Do you feel skinny even with the extra skin?

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  • nwg74
    nwg74 Posts: 360 Member
    I have lost 14 stone which is 196 pounds. Everything from my ribs downwards is loose skin. I hate it but I know week by week it is changing and can feel it tightening. I was expecting it to look worse but I often get backache especially after lying down and I think the hanging skin is a contributing factor.
  • zoukeira
    zoukeira Posts: 313 Member
    So what is 30DS and R130?

    They're Jillian Michales Workouts that you can do at home with just small dumbells (30DS is normally down with one set of 3-5lb and then RI30 is done with two sets - one lighter and one heavier) I don't have any pics of my skin at its worst but I do have some from right before I started 30DS and I can take one today from 1 week into RI30 - then i can toughen up and post them - because there is hope!!
  • marsviolet
    marsviolet Posts: 79 Member
    Thanks for sharing everyone :) I can relate to all of these posts! Lately I think I feel worse about myself than I did before. My stomach and my arms in particular are ruined. It's very hard to motivate myself to keep going when it seems pointless, I will still look awful no matter what I do.
  • MelisRunning
    MelisRunning Posts: 819 Member
    I had the same thing and slowly but surely it is improving. I do lots of resistance and cardio, core and crunches...I refuse to accept defeat and it really has improved to the point of it not being noticeable anymore. Don't lose hope!
  • CarmenSRT
    CarmenSRT Posts: 843 Member
    I've lost ~100 pounds a few times in my life. The longest period I was normal weight was about a decade. The excess skin will not tighten up if you get <insert miracle cream or supplement>. It will recover to the extent that your genetics and the degree of damage the skin has endured will allow.

    To answer your question: Yes, I feel skinny and fit - when I'm wearing clothes that cover me to a minimum of knee level. I've got loose skin from just above waist level to my knees. Being fat means hiding my body because I'm fat. Being skinny means hiding much of my body because it's a different type of ugly.

    It is what it is. You'll have to find your own means of dealing with extra skin, both physically and mentally.
  • sjsieglaff
    sjsieglaff Posts: 7 Member
    You look great! Excellent job on the weightloss, its so hard after having kids! I suggest to tone it up. You can try a program like p90X or Insanity. I lost 90 pounds with my first child by doing P90X, (half-assed it, so i didnt get that 6 pack like I wanted). Ive got 50 pounds to lose to get to my goal weight after having baby #2. Im doing a hybrid of P90X and Insanity. You can check out the success stories online (beachbody.com) or just google it. There are people on there who lost an immense amount of weight, and have very little loose skin. Thats what i'm hoping for too! =D Good luck!
  • daworley
    daworley Posts: 238 Member
    I appreciate this topic, because my tummy looks just like the pictures posted, too. I am down 50 lbs from my high point, I have four children aged 28 - 18, and I will be 51 next month. I hate the way my tummy looks, it is nice to know I am not alone. I want to lose 15 to 25 more pounds; hope it get no worse. By the way, you are all so amazing - love the solidarity of MFP!
  • tabithajoyy
    tabithajoyy Posts: 680 Member
    You look great! Excellent job on the weightloss, its so hard after having kids! I suggest to tone it up. You can try a program like p90X or Insanity. I lost 90 pounds with my first child by doing P90X, (half-assed it, so i didnt get that 6 pack like I wanted). Ive got 50 pounds to lose to get to my goal weight after having baby #2. Im doing a hybrid of P90X and Insanity. You can check out the success stories online (beachbody.com) or just google it. There are people on there who lost an immense amount of weight, and have very little loose skin. Thats what i'm hoping for too! =D Good luck!

    I did 60 days of P90X, i couldnt keep up with the long workouts. It just wasnt for me! I however do love Chalean Extreme!
  • jojorocksforeva
    jojorocksforeva Posts: 303 Member
    I would take loose skin over fat any day its a price you have to pay sometimes for getting big and losing it, Same with stretch marks they never go away but they can fade,, Same with the Skin you can tone it up get surgery ect, Some people dont have lose skin but some people do when they lose a lot of weight , So yes i would even with loose skin ANY DAY!
  • Metspride129
    Metspride129 Posts: 122 Member
    I am just happy i took things as slow as i did an lifted heavy the entire time with cardio so i dont have any loose skin. It will bounce back though over time
  • tabithajoyy
    tabithajoyy Posts: 680 Member
    I am just happy i took things as slow as i did an lifted heavy the entire time with cardio so i dont have any loose skin. It will bounce back though over time


    I started lifting about 40lbs lost...Not a lot of core work though...I did Chalean Extreme and have been lifting on and off ever since.
  • FightinFelicia
    FightinFelicia Posts: 12 Member
    I totally understand...Just continue doing what you are doing....Hey you are 80lbs lighter, the worst part is over, right.
  • icandowhateveriputmymindto
    icandowhateveriputmymindto Posts: 602 Member
    Crap, now that I think of it, yes I would...
  • tidesong
    tidesong Posts: 451 Member
    God, I wish I had a better answer. I only feel like "me" when I have a shaper on. My doc already told me easily I have 10lbs of skin even with my heavy lifting routine. I look at myself in the mirror and cry (literally). Not only did I hurt my organs and body from the weight, but until I can afford it I will have this disgusting reminder everyday that I REALLY f*cked up. I feel like it is laughing at me. Taunting me. "you'll never get the body you want" it tells me. I beat it with ab workouts and heavy lifting. It still laughs at me. "I am not going anywhere" as I strap it down with a shaper.

    I hope this changes but for now all I see is a 300lb person I used to be and not the person I am today. I try positive affirmations but it is so hard with this skin.

    SBB: You have completely hit it on the head. I still have a ways to go, but already the loose skin is taunting me. It makes me cry because I've come so far, and look in the mirror and still see nothing but the fat girl. You read my blog post so you already know the struggles I have...and I know you get it. It's awful that so many of us feel this way, though. Stupid society image stigma. ($&*#
  • AcampoGirl
    AcampoGirl Posts: 52 Member
    Wow, it really does suck that we feel this way. I also have the double roll stomach. I'm about to finish level 2 of the 30 day shred and hoping that it won't look so bad. On Thanksgiving I took a picture and all I could see is my stomach sticking out. I hope for all of us it will get better.

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