Scared of losing

fitoverfortymom

I used the potential for loose skin as an excuse for not losing weight for a long time. That's all it is really, an excuse for not wanting to make a change and do the work. I'm not saying this makes you a bad person, I think it's pretty typical for those of us who were very overweight. I started at 256 and am now 155 over the course of a year and a few months. I have very little loose skin (and still some fat to lose). I'm 5'6" and 43 years old.

Even with the so-called flaws I can see in my body now that I never really paid attention to before weight loss, I would take and keep every one of those flaws forever over going back to 256lbs.

aeloine

I started at 267. Currently at ~220. Starting to get some wrinkles but nothing I can't handle. Once I get under 200, if I don't like the way I look, I'll stop losing. It's not like you'll wake up one day 100 pounds lighter with all this loose skin. You have time to decide what makes you feel comfortable. Start by losing 10 pounds. If that's not an issue, cool. Keep going.

shannonprovenzano2812

If it makes you feel any better, I just turned 27 and lost over 100lbs last year and don't have any loose skin.

Also - loose skin looks better than fat. I don't know why people are concerned with it and it honestly seems like just another excuse to me as to why people don't try/wont try to lose weight. Is it more attractive to have some loose skin under your clothes that no one even sees, or to be morbidly obese?

GrumpyHeadmistress

112lbs lost over 2 years. I’m 37. A small amount of excess skin on my lower abdomen but that’s it. I can easily hide it with clothes. Ill take that over to obese any day.

gvizzle74

Not losing weight to avoid loose skin is like not having life saving heart surgery to avoid a scar. This is your health. Your life. Lose the weight.

You'll probably have some loose skin, but it won't be terrible. Stay hydrated, moisturize, do strength training while losing and you can (theoretically) minimize the amount of loose skin.

LatoriaMcAdoo

Thank you everyone I have already started losing so far since the first I have lost 2.8 lbs so good start

Brendalea69

LatoriaMcAdoo wrote: »

Thank you everyone I have already started losing so far since the first I have lost 2.8 lbs so good start

Awesome