Anyone lost lots of weight NOT had excess skin????

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  • uwdawg07
    uwdawg07 Posts: 372 Member
    I've lost 93 pounds, and though the scale is no longer budging (darn it!!), my body is still changing and getting tighter. I have a small amount of excess skin on my lower belly and upper arms, but not much at all. I doubt anyone would notice it but me! And I'm hoping over time it will tighten up.
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    Me.
  • ajro0610
    ajro0610 Posts: 21 Member
    Four years ago I went from 265lbs to 142lbs and had very little excess skin. Some on my inner thighs, a little under my arms, and then on my stomach. I was never going to be able to wear a string bikini but I looked GOOD in clothes everyday and felt AMAZING! Even thin people wear spanx and if they say they don't...they're lying ;-)

    I think sometimes people have excess skin because they haven't gotten to their goal yet and they give up :-/

    Recently, I weighed 282 and I'm now down to 266. I have a long way to go to get to my goal but if I did it once, I can do it again. Don't let excess skin or the fear of the unknown, stop you from reaching your goals!!
  • eapmom
    eapmom Posts: 8 Member
    I lost just about 75 pounds and my stomach is terrible, I don't know either how to tighten all the skin. My mother had weight loss surgery so that covered her surgery for removal for the skin.
  • Docmahi
    Docmahi Posts: 1,603 Member
    ive lost about 60 possibly 70 and have no excess skin - in fact it resolved most of my stretch marks

    I think it really really varies based on the persons age/genetics/routine (Strength training vs cardio)
  • LittleMiss_WillLoseIt
    LittleMiss_WillLoseIt Posts: 1,373 Member
    I've lost almost 140 lbs and yes I have excess skin, but slowly it's getting better. I still have about 35-40 lbs to lose. I think it varies from person to person with many different factors that goes along with it.
  • kazzsjourney2goal
    kazzsjourney2goal Posts: 56 Member
    I have lost 160 pounds and have about 10 pounds of excess skin which in all honesty for the amount I have lost I dont think is to bad - I still wanna lose another 40-55 pounds :)
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I have lost almost 50lbs and not a lot of excess skin...I know it's not over 100 but..

    I have a friend who lost 20 and has a lot of excess skin...

    My sister no excess skin or stretch marks from pregnancy...

    I think that there are lots of factors that go into this.

    1. how fast you lose the weight - too fast and you have the skin issue
    2. How you lose the weight (diet alone or lifting weights and diet or cardio and diet) - diet alone you lose muscle too, with cardio you lose muscle too...but with weights...you maintain most of it. which I think could prevent lose skin
    3. Genetics
  • wyattj99
    wyattj99 Posts: 454 Member
    I don't have a lot of excess skin but flabby, the excess skin I do have is from a c-section but I'm working on toning now. I lost 60 lbs
  • 40DayFit
    40DayFit Posts: 246 Member
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  • airangel59
    airangel59 Posts: 1,887 Member
    I worried about this as well as I'd been heavy BMI 44% (& lost & gained & lost & gained etc) for over half my life, so between that and age (>50) my skin was NOT going to snap back anytime soon, IF ever. :noway:

    I had batwings from day #1 (trying to do some weight training at this point in my journey) so I knew losing weight was going to give me some excess skin in areas not so readily visible (thankfully). I never wore a bikini so that never a concern.

    What I do have at this point (minus 132 lbs since 6/2012) is NOT bad. The bit of excess right now is below the belly button and upper inner thighs. I knew thighs were going to be an issue but pleasantly surprised at this point about the lack of hanging gut skin.

    I'm hoping over time things will firm/tone up but considering what I lost I'm very content with how things are at this point, rather have the skin sag than filled up with all the pounds.:bigsmile:
  • Officially_Rosey
    Officially_Rosey Posts: 73 Member
    edited June 2016
    Velum_cado wrote: »
    It seems like some people (like me) will get excess skin no matter what. I'm losing fairly slowly (nearly 100 lbs in about a year and a half), I drink loads of water, and I'm doing weight training, which are the things I guess I'm supposed to do to prevent excess skin. I'm still fat, but I have quite a bit of excess skin already. I think a lot depends on genetics, really.

    ^This! I 've only lost 15kgs so far (and have a lot more to go) but I'm already seeing where the loose skin is gonna be :neutral: Oh well, guess I might as well start working on letting it not bother me.
    P.S. I've been doing strength training since I began and it hasn't seemed to help. Might be because I've been carrying this large amount of weight for over 5 years, so it's too overstretched to shrink back.
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