Loose skin removal surgery fears after massive weight loss

Hi everyone , I lost within 2 years 105 pounds and I still have 75 lbs to go. I am already seeing a lot of loose skin and I know when im done losing everything im gonna need at least like 5 surgeries or more . I am scared shitless of surgery , has anyone had loose skin removal after weight loss? and can tell me its worth the risk. Sure I could live with looking like a 90 year old woman at age 25 but im really self conscious and I would not be happy like that .I want a chance to have a normal looking body because i have been heavier my whole life. My life is just starting and I want to feel confident for once and im willing to do just about anything to have that

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(SV) Kicking off 2021 and kicking those pounds in the butt (+ advice from a formerly hesitant skeptic)

I’m really excited to share my first milestone and proud moment with the community that enabled me to kick start my journey! I would like to especially gear this post to those newbies lurking around, unsure of how to start or if they should. Since starting, I’ve lost 4, almost 5 pounds. This is the most amount of weight I’ve deliberately and intentionally lost. The first week was tough, I saw no light at the end of the tunnel. The second week was Christmas, and I thought for sure I was going to screw myself over. Now we’re wrapping up week 3, and I’m slowly but surely losing the weight I want to lose!

When I seriously considered making a lifestyle change a little less than a month ago, I was doubtful it would work and thought I would be miserable while I tried. I asked my friend for advice on healthier options (since she’s very knowledgeable and deals w allergies and gluten intolerance) and when she started outlining what I should do, I asked, “so I’ll never be happy again” and she replied “no.” As a former chip and cookie addict, guilty of eating when bored and in large amounts, I am here to say that you CAN eat healthy AND enjoy it!!!

Due in large to the help of this community and its resources, I started by calculating my calorie deficit and best macro distribution for my lifestyle (competitive swimmer). I’ve been able to eat under my 1800 cal limit most days so far without feeling hungry. I was also directed to the idea of body recomposition, and so incorporated the gym and lifting into my schedule 5-6 days a week. Progress was certainly slow at first, but sure enough I’ve seen consistent weight loss this past week. I haven’t quite yet seen the change in my body shape that I’d like to see, but if this journey has taught me anything is that patience is key!

I used to be a skinny child with a fast metabolism, and I guess I have puberty (and probably birth control) to thank for the changes I’ve seen in my body. I’ve never been able to fully sympathize with people of all weights who are trying to lose weight. It’s hard. It’s a challenge. But, it’s 2021 and if we could make it through 2020, we can certainly conquer 2021 and make it our year! If you’re considering making the first big step, hopefully this can be your motivation to take it. Better yet, take a leap of faith! Do your research, ask for help, make changes, and have patience- you will get out of this experience what you put into this!

Final note: a thank you to this entire community for being supportive and accepting of all people, you’re changing people’s lives! (I’d also be happy to share my foods of choice for my fellow picky eaters out there, I feel your struggle)

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3 Years of Weight Loss

MyFitnessPal Chart

I see a lot of people on here saying how they lost like 150lbs in a year, so I figured I’d show my longer journey. It’s not as much weight as others, but I’m still proud to have lost it.

Growing up I was always on the upper end of a healthy weight. I gained a little more in college, but after graduation I got an office job and steadily put on weight due to lack of exercise, free office treats and too much pasta/sugary drinks. During this time I also learned about HAES and decided that my body just wanted to be at this weight and there was nothing I could do about it.

Then in January 2018 I moved to a new job and made a friend who had lost a lot of weight through diet and exercise, so I thought maybe HAES was wrong. I was around 185, so I made it my New Year’s Resolution to get back down to 170 to fit into my jeans better, which I hit in May 2018 through lazy CICO.

I maintained until August 2018, when I decided I wanted to get down to 135 before a vacation in April 2019, and an ultimate goal of 125. So I got serious with my weight loss. I tracked, keeping to 1200 calories/day and walking 10,000 steps/day. This was a great way to lose weight, but unfortunately I wasn’t in a very healthy mindset as I did it. So when I got down to 137 in February, even though I was close to my first goal, I realized I was too obsessive so I quit tracking.

