Belly fat or loose skin? (gross pics)

You look awesome to me, I can't wait to gross people out with my loose skin pics!!!! And I'm dead serious!! Just keep going you're doing great and you can always have surgery after hitting your goal !

I agree that it's probably a mixture of both and I applaud your courage to be so honest here. Keep doing what you're doing. You've lost a lot of weight and your body is adjusting. Yes you could have the skin removed but if not, you may need to get to a point of acceptance. I tihnk you are doing GREAT. Don't get discouraged.

You look beautiful. It's just loose skin, not belly fat. I have it too. I would love a flat stomach without the extra skin but since I had a bunch of extra weight on me for ten years, no dice! Just be proud of the fact that it USED to have fat underneath it. You got rid of all that.

I can't wait until I have the loose skin to worry about! (Not really, but I can't wait to lose that much weight.) After 50lbs lost I can already tell I'm going to have the same issue. I figure I should start saving my pennies for the body lift I'll need.

I don't know if you ever plan to, or even want to have the skin removed, but perhaps for now you can look at it as a marker of you accomplishment. Glass half full, you know?

Agree with everyone else--it's most likely some fat and some skin (it looks too round/full to be all or mostly skin). Pretty much everyone who's lost a significant amount of weight or has been pregnant has at least a little bit of loose skin, but it's really amazing how much fat your body can hold. I'm guessing that your stomach was your "problem area" and generally had disproportionately more fat on it than the rest of your body (I'm the same way), so it'll be the last area to shrink just because there was more there to lose.

Looks like it's mostly skin. There's still some fat there, but not a lot. Congratulations! Be proud of your skin! Think of it as a battle scar.

I don't think it's gross at all. I agree with others that it's probably a mixture of both, but unfortunately, losing more fat may not improve the appearance. I found that there was a point with mine where losing more fat made the loose skin look worse. On the other hand, I've heard quite a few people say that they see some improvement in loose skin over the first year or two of maintenance. Mine seems to have changed a bit over the last year, it seems a little bit better than it was. I think part of my problem was also posture, and working on my core has helped a bit with that. You may be more pleased with the results if you reduce BF a bit - with a reduction of size, and the skin may not get any worse. It's hard to tell without doing it.

Oh, and everyone has rolls when they sit.

Looks like it's mostly skin. There's still some fat there, but not a lot. Congratulations! Be proud of your skin! Think of it as a battle scar.

this I like.

Definitely loose skin.

I had a woman play with her loose skin right after the birth of her daughter during field camp. It sure as hell didn't make me want a kid after that.

Awesome.

OP has had twins and lost 78lbs (which is remarkable). Her skin isn't the results of just having "a kid". But by all means, feel free not to.

Agree. Don't reproduce.

WTG, OP. I'm weird about my baby/fat-abused belly and boobs too. Thanks so much for posting this.

A bit of both, and NOT gross. Nice progress!!!

+1!

You look great and I'm super impressed with 22% body fat.

I have some extra skin too - but I know in my case there is plenty of fat left to lose so don't know what the final look will be.

I had a woman play with her loose skin right after the birth of her daughter during field camp. It sure as hell didn't make me want a kid after that.

Probably for the best :P

This is a great post :bigsmile: You look amazing! Great job :flowerforyou: And yeah it's probably a little of both. like other people have said, just keep working at it. And if not happy at the end have it taken off. But you look great !!