Loose skin.....

rainbow198

Give it time. When I hit my goal in 2013 (I lost 80+ pounds) I didn't have much loose skin, but I did have some wobbly/deflated bits here and there which was annoying, but I accepted it. I worked hard!

However, with each passing year it got better and better and now my body is tight and I have a flat belly (except when I do planks or push ups). I'm still floored about this because of my age and that I was overweight for most of my life.

But it was important to me to look good in clothes and naked as well, so I made sure to hit those weights hard.

I'm not sure if it's genetic or not as I was the only overweight person in my family, but now I'm very happy with my body, but it took years of maintenance to get to this point.

jeepinshawn

I'm fairly happy with the way I look now until I put on some swim trunks. Then my empty saggy man boobs and loose tummy skin are visible. Nothing u can do but accept the loose skin, go back to being fat, or very the surgery. Sometimes when I am down I feel like with the loose skin I may as well be fat again. Then I look at an old picture and I'm like yeah Never mind lol. Although I get it, it sucks to work so hard and still be disappointed at the finish line.

sgt1372

I'm 66 and lost 36# in 6 months and have been maintaining at 160# for 4 months.

Developed a 6 pack and muscle dfn but there's still a lot of loose skin in my lower abs. Not sure if it was the result of wt loss or old age. Probably both.

No changes noted with the passage of time yet. Tried using Vit A (retinol) cream also w/no apparent result.

Funny thing is the loose skin is most evident when I tighten my abs. Less so when I don't.

Have a similar problem w/my butt. No loose skin noticeable when relaxed, only when contracted.

Seems really odd.

Needless to I try to keep my muscles relaxed when looking at myself in the mirror or standing in front of my GF naked.

Look pretty good, if I say so myself, when I do that.

LOL!

cheryldumais

Lost 73 pounds so far and have lots of loose skin. I have wings and no red bull needed, lol. Still in clothes it's not noticable and I would rather be where I am than where I was. Even at 233 pounds I had a flabby hanging stomach with tons of stretch marks from two 9+ pound babies so I don't expect it to magically disappear. I am saving for skin surgery (tummy tuck, breast lift) when I lose the last 25 pounds. I'm hoping my arms and thighs will improve with time as I can only manage one surgery. Hang in there OP either way the loss is worth it flabby skin or not.

Theo166

watched a program on fasting where they implied fasting could lead to reducing saggy skin after weight loss.

alifamily1130

IT has been the most difficlut thing to face and i feel like i have more then i should left of skin the only alternative for me seems to be to have it cut and removed I lost over 90lbs within a year i didnt do any real strengnth training and as a result my stomach is a horrible mess however if i cut back on sugar i think it would help me but the problem is cutting back on the sugar