veins

they're popping out all over the place. not varicous - it's just that my whole body seems to be covered with big old veins. i've asked my doctor about it and he said it's

- because my body has lost subcuticular fat tissue that usually holds the veins deeper under the skin and thus less visible.
- and i'm pumping more blood through them, which enlarges them. apparently permanently in my case, because i've been doing so for a few years and at my age (40) tissue loses elasticity.

i went down from about 165 to 155 in the course of a year and i was pretty lean begin with.

(i might add that eating has always been a low priority for me. exercise was never about losing weight, so this might be an extreme case)

just curious if anybody else had the same experience. i can live with it if it doesn't get any worse. it's really not as unsightly as it might sound - yet, at least.