I gained a bit over the 2019 holidays, and decided to track again in January 2020. By February I was back down to my previous weight, so I stopped tracking and just tried eating healthier and walking more. I got down to 130 in July without really trying.

I maintained 130-135ish for a couple months, but then in October my doctor had me go to a nutritionist for high cholesterol, and she told me to limit myself to 120 carbs/day spread evenly throughout the day and walk 10,000 steps/day. I was eating 200+ carbs/day and only walking 5,000 steps/day so this was a big change for me. I ended up tracking again both for the carbs and calories to make sure I was eating enough. I still ended up losing some weight and was down to 127 at the end of November. But now I was getting obsessive counting carbs, so in mid December when I had the holidays as an excuse I stopped counting and went completely off track, eating tons of carbs and not walking as much.

So my new years resolution is to get back on track with walking 10,000 steps/day, and replace carbs with more protein in my diet to get back to that 120 carbs/day while eating enough calories to not lose more weight too quickly. I’m not going to track carbs this time in MyFitnessPal though (weighing and logging my food was what made me obsessive). I know the general average carb amounts, so I’m just going to estimate it in my head to get close, and not worry about the carbs in non starchy vegetables.

The things I regret most about gaining weight are how it affected me mentally and physically. I felt really large and not very confident at 185. I didn’t feel like I could wear clothes and look cute (which I know now was a lie, anyone can look cute no matter your size). I got tired out all the time and had trouble just walking up stairs or standing up from sitting on the ground. Also, After losing weight I don’t have a ton of loose skin like some people do, but I’m definitely a lot more jiggly, especially in my arms, thighs and butt. I don’t know if it’s because I’m getting older, or if it’s because I lost so much fat so my skin is sagging. Weight training would help, but I doubt it’ll look as tight as it would have if I hadn’t gained all that weight in the first place.

I’m very happy I lost the weight, I just wish I hadn’t gotten myself to the point where I needed to lose it in the first place. And after a few rounds of gaining and losing, I’m confident that when I gain weight again (because I’m probably going to be yo-yoing 10lbs forever) I can just eat healthier and exercise more for a few weeks to lose it again.

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Back on the weight loss train...

Back in 2016 I went from 205lbs to 120lbs in about 9 months or so. Lost weight too fast, few health issues occured. Anyway fast forward to 2020 around summer time I went up to 160ishlbs, Christmas eve 2020 I was the lowest I've been in a little while, 147lbs. Which I was happy with. Now christmas is out the way and i've spent the past 2 weeks or so eating nothing but cheese, chocolate and sweets I am getting back on the weight loss train. Choo Choo!

I don't know my current weight, but I know i'm very bloated, retaining water and gained a few pounds over the festive period... because most people do and well.. i enjoyed it. Tomorrow i'm back off to the gym for a much needed session. I do not know my weight as of current but tomorrow morning when I wake up I will weigh myself and that will be my January 2021 start weight. My goal is to get to 140lbs. So it won't be the biggest weight loss, but a loss all the same.

Heres to 2021 and our weight loss goals! We've got this :)

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Self quarantining for 2 weeks helped me lose 8 pounds and rethink my entire weight loss approach

When I got home from college for winter break I wanted to be careful so I quarantined for about 2 weeks in my room. Little did I know this caused quite a few things which led to me losing weight in a much happier manner than ever before.

I had my mom bring a plate and leave it outside my door everyday for lunch and dinner. I told her I was trying to lose weight so make the portions small but reasonable. We usually eat family style and I realized from having a set portion everyday that I struggle a lot with portion control. If it’s in front of me I will eat it even if I’m full, sometimes I will overeat to the point of getting a food coma and passing out in order to digest it all.

I ate it slowly and tried to drag it out for as long as possible because getting food was one of the only interesting parts of being in quarantine. What’s weird is I actually felt really full after eating and didn’t want more? Once the plate was empty I was just like oh, time to leave it outside my door.

After a week I didn’t even feel that hungry during dinnertime since I ate enough during lunch. I have never been able to do this before, being able to distinguish whether I was hungry or not. Before I was ALWAYS hungry either out of boredom, habit since it was meal time, or actual hunger.

