post-weight loss bellys

You ladies look great. Thanks so much for posting pics, I'm totally inspired now.

ugh....i need to stay out of the success board. it just depresses me every time...lol. I hope these other ladies are the norm and that you'll be lucky enough to turn out like them. for me though, i would be pretty much more willing to die than to let anyone see what mine looks like now. I don't even want to look at it, nobody else is going to. i would certainly not imortalize the drapes of skin in a picture. on the internet. it's just gross.

I agree....I am FAR from that weight loss goal, however, serveral of my friends have lost a lot of weight and they have that apron. My goal.....I would love to have that apron and the gross arm flab...I am 45 years old, I know my skin will not bounce back. My first plastic surgery when I lose 100+ will be on the arms...I want to look fab in a tank top!!!! LOL And then I will do the legs and then the tummy. Hope the hubby is saving up!!!! LOL....

However....the pictures on here are awesome...with or with out tucks...WHO CARES...the weight loss happened and they are great looking and desever all the cutos in the world. I think age has so much to do with it,,,,,lose while you are young and your skin still loves you!!!! GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:flowerforyou:

I am 5'5 and started at 269lbs. I have stretch marks but they are pretty faint.

that is awesome!! my start weight was 271, im at 240 now but you are a great inspiration!

ugh....i need to stay out of the success board. it just depresses me every time...lol. I hope these other ladies are the norm and that you'll be lucky enough to turn out like them. for me though, i would be pretty much more willing to die than to let anyone see what mine looks like now. I don't even want to look at it, nobody else is going to. i would certainly not imortalize the drapes of skin in a picture. on the internet. it's just gross.

I have it too, but I've been feeling so much more confident since I've lost weight. There's so much stigma around weight loss/pregnancy/extra skin. So taboo. I wore a peplum shirt today and the wind kept blowing it up, in the past I would have been mortified, but today I just went with it. Let people see the reality!

Wow, you all look so amazing! You are all such an inspiration and are all so beautiful! Lets celebrate our bodies instead of constantly comparing them to other people's bodies. you are fabulous!

Agreed. Today my boyfriend and I were on the beach. He looked at me and asked "how do I look?" And I told him he has a beach body. That is, a body that is on a beach progress takes time and loose skin and stretch marks are still better than obesity related diseases

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Technically I was 208 the day before my son was born, but 10.5 of that was pure baby. My waist is 29.5 now, with a few faint stretch marks.

I guess ill have to do it the hard way, sorry guys, but anyway. I am 33, 5'6, started at 225 wearing 18, in my before i am 200 wearing size 16 and my after (still working on that) size 12, 41 hip, size med. large. shirts, you will have to click on my profile pictures to see those if you are interested. :ohwell:

Great Job!

I was hesitant at first to post pictures in my undies, especially the before picture. But then I realized that those are the pictures that encouraged me most 18 months ago when I first started MFP and browsed through the success stories for inspiration. So pardon the big white whale on the left but here you go, I am 5'4" and 32 years old:





Since the last pic was taken in December 2013, I have started a 12 week weightlifting program and have high hopes that it will improve the lose skin on my belly and flabby butt. I am about to repeat this program, this time following the nutrition plan that comes with it, hopefully I will be able to post a new picture in 3 months!

Proper fitting clothes are half the battle though, nobody has to know what you are hiding underneath

Such an inspiration!