weight loss and surgery

ABrooks0205

Congratulations to so many of you who have posted such great success!

I have a long way to go - about 80 lbs - and am just curious of those of you who have acheived that kind of weight loss if you had issues with extra skin afterward. I do exercise and as I lose the weight plan to do so even more. I see these success stories posted and most of the ones with pictures really show no excess skin...is there hope for me? )

cyclingben

when you do it the healthy way with exercise and a good diet your skin seems to just shrinks back. At least that's been the case for me so far.

sdurrahMpls

I've been loosing slowly, the weight is coming off from exercise and eating better. I lift (heavy) weights 3-4 times per week at the gym, I was told this would help with loose skin, but I'm realizing that I have a lot of it in my arms, back, and lower stomach. As a matter of fact, my arms have a significant amount of muscle in them now, but are the same size in caliber testing because the skin has not tightened. My trainer said genetics and age play a big role in what will happen, and that skin usually takes twice as long to tighten as it takes to loose the weight, so we will see.

cherbapp

It's sooo different for everyone! I see a lot of pics too and thought I might be lucky and followed all the suggestions...but I have lost over 60 pounds over 8 months...and have about 40 left to go and I have significant folds of skin on my stomach that are not going away. Depressing, but still, I prefer deflated skin over the fat!

And yeah, I drink tons of water...excercise a lot...lots of mousturizers, etc...I apparently am not one of the lucky ones. Though I will blame the three kids for this. LOL