removed! “Why do they look like that?” There’s not a whole lot I can do about it to change it. Reality is…that’s what happened and that’s how it is. I did not plan it that way, hope for it to go that way and I surely did not want it to go that way. Well, you can blame it in genetics, or you can simply just blame it on the fact that when I was 500 pounds, I carried a lot of weight in my legs. So I get it that a lot of you may have these questions. I am not upset about these questions…they are all valid questions and to be honest, sometimes I think them to myself…why do my legs have to be so big. I think the questions about “why do my legs look like this, why are they so big, why don’t you have surgery on them, do you have lipedema, why do they look so much bigger than the rest of your body…” All of these comments and questions are the ones I get asked about the most and almost daily. It’s time to address the elephant in the room. ![]()
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