Tummy shots anyone in 20's or 30's?

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207 to 128, you should be fine, as long as you take your time, You should check out the Beck Diet Solution, It will change your life, Find a REALLY good buddy and do the program. Its not a diet its a cognitive therapy program to teach you how to diet and change your lifestyle ( I read your other post in the introductions)

I went from 220 to 145 - still wanted to get 15 more lbs off but haven't been working at it. I am 5'4, so we are similar, sorry that I do not have pics, but as long as you pace yourself losing, the skin will tighten up as you go, especially at your age.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!

this was me in April at about 220lbs


dillons party by crochetmom2010, on Flickr


this is me at the end of July at about 205lbs.


IMG00645-20120726-0919 by crochetmom2010, on Flickr

this is me last week at 197lbs.


IMG00817-20121113-0848 by crochetmom2010, on Flickr

I still have about 50lbs to go, but I am hopeful that strength training will keep me from being flabby.

Edit to add: I am almost 5'2" tall and 37, almost 38 years old.

I was 185 at my heaviest and got to 138 at my lightest. My belly looked great at 138. No loose skin. At 138 I got pregnant and got back up to 183 and the end of my pregnancy. I am 8 most post baby and 151lbs. My belly still looks pretty good.... However that being said it will depend on your own body. (I also have a friend who was over 200 and got to 140 and looked great! )

http://www.ehow.com/how_7678253_keep-skin-tight-losing-weight.html

Good luck!

I am so scared of getting loose skin. i am 207 pounds and want to get down to 128. I am 5 foot 5 and 25 years old. Does anyone have similar stats to me and have any tummy shots to show of before and after? I would really appreciate it xx

We all get loose skin when we lose weight. You will lose fat faster than it takes the skin to adjust. Lifting weights helps build your lean body mass and "fill in" the skin. A lot of my lose skin is still there because I'm over 50 and waited until I was 50 to finally lose the fat.

Lifting weights will help. You want to start asap because it take longer to develop your muscles than it does to lose the fat.

Everyone needs resistance training to improve their health and bone density and this will especially improve your quality of life when you get older. But you will not gain all that much lean body mass as fast as everyone thinks. Guys of course will gain more. A DXA scan will prove the point. There are lots of stories about changing size but no one REALLY knows unless they do a DXA scan. Here's more about that --> http://bradpilon.com/weight-loss/intermittent-fasting-and-bulking/ this is true whether you IF or not. My DXA scans proved that I really didn't gain that much lean body mass yet I look very muscular for a female. I have very high bone density from over 30 years of lifting yet my lean body mass is still only 104 lbs and my RMR is still only 1380.

I recently had my DXA scan done and at 51.5 years of age I have the bone density of a super athletic 30 year old. That is a direct result of lifting for over 30 years. Now if that is not scientific proof that lifting weights keeps you younger I don't know what is! Also I believe it is why most people think I look much younger than I really am. Because of this I don't have to worry about osteoporosis. If you wait until you are older and your bones start to deteriorate it's a bit too late, you can't get back what you lost, and you can only start a resistance routine that will prevent further damage.