Yesterday was my first day out of quarantine, just in time for New Years! My family ordered Indian food to celebrate and I was so scared I would overeat. I’m the type of person to look at Yelp reviews and get the best tasting dishes because that’s how much I love food.

We ate family style but the shocking thing is, I didn’t overeat! In fact, I ate just enough to really enjoy it all and feel full. Just a couple scoops of each dish and a piece of naan. When I felt a little full, I put my chopsticks down, took my plate and put it in the dishwasher. It was a miracle and I was so happy I didn’t eat to the point where I was sick, which overall would have made me enjoy the food less.

Since high school and college, I have gained 30 pounds. I’ve been trying to lose weight for 6 years. I would have this huge plan whether it be fasting or keto, I would download calorie tracking apps, make whole meal prep/diet plans, I would go to the extreme and have high calorie restrictions for myself to get faster results (it’s hard as a shortie). I realize now that this kind of thing doesn’t work for me. Whenever I starved myself, I would constantly feel hungry, riding it out for a few days before giving up and binging again.

This morning I weight myself for the first time since coming back home and I went from 138lbs to 130lbs!! (Stats: f19, 5’2) I know a lot of this is definitely water weight since calorie wise it’s not possible, but I didn’t expect this much progress especially when I didn’t get these results even when starving myself.

I thought it could be muscle loss but I’ve been doing workouts (I hate exercise but madfit has really fun dance workouts) in my room and trying to move for 1-2 hours everyday. My clothes feel looser and I went down a bra cup (ah my poor pear body shape).

Some other factors I think that have contributed to me feeling less hunger: I’ve been less stressed since I don’t have to worry about schoolwork, get 8 hours of sleep, and my relationship with my family has improved since coming back home (I had a lot of childhood abuse issues to work through).

Food has always been a coping mechanism for me to deal with all this, to the point it was dominating my life. I’m glad I was able to figure out how to take back control and not let it continue to ruin my body anymore. I’m quite hopeful for the future. Happy new year everyone!

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Ended 2020 13.5lbs down and right on track with my weight loss goals (slowed down over the holidays)! Not a lot but it was 10% of my starting body weight! Here's to a great 2021 :)

Progress chart!

5'4 | SW: 131 | CW: 118 | GW: ~110

This was just after 84 days of counting calories and walking for 30mins each day!

Just wanted to thank this sub for helping me get off my butt and losing the weight that I've been steadily gaining from going to college and then having a sedentary office job for the past 5 years.

Hoping to focus more on toning in 2021 and focusing less on the numbers, and to get rid of the horribly loose skin around my belly.

I've also cleaned up the spreadsheet that I've been using to log my CICO results (I'm using the Apple Watch and the predicted weight has been within +/- 0.2lbs on average after 80 days) and you can find it here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1p8Gu5_GaI9nrZNtQRKIDzVwb_KDetkVwtJXlzLLgaV8/edit?usp=sharing

I hope it helps!

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I want you to get results but enjoy the process too

Hating your body, eating food you find gross, and doing workouts you dread are an option. It may lead to faster results but it wouldn't be sustainable. However, another option exists:

You can choose to feel great during this weight loss process. Make workout time fun - by pumping up the music, doing it with a friend, and selecting activities that you truly enjoy. Eat nourishing foods that you personally find delicious, and don't be so restrictive. Lastly, learn positive self-talk- you can still be kind to your body even if you are trying to lose weight.

Here are some personal examples to illustrate this:

1) Exercise - I used to go on walks while calling a friend, this would make the time go by quickly and was also a great way to catch up with her.

2) Nutrition- Rice is a staple food in my culture, so instead of cutting it out completely (and restricting myself) I try to eat it every other day. And when I do have it, I load it up with veges and protein so that I can eat less of it and still feel full.

3) Mindset- I actively try not to compare myself to others, and instead compare myself to where I was last year, year before, etc. I appreciate and celebrate non scale victories - such as having a better mood and greater self-esteem.

Wishing you all the fun and happiness! Best of luck in your journey :)

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