Last time I lost a lot on a diet was when I was 30. I lost more than 100lbs in six months, and I had no problems with excess skin. This time round, I have just been banded, and I am 40, and a little concerned my skin elasticity won't be the same. Am I right in saying that by eating high protein foods (eg tuna) it will help my skin adjust and obviate any needs for skin adjustment surgery? I was thinking about eating a pound of tuna chunks a day...

MANY years ago I lost approx 86 pounds without any exercise. I was told to be sure to consume soy in my diet because the soy helps with the skin sagging. I did not have any excess skin.

Now I am making sure that I use light vanilla soy milk in any Protein shakes or SF/FF puddings that I make. I have 100+ pounds to loose this time and hope the soy will help with any possible sagging skin.

Lauryn

People say that it works. I've never seen any objective research on the subject.

It's my understanding that there isn't anything one can do to prevent excess skin. No creams, diet, excercise. It's just a matter of if your skin is elastic enough to "bounce back".

While adequate Protein in the diet is crucial, skin elasticity is far more related to genetics, age, and how much it's been stretched (and how many times it's been forced to rebound) than it is to what you eat, do, or rub into it.

I think most of us can expect to have some skin laxity. But those of us who've lost and regained in the past, been pregnant a handful of times (obviously, not you, AC!), are a little older, etc. may have more than others.

Or not!

While adequate Protein in the diet is crucial, skin elasticity is far more related to genetics, age, and how much it's been stretched (and how many times it's been forced to rebound) than it is to what you eat, do, or rub into it.

I think most of us can expect to have some skin laxity. But those of us who've lost and regained in the past, been pregnant a handful of times (obviously, not you, AC!), are a little older, etc. may have more than others.

Or not!

What she said...and the post above her. Genetics, age, how long you've been overweight and how far overweight affect how much skin sag we'll have.

Sadly, the only thing going for me is my genetics and I just don't think that's going to help much with being more than 100 pounds overweight for 30+ years and now trying to lose it post 50. :sad:

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Dr. Oz just did a show about this a few months ago. There was a woman on who had something like 20 pounds of excess skin from weight loss. Dr. Oz said there is nothing you can do to prevent of fix the sagging skin. He ended up hooking up the woman with a plastic surgeon to do her whole body.

Assigning miracle cures to single nutrients is really just wishing for miracles. If you eat an excellent diet, you will probably have all round better skin than if you live on junk food, but even so, you cant really tell what most people eat by just looking at them. We all know people that live on rubbish and look fabulous.

You could eat all the Protein you could fit in and nothing else and you would still have loose skin if you're going to have it. If protein makes ANY difference at all, it wont be an obvious, visible one, it wont be the difference between loose skin and not, it will be a difference of a fraction of a degree. At 40, your skin elasticity wont be what it was at 20, but that doesnt automatically mean you'll have loose skin either. At 42, I've escaped pretty well - but then I dont have wrinkles around my eyes or mouth yet either. Just my skin. And I dont follow a protein heavy diet.

I think that exercise does help but won't totally eliminate saggage. I have my skin rebounding better, before it looked like I was wearing someone elses skin.

I want to know how the people on biggest loser do it. All of the ones I remember have perfect arms and nice tummies when they come for the final weigh in.

I want to know how the people on biggest loser do it. All of the ones I remember have perfect arms and nice tummies when they come for the final weigh in. __________________

I just recently watched the show "The doctors" and they had one of the biggest loser winners on with excess skin. He actually wore a tight body suit everywhere to keep his skin in and they talked about the surgery he needed to remove all the excess skin. They also donated the surgery to him later in the show. Don't know how it turned out though. Assuming it worked :thumbup:

Sue