Loose skin help

Megume

Mmmk, I am scheduled to have VSG in June and am trying to gather as many tips from others as I can. Something that concerns me is loose skin. Anyone have any tips to help tighten things up as you go, besides weight training?? Any help would be awesome. Thanks!

xxMsComptonxx

wear a tight band around your stomach all the time! This helps major. Or wrap your arms and legs before going to bed or under your shirts and pants if you can get away with it.

xxMsComptonxx

wear a tight band around your stomach all the time! This helps major. Or wrap your arms and legs before going to bed or under your shirts and pants if you can get away with it.

ace bandage is great for this too.

rshunk

I would love to hear any advice on this also, I am starting to have the same problem...

katya143

YEAH! A WAIST TRIMMER BELT! THE ONE YOU USE FOR WORKING OUT! BUT TO TELL YOU HONESTLY, MY STOMACH IS STILL FLABBY!!! I DIDNT DO ANY STRENGTH TRAINING TILL i LOST A GOOD 60 POUNDS! SO START AS SOON AS U GET THE GO AHEAD FROM THE DOC!!

fcrisswell

THere are so many factors to take into account...genetics, the amount of weight to lose, the speed at which you lose it, exercise, etc.

Sometimes it just cannot be avoided. It can be helped some with exercise but if you lose a LOT it cannot be avoided. My advice...start saving now for plastic surgery. I will never be able to afford ps unless I win the lottery LOL.. But my spanx (girdle) and I are bestest friends!

rileysowner

You are young. Lose the weight gradually, and your skin will likely rebound just fine.

What do you have against weight training? Is it that you don't have weights? You can do strength training without any equipment doing body weight exercises. The work very well, and I use them myself.

I posted this in another message thread found here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/201749-strength-training-help

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First in the quoted section you will now find links to demonstrations of the various exercises. Don't count out body weight because you think it cannot have the intensity increased or decreased. For most of them you can increase or decrease them, and body weight exercises can easily be a intense and strength building as exercises using weights. Not that weights are bad, I have a whole weight set in the basement which I do use. When I tried my first body weight workout I thought it would be easy since I have been doing weight training with dumbells and barbells for years. I was wrong. Body weight exercises work your body in a whole different way than weights. According to Mark Lauren, and former Special Forces trainer, body weight training is a primary mode of training for the special forces (Seals, Green Berets, etc). [See "You are your Own Gym" by Mark Lauren for more info. He has a web-site as well which you can google]

The advantage of bodyweight workouts is that they can be done anywhere, and you don't have to take any equipment with you, or find a local gym. They can be done in your hotel room, office, or a local park.

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You can use dumbells, resistance bands or bodyweight. I don't have time this AM to give a longer answer, but I would suggest starting with bodyweight.

A SIMPLE WORKOUT
Squats -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYtm8nc4Je8
Push-ups -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh00_rniF8E
Lunges alternating -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFTfbPh61vg
Let me ins -- http://exercisegarage.com/let-me-in-a-body-weight-instructional-video/
Hip extensions -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzyJHCSHa30

Do each for ten repetitions then go right to the next exercise until you have done them all. Rest 90 seconds and repeat. Go through the list three times. Don't forget to warm up for about five minutes. Running in place will do. Also cool down and stretch afterward. Most of these exercises can be found on youtube.


Many people has trouble with push-ups. You can either do them from your knees, or to benefit from the full plank position, you can change the lever point. To make them easier raise your hands up placing them on something like a bench, stair step one, two or three steps up, or whatever else. To make them harder, do the opposite, keep your hands on the floor and raise your feet up using phone books, stair steps, and workout bench, etc. There are advances versions of push-ups as well like the dive bomber push-up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-v0AaANHk or the planche push-up which is about the most advanced type of push-up you can work up to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvbLSgWMJec

I do them on the floor, and when I can't do any more, I move to something that raises my hands a little higher so I can do some more, and then higher still when I can't do them at that level. For the type of workout I mentioned above, I would suggest doing them in whatever way you can get 10 repetitions before failing to be able to do one.

Another thing you can do it ladder workouts to learn the moves. They will work with any resistance exercises. You can find the workout outlined here at Mark Lauren's site http://www.marklauren.com/20-minute-workouts-details.html

Ladders might be the best place to start to make sure you have the exercise form down perfect. In weight training form is vital. You cannot compromise on it, but when you do it right, you will feel it in the muscles you want to work. The advantage of the exercises I mention above is that they all work more than one muscle group.

The only thing I would add is that you might want to finish with a Plank holding it as long as you can. Rest a minute, then repeat. Rest a minute and repeat again. It will give some additional focus on your core muscles.

For the exercises, you can increase intensity by decreasing speed, or by holding in various positions. For example in the squat instead of immediately starting up again from the bottom position, stop there for a count of three. Then slowly go up.

Finally, with most of these body weight exercises, you can use your dumbells to add additional resistance.

I gave you all this so you can see where you can go with simple body weight workouts. They are not simple something to start with, they are something you can keep using even as you get stronger.

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Hope this helps.

Megume

I have absolutely nothing against weight training.. I already do a ton of it and being a former, semi pro compedative power lifter.. weight training is a passion of mine. I was just looking for any other tips I. Could use in conjunction.

Megume

bump plz