Don't Want the excess skin!

Hi im 41 yrs old and have lost 12 stone i did it slowly but surely its took me over 2 years and have now mainatined for over a year within a stone!I have had to have a tummy tuck though as my excess skin was really getting me down as i needed to egt bigger clothes just cos of my over hang!!Its so much better tho now¬¬But i did tone up all teh way through so im sorry to say its the luck of the draw.I now have really bad bingo wings that get me down too but i ust cant justify over £4,700 to get them done as i was turned down on the nhs as i wasnt suicidal n didnt wish to harm myself !! I dont agree that if you tone up and lose it slowly ya wont get excess skin everyone i know of that has lost weight has it in some form or other!!It usually depends on how big ya were for how long i was big for many years well over 20yrs so i agree that the younger you are the more chance you have of not having much excess skin.Toneing up does help but not a lot !!everyone on here knows how hard i workout 5 days a week and i do everything from boxersize to body pump and zumba and i cant get rid of it!!I now have just learnt to live with it and think of my bingo wings as battle scars and a reminder of what i never want to go back to!!

She is also a very active person.

maintain your muscles

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

I am quite annoyed at that n resent it!!I have lost 12 st 4lb i do not have excess fat i have excess skin!!Even the doctors told me taht when i complained about it and i was told ther eis very little you can do about it except surgery!!

There are so many factors that come into play with loose skin after weight loss. My advice? Don't let the chance of having extra/loose skin deter you of your weight loss goal. It's way easier to hide and cope with that than the extra weight BTW, you can't tone loose skin but make the muscle underneath look better. Love your body and treat it right & things will fall into place girlie.



I have a great FAQ about loose skin in my blog if it's still worrying you. Much luck to you!

My Grandma went from a size 24 to a size 12 on a very low fat diet and was having trouble with loose skin. She heard about having more good fats in her diet and started adding olive oil to her food and the loose skin tightened up for her.

I don't know if this would work for everyone but it is worth a try.

Yep, that is right. Most people that are trying to keep their fats ultra low will have more problems with loose skin than those that eat higher fat plans.

Most people that do the higher fat, moderate protein and lower carb plans have less skin sagging and looseness due to the healing properties of protein and the moisturization effect of the fats that work from the inside out.

Eating enough fat and drinking water (without a bunch of additives) is a big key to not having loose skin.

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