Anyone who has lost a significant amount of weight...

I expect to be a bit saggy, but overweight people I know keep telling me I'll look deflated and terrible. I don't know why all of the overweight people I know are against me getting in shape? I am doing circuit training so I'm hoping to tone up a lot, I don't just want to lose weight, what I care about is losing inches of fat and gaining muscle. I care less about numbers and more about having less fat on my body and being stronger/having energy. I don't want to be skinny, I want to be fit! Maybe added muscle mass will help with minimizing the saggage. I do use coconut oil on my skin/hair so maybe that will help too.

This is sort of a sour grapes situation. Overweight people use as an this excuse to stay overweight. If you're going to look terrible when you lose weight, why bother? Just stay fat and happy right? As I said, it's just an excuse.

When you lose the weight you will look, feel a thousand times better and BE a thousand times healthier. Even from a pure vanity standpoint, if you end up with a bit of saggy skin, who cares. You'll still look way better than you did. Maybe you won't look a supermodel naked but you'll look great in clothes at least!

:flowerforyou: Lose the weight. If I have to wear spanx under my bathing suit - I will. My health is the most important thing to me now. You are young. Do it NOW! Try hard not to listen to negative voices. You will find them everywhere. Listen to your friends on MFP! They are pulling for you!!

Yep. I hate it. I plan on getting it fixed one day. For now, I'll enjoy being the size 10/12 that I am instead of the 22/24 that I was. I hate myself naked, but I sure didn't love it when I was 116 lbs heavier either. At least I can enjoy shopping now....and I no longer have to squeeze my fat self into movie seats, I can take a flight of stairs without getting out of breath, I no longer have to worry "will I fit in that booth", and I'll never again be denied health insurance because of my weight. I'd much rather have some loose skin than have to deal with those things again.

I don't know why all of the overweight people I know are against me getting in shape?

I do.

C'mon. It's pretty easy to see why..........if you can do it, that means they can do it, too. And if they can, but they just don't.......well that doesn't make them feel very good about themselves, mmmmmm?

You know what scares me waaaaay more than the idea of saggy skin? The idea of amputations or permanently open wounds due to the complications of diabetes. THAT'S scary.

I've lost 90 (10-15) to go and it's stretched and a bit saggy but, I also had to 9+ pound children. Just take it slow. I also use lotion on my EVERY day. It's Gold Bond CoQ10. I have some crazy stretch marks and it helps them too and I've noticed since I started yoga more often the skin is a little bit better.

You will have saggy skin. It's taken me a long time to even begin to come to terms with it. When I first started seeing it I felt like a gross old man with saggy and wrinkly skin. I actually cried about it. We're young this is supposed to happen as we age.

Just love you for you and work on losing the weight and try to remember you are beautiful every step of the way. So what if you have some loose skin. They have those like tummy tuck shirts at walmart for under clothes. I have one that is a tank top that I wear a lot and it makes me look like I have no excess skin on my stomach.

Good luck on your journey!

People here have provided a wealth of knowledge and personal experiences, so this is kind of moot to add, but...

I've lost 50 lbs so far and plan to lose about 15 more (I was 197 at my heaviest, now 147, looking to end up in the 130s - I have no idea of a "goal weight" because I've never been a healthy weight as an adult). Since my weight loss was not a gigantic number and also relatively slow (about a pound a week, sometimes closer to 2 lbs), I wouldn't expect to have tons of saggy skin for me, and true enough I don't really have any. I have been doing strength training (please try barbells/free weights! Circuit training is better than nothing but there is no such thing as "toning" and it's kind of a made-up concept trying to sell 3lb weights to women!) and eating better so I think that helps too. The only thing I have noticed is that my boobs are noticeably saggier. They're not down to my belly button or anything, but I went from a D on the verge of DD down to a small D or big C cup, which doesn't sound like a big shift, but there's definitely less mass and they hang much lower. They look fine in a bra but it bugs me that they don't look right to me when I'm bra-less. I'll be honest, it does bum me out. HOWEVER, I would never ever ever trade my weight loss for higher boobs! The changes I've made in the last year have made me so much happier and healthier, and my body is looking a helluva lot better!

Also, side note, the people who discourage you from losing weight (for whatever reason, saggy skin or otherwise) are NOT people who are going to be helpful to you on this journey. The person who equated them to alcoholics trying to talk someone out of going sober had it right - whether these people think they have your best interests in mind or not, they are being horrendously negative and will not help you. People who work hard and lose lots of weight face this - even with my super positive and supportive friends/family, sometimes I get little comments like "haven't you lost enough weight yet?" as if my commitment is somehow harming or inconveniencing them. I think a lot of it has to do with people being uncomfortable with someone being motivated and successful while they themselves are self-consciously unmotivated or unsuccessful. There are also people who just don't value health, and therefore can't understand why someone else would. Don't let **** like that affect you. Always ask yourself, "is this person speaking from a place of genuine concern, knowledge, experience, or care?" If the answer is no or maybe, grain of salt. Surround yourself with positive, knowledgeable, motivated people and you will be better for it. :-)

I expect to be a bit saggy, but overweight people I know keep telling me I'll look deflated and terrible. I don't know why all of the overweight people I know are against me getting in shape? I am doing circuit training so I'm hoping to tone up a lot, I don't just want to lose weight, what I care about is losing inches of fat and gaining muscle. I care less about numbers and more about having less fat on my body and being stronger/having energy. I don't want to be skinny, I want to be fit! Maybe added muscle mass will help with minimizing the saggage. I do use coconut oil on my skin/hair so maybe that will help too.

I bet they're just jealous and afraid to try to lose the weight cause they feel they'll be unsuccessful.
The biggest I have been is a size 11 after having my son but If I were overweight I rather to have lose skin than being overweight. Dont let other discourage you

You know what scares me waaaaay more than the idea of saggy skin? The idea of amputations or permanently open wounds due to the complications of diabetes. THAT'S scary.

And let's not discount the possibility of knee replacement surgery in one's later years due to decades of carrying around significant amounts of excess weight all day.

YES - this! My mom just had surgery on her "good" knee after several minor tears and injuries took their toll, combined with some arthritis. She has been overweight since her twenties (now in her fifties), obese for many years. My whole family is big, and the health problems are astounding. Knee injuries are super common (we all have luxating patellae, so that doesn't help), plus foot and ankle problems, back pain, hypertension, and everyone's pre-diabetic (well, not me anymore!). My mom isn't at the point where she needs knee replacement yet, but it's a virtual guarantee for both her knees. My aunt has already had it done.

Do you have a ton of sagging skin or anything like that? I'm terrified that I'll lose weight and just look like a deflated sack. My mom (who is very overweight) is kind of against my dieting and has said that I'll look bad because of having been so heavy in the past, I'll just have skin to my knees and deflated boobs, etc. Is it really that bad?

I have lost about 170lbs. Yes I have loose skin. Lose the weight gradually and do strength training, wish I had known this before I tried to shed the initial kilos.

If I get to my goal weight and I am not happy with the excess skin, I will be getting it removed surgically.

You can look at my before and now and you decide if its worth it. Then you can show your mom and ask her if she thinks you are wasting you time,



I think the " I am afraid of loose skin " thing is a cop out.... its worth it. Its better than being fat, and its a whole lot healthier. TRUST ME!