Question for you all who've lost 100+

I haven't lot 100 but I'm half way there. I think the key is exercise. Think of the Biggest Loser program - they lose hundreds of pounds and most dont have excess skin. Not only exercise but strength training is the answer. Good luck on your journey!

I have done a lot of weight training on my journey and that has helped a lot! I have a teeny tiny "bloop" on my tummy and that is about it. I am determined to make that go away! It takes a while for the skin to "adjust" as it where and it will look kinda saggy and baggy, like clothes that are too big but as far as lots of extra, the weight training was the key.

and as far as the biggest loser, they can and sometimes do have skin removal surgery. losing loads of weight and being over a certain age will result in loose skin, no ifs ands or buts. regardless of exercise, unless you fill all of the loose skin with big, hulking muscles;)

http://boards.nbc.com/nbc/index.php?showtopic=834969

that's a link from the biggest loser forums discussing it:)

I haven't lot 100 but I'm half way there. I think the key is exercise. Think of the Biggest Loser program - they lose hundreds of pounds and most dont have excess skin. Not only exercise but strength training is the answer. Good luck on your journey!

I'm pretty sure they DO have excess skin and that's why they switch to t-shirts instead of skins for the boys/crop tops for the girls for the weigh-ins in the latter stages. Not that BL is an accurate indication of how most people will look - their weight loss is seriously accelerated compared with the norm.

I've lost 100lbs and my skin is ok. I've still got some belly flab to shift and I suspect some loose skin there to tighten up too, but it'll be easier to tell when I lose another 10lbs or so.

Do not let the thought of excess skin keep you from your goals! I know it does worry people but that is something you can deal with after you've lost the weight and have toned up what you can. The truth is the longer you are over weight the more likely it is that you will have some loose skin. I saw someone said something about the BL contestants not having loose skin but they do and many times most of them deal with it through surgery. I lost over 100 pounds and never thought about loose skin but I had a lot of excess skin around my abdomen. I choose to deal with this through exercise as much as I could and when I knew what I had was just skin and not fat I went to see a surgeon. I opted to have a breast lift and the skin removed from my mid section. I had the breasts done because much like my abdomen, they had lost a substantial amount of fat and what I was left with was basically empty sacks I'm not telling you this to scare you and I certainly don't want to do anything that steers you farther away from getting fit and healthy but I want to be truthful. The biggest truth of all is though that if I knew back then what I knew after I had lost the weight I would still choose my health knowing what I was going to need to deal with. I'm 43 and I feel amazing and I wouldn't give that up for anything!

Yea but it tightens up way more than you'd expect as you maintain. Keep up the good work and try not to worry about it. Make sure to stay hydrated and take care of your skin on the way down

I have been fat my entire life and now that I am a healthy weight I do have excess skin. I am almost at my ultimate goal of 175 and once there I plan on adding on around 5 lbs of muscle and holding at 180 so when I reach this stage I will let you know if anything changes. As for now I have started saving to get a skin reduction surgery.

I have very little excess skin. I am 62, lost the majority of my weight in 7+ months, never used creams, was a previous smoker, etc. In other words I had everything going against me and should have ended up being a sagging mess. It all depends on YOUR genetics and YOUR skin elasticity.

Obesity will kill you but excess skin will not. It DOES improve up to 2 years after a large weight loss with maintenance, good hydration, and lifting weights. After that, no. Surgery is always an option.

Concentrate on good health, good hydration, and go for it.


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I LOST 200+ AND HAD MY UPPER BODY LIFT 6 MONTHS AGO. I WISH I HAD STARTED WEIGHT LIFTING AND DOING PILATES ETC FROM THE VERY START. IT WAS THE WEIGHTS THAT SHAPED ME THE MOST AND HELPED SHAPE MY BODY. DON'T LET THE FEAR OF EXCESS SKIN STOP YOU. IF YOU DROP 80-100 POUNDS AND DO IT SLOWLY, WITH LOTS OF EXERCISE AND STRENGTH TRAINING I THINK YOUR BODY WILL ADJUST AND BOUNCE BACK. I THINK DRASTIC AND SUDDEN WEIGHT LOSS COMBINED WITH GAINS AND YO YO DIETS MIGHT BE THE CAUSE. IT COULD BE A MATTER OF ELASTICITY LEFT IN THE SKIN COMBINED WITH AGE AND MOISTURE. I WAS THE QUEEN OF LOTION FOR A WHILE THERE BUT AFTER DROPPING 200 POUNDS I'M PRETTY DAMN SURE NOTHING WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. KEEP GOING, WORK HARD AND TRY NEW WORKOUTS TO SEE WHAT TIGHTENS AND TONES YOU BEST YOU CAN TOTALLY DO IT, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR GOAL IS

I have just begun my journey to lose over 100lbs, but I have done some ready because this is a concern for me as well. I can't find the article right now, but the tips I read were: 1. weight training/toning, 2. exfoliate - slough off the dead skin so that new, tighter skin can grow, 3. MOISTURIZE (there are even lotions specially formulated to tighten skin), 4. stay hydrated, 5. eat antioxidant-rich foods

Yep, quite a bit of it; although nowhere near as much as I thought I would have. It is amazing how much of mine actually went back. I agree with trud72, no contest, give me the excess skin over the old me any day. I also agree with her on the statement of it depending on, lifestyle, age, the type of exercise and intensity of that exercise that will help determine the amount of excess you have.

I lost 100lbs 3yrs ago unfortunatly put it back on.. but yes my boobs were quite big & well cows udders ring a bell lol.. no matter how much bust exercises i did, but a good fitting bra helped

This actually terrifies me. Even now, I'm only 30lb into my weight loss with 91lb to go, but if I suck my stomach in as much as I can the skin kind of wrinkles. Think I'm pretty much guaranteed saggy skin.

I have just begun my journey to lose over 100lbs, but I have done some ready because this is a concern for me as well. I can't find the article right now, but the tips I read were: 1. weight training/toning, 2. exfoliate - slough off the dead skin so that new, tighter skin can grow, 3. MOISTURIZE (there are even lotions specially formulated to tighten skin), 4. stay hydrated, 5. eat antioxidant-rich foods

I second this, this will be my 4th time losing over 100 pounds, I have terrible genetics and my skin was tightening up the lower I got because of good skin care and doing pilates everyday, this time I will be lifting weights when I get under 200 pounds. I have had 2 csections, 3 vaginal births, a bunch of strech marks and taking care of the skin is the only way that the skin tightened up..I am currently done having kids and my youngest is 6 months and I am losing from 264 yet again, I am at 239 now.

Yes. Oh yes. I lost this much in my 20's and the answer was no. I love my Spanx and my under wire bras. If not I look like I melted. But the weight loss is so much worth the skin. At my age, I don't care, my hubby doesn't care. I don't think I am going to opt for surgery. We'll see. I still have *80* pounds to lose! eeek! 0.o oxoooxxo