Seeking Advice: Loose skin after massive weight loss

Hey Redditors,

I recently lost 165 lbs (pics in profile) I have a lot of loose skin all over my body. I have done some consultations with plastic surgeons and it just seems that the price is so expensive. Has anyone been through this? How did you pay for it? I am feeling so discouraged. It just feels that no matter how hard I work, I will always feel insecure because of this excess skin. I was hoping there are others out there who have been or are going through similar issues.

It honestly feels like this was all for nothing because I feel just as insecure now as I did when I was obese.

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Assignment: Write your "Success Story" to now, in 250 words (with my answer)

Background:

My IRL support group's (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) members had the assignment to write our journey's success stories. We can start from anywhere, to the present. The idea was for us to self-recognize how we're doing.

It was pleasant work and helped me to recall some things. This is what I'm turning in:

My Success Story

I've been overweight since puberty. Numerous attempts to lose weight failed. “Their fault, not mine. I've got fat genes,” I concluded.

In 2014, my diabetes was getting harder to control and managing travel with insulin shots and pills was difficult. Too little medication would keep my blood sugar high and do long-term damage. Too much medication would result in low sugars and cause confusion and blacking out. These meds were maxxed out. I was referred for gastric bypass surgery.

As homework, my would-be surgeon recommended a 3-week program that included tracking my food and walking. This worked very well. I was down 19 pounds and I was stoked! The homework was over, but I continued to log food and walk.

Two weeks later, I felt hot, confused, weak, and somewhat sick. I began to have low blood sugars, as if I was taking too much medication. Five weeks of weight loss from walking and food logging had improved my glucose situation. Soon, my doctor dropped all my insulin and pills. It was at this point that I decided that I was going to pause the surgery and commit to continuing my program for a year.

To support me on the journey, I joined TOPS. It helped cement the idea that these changes that I am making aren’t a temporary diet but a lifetime of habits towards reaching and maintaining a healthy weight with a healthy lifestyle. I’ve lost the diabetes and the weight and kept both away for 7 years.

^{7 yrs. maintaining • ♂59 5'11/179㎝ SW:298℔/135㎏ CW:171℔/78㎏ [3Y AMA], [1Y recap] CICO+🚶🏋️}

Added: Journey pics: http://imgur.com/a/cPA6J

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Frustrated Watching Others / With Stagnation

Started about a month ago getting serious about weight loss (hw: 287lbs/130kg, sw: 273lbs/124kg, cw: 268lbs/121kg)

There's a weight loss competition at my gym, and in the first week (7 days!) someone says he's down over 5%. One week. how? (Quick math: 15lbs at my hw, 10lbs at 200lbs - that's ridiculous!)

I'm aiming for 1500-1700kcals/day with a BMR of 2000, drinking water, increasing protein/vitamins/fiber, decreasing chol/sugar/fats/etc, and exercising 3-4 times a week (intense workouts), as well as increasing daily steps.

This is my first time getting serious about weight loss ever, and I'm trying to do it healthily (struggled with EDs for a long time), which means slow. But I've gotten to my current weight and stayed here for about a week so far, and it's like I'll drop a pound or two then stay there for a week and a half, then drop another little bit.

How do you get over the scale saying the same exact thing every day for a long period of time and how do you get over others dropping ridiculous amounts of weight with seemingly minimal effort?

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Strongly considering weight loss surgery and I'd like to hear some experiences?

Okay so for the last year, I've been been considering a weight loss surgery and I'd like to hear some first hand experiences. Now I know that no shoe fits all as different people have different experiences and procedures so it can be hard to gauge but regardless I'm curious. It's a life long process and a pretty large procedure so I want to get as much raw information from people going through it as I can.

I know that they don't take kindly to people with mental health disorders. I've been diagnosed with ADD and AvPD so I don't know if that's gonna throw a wrench in it since over here at least, they refrain from people with "severe mental health disorders"

Anyway

What I like to know is, assuming you want to disclose it is: - the process before and after the surgery - the amount of pain you experienced - how you keep your diet up and running including the times you have to eat - any complications you experienced - support reaction etc from family and such.

