Pics of lose skin after losing 160 pounds!!

welshgirl22
welshgirl22 Posts: 5 Member
edited September 2015 in Success Stories
I have lost a 160 ish pounds in the past year and a lot of people ask me how much excess skin I have and how it affects my life! I was 313 pounds at my heaviest and am now 149 pounds so of
course I have excess skin but ask me if I would rather the skin or the weight it's a no brainer! I still wear bikinis, I don't shy away anymore, I used to be really self conscious of my saggy tummy but it's just a part of my story and a constant reminder of how far I have come!! Hope this helps :)

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  • jbuzzed
    jbuzzed Posts: 10,172 Member
    This totally helps! I ended up with lots of stretch marks and loose skin after my first pregnancy on my tummy and I'm very self conscious about it. But you look amazing!
  • welshgirl22
    welshgirl22 Posts: 5 Member
    Thank you x glad it helps x I was very self conscious when I first got to my target weight, I have now learnt to live with it! All part of my story xx
  • GeorgiaM2015
    GeorgiaM2015 Posts: 142 Member
    You look absolutely amazing! Congratulations :)
  • welshgirl22
    welshgirl22 Posts: 5 Member
    Aww thank you xx
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Congrats!! Nice work!! Thanks for posting your pics :)
  • welshgirl22
    welshgirl22 Posts: 5 Member
    Thank you xx
  • Emartz2
    Emartz2 Posts: 108 Member
    You look amazing and beautiful! BE PROUD!!! You've come a long way!
  • myhealthjourneynow
    myhealthjourneynow Posts: 12 Member
    You look great. I friend requested you. great motivation.
  • dusjujr
    dusjujr Posts: 160 Member
    great job!!
  • noclady1995
    noclady1995 Posts: 452 Member
    You look amazing!!
  • gaelicstorm26
    gaelicstorm26 Posts: 589 Member
    I actually find this to be super helpful--thanks for sharing! Loose skin is a fear of mine. You look fabulous!
  • welshgirl22
    welshgirl22 Posts: 5 Member
    Thanks guys xx
  • Patttience
    Patttience Posts: 975 Member
    You may find this will improve over a couple of years. You are young and it takes a couple of years for skin to renew itself. You should also still have plenty of elasticity in your skin because of your age.

    The best thing you can do for yourself is to make sure you eat plenty of fruit and veg, and plenty of protein. This will give you the best chance of regaining your skin condition. And obviously, don't put the weight back on again.

    Also don't do too much suntanning because this also causes loss of elasticity over time. You may not notice it til you are in your 50s or so but by the time you do notice it the damage is impossible to fix, short of surgery. That said, you still need to get some sunlight for vitamin D but that's not sunbaking.

    Congratulations on losing the weight.
  • leemcm5048
    leemcm5048 Posts: 127 Member
    Amazing! You should be incredibly proud of yourself! You are beautiful!
  • cindyb0121
    cindyb0121 Posts: 16 Member
    WOW! You look Stunning! Congrats on all your very HARD WORK!
  • Devol82
    Devol82 Posts: 80 Member
    So brave to post the pics, you look amazing!
  • klkarlen
    klkarlen Posts: 4,366 Member
    Wow, congrats on your weight loss success. I'm finding that some of my looser skin is slowly improving with time, so it will be interesting to see if your's ends up getting tighter.

    And thanks for helping to inspire others to strive to attain the same results!
  • maxusa1607
    maxusa1607 Posts: 7 Member
    Wow well done, was this weight loss all through calorie counting? I cannot see the pics not sure why?
  • GardenGirlie
    GardenGirlie Posts: 241 Member
    There are no pics and her page is also gone. Not sure what that is about.
  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,185 Member
    GardenGirlie wrote: »
    There are no pics and her page is also gone. Not sure what that is about.

    Me neither, so I guess that the pictures were not MFP approved and the OP didn't like that.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    edited September 2015
    That wasn't her original profile, either. I recognize the avatar, but the name is different and the post count should be way higher.

    ETA: found it. Still a mystery what happened, though. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10185168/before-317-pounds-now-150-pounds/p1
  • LaceyBirds
    LaceyBirds Posts: 451 Member
    Haha, I just found that thread too - I was curious as I remembered her profile pic. That earlier account is deleted as well. Strange.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    I'm gonna go with witness protection.

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