So over the last year i've dropped some weight i've gone from a solid 210 to about 175 (o yeah braggin it up). Hehe, but my i'm starting to worry about my mid secttion or abs. I'm pretty sure their have been larger people who have lost alot more weight and havn't had a loose skin problem. Its just around my belly area, and I was wondering if i'm going to have this problem when i reach my goal weight. So your skin obviously stretches when you gain weight so I guess my question is does it shrink when you lose it. Is there somthing I can do to keep my skin healthy so my problem won't be so bad?
Loose Skin & Weight Loss
- Thread starter Paisty_Artist
- Start date
It will shrink slowly but you can do a few things to help speed things up.
By building up mass (preferably muscles) in the upper body it will reduce this loose skin by filling it up all while keep your fitness appearance intact.
Many things to learn on this subject here:
http://training.fitness.com/photo-gallery/honest-how-bad-my-loose-skin-28526.html
Hope this helps and good luck!
Eric
By building up mass (preferably muscles) in the upper body it will reduce this loose skin by filling it up all while keep your fitness appearance intact.
Many things to learn on this subject here:
http://training.fitness.com/photo-gallery/honest-how-bad-my-loose-skin-28526.html
Hope this helps and good luck!
Eric
Congratulations on the weight loss. The problem with the loosening skin is a common one. Over time as a person gains weight the skin gets stretched to accomodate. When you lose weight the skin doesn't always retract, the reason for this is the elastins have been damaged. Stretch marks are also torn elastins.
I tell you this not to be mean or discouraging, but because as a personal trainer in Hollywood where image is everything I have delt with this time and again. There are a lot of scams out there and you should steer clear. Where as you can get collagen injections there is nothing that can be done to repair the elastins. The extent of how bad this is genetic. The same thing happens to some during prenancy. Anyone who offers you a cream or an exercise or a wrap that will cure this is selling you a bag of lies. Plastic surgeons make millions because of this by doing tucks.
My advice would be to continue to lose and tone once you have achieved your goal you can then re-evaluate how much it still bothers you.
Best of luck!
I tell you this not to be mean or discouraging, but because as a personal trainer in Hollywood where image is everything I have delt with this time and again. There are a lot of scams out there and you should steer clear. Where as you can get collagen injections there is nothing that can be done to repair the elastins. The extent of how bad this is genetic. The same thing happens to some during prenancy. Anyone who offers you a cream or an exercise or a wrap that will cure this is selling you a bag of lies. Plastic surgeons make millions because of this by doing tucks.
My advice would be to continue to lose and tone once you have achieved your goal you can then re-evaluate how much it still bothers you.
Best of luck!
From what I know its like a balloon...
so it depends on your age and how long you were that weight...
The younger you are the more elasticity your skin still has so you are more likely to bounce back.
the longer you were that weight the more likely it is you might have loose skin.
so it depends on your age and how long you were that weight...
The younger you are the more elasticity your skin still has so you are more likely to bounce back.
the longer you were that weight the more likely it is you might have loose skin.
I hear ya....I'm having some of the same issues myself. I'm told it'll take time but eventually it'll shrink. You've already been given the accurate advice above. It is what it is dude....we got fat and we may just have the scars to remind us of that, but don't fret...these bodies all wear out, breakdown and it's all inevitable.
You either live with it or get ballsy and go under the knife. Being that you're in texas, they make all sorts of stuff out of "skin"....let your imagination be your guide.
You either live with it or get ballsy and go under the knife. Being that you're in texas, they make all sorts of stuff out of "skin"....let your imagination be your guide.
Be sure to read that link that Eric gave you.
1. Do you have any problems in providing a pic so we can see the extent of the lose skin, and give more accurate advice?
A pic will provide more information then words expressed alone.
Personally (as the link specifies), I take the position (unless so blatantly obvious), that one exhausts all diet and fitness measures, before going under the knife.
2. Having lose skin can happen to persons who have lost a lot of weight.
In some it can happen because they lost the weight too fast.
In others they may have done everything right (or attempted to do most things correctly) and they still end up with lose skin.
While others it can be "assisted" by simply dropping BF more, but this just depends on the extent of the lose skin.
I had a lower ab lose skin problem; atypical male problem in some men. I got completely rid of it through diet and fitness training: as a personal example. No drugs, no knife, just me and using education of diet and fitness.
And, dependent on the "severity" you can do this too!
Best wishes
Chillen
I'll see if I can post some pictures so yall can see whats going on. I don't have a problem now I was just weary of this problem in the future. Cause I mean I have no doubt i'm going to drop at least 10-15 more pounds to be at fight weight, so I just wanted to do anything to help my skin so if I do have this problem its not so severe. I drink plenty of water, I turn 20 on tuesday, and I'm going to pick up some hydrating lotion just to be safe. I've had my buda belly o since I was about 13, and i've dropped my weight over the span of about a little over a year. So i'm not dropping it at a fast pace. Just a little info of the history of my epidermis and whatnot. So i'll see if I can snap a few photos and hopefully it won't be a problem and I can focus on kicking some more ass.
thanks
thanks
1. Have you sat yourself down, and developed an educated plan for your tissue loss? This is by far the most important step as you start out on your goal journey.
Always look at your efforts in diet and sweating and efforts in the gym through: "Educated eyes", do not play games, watch, look, and listen to your body, and make educated adjustments as you make progess along your goal path.
