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Scared of something

Posts: 257 Member
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
OK I don't know if this is the right place/forum/area, but I keep trying to put off more weight loss, and sabotaging myself because I'm scared of something.
If I lose all this weight am I gonna be floppy with extra skin? That is the scariest thing that I can think about and for some reason it seems worse than being this overweight.
Does anyone else feel this way?

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  • Posts: 5,922 Member
    Age is on your side here, and you can prevent uneccessary sagging by losing weight at a sensible pace, keeping yourself hydrated and doing resistance training. It's not something I've ever considered, but it is a concern for a lot of people.
  • Posts: 34,463 Member
    Why don't you worry about that if and when it happens?


    Losing the weight will help you stay healthy, live a better life, and stay out of the doctor's office. Any extra skin you MAY have can be dealt with much easier than diabetes, heart disease, or death.
  • Posts: 493
    Though I don't like the thought of having floppy flabby skin (especially where my arms are concerned) I think that having a thinner and healthier body is well worth it.

    My mom told me another way to think about it. Look at the flab as a success and a reminder- this is what you have done to make yourself better, this is where I don't want to go back too.

    You will look great as you eat right and lose weight, a little bit of lose skin is not worth staying in an unhealthy place.
  • Posts: 516 Member
    Why don't you worry about that if and when it happens?


    Losing the weight will help you stay healthy, live a better life, and stay out of the doctor's office. Any extra skin you MAY have can be dealt with much easier than diabetes, heart disease, or death.

    ^^THIS^^ Better to have extra skin on your body than extra fat!
  • Posts: 531 Member
    Age is on your side here, and you can prevent uneccessary sagging by losing weight at a sensible pace, keeping yourself hydrated and doing resistance training. It's not something I've ever considered, but it is a concern for a lot of people.

    ^^ This^^
    And if you do have extra arm skin, you can always do something about it. Better than being dead or having a stroke, can't do much about it then.
  • Posts: 257 Member
    Thanks everyone, thinking about it as kind of a reminder of what I've lost, and also that its better than being dead makes it seem a lot less scary, and more of something good. I feel a lot better now phew
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