Daily Post--2/28/08

Okay, how about a SKIN question... If you have lost a lot of weight, and now have the dreaded hanging skin, do you still feel as self conscious about your body? Is it better than being really big, or is it worse? For me, I can live with the skin and my more active and able body MUCH easier than all that fat! I will probably never be able to have any plastic surgery, but the saying about nothing tasting as good as thin feels... That is true baby! Lea

I have excess skin and yes it does make me self conscious, but honestly its a lot better than being big. SO MUCH SO!!!!!!

YEs, i do but not alot.. my thighs are like a wrinkled dog, and my boobs hang so low almost to my belly button, but its better then not being able to pick up the grandbabies or tie my shoes, or walking 10 feet and out of breath... A boob job is in order.. As for the rest of the body. My B/f and I are doing whats called the crane method to tighten the lose skin . So if we would of worked on the thighs maybe.. we concentrated on the tummy, butt and my back.. oh well...

I have excess skin and I'm very self conscious about it. I would rather be where I am than to be as big as I started out. I do intend to try to have some of it removed.

I have already started to notice the drooping skin..and like you will probably never be able to have plastics either..but I knew that going into this and was not going to use that as an excuse to not get healthy...Being fat my whole life I have never had the opportunity to get so comfortable in my skin as to wear a bikini or sleeveless shirts...and I think for me this is a GOOD thing...As long as I can wear Bermuda shorts, short sleeve shorts in the summer and move freely and play with my kids and hubby then I can live with the skin. At least that is how I feel about it now...ask me again in a year and I'll see if I have changed my perspective any. Laura

I've lost about 63 lbs. now and I am starting to get alittle bit of the "bat wings" in my upper arms but ya know it's not all that bad I mean I can handle it. One thing I notice is that I still have a stomach bulge and I am more sef conscious about that then my arms, like people not be able to see that I've lost 63lbs. because of the bulge...lol I know its stupid but I'm human and not doing enough crunches!! Have a great day! Kellie

I have some loose skin but not so much that I would have surgery. It bothers only me and just a little bit. I would rather have this than be heavy again!!!! I couldn't afford plastic surgery anyway. But even it I could, I don't know that I would have it. I feel I have had triple bypass heart surgery and survived and gastric bypass surgery and survived...I don't want to push my luck by having more surgeries. If I was in my 20's or 30's, I maybe would think about it but I am pushing 60 and this is just fine with me.......and my hubby Jolene

I hate the skin, I will live with it for a few years because I want a baby and a house more, but eventually I will have the surgery on my arms and legs. I have had the tummy tuck and will be getting a second one because they left it so uneven and I have lost another 20 lbs, The weightloss would of been okay but they left it so uneven I hate it. My arms sag... I liked them better big I think and my legs almost make me cry. I had great legs even when I was fat, I had skinny ankles and defined calves and quads and hams that had shape. Now the sag the below the knee looks great so I wear long skirts and shorts but bathingsuits are not fun.

I'M MELTING LIKE HOT WAX!! everything is going south and nothing worse than you barely move your arm & it makes a NOISE flapping in the wind.. I can't wear shorts my thighs are melting down to my knee even my calves are wrinkly skin, AND THE BELLY OMG I have a spare inner tube around my whole mid section I bet I'll be able to float on a river without ANYTHING this year!! And don't forget the awful Horrid smell from under the fat rolls this is why I'll be doing plastic surgery for sure!!

I am very self conscious about my hanging skin, especially my neck because that can't be hidden and makes me look 15 years older than I am. I am single and young (well, sort of young!). I didn't want a man to see me naked before because of all the flab, now I still don't want to be seen naked because of the hanging skin and deflated chest! Yuck! But, I'm still glad I did it-I'm healthy now.