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I went from 273 down to 155 and the only extra skin I have is a little bit in my lower abdomen. Other than that, everything went right back to normal.

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Great Question! I'd love to see some responses to this. I'm down nearly 50lbs in 5months...from 264 to now 215 and i haven't noticed any extra or loose skin....yet! but, i'm very curious as to how much ppl lost before they started noticing and how many haven't had any problems w/loose skin at all.

thanks for starting this thread, it should be interesting to see the comments.

xoxo, christie

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I went from 245 to 160 and I just have some crepiness on the belly, no hanging, bulging skin. No washboard abs either, but fine clothed and even showable in a bikini, just not a gorgeous flat young stomach. I have had 3 babies, one of which was a caesarean so I'm counting myself pretty lucky.

My thighs are rather wobbly and loose, but they were BEFORE I gained weight and got fat. I just have flabby thighs, so does my mum, so do both my sisters. Which is why my belly has recovered well - I never got particularly fat there in the first place.

Arms are fine, boobs are a disaster, again, that's more genetics than weight loss, they werent great when I was 16, now that I'm 40 and have fed 3 babies for about 6 years, they're what you'd expect but easy fixed!

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