Don't Want the excess skin!

I have read that slow and steady weight loss is the best way to go. No more than 2lbs a week. Drink lots n lots of water & pray. I sure hope this method works I am trying to lose 80 total :ohwell:

I'm interested in that also but I'm older

Don't be in a hurry & lose big numbers every week, go with 1 pound.....drink lots to help your skin.
You have your age also on your side. I have lost 83 and my skin really isn't bad.....except under my arms, but I will be 50 in Jan.


Good luck : )

Bump

In my case, I lost it pretty damn fast, and so now I'm in the midst of doing what I can to salvage what is visibly now "excess skin" and not just core fat... Looking into elective procedures, the recommended period before one can even be considered is to have maintained a healthy fit weight for a minimum of 1.5 to 2 years, and have exhausted all methods of non-surgical techniques and cosmetics or skin firming agents to try tightening the skin...at least that's based off of the knowledge I currently have.

I'm losing about a pound to almost a pound a week. I only have a little over 30 to lose and I think I will have excess skin and I'm only 33. I plan on saving for a nip and a tuck once I get to my weight goal. It's a little pricey but I think worth it in the end.

if youve been very very big and your skin has stretched a lot, then this issue is unavoidable unfortunately. You will very possibly be left with excess skin. Over stretched skin doesnt magically repair itself because you lose the weight slowly, hence why i was left with horrible sagging breasts after going from an A cup to a FF cup and back down 3 times with pregnancies. The only solution for me was an uplift, and if someone has been 300lb and has a lot of stretching and poor skin quality as a result, then losing the weight will very very likely lead to a skin overhang, which you may or may not want surgery to correct at a later date.
Even without the surgery, youre still going to look much much better for losing the weight, and be a thousand times healthier with a tummy skin overhang, than you would being overweight to that extent.

It is still early in your journey so you probably haven't dropped enough excess weight to create any problems yet. The most important thing is to take your time. Think of it as your body healing. If you got a cut and needed stitches, would your cut be healed the very next day? (Of course not.) Our bodies knew what to do when we ate more calories than we burned (they saved the calories for future use in the form of fat). Our bodies knew how to create extra skin when needed to store the extra fat "for" us. Our bodies also know what to do when we want to utilize those fat stores, including the elimination of the excess skin but like any healing that we expect our bodies to do, it takes time. Stretch marks are a little bit different though. As you probably know, they happen when weight gain is too rapid for the new skin production to keep up so they do not seem to be subject to the same shrinkage as the rest of the skin. The one way (for me) to know my skin is shrinking is that I get these little "micro" itches in various places. I have concluded that it is just part of the "healing process" (that the new skin is eliminating some of the old skin cells). So here's what I do; EXFOLIATE as much as is reasonable (it reduces the itches somewhat), I MOISTURIZE with oils because they are more pure than lotions with all the different additives, and the way I TONE... may sound goofy but, if it jiggles, I make it jiggle. I don't do this in public but since I want my body to know where the excess fat and skin is, I move it and shake it. You're going to be moving your body anyway (as you excercise) so just make sure it is moving too. Also, massage. I can't go out and have professional massages all the time but as I am massaging one part of of my body another part is getting a little toning workout.

excess 'skin' isnt skin, its fat still left to lose

er, no it isnt, skin is skin

Umm sometimes excess skin is just that skin, not fat. I lost my weight quickly and then got pregnant with baby number three after getting down to my lowest. I do have a lot of skin on my tummy, (it shrivels in like a raisin, not attractive) BUT I can look great with clothes on and I am no longer pre diabetic, I have beautiful cholesterol levels, and my blood pressure is 108/58. ( my husband swears that is legally dead but that is besides the point ). All of the non scale victories and all the health that I have gained is the worth the extra skin that I have. Don't let that fear keep you from achieving your weightless goals. Keeping as much muscle mass as possible as you lose will make a big difference in your body shape and appearance.

Good luk on your journey!

Ang

This is true!! It's exactly how I feel too!!