Loosing weight and loose skin

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  • PCOS_Gal
    PCOS_Gal Posts: 80
    Another thing that I had problems with that you may or may not be having issues with is Diastasis Recti issues as a result of both pregnancies and it made me look as though I was still pregnant. Since I started doing exercises for that, it has helped a bit with the loose skin in my abdomen. I had to do very specific exercises for it...not just typical crunches as well as wear a binder to help heal it.


    tell me more!!! I have looked pregnant since i had my daughter..... 13 YEARS AGO! No matter what i do.. i still have this round pregnant belly and its driving me bananas!!!

    I just googled this and it is amazing that no Dr has been able to tell me what was wrong with my stomach! I thought it was a hernia but they just kept saying no it wasn't wow!!! Guess i'm going to add planks to my exercise routine to try and help this... Im so glad you posted this comment!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    Yeah...it kinda is like Hernia....and you are right...most doctors will not mention it. Did you do the finger test to see how big yours is? Mine was over a 4 finger spread :-(. Is still is a long road with me trying to fix it...but I am noticing a difference little by little.
  • Baba_Roxy
    Baba_Roxy Posts: 38 Member
    tell me more!!! I have looked pregnant since i had my daughter..... 13 YEARS AGO! No matter what i do.. i still have this round pregnant belly and its driving me bananas!!!

    prolly should start taking phentermine again

    Every post you make brings out more of the raging lesbian in me. She's starting to wear flannel.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    Well, if you lose weight rapidly, without strength training, you're more likely to have issues with loose skin. So if you're going to take phentermine & use a very low calorie diet to drop a bunch of pounds really quickly.....yes, you can expect loose skin.
  • crapshack
    crapshack Posts: 30 Member
    Lose the weight slowly and in a healthful manner - I'm talking like a year or more to lose the 60 lbs, and you shouldn't have a problem. Give your skin time to keep up with your body. Most of the loose skin issues that I've seen have been from people who have lost over 100 lbs in a very short span of time - i.e. with lapband or super restrictive diets. What's your hurry? Congrats on the 10 lbs!

    Edit - also make sure you're building and maintaining muscle mass. You don't need a gym membership, just keep your protein high and do bodyweight type exercises. www.fitnessblender.com has been a great resource for me, and www.doyogawithme.com on my days where I don't feel like doing anything too intense.
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    When you LOSE the weight, you may have LOOSE skin, but that certainly beats skin with fat under it :-)

    And a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat!

    Ha! MFP hat trick! :drinker:
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
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  • jaxgodfreyy
    jaxgodfreyy Posts: 7
    to be a supporting site you people are very negative.. i wasn't asking your opinion on a pill i was asking about skin being loose. i walk 2 miles a day and 150 crunches if not more a day- i do my exercises but thank you

    It astounds me how many people on here love to talk down to people for their choices in weight loss. Just because someone disagrees doesn't mean their option is better, ya know? I was posting a lot when I first started on here, but even in the chit chat section people were just plain mean, so I've mostly stopped.

    I do not have much advice on the loose skin, I just saw this thread and was very upset with how you've been "welcomed" to the site, and for that, I apologize on behalf of douchey people. Your question was not about your method of weight loss, but of course they just had to comment on it.

    I hope you do find the answers you're looking for, though!

    thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I about didn't come back to even look what people had to say it pisses me off that people are so dang rude! as long as we are getting healthy and doing right it shouldn't matter! Im not sticking my finger in my throat like a lot of people... some people just need that extra help to loose the first few
  • kelleybean1
    kelleybean1 Posts: 312 Member
    Lose the weight slowly and loose skin will probably not be an issue. GIve your skin a chance to shrink along with your body. If you lose too fast, the skin will just hang. Concentrate on eating a healthy, clean diet and start lifting some weights. You'll look better when the weight does come off.

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