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Feeling unproductive while losing weight

I have struggled with overweight/obesity for all of my life to varying degrees. I started my current weight loss journey in May from a starting BMI of 41. I felt horrendous both physically and mentally at that weight and my BMI had been 40+ for a long time. After losing 15 kg / 33 lbs, I am now down to a BMI of 36 and I'm steadily losing about 1 kg/ 2.2 lbs per week. I achieved this with a sensible plant-based intermittent fasting regime (nothing too harsh though - I just skip breakfast) and moderate amounts of exercise that I enjoy. It is hard to overstate the impact the lifestyle change had on my health and my social life - I have only lost about one third of the excess weight that I carry and I still have a long way to go but I already feel like a different person. Also, I haven't experienced any negative health effects that people typically experience, like losing hair and I think that's because I've been doing it healthily. So far, so good.

Here is the thing though - I am currently out of work and I honestly believe that if I had a job, I wouldn't be able to do this. Not having time to take care of healthy meals and exercising isn't even my biggest worry. I fear that the stress would cause me to overeat and that I would be exposed to a lot of unhealthy food in a conventional office. I also think I wouldn't be able to stick to intermittent fasting, or even to keeping my portions small. When I'm working, I always have this perception that my brain is running low on energy and I end up eating too much.

These days I spend most of my day reading about weight loss, browsing this subreddit, watching YouTubers talk about weight loss and tracking my weight, and otherwise just browsing the internet and reading books that I've been meaning to. So nothing too stressful. Some jobs have come up, including ones I was genuinely excited about, and I had some interviews, but when I got rejected, I consoled myself that at least I'll be able to continue my weight loss journey undisturbed.

Obviously this cannot go on forever and eventually I'll have to get a job, even though money isn't an issue for now. But I am already terrified that when that happens, all my hard work will be undone.

I am at the point where I have been meaning to take some language classes for months but I have been procrastinating about signing up because I'm terrified that even that could turn out to be too much stress and distract me from my goal.

Please someone tell me that I'm irrational and I don't need to put my life on hold in order to lose weight?

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Is a 55/30/15 diet good for weight loss?

I’m M25, 6’5, and about 290 pounds. Was fighting my weight since I was in 2nd grade, my max weight was about 350 when I was about 15, and 180 when I was about 17. The feel of extreme hunger followed me every my weight loss attempt, to the point where I fainted a few times in school from it, so I might say that I’m familiar with keeping my mouth shut as long as it gets to get the weight that I want to achieve. But I really don’t want to experience the same amount of troubles as before, and the main problem that I had then is a huge lack of protein in my diet, probably about 10-15%, because my diet was dictated by what my family thought is good for me in that time. But now I can do it the better way, so I just came here for an advice: is a 55% protein, 30% fat, and 15% carbs is a good idea? I plan eating greens, chicken breast, beans, some fruits, milk/cheese, and peanuts as my main source of nutrients, about 2400 cal a day, and cutting a little of everything every week according to my weight. I plan to so this for about 3 months, and then go lift some weights, I have about a year of experience in gym. What should I add/change in my plan? Or it’s already fine enough? Thanks.

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A new chance to get started

5’3 195lbs. Goal weight is 135.

I have severe mental illness and am on medication to help. I can’t go off antipsychotics completely because I deal with psychosis and paranoia, so it would be dangerous to do so. However, the last time I came off medication, the weight just slid right off of me, so I know it’s definitely the meds messing with my appetite and cravings.

I crave sugar and can’t think about anything other than getting my sugar fix. My guilty pleasure is Crumbl Cookies, and since their order minimum is 4, I eat close to 3,000 calories 1-2 times a week in cookies alone. Fruit doesn’t curb the cravings; it only makes it stronger.

I’m also horrible at meal prepping and cooking. I’m depressed and struggle to find motivation, especially to cook. I made protein pancakes for the week and they got soggy in the fridge because the fridge stopped working, which really dampened my spirits. I’m not sure if I’m going to eat them now but I’m certainly not cooking them again for another week.

Dinner is when I do the worst. I tend to eat really well at work (breakfast, lunch), and then I fuck it up by ordering in or eating a whole bunch of snacks. I’m not sure why this is when I fuck up. Maybe it’s because microwave meals don’t really have a taste to me; they just taste hot if that makes sense.

I spoke with my psychiatrist today and got one of my medications changed to one with a lower risk of weight gain, along with Contrave (a weight loss med) pending authorization from insurance. They may also start me on a stimulant to see if it helps with weight gain, but this is risky given the nature of my mental illness. I’m hoping I don’t need to go off my other medication because it was really helping me, but I might be willing to depending on things.

It sucks that I need to risk my mental health for my physical health, but if nothing changes, nothing changes.

I’m not sure what I’m looking for here. Support/encouragement? Advice? Not really sure.

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