Loose skin

thinoneday · December 23, 2009

Hi all. . . is anyone out there very upset with their new look? I mean, you lost alot of weight and now you hate how you look? Loose skin, funky looking shape, very unhappy with the outcome?

Tiffykins · December 23, 2009

Nope not at all. I have quite a bit of loose, flabbiness on my upper arms, and inner thighs. My boobs are definitely more saggy with excess skin on the top of the breasts.

I think I look pretty amazing with clothes on. Without clothes, not so much, but in that same process, who really sees me naked? Just me and the husband, and he thinks I look great.

I do still have a lower tummy roll that a couple months of ab/core exercises I could get rid of it. I'm not mishapen, or bigger in any certain area. I have curves, a smaller waist, hips and a little tummy fat that make me look pretty "hour-glass" shaped. Before I was just round, and plump, fat rolls everywhere.

Overall, I'll take the excess/loose skin over being morbidly obese any day of the week.

thinoneday · December 24, 2009

Wow that is great Tiff, I will have quite a bit of loose skin but like the doc said, I drink alot of Water so it shouldn't be too bad. . . I agree, I'll probably look better in clothes, and thank goodness, will be able to fit into a plane seat! That will be so amazing, no more extensions for me! We are going to go see my mother in law and family next Christmas, they only know me a huge, what a surprise they will have huh?

Jachut · December 24, 2009

Here's a link to some pretty candid photos of my body

Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery (VSG) Forum

These were an eye opener to me - is it a perfect body? No. But you dont really see how I look when they're taken so close up (and without a head, lol). I'm actually five foot ten and a size 8 so I'm pretty long and lean. I"m just a bit "soft" in some places, mainly the behind and inner thighs. I have a bit of skin on the tummy too.

But really, I look like anyone else, and in fact, I'm the only person in my circle of friends and acquaintances that I know that would dare to wear a bikin in public. That's thanks to a LOT of hard exercise.

I'm banded, not sleeved and it was much slower weight loss for me - 2 and a half years to lose 100lb.

Edited December 24, 2009 by Jachut

thinoneday · December 24, 2009

Here's a link to some pretty candid photos of my body
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery (VSG) Forum

These were an eye opener to me - is it a perfect body? No. But you dont really see how I look when they're taken so close up (and without a head, lol). I'm actually five foot ten and a size 8 so I'm pretty long and lean. I"m just a bit "soft" in some places, mainly the behind and inner thighs. I have a bit of skin on the tummy too.

But really, I look like anyone else, and in fact, I'm the only person in my circle of friends and acquaintances that I know that would dare to wear a bikin in public. That's thanks to a LOT of hard exercise.

I'm banded, not sleeved and it was much slower weight loss for me - 2 and a half years to lose 100lb.

Thank you! My girlfriend in Houston is banded as well and she has lost 60lb in 2 years. . .she is happy with her band too and says she has some issues with her loose skin and saggy parts. . . but then that must be something we're all going to have to deal with right? I'm 6'0 tall and hopefully will look lean and tall like you too. . . maybe I'll be brave enough to wear a cute bathing suit too! Inlaws live in Jamaica and all they have seen me in has been those fat girl one piece bathing suits. . . soooooo it'll be interesting. . :cursing: