I'm so sorry but with each new photo . . . . . . .

Sidesteal

HOLY WTF?!

You look amazing. If it makes you feel better I will gladly look at you naked. I'll even do so if it doesn't make you feel better. Just sayin. Wow.


That's some serious progress you've made. You look amazing.

Crochetluvr

You are SO young....the saggies will go with the strength training. I am hoping I can get some of the sagginess I expect to go away. But I will still be THRILLED to be able to wear a dress like you are. Fabulous change...CONGRATS!!!

FitXnX50

I stumbled on your supportive comment to chicky26, saw your profile, and am SO IMPRESSED! Damn, you have resolve! A word of support coming from you is really authoritative and means a lot. Congratulations on letting the half the man you used to be come back out! You and the rest on this thread really are a kind and helpful bunch. By the way, I second the comment, chicky26, beautiful "before," is even more stunning now. Hope she keeps her head high, her muscles active, and her meals pleasantly modest!

CopperGalaxy

Congratulations. Honestly people underestimate the guts it takes to admit you need to lose weight, never mind the strength and willpower to accomplish it. Well, you have! And you look bloomin' marvellous. Give it time, you'll eventually realise that those small things are nothing compared to what you've achieved and you will start seeing yourself in another light, mentally. You're a true inspiration to others who are trying to lose weight!

chicky26

Umm... yes! My boobs are a shell of what they used to be... I actually often times refer to them as "Balls in a Sock" and my tummy has stretchmarks and loose skin that will NEVER tighten - BUT - IN clothes, I look and feel GREAT - so who cares, right?!?!

Balls in socks :laugh: Thats hilarious but sooooo true.

I do hear what your all saying and its amazing thank you all sooooo much :blushing:

Im happy im healthy and I have gained so much from loosing this weight. Im weight training and doing cardio too to try and improve things. When I look in the mirror though I just get so mad at myself for putting my body through this, I have very fair skin that is extremely damaged and I doubt that it will ever go back after a decade of being 240lb.

And I know that although I have soooo many health benefits and life benefits from loosing this weight, there is deffinatly an element of me that just wants to be physically attractive!! including skin that is toned and shapley rather then skin that is saggly lumpy and ugly!!

Thank you all soooo much for all your very kind words its truely moving so thankyou. And its sooooo nice to hear from the people having the same issues. Its such an emtional and mental roler coaster ride at the moment . . . . . . im finding it difficult

SBlost

You look amazing.
I think I might have these same thoughts once I lose the weight too.
I dont really have an advice for you but I thought I would say WAY TO GO, you look fab!!!

FitXnX50

Following up my post a couple minutes ago, I thought I was quoting specifically on EdDavenport's comment. I'm new and still pretty clumsy navigating in MFP, which is why I wrote about you rather than to you. I wondered about loose skin too. I gotta say (directly), you're looking great! I hope feeling great too.

pipjiggles

You.look.FABULOUS! Where r u hiding the sag???

A mom of many children once wrote on her blog that she just rolls up her National Geographic boobs, tucks them in and she's on her way...

I laugh every time I have to roll part of me into something!

Give yourself a break and start talking to yourself like you talk to your best friend- positive, encouraging words.

You are a superstar! Congrats!

nicholettebell

Definitely in the same boat as you!

Josie_lifting_cats

I've been with my husband for nine years. And I can honestly say that even at 70+ pounds heavier than I am now, I was never as self conscious as I am now without my clothes on. It's miserable.

I see myself with clothes on, and I'm happy with that, but naked.... not so much. I'm worried that I may never be comfortable with my body again, honestly. But I just keep plugging away, hoping it will keep shifting and a year from now I'll feel better about it.

Sometimes all we can do is hope and keep working at it. The end result may not always be perfect, but surely it will be better than today, right?

VanillaBone

You just clawed your way through almost 100 pounds of fat; these are your battle scars. You worked damn hard to get where you are, and having a bit of saggy skin or a few stretch marks does nothing to diminish your huge accomplishment. You look fantastic, and you look like you FEEL fantastic, which is even more important.

Give your skin a few years to heal itself, and don't ever judge yourself harshly for not looking like a sixteen-year-old. You are AMAZING.

mandamommy3

You look amazing and are so on the right track.

I totally understand what your saying though, looking at myself in pictures is one thing. Then I see myself naked and only see the old me. At some point I think your brain has to play catch up and it does take up to 2 years for skin to "snap" back after being stretched for so long, even then it might not look perfect. But in the end you are healthier, happier and better off than you were when you started.

Chipmunk222

awesome job! You look great I'm no expert in the rest of the post... (or anything for that matter) I just wanted to
send you my 2 cents.

mrsjuliana

You look awesome!!!

