there are some bats that are envious of mine too :laugh:

have you considered a bowflex? walmart has a very inexpensive model, and its relatively small. i recently bought one and i do like it. its easy to use and i am hoping that with consistency, i can get rid of the excess deflation that i have. i also have some free weights and a yoga ball that i love, cuz on my lazy days, i can sit on it in front of the tv and still exercise. they are super inexpensive too! and the exercises are easy to find online!

hope this helps!

I need the suggestions to. A bat is envious of my bat wings.

Those are not bat wings..they're sleeping muscles! I have them too!

:laugh: OMG this made me laugh out loud. I will use this as the description from now on!!! Love it...

Exercise is great for your muscles, but will do nothing for the fat/excess skin. Sorry to break the news to you. http://slimpressions.com/ has great shapewear, especially for arms. I wore it constantly until I was able to afford plastics.

i got lucky and dont have too much skin. however what i do have has not gone away in these 3.5 years and wont without surgery, but sine i cant afford it right now, and its not severe enough for insurance to cover it im staying this way!! maybe some day. (id love a new belly button lol and some perky boobs) i went from ,melons to eggs lol!

Hi all! Despite what my meter says I have lost over 100 pounds (22 of which since I joined MFP) and I have a lot of hanging fat (or deflation as I call it lol). I'm 5'2 and I started at over 320 pounds. I am looking for some exercise/ workout suggestions that people have that may help me tone my arms and stomach area. I swim a couple of times a week but I am looking to see if there is something more I can do to target those areas. At this time not only is the stomach area prohibiting me from wearing any clothes that fit well, it makes me feel really self conscious - either I "muffin top" badly or I have to wear something baggy.

Some people who are further along and are some time out look fantastic and I would like to get some advice on what I can do to achieve a leaner and toner body.

Thank you soooooo much!

Congrats on the 100pound loss. I had gastric bypass 5 years ago. If you are talking anything hanging, that is skin and there is no exercise that gets rid of it. Only way to get rid of it is to have it cut off. 2 years ago I was down to 175 (yeah, I rebounded and am now working to get down to 150). Even so, I still had the tummy apron hanging there. I had tummy tuck/lower body lift 2 years ago to deal with the issue. My thighs and upper arms are nasty still. I've had 2 plastic surgeons and my bariatric surgeon tell me that I will probably have to get the skin removed if I ever do loose the fat. But, more likely than not I'll have to have lipo on both and then the skin removed.
Still, lift weigths and tone the muscle underneath. Talk to your bariatric surgeon. Go see at least 2 plastic surgeons that deal with post bariatric surgery.

I love my hanging skin (not). But seriously, every time I look at it, it reminds me how far I have come. I told my boys I was going to have their names tattooed on my bat wings then they can be the "wind beneath my wings". They didn't think it was funny at all (what do 20 year old's know) I thought it was ingenious!