Is life much harder with excess skin? what about exercise?

alwaysbloated · January 2018

Should I be doing much to prevent it now that I am at the beginning at my weightloss oil, such as weight training, personal training,slow weightloss, scrubs and bio oil, or should I just not worry about it?

Did personal training for 2-3 years but hated it. Too lazy to use bio oil daily. Can't afford skin removal surgery/tummy tuck. Too impatient for slow weightloss...

I don't know. What are my best options?

And is excess skin a big problem when you work out? does it flap around when you run?

LivingtheLeanDream · January 2018

Have you a lot of weight to lose? alot of the time genetics is a factor, but losing weight slower and working out whilst losing can really help.

kenyonhaff · January 2018

How much do you have to lose? It's one thing to lose 20 pounds, 100 pounds is another matter.

Slower weight loss will also prevent loose skin. It allows your skin time to "snap back".

Also, there isn't that much you can do, but moisturizing daily will certainly help. It doesn't have to be a brand name. Coco butter is usually recommended. But pretty much any thick, creamy moisturizer of your choice will work just as well.

My suggestion to you is to accept that if you want results, you will have to put in work for it to happen. Taking 5-10 minutes to rub in some lotion during the day is not much of a chore.

Next is not demanding your body lose weight quickly. For one, it typically doesn't stay off. And yeah, you can end up with loose skin. Being impatient is natural, but very few things worth doing give instant results.

TavistockToad · January 2018

alwaysbloated wrote: »

Should I be doing much to prevent it now that I am at the beginning at my weightloss oil, such as weight training, personal training,slow weightloss, scrubs and bio oil, or should I just not worry about it?

Did personal training for 2-3 years but hated it. Too lazy to use bio oil daily. Can't afford skin removal surgery/tummy tuck. Too impatient for slow weightloss...

you kind of answered your own questions... :huh:

kenyonhaff · January 2018

alwaysbloated wrote: »

kenyonhaff wrote: »

How much do you have to lose? It's one thing to lose 20 pounds, 100 pounds is another matter.

135lbs eek.

OK, my advice really still holds. You will want to take a gradual approach, rather than a drastic one. Your body will adjust more easily, reducing the chances of being left with a lot of loose skin.

I've met people who have dealt with excess skin. It's still easier for them to move around and live than it was when lugging around the equivalent of another person. They feel better. They look better. Even if they still can't really rock a bikini or banana hammock.

Loose skin is really better than being really unhealthily obese. And there's no guarantee you WILL have this problem; a lot of factors go into this.

Lizakabibbis · January 2018

I've lost 120lbs. During my journey I have worked out religiously with both cardio and weight training. Excess skin is just something I'll have to do with....but I do think working out helped TREMENDOUSLY with my skin.

apullum · January 2018

Whether or not you will have loose skin is largely genetic and age-related. Oil and lotion are not going to do anything to make you have less loose skin; they might do something to change the feel/appearance of the skin you have. Unless you just enjoy using lotions, I'd skip it.

It's also a myth that rapid weight loss leads to more loose skin. For those purposes, it really doesn't matter how fast or slow you lost the weight, though there are other compelling arguments for a slow pace of weight loss.

The most effective thing folks have found to reduce the appearance of loose skin is strength training. Building muscle generally makes people happier with their appearance if they felt that they had a lot of loose skin. It's certainly not a bad idea to do some strength training while losing weight.

I lost 100 pounds in my early 30s. I have some loose skin, but not a whole lot. I'm far happier with a little loose skin than with a lot of excess fat.

lorrpb · February 2018

Life and exercise both are easier with excess skin than with excess fat.

hzl22 · February 2018

Look up autophagy and fasting

Disclaimer :I just started therefore have no personal experience / results with it yet but I’m hoping it works . I’m doing 24 hour fast (dinner to dinner) and working my up to alternate day fasting.

https://www.reddit.com/r/fasting/comments/5h6vqx/massive_weight_loss_and_skin/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=comment_list

Iwannabfit76 · February 2018

Loose skin is a HUGE problem for me, not just cosmetically, and I workout 5/6 days a week and I mean I train hard! I’ve been to see a surgeon and they can remove almost all of it and he said it will roughly be about another 25 pound loss. I’m really hoping to be able to do this because I’ve been working out for almost a year and have been on my journey for 15 months. Don’t fall victim to these wraps and etc. maybe one day I will be able to post before and after pictures but there’s really nothing you can do for the skin when you’ve lost as much as I have.

Iwannabfit76 · February 2018

Also I wear a lot of compression when I workout and it keeps my stuff in place!

cheryldumais · February 2018

I lost 105+ pounds from my all time high weight and had the belly flap which was never going to improve on its own. I had a tummy tuck in December and it's much better but even without that surgery I felt so much better thinner than I did with the fat. No matter what you do I think it's genetics. Some people have better luck getting everything to snap back than others. I had also had 2 - 9+ pound babies which didn't help. Anyway I wouldn't worry about it at this point. Trust me thin feels better than fat loose skin or not.

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