extra skin?

Strength training at the gym

Are you speaking from personal experience, or just what you think is the thing to say??? Genetics have a whole lot to do with it, Sorry. You can lift weights till the cows come home, it wont matter at all if you do not have forgiving skin.

FYI, I am speaking from experience.

Really depends on the person and what their body wants to do. Due to a genetic condition my skin doesn't have "normal" elasticity and never seemed to really tighten up as much as I wanted it to after I lost 90lbs. And just for fun when I gained the weight back it was in different places so now I am fat and have extra skin!

You dont need surgery to get rid of extra skin. I went from 240 down to 170 and I had some extra skin around my midsection. I did bodyweight training and I drank about 200oz of water and It tightened up and I lost some extra skin in 5 weeks. You need to learn that skin is like elastic and best way to get rid of it without going to get surgery is drinking water. It was an issue when I was in Marine Corps bootcamp they talked to us about it when we had a Nutrion class before our first day of PT. Water and exersice is what you need and how you do it cane make it or break you.

wrong, wrong, wrong.
Perhaps you did not have extra skin because your weight was only at 240, but at my highest I was over 280+ and after losing 120 pounds and working for 10 years doing cardio and weights, the only sign of my former obese self was the sking hanging from my belly, arms and legs. No amount of water, cardio, weights or anything else will change this. Just like when a balloon gets stretched way out, the same happens to the skin and it never returns to its original former self.
Sorry, you are just way off.

wrong, wrong, wrong.
Perhaps you did not have extra skin because your weight was only at 240, but at my highest I was over 280+ and after losing 120 pounds and working for 10 years doing cardio and weights, the only sign of my former obese self was the sking hanging from my belly, arms and legs. No amount of water, cardio, weights or anything else will change this. Just like when a balloon gets stretched way out, the same happens to the skin and it never returns to its original former self.
Sorry, you are just way off.
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How can I be wrong if I had a quartar of an inch of loose skin around my waist? I think Drill intructors know what they are talking about and I just went through the experiance? I know a lot of people who have had the same exact problem and they fixed it by water and and exerise. Thats the beauty about skin because its living tissue unlike a balloon. Our bodies adapt to how we treat it and the eniroment we put it through and it will adapt to anything we put it through. Our bodies can be put through more then our minds can imagine and its all mind over matter when it comes to Weight loss and exersice. We had a kid almost 300lb who had lost almost 150lbs and had loose skin all over his midsection and lost it the same exact way.

How can I be wrong if I had a quartar of an inch of loose skin around my waist? I think Drill intructors know what they are talking about and I just went through the experiance? I know a lot of people who have had the same exact problem and they fixed it by water and and exerise. Thats the beauty about skin because its living tissue unlike a balloon. Our bodies adapt to how we treat it and the eniroment we put it through and it will adapt to anything we put it through. Our bodies can be put through more then our minds can imagine and its all mind over matter when it comes to Weight loss and exersice. We had a kid almost 300lb who had lost almost 150lbs and had loose skin all over his midsection and lost it the same exact way.

You called him a kid, and you are pretty young yourself...and I think that has a lot to do with it. As we age the skin naturally looses its elasticity. Thats just life. Thats why we dont look the same at 83 as we did at 23. You were young enough and lucky enough to still have that natural elasticity. Others of us aren't that fortunate. Your method will work for the lucky people who have the right skin type and are within the right age range, but not for the rest of us.

This^....

Here on Long Island, we had a plastic surgeon visit our bariatric surgery support group. She told me that there are certain procedures that health insurance will cover with a little bit of effort. The tummy tuck in the front (not in the back) is pretty easy to have covered, assuming it is significant "enough". Bat wings, no. Breast lift, probably, especially if there is chafing and discomfort. Most of the other stuff is out of pocket.

She said VERY VERY few people who have lost significant amounts (over 50-60 pounds) of weight can "tighten it up" unless they are very young and haven't been heavy for very long AND have a certain skin type, but it is NOT the norm.

Oh, and you have to have been stable at your current weight for a minimum amount of time.....I THINK 18 months, not sure.

And of course a plastic surgeon would have no interest in having people have surgery to correct loose skin would they?

Actually it wasnt a plastic surgeon surgeon that told me initially. It was my primary care doc, and then my ob/gyn who told me I would need surgery if I really wanted to get rid of the excess skin. Even had they not tell me though it was pretty obvious after 10 years of cardio/weights etc that the skin was going nowhere.

wrong, wrong, wrong.
Perhaps you did not have extra skin because your weight was only at 240, but at my highest I was over 280+ and after losing 120 pounds and working for 10 years doing cardio and weights, the only sign of my former obese self was the sking hanging from my belly, arms and legs. No amount of water, cardio, weights or anything else will change this. Just like when a balloon gets stretched way out, the same happens to the skin and it never returns to its original former self.
Sorry, you are just way off.

How can I be wrong if I had a quartar of an inch of loose skin around my waist? I think Drill intructors know what they are talking about and I just went through the experiance? I know a lot of people who have had the same exact problem and they fixed it by water and and exerise. Thats the beauty about skin because its living tissue unlike a balloon. Our bodies adapt to how we treat it and the eniroment we put it through and it will adapt to anything we put it through. Our bodies can be put through more then our minds can imagine and its all mind over matter when it comes to Weight loss and exersice. We had a kid almost 300lb who had lost almost 150lbs and had loose skin all over his midsection and lost it the same exact way.

Buddy?? You're 23...let it rest. 23 yr olds really can't speak for the rest of those having lost weight and ended up with loose skin, why even try and fight to be right. 23 is very young, drill sergeant or not:laugh: , you have baby skin, so comparing yourself to everyone else doesn't really fit in this situation.:noway:

Well this is a depressing one :sad: I have gone from 205lb to 143lb and still have a way to go but after 3kids the skin on my stomach is really hanging and on my inner thighs looks like curtains. There is no way I can afford surgery so looks like I'm stuck with it. I just hope it will get a bit better

:drinker: I do have some loose skin,but not enough that I would consider major surgery--or even Minor Surgery if there is such a thing!! It is different for everyone, I am sure, but Strength Training and Drinking plenty of water will help your own Genetics. If age is on your side, you have a better chance of your skin 'Recovering' if you give it time (I have heard it may take a couple of years after you lose the weight for your skin to tighten up). No idea if that is accurate.

You dont need surgery to get rid of extra skin. I went from 240 down to 170 and I had some extra skin around my midsection. I did bodyweight training and I drank about 200oz of water and It tightened up and I lost some extra skin in 5 weeks. You need to learn that skin is like elastic and best way to get rid of it without going to get surgery is drinking water. It was an issue when I was in Marine Corps bootcamp they talked to us about it when we had a Nutrion class before our first day of PT. Water and exersice is what you need and how you do it cane make it or break you.

everyone's body is not like yours....best not to make generalizations that aren't based on fact.