because whenever I sit down in a normal chair or on a bench my butt is starting to HURT! I was thinking about it...and I know they sell padded bike shorts so that bike seats aren't so uncomfortable...and it got me thinking that maybe all skinny girls wear padded underwear so that their butts don't hurt when they sit on hard surfaces...and we just don't know it because we weren't ever "skinny girls"...lol

Seriously though...there has to be some better solution then carrying around a pillow everywhere...I just haven't figured it out yet.

I'd better figure it out soon though....I've still got a lot of weight to loose, and I'm guessing sitting on hard surfaces is only going to get more uncomfortable...

I posted this in the "negative side effects" thread also, but since you started this one - strength train, strength train, strength train! You need to build up a nice muscle pillow...then you'll carry it with you wherever you go without thinking about it!

Haha! I've noticed that sitting/laying on the floor isn't nearly as comfortable as it used to be.. no complaints about it, though!!

There are padded undies...but they are intended to make your booty look fuller.
I too have this problem. For as big as it is...I have a very boney butt.

Hey! I was doing situps this morning and my tail bone was digging into my skin and it was KILLING me!

This was ontop of a yoga mat which is on carpet...and I was wearing thick sweat pants! What the??! Where has my butt gone??!

I'm with SamanthaJubilee, my butt is boney now, I can't imagine how bad it will be at goal!

You folks complaining about bony butts should add some squats or deadlifts to your workout routine

After some time I got used to it. Now it only hurts if I am doing it for prolonged periods.

Carter - I said that too! Muscles make excellent padding.

At my lowest weight I did have some pain sitting. Now, after focusing for about 2 years on weight training and building muscle, I have a nice, muscular, shapely behind that does not hurt when I sit.

Yeah, they're called bike shorts.

But if you are willing to wear bike shorts everywhere you go in public, you are a far, far braver woman than I am.

Any knee-friendly butt exercises? Squats and deadlifts really aren't an option for me right now.

Oops! So you did.

Hm, might ask down in the weight-training section of the forum, there are some very knowledgable folks there. I took a quick look at the Gluteus Maximus section of the EXRX website (http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/Hip...l#anchor169231) and didn't see anything too promising. If you think about the way your body works, it's hard to work the glutes without bending the knees.

Good Mornings or straight-leg deadlifts might help a little - these are mostly hamstring exercises but there is definitely lots of glute involvement as well.

Do you have confirmed knee damage? Or just general knee pain from being overweight? I'll say this: I have suffered much from the latter, and lifting weights to make the muscles around my knees stronger has helped tremendously. There are some exercises I don't do - the leg extension machine is excruciating for me even with very little weight - but I can squat like a champ. Oftentimes people think they have bad knees when really all they have is weak knees (and not in the good way ).

There sure are, although as someone who also has bad knees, there are things you can do that will help A LOT with knee pain during squats. Watching form is important, and you can also use abbreviated movements to build strength in the area before going into a full squat. Or you can use walls, chairs, and etc. to modify squats to support your knees. I've reduced my knee pain A LOT by building strength and watching my form, and despite 2 knee surgeries and arthritis in both knees due to a congenital defect, squats don't hurt anymore. You can read more here: http://www.prevention.com/health/fit...0030281eac____

Exercises like leg lefts (with resistance bands if they're too easy...think Jane Fonda, where you lay on your side and lift the top leg up) and resistance band shuffles (resistance band ties your ankles together, step sideways from side to side http://www.prevention.com/health/new...0013281eac____) don't hurt knees...you can also do rear 3/4 or donkey kicks (again, with or without additional resistance) or rear leg kicks http://www.prevention.com/health/fit...012281eac____/

I feel your pain - literally! My tailbone is in a constant state of soreness now that my rear shrank. I'll have to give strength training a try!

When I was little I always wondered why my grandma put a cushion down before she sat down for dinner. Now I understand, I seriously used to be able to sit for hours, not I would rather stand or move around, my butt HURTS if i sit for any amount of time now.