1PoisonIvy

You look great
And that is my biggest fear of losing weight!

Huskeryogi

You look amazing! It takes awhile to adjust to the new you.if you do have some skin sagging just keep at it. You're young enough that it should firm back up.

babymine55

I know EXACTLY what you are feeling. After nursing 4 children and losing so much weight....I am paying the price for being that heavy for so long.

I have to keep telling myself, DON'T LET THIS DEFEAT YOU!! Being slim and sexy is for sure, a natural want for anyone...being healthy, is PRICELESS!!

I think you look fantastic, and healthy!!

spicypepper

You look amazing! Like a totally different person too.

I agree, lots of water and toning/strength training will help. I'm going to be in the same boat when I lose my last 35 lbs after these remaining 7.

Vgrindle

I see the sagging skin in myself and sometimes when I move I feel it giggle and it feels gross to me. But your photos are phenominal, you look amazing! Great job on all of your progress a true inspiration

Phaedra2014

Holy crap! You look AMAZING! Looks like you dropped 15 years of your age. How the heck did you lose 100 pounds and be so tight all over? Please share.

lose4good1

You are not frumpy and ugly. I think you are beautiful. I think you really look hot. I love your dress where did you get it

TheFitHooker

I'm so sorry I just have to share . . . . . . . . . . . . .

With the weight that I lost, currently 91lb and 9lb away from goal, I look at myself (eeeek naked) in the mirror and dispair.
My skin is saggy, my boobs feel like their emptying and I dont feel sexy at all.

I'm praying, hoping, pleading that all this weight training and exercise will help with my body shape and image and self confidence.

When living day to day and looking in the mirror (eeeek naked) I fell like my 'old' self. Frumpy and ugly and I hate it.




But then I see a photo of me now and I find it hard to believe that this is me?!?!





. . . . . I see the picture of me and I feel slim and sexy and amazing and then I just think its a lie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


IF only they saw me naked!!!!!!! does anyone else feel like this??? Its really knocking my self confidence!

You look amazing, but I totally understand you. My MIL is trying to make me promise her I won't lose anymore weight, she thinks I'm going to look sick if I do, other family has told me to quit losing weight, and honestly I'm not to my goal yet, I have another 15 to go. I still have a gut and I would never wear my bikini in public, I only bought it to take before and after photo's and only bought the top lol. Everyone says I'm thin but I don't feel thin unless clothing hides the pooch from my 2 c-sections lol .

Phaedra2014

That pooch is testimony to the two most beautiful things you ever made. Embrace it..

mkm9279

You have lost 91 pounds! That in itself is amazing! I know looking in the mirror may not be exactly what you want to see but it's better then it was 91 pounds ago! I have loose skin and stretch marks, but I also have three wonderful children who attributed to that. I wouldn't change it for the world!

chrissybklyn

I soooo hear where you are coming from. I am down a little over 100 pounds and the amount of sagging ugly skin- and my beautiful big boobs that are now saggy little nothings- makes it hard for me to feel sexy when I have little to no clothes on. Put me in a tight outfit and I feel great- but as I strip down at the end of the day, ugh, I cant even bare looking at myself. I am trying to work on toning and building muscle now, with another 30 pounds to lose. Whoever, i will say just like everyone else- you look great!!!

ErnestinesMom

HOLY WTF?!

You look amazing. If it makes you feel better I will gladly look at you naked. I'll even do so if it doesn't make you feel better. Just sayin. Wow.


That's some serious progress you've made. You look amazing.

To the OP, if the above does not put a smile on your face, nothing will. What a truly sweet thing to say. BTW, OP...u look amazing...just like the gentleman said. Congratulations on an outstanding job...and here's to living the good life now...healthy and fit!

Neeser926

Really....how many people see you naked versus how many can see how absolutely fabulous you look now!!?

Healthy_4_Life2

Congrats on your hardwork and you looks AMAZING!!. I do understand how you feel. I think we all feel this way at some point too. I say that to myself when people say to me that I looks good and that I have lost weight. I always, say to myself that "Only if you could see what's under these clothes and after having 4 kids". What matter is what you feel and what you husband/boyfirend thinks. In my case, my husband does NOT have any complaints. I have to be happy with me as no one is perfect. Awesome job on your weight loss :flowerforyou:

jfrankic

Wow, you look beautiful! Healthy, thin, sexy and stunning. And I know exactly how you feel when you look in the mirror. I feel like I'm tricking everyone when I have my clothes on. Two kids and gain and losing weight several times over the past seven years has wreaked havoc on my body. And now, I'm trying to undo the damage.

I pray that you are able to see the beautiful you......as we all do.

tracyt84

wow u look amazing,welldone you xxx