How do you know you have loose skin?

Redkoala

Like the title says, how do you know its loose skin or still just fat?

sabrinafaith

Loose skin flaps. Fat jiggles. lol

Redkoala

best reply i think i've read on here!

sabrinafaith

Well, you wanted to know....

jo_marnes

Think about the skin fold test they do with callipers to measure body fat. In a very low tech way of figuring it out, f you get hold of the problem area between your thumb and finger, whatever you pinch (thickness) BETWEEN your thumb and finger is fat - the rest is skin.

wolfchild59

For me I could tell the difference on my stomach/chest when I leaned over or had my upper body parallel to the floor. When it was fat, it just sorta stayed there as one mass. Now the section of skin hangs off my body as if trying to pull away. But when I'm standing, it just looks like a fat pooch around my belly that's a little extra jiggly.

TaneeisFitforLife

Oh you can tell loose skin is a little wrinkled and looks totally different lol

wolfchild59

Oh yes, the little puckered wrinkles around the skin when it hangs is also a telling sign. *sigh* (yes, I hate this particular "side effect" to the weight loss, can you tell? lol)

knittygirl52

Oh yeah. My daughter recently said "your face is drooping"--and my sister suggested that my neck needs massaging! And I've spent way too much money on wrinkle creams! And they aren't doing anything.

My favorite is the way I can lay on my back, raise my legs toward the ceiling and watch the skin drift towards me.

YUCK

Bardot86

Is there anyway to prevent thisd happening when you lose weight? Last thing i want is flappy skin!

TaneeisFitforLife

It's either going to happen or not....mine isn't too bad & I'd rather have that instead of 160 pounds of fat. Loose skin is easier to hide

debbie472

when u found out out what lose skin and what fat let me know i dont know on me it hard to tell