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I’m worried about loose thigh skin
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LOL! I need to take a bath and test this. Well, I'm not sure my bathtub is deep enough....
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With apologies to OP, since this thread is supposed to be about thigh loose skin and fat, not arm loose skin and fat: One of my li'l ol' lady cranky-rants has been triggered.
It's that "hangy upper arms" "when my upper arms are out to the side" thing.
When a person holds their arm horizontally and relaxed, there is a hangy, flappy bit. For most people, a fair fraction of this is not fat or loose skin, but rather relaxed triceps muscles.
(I'm not saying there is zero arm fat or loose skin, but will say that in every single case where this subject has come up in my real life, the person was at least partially identifying relaxed muscle as fat or loose skin. Women, in particular, seem to do this, even though men have it, too.)
Try this: Raise your arm so your upper arm is above shoulder level, bend tightly at the elbow (forearm toward upper arm), curl the wrist toward your forearm, and tighten up everything on your arm, especially the upper back part of the arm (triceps), flexing like a bodybuilder. Get it as tight as you can. Anything that firms up is muscle, not fat.
To make it clearer, when your arm is relaxed and horizontal, take your opposite hand, and grab the tissue of the upper arm, with your fingertips as close to the bone as you can get them, holding onto the "fat/loose skin". Then do the "flex like a bodybuilder" thing as described above. If it tightens up or firms up in your hand, it isn't fat, it's muscle.
Even quite-fit women, not to mention men, have triceps muscles that are mobile (will be slack, and "flap around" if the upper arm is shaken) when the arm is relaxed. This needs to be true, because muscles contract in order to do work, which implies that they need to have a little slack in them when relaxed. The longer muscles, like those triceps, will hang down with gravity, and move a little when held horizontally shaken while relaxed.11 -
I have loose skin on my thighs after losing 70# (was 99 at one point) and I don’t love it, buts it’s way better than the alternative.7
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Thanks guys, I guess phobias are irrational. I will keep going incorporating lots of strength training3
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I’m 55 and have lost 16-18 lbs.....it fluctuates. Going for 20 lbs then I’ll stop. I’ve noticed the skin above my knees is really saggy now. This time last year it was smooth. I compared pics and could see a huge difference. Not sure the weight loss is worth it if my skin is going to sag. I was at 186 lbs and down to 168 lbs now. I feel better but not happy with the loose skin at all.4
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Truthfully I'd rather have loose skin and be healthy than fat and stroke worthy.3
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jflemmingjr wrote: »Truthfully I'd rather have loose skin and be healthy than fat and stroke worthy.
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Hannahwalksfar wrote: »jflemmingjr wrote: »Truthfully I'd rather have loose skin and be healthy than fat and stroke worthy.
Depending on your height, 75kg may not be a healthy weight. If you are tall enough (175.25cm or higher), it is a perfectly healthy maintenance weight. If you are short like me, it's obese.2 -
Echoing the cellulite is genetic comments. I technically still had a bit of cellulite at 16 at a BMI of 14.9 (was anorexic--do not recommend). Doing weight lifting the last few years combined with losing 10 pounds (to a BMI of around 20-21) has helped a bit with that. But with 10 kg the odds of loose skin are small.2
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ExistingFish wrote: »Hannahwalksfar wrote: »jflemmingjr wrote: »Truthfully I'd rather have loose skin and be healthy than fat and stroke worthy.
Depending on your height, 75kg may not be a healthy weight. If you are tall enough (175.25cm or higher), it is a perfectly healthy maintenance weight. If you are short like me, it's obese.
According to the bmi I’m overweight but am quite fit. 66 is normal for me and where I’m headed but I’m putting my fears aside and carrying on3 -
I lost over 80 pounds years ago. Even when I was at a healthy weight when I was younger my thighs rubbed together.
After weight loss my thighs were deflated (not loose skin). It did not look good and I did not like the way it wobbled, but to me it was better compared to the opposite.
However, after a couple years of maintenance which included walking fast for several miles everyday and doing targeted exercises and strength training that area eventually tighten up and my thighs no longer rubbed together.
It was as if my skin had to catch up with itself after being overweight for so long. I lost a lot of inches in that area.
Be patient. Your skin may also adjust over time.9
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