Can i lose weight and not be left with access skin-sagging skin?

I am 25 and have a 4 year old and a 6 month old. I am currently on a diet i am about 60 -70lbs over weight. Is it possible for me to lose all that weight and not be left with access skin-sagging skin, Do i still have a chance at looking good after dieting? I want to do everything i can except surgery so i do not get sagging skin after losing weight. How can i do this?


has anyone experienced this first hand with success? or failur?
Can i lose weight and not be left with access skin-sagging skin?
I lost 120 pounds, had very little


sagging skin. worked out it seem


to take care of itself. Maybe 200


pounds or more maybe sagging


skin then. ( didn't lose 120 all at


once ) lost 20 maintained 2 weeks


worked on 20 more until I was down


where I wanted to be. I think if you


lose weight too fast that might cause


sagging, So take your time, You did


not gain it all at once......
Can i lose weight and not be left with access skin-sagging skin?
60-70 lbs overweight is not anything to worry about regarding skin sagging. If you were over 100 lbs overweight, then maybe.
Reply:Andre has a good take on it; he deserves a best answer. It's a matter of degree, and you haven't gone that far yet. Give him ten points and heave a personal sigh of relief.
Reply:My sister is 5 ft even and weighs 108 lbs. She's since been lifting weights and has gained muscle, so now she's 112 lbs. Many moons ago, she weighed 170 lbs. When she was fat, she had a little bit of overhang on her belly. Now, the overhang is gone, but she has some loose skin there.





Within the past 4 years, it's gotten tighter, since she's been losing more and more weight, and has been building the ab muscles too. Ah yes, she also has a little bit of loose skin on the upper arms, but the muscle building has started to fill that up.





Over time, I mean a long time, skin does shrink back. However, if it was completely stretched out in the first place, it may not shrink back as quickly as we might want it. I don't know if she'll have a perfectly flat tummy without surgery, but it seems she's heading that way. Only time will tell.





I wish I could tell you that her tummy is completely flat without surgery, but that's not the case.





Even if there's some excess skin, who cares? I'm not trying to make light of your situation, as I'm currently trying to lose weight and am morbidly obese. I understand your concern, because I wonder the same thing. I figure it this way... it's much MUCH better to lose the weight and have some sagging skin, that CAN tighten btw (although I don't yet know to what degree), than to have the excess weight. Besides, not many people walk around with the tummy showing, as most people wear blouses/shirts that cover it.





Best to you in your weight loss goals. In the end, no one cares about what your tummy looks like but you. Just %26lt;enjoy%26gt; your progress!





If you happen to still dislike the skin hanging, lift some weights. I don't mean little pink 3-5 pounders, I mean heavy weights to build the muscle. That will fill in some of the looseness. If anyone discourages you from building muscle 'cause you're a woman, ignore them for they don't know what they're talking about.





Here's a great site about women lifting weights. Btw, a woman who lifts heavy weights doesn't get guy-big unless she takes 'roids:


http://stumptuous.com/cms/index.php
Reply:you shouldnt have problem with sagy skin if you lose weight healthy way which is 1-2lbs a week by eating healthy amount of calories and exercising.


find calorie/fitness calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.


eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours)


5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day


8 glasses of water


have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy


have lean meat (protein) for dinner - repairs muscle


cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min, light weight training


dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, past etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.


ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)