Honest Loose Skin Thoughts & Pics

tabletop_joe

I'm just glad to see a post about someone who's clearly enjoying their body and their life. Thank you for sharing, I loved reading this.

ShaDucky

I really appreciate your sharing and I find it very encouraging! I'm 57 lbs into my journey of losing 200ish... I really appreciate it!

ShaDucky

Awesome work!

LiveLoveFitFab

Good job on the weight loss! You might be only using 20lb dumbells, but obviously you're strong as heck.

tammi65

Very brave post , thank you .

Hearts_2015

ShaDucky wrote: »

I really appreciate your sharing and I find it very encouraging! I'm 57 lbs into my journey of losing 200ish... I really appreciate it!

@ShaDucky Awesome job, 57lbs is fantastic!! Congrats on doing it right! You encourage and inspire me as well!

I find this thread helpful, encouraging and inspiring as well!

rorymason

Very inspiring

Lesscookies1

What a great post thanks for sharing your story!!

JaydedMiss

This is such a great thread.

Side note, You made me want to try dough belly. Now i cant stop. Ima call it tornado belly. LOL im a dork

Burton_Bmc

Inspiring post, you are very brave person. Please keep writing!

strangethingsdone

This straight up made me cry. In a good way, though. An inspired, happy tears, kinda way.

nbkrlsk73

AMAZING. Thanks for sharing.

ms_havisham

Thank you! I have lost and regained the same 90+ pounds over and over again- pregnancy, illness, medications (I hate prednisone), injury, surgery, more illness, etc. The last time I got down towards my goal weight (130) I had handfuls of skin. It made me depressed and give up. But only after I dieted and worked myself into a Crohn's flare up because I saw the skin and only saw more weight to lose than was safe. I am older and wiser now...and I am okay with loose skin. I set my goal weight at 150 so I can reevaluate when I get there. It isn't a number, it is how I feel and how healthy I am that really matters.

I do have one fear. I have an ileostomy and I don't think the loose skin is going to make that any easier to deal with After all of the abdominal surgeries I am not sure a tummy tuck is something they would do...and more surgery! Yikes! But I definitely look forward to that being the problem

saraw6

Guys, before you do anything, just wait 2 years while maintaining because your loose skin will shrink as much as it can. Then you look at it again and make decisions. The important thing is that you persevered and chose a healthy lifestyle. Call those battle scars. And scars show us where we've been. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

mywayroche

It's people like you that make the world go round. Well done.

AprilRN10

This is an amazing post. I have lost 85 pounds and I absolutely have loose skin. I don't care a whole lot and I also still hang out naked with my husband (and enjoy it more too). Great work and way brave!

dmankruoss

You look amazing! I would rather have my loose skin than the fat any day. You definitely have loose skin, no doubt about it. After losing 200lbs myself I had the same issue. What I noticed is, as I got leaner the skin started to look better. Not sure if its true but I read online that getting lean helps with the loose skin. Not too sure about that.

1houndgal

cyberbav wrote: »

I don't know my start weight. I stopped getting on the scale as it approached 400lbs. I know I got a couple sizes bigger. It's been a long, slow 10 years with more stalls than I care to admit and a few injuries making it difficult for me to work out.

None the less ... the worst part about big weight loss is looking worse naked! I can't always get to the gym as much as I like but my last big push was when I was working a consulting gig with a lot of flexibility. I spent at least 3 hours in the gym usually 6 days a week. I felt great. Even the jerks at the gym stopped treating me like the "fat chick" and commented on the remarkable improvement.

Underneath is something else. Apron of skin & fat hanging half way to my knees that will probably be all the way once I'm done. "Batwings" "Deflated Girls" and the worst part is thighs (my thickest part) that hang like balloons half filled with cottage cheese.

I'm between jobs and back in the gym but my old injuries are worse so I'm down to 1000 calories a day plus working out only 3 times a week at much lower intensity. I might be losing half a pound a week. The most discouraging part? Knowning when I hit my goal that in order to correct what's left, I need a few hundred thousand dollars and the ability to not work during multiple recovery periods.

I can only look back and think "How did I get this way". Of course, I know the answer. Weight is protection. Food is comfort and a lot of food is sedation. The reasons why I'll keep private but to say anyone did it to themselves is only partially true. It's more a brain disorder than an eating disorder!

I do agree it's worth it to lose weight but so frustrating and really emotionally difficult to handle to be so disfigured after all the hard work.

A friend of mine shared with me how her friend lost a lot of weight and was able to donate her extra skin in exchange for free skin surgery. Try contact your local burn centers and see if there is such an option for
You locally.

Thanks for sharing your story. It inspired me.

jgitau

Wow, I adore your honesty and courage to post this. You have inspired me to keep pushing. For a long time I have postponed My weight loss journey because I did not want to deal with my after looks. I started my WL journey a month ago because I figured I would better deal with ugly skin than suffer chronic illnesses due to my doing. Thank you for showing me I will love myself even with the loose skin.

Mrsindepenant1

Thanks for sharing! Well done on how far you have come! Just curious and I haven’t read other comments, have you considered surgery? It must be a bit uncomfortable Living with all the excess skin! Either way, amazing results!

fluffygoodas

Similar body...6 kids later and 90 lbs gone. Arms are so bad..everything sags n jiggles. Your amazing and beautiful and brave. Do skin surgery if u want or not. I am sure you will be ok either way. Dress the skin in all the clothes that can now fit. U go!

wanderingarcher

Thank you! ❤️
I’m inspired.

After eight pregnancies and 80 lbs lost, from size 26 to these size 4 “ultimate skinny” jeans—yet still plenty squishy.
Thanks for helping me find a realistic “normal”.

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BartBVanBockstaele

Very well done. Even in a post-truth age, reality continues to matter, and you have given a great example of that.