Is it true that black folks.......

boomsheeka01
on 3/2/10 11:33 pm - Killeen, TX

So I have heard REPEATEDLY that us black people have a lot more elasticity (sp?) in our skin. I really hope so! Being 23 and being black can be a major benefit when it comes to the excess skin! I'm just wondering if anybody else has heard that, and if its true at all? Do you have lots of extra skin? Thanks!!!!

# 1 MACK_MAMA
on 3/2/10 11:37 pm

i heard it's cause of all the fried chicken and watermelon.......

everybody is different - depends on how overweight you have been and how long - how quick you lose, if you workout while you lose, if you take your vitamins - whole buncha shiot other than if you Black........

Vida_Cambio
on 3/3/10 12:00 am, edited 3/3/10 12:00 am

VSG on 06/07/10

I resent that comment....

I was in class yesterday...teacher asked old boy what his favorite food was...he said "all types of chicken" --- I was floored

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# 1 MACK_MAMA
on 3/3/10 12:04 am

LMAO! heck - give him credit for having an open mind!!!!

all types of chicken means (in my Forrest Gump 'Bubba' voice)

baked chicken
fried chicken
chicken fricassee
boiled chicken
chicken w/skrimps
chicken and rice
chicken and gravy
chicken soup
chicken gumbo
chicken tacos
chicken burritos
chicken satay
chicken kabobs
chicken stir fry.........

ummm (stopping scrubbing w/my toothbrush) - yea - that's about it....

Glamazon
on 3/3/10 2:02 am - Mesa, AZ

Lap Band on 10/23/06

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(deactivated member)
on 3/2/10 11:56 pm

RNY on 10/02/08

Do you have lots of extra skin?

Hmmmm...

Pork or potato?

Actually, I agree with Mack Momma (or whatever the heyll it is she's going by these days). She's been at this longer than I have and frankly she might kick my azz if I don't give her the necessary props.

boomsheeka01
on 3/3/10 12:01 am - Killeen, TX

RNY on 04/05/10

LOL Thanks!! :)

# 1 MACK_MAMA
on 3/3/10 12:02 am

'necessary props'????WTH????

LMAO!!!! ain't no props to give me, cuz - I got all my shiot CUT the **** off - lose 200lbs and see how tight yo shiot stay...... NOT!!!!!

MSW will not settle
on 3/3/10 2:41 am

If 'they' told you where all that un needed skin goes, I've got some to forward.
I'm not laughing at you luv, just the things that I hear over and over.

Good genes will improve your chances but I was about 285lbs in 2000 and I'll be 131lbs in 2010. That's enough skin left over to cover a person that weighs what I weigh today. It will not just dissapear. Don't stress too much. Its not always ugly.

I don't plan on plastics. Not cause I could not use some but its just not bad enough to go through all that pain. Inner thigh is the worst, but that started with the weight I lost before deciding on surgery. I've has big thighs all of my life.

My muscle tone distracts the eye from the flabby under arms and my midsection, breast and @$$ stay under wraps. My belly is no worse than it was pre op but my @$$ looks like a sharpe's face and the girls have deflated. As long as I have a bustier and some crotchless drawers who cares.

MSW Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: Eat sensibly & enjoy moderation