That skin thing.

dozensofthreads

So, I'm 30. Still young, but not as young as I should have been when I started this journey - but the past is in the past. As I start to lose, even with arm exercises and training, that flabby skin just hangs everywhere. How long did those of you with similar problems have to deal with it? What worked best to get that to snap back and tone up? NOT surgical, please!

quiksylver296

dozensofthreads wrote: »

So, I'm 30. Still young, but not as young as I should have been when I started this journey - but the past is in the past. As I start to lose, even with arm exercises and training, that flabby skin just hangs everywhere. How long did those of you with similar problems have to deal with it? What worked best to get that to snap back and tone up? NOT surgical, please!

Time. Up to two years after you are done with weight loss.

cmriverside

Yeah, time.

It took about two years after the weight loss for me...and I'm twice your age.

andielyn

cmriverside wrote: »

Yeah, time.

It took about two years after the weight loss for me...and I'm twice your age.

So you lost the loose skin at an older age? Did you do anything special? That's encouraging!

cmriverside

andielyn wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

Yeah, time.

It took about two years after the weight loss for me...and I'm twice your age.

So you lost the loose skin at an older age? Did you do anything special? That's encouraging!

I lost 80 pounds after age 55. And it was pretty awful at first; however I didn't carry weight in my arms, it was all in my middle. My back looked like I had melted for the first year. I swim and walk mostly for exercise.

It looks good enough now that I can wear anything I like without feeling self conscious. But to be fair, in my mid sixties I'm not wearing bikinis ever or strapless ball gowns all that often. Or tube tops. But I do wear spaghetti straps and tight tank tops/tees and one piece bathing suits all the time.

I didn't do anything in particular. I think a lot of it is genetic or maybe a past athletic background. I don't know.

Nospingirl

I am going to try cryotherapy. It is a process of using cold wraps. It takes about two months to notice the change, tightens flabby skin and gets rid of cellulite.

quiksylver296

Nospingirl wrote: »

I am going to try cryotherapy. It is a process of using cold wraps. It takes about two months to notice the change, tightens flabby skin and gets rid of cellulite.

Third to last paragraph...

https://skeptoid.com/blog/2014/11/30/cryotherapy-what-works-and-what-doesnt/

pinuplove

dozensofthreads wrote: »

So, I'm 30. Still young, but not as young as I should have been when I started this journey - but the past is in the past. As I start to lose, even with arm exercises and training, that flabby skin just hangs everywhere. How long did those of you with similar problems have to deal with it? What worked best to get that to snap back and tone up? NOT surgical, please!

Also, it's important to realize that the in-between stage is often the worst. True loose skin is very thin. Loose skin with fat still pulling it down (thanks to gravity) looks far worse than loose skin without much underlying fat to it.

andielyn

cmriverside wrote: »

andielyn wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

Yeah, time.

It took about two years after the weight loss for me...and I'm twice your age.

So you lost the loose skin at an older age? Did you do anything special? That's encouraging!

I lost 80 pounds after age 55. And it was pretty awful at first; however I didn't carry weight in my arms, it was all in my middle. My back looked like I had melted for the first year. I swim and walk mostly for exercise.

It looks good enough now that I can wear anything I like without feeling self conscious. But to be fair, in my mid sixties I'm not wearing bikinis ever or strapless ball gowns all that often. Or tube tops. But I do wear spaghetti straps and tight tank tops/tees and one piece bathing suits all the time.

I didn't do anything in particular. I think a lot of it is genetic or maybe a past athletic background. I don't know.

Thank you! I was fit and thin up until about 10 years ago. I hope I have the same result as you, although I gained all over.

cmriverside

andielyn wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

andielyn wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

Yeah, time.

It took about two years after the weight loss for me...and I'm twice your age.

So you lost the loose skin at an older age? Did you do anything special? That's encouraging!

I lost 80 pounds after age 55. And it was pretty awful at first; however I didn't carry weight in my arms, it was all in my middle. My back looked like I had melted for the first year. I swim and walk mostly for exercise.

It looks good enough now that I can wear anything I like without feeling self conscious. But to be fair, in my mid sixties I'm not wearing bikinis ever or strapless ball gowns all that often. Or tube tops. But I do wear spaghetti straps and tight tank tops/tees and one piece bathing suits all the time.

I didn't do anything in particular. I think a lot of it is genetic or maybe a past athletic background. I don't know.

Thank you! I was fit and thin up until about 10 years ago. I hope I have the same result as you, although I gained all over.

Yeah, that was me too. I gained a bunch of weight in my mid-forties, but hadn't been overweight for the rest of my life. I don't know if that means anything.

Just know that it is worth it, even if there is some loose skin or whatever the after-effects may be. It's worth it times ten thousand to get the weight off.

rainbow198

Time worked for me.

I was surprised I didn't have too much loose skin considering I lost over 80 pounds, but what I did have firmed right up after about 2 years of maintenance.

I was overweight most of my life and older. When I reached my goal I though I would have to live with it because of that but it wasn't the case for me.