The Skin I'm in!

Okay, So I have been post op for 14 months now. My woirk out regemnt is rediculous to in most peoples eyes, my diet is really good and my motivation is SPOT ON!

So tell me, WHY is it that now this loose or extra skin is starting to bother me so much? What have you post ops done to get through this time?

Thanks in advance,

Jose

I'm just now at the point where some of it's bothering me, but haven't decided if it's enough to pursue PS yet...   With that being said - I just don't like to wear shorts and when I do, they are long shorts (right to the knees)...   That's my worst area (upper thighs).

I think the further we get out, the more we realize that while we can get to a healthy weight, we still don't quite look 'normal', ie; we can't wave a magic wand and make our skin appear like a person at the same weight who never was obese...  We will always look a little different.  But, what I've been working on is trying to change my stinkin' thinkin' to be more like, WOW - these are my badges of honor, not horror...   I went through a battle and have a few excess inches of skin to show for it.   I've realized as I'm hitting goal, it bothers me more and more though...

spandex under stuff helps a lot - at least with the way I feel I look in my clothes  - I love lifting weights at the gym - there are ALWAYS bike shorts and a snug long sports bra on under my work out clothes - sharpie legs are scarry

how much weight you have lost makes a differnce too - as does where you carryed it - I carryed an extra 200+ pounds pretty well all over my body - I have extra skin in places I didn'tknow you could - all you can really do is keep a sence of humor and save $ for plasics and buy spandex in some form or another - sean did/does wear a lot of under arumer, I wear bike shorts (they are cheap and hold legs butt and belly extra skin in place) other peeps wear spanx -

the extra skin bugs now b/c you have worked hard to get in better shape and while others can see that shape we don't - I look at my arms and see flappy skin not the muscles that are lifting weights and toned - I only relized my upper body looked better when hubby took a pic of me in a tank top with my arm up at a weird angle and you could see my tricepts really well defined

you have choices at this point - you can refuse to wear anything sleveless and/or shorts or you can say to hell with it - spandex what you can and wear what you want

hope this makes sence - oh and btw to me no work out regement is rediculus