- Have you personally configured your MT Line?
- Decided on an appropriate deficit amount?
- Have given thought and made decisions on changing some potentially inappropriate eating habits? What you are going to eat, etc?
Focus "primarily" on your calories (and nutrition) and adjust them according to the bodily feed back you are getting.
Let's begin here:
Within the Nutrition 101 thread you will find some valuable information. Or you can use the ready made input web page in the 3rd link.
What you to do is to post your Maintenance Line of calories and list the multiplier you used to configure your approximated Maintenance Line.
Go here and read on some basic and fundamental information:
Nutrition 101
Delaware Consumer Health Information Services (Originally Posted by Wrangell)
=========================================================
2. What fitness equipment do you have availble to use?
- Do you have access to a gym? (away from home)
- Or do you have a home equipment you are going to use.
- If you have "niether" you can use things around house, your body weight, and creative measures to be very productive in your fitness training.
Weight Training Information:
Weight Training 101
Weight Training Technical Articles
http://training.fitness.com/weight-...inefficient-split-maybe-read-first-34522.html
==================================================
Some Info on the ab core:
Abdominal Training
How to get abs guide
=========================================================
And, if you do not have home training equipment or access to a gym:
You don't need any special equipment.
You walk in your special equipment: YOU.
Additionally, if you do not have access to a gym, or have extremely limited equipment, this is fine to.
Three things can be your friend then: 1. Your imagination (and mind), 2. Your body weight, 3. The yearning of education within the basics and advanced basics of diet and fitness; An on-going continued pursuit.
Until your position gets better and you are able to improve the dynamics of your fitness (like going to a gym for weight training), you can use what you have to get the job completed without any shadow of any doubt.
IMO, in-between the time that you are not able to join a gym, you should take the time to develop a program that suites your goal needs with the time you have and then transcend to an improved routine when you are able to go to a gym on a regular basis.
There are no excuses. Within yourself (and around the house) are the tools you need to get started.
And, YOU can make this happen.
Here is some information on body weight exercises:
The Ultimate Bodyweight Exercises Archive for Strength Training and Body Toning
Bodyweight Exercises
Bodybuilding.com - Mike Mahler - Bodyweight Exercises For Size & Strength!
Body weight exercises
Additional examples:
Back (and other muscle recruitment):
Grab a broom stick (or a mop handle, or something simular), and do an inverted row (wide and narrow grip). Slap the handle between two chairs, crawl underneath (face up), and pull (overhand grip or underhand grip)
and/or
Chest (and other muscle recruitment):
Two mop handles (or something simular), get two chairs (if you have telescoping ones or some that can go higher than waist high--the better), and do dips (push, bending at the knees).
And, if you can afford to get a Swiss ball.
Here is some info on some exercises you can do with it to get you started:
AskMen.com - Top 10 Fitness Ball Exercises
Core Stability Exercises
Swiss Ball Exercises, Strength Training with a Swiss Ball, types of swiss ball exercises
Swiss Ball Exercises
And, I leave the young man with this:
The way you create any outcome in your life is to hold the vision of your deepest desires.
At the same time, though, you must honestly and accurately assess your current situation and how it relates to your greater vision.
By doing this, you engage tension between what is and what can be.
This tension is the primary creative force behind the manifestation of any outcome.
It’s as natural and powerful as the force of gravity.
Some of the steps you take may end up being detours or out-and-out mistakes.--CORRECT THEM THROUGH EDUCATION and KNOWING YOURSELF BETTER THAN YOUR DETOUR OR MISTAKES.
By staying focused on your vision, though, you’ll find even those steps useful in the creating process.
=========================================================
Be masterful with your diet and training, apply education as you progress and observe bodily feed back, and you just may not end up with any loose skin, and if you do, you will be prepared for it when it comes.
You could be creating a worry for nothing. However, it is GOOD to have future thoughts, as this will assist you in being prepared.
I had loose skin in the lower ab area. But my situation was slightly different in the sense that I had been carrying around extra weight for many years and I biolologically aged during this time.
Most would have been satisfied, I wasnt because it was not my goal I wanted to reach.
So, I changed things in my diet (allowing some controlled surpluses in a zig-zag diet plan along with lowering carbs, added in some back work and other compound exercises, and Oblique exercises), and this worked for me (the short version).
Let me be the first to tell you: IT BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE BASICS OF DIET AND FITNESS, and ALL SUBSEQUENT advanced techniques COME FROM THIS SAME BASE. It is just logical. Learn the basics and one can improve by "spinning-off" education from this base foundation.
We are not trying to be biological scientists. We need to just learn the science of ourselves along our goal path.
Best wishes,
Chillen
Last edited:
Well Chillen i've been a long time reader of these forums, I've read the stickies you mentioned and re-read them periodically just as a refresher. I have come up with a proper diet for myself over the past few months through trial and error hehe. So I feel i'm pretty up to speed with my fitness education as for what i'm trying to accomplish. This also goes for my workout, trial and error. As I mentioned above i'm looking to start boxing soon, so my goal as of right now is to drop to a proper weight and have more endurance than billy blanks on speed. As for the loose skin topic, i'll focus on my goals and worry about that if the problem arises later down the road but I will take steps to prevent it; such as staying hydrated and hopefully my youth will pull through for me hehe.
Thanks chillen, your post are always usfull and positive.
Did I mention your the man!!
Did I mention your the man!!