Help! The more inches and weight I lose, the worse I look!!

I started out very similarly to you. I was size 14 and went down to a 9/10 last winter. While I felt great, my assets (literally my rear end and upper thighs) began to look flabby and loose. When I weighed more, I always liked that I had a full rear. The weight loss was intended for my thighs and belly mostly. At that point, I adjusted my goals to leave me at a size 11/12, where I felt I was leaner but still kept the curves I, and my husband, enjoyed.

I kept up with my exercise and ate maintenance daily - things firmed up and I felt great. Hope you get past this phase - perhaps you will decide like I did that you don't want to go as low as you initially thought.

I started about the same, too, and I'm ~10 lbs from my goal weight (I hit it last year for a few months and then got sloppy). I'm 45 now--spent most of my 30's (after having a baby when I was 30) slowly gaining weight until I was a size 14 at age 42. While my tummy isn't perfect now, things don't really look that bad. If you continue to lose at a nice steady pace, your skin will tighten up a little bit.

Oh--the one thing that makes me a little sad is that I've gone from an F cup (even when I was very thin in my 20's) to a small D cup... My husband has offered implants/surgery, but the thought of pain and recovery keeps me from taking him up on that.

My first time with mfp I hit a flabby stage after about 20lbs. My skin tightened up after a while. It just takes time. You already lift so you are on the right track. Vitamin e creams and foods are beneficial to skin. Water helps too! Good luck and great job! You are doing great!

I remember crying after losing my first 5-10 lbs because I thought I looked HORRIBLE. My fat was drooping...it wasn't hard and as firm as before. I thought I was going to look better. I learned that I go we go through stages with fat loss-some of us get squishy fat before the scale drops, sometimes certain measurements don't catch up with others so while it feels like your tummy looks bigger, maybe your legs or breasts just shrunk. Embrace the journey! And definitely get to loving with your man-you only live once, you're beautiful, and he loves you.