i'm a newbie waiting for the big day 7-14-06 but i got a question:confused:

how many of ya'll have had lifts and tucks after losing big will exercise help a lot to keep everything from sagging and falling i'm self pay and lifts and tucks will be out of the question i'm 53 but i really don't want to look 53:D

I don't think I "need" any lifts or tucks but I would like to maybe have the boobs done to perk things up. I have also thought about my arms being done, but I did that long before I was ever big and I hated how big they are (the German in me I think). My stomach went back to being fairly flat. But I think I may not be the norm and I am just REALLY lucky with some great skin. I have always healed fast with scarring. Also, I had lost and gained the weight 3-4 times and always went back to normal skin. I think all I need right now is a good toning program and I will be okay.

I am still at 219 but I have a huge amount of lose skin.....arms,legs, stomach,boobs,chin....I exercise a lot ....with skin you have good genes or bad genes...guess what I have...however I would live just like this forever if I can just be thin.....

I really think it depends on how much overweight you have been, how long you were at that weight, age, and genetics. I have heard that anywhere you have stretch marks the skin has already stretched past its elasticity limit, and will not shrink back entirely. I have no problem with any loose skin anywhere, but I am still 40 lbs above goal.

And where you carry your weight too. Some people who are an apple shape can have pretty big tummies without being all that much overweight.

I sit on mine, lol. My stomach has shrunk back to flat. Its flabby and there will be a bit of wrinkly skin due to 3 pregnancies with big babies, but I'm nearly 40 and not looking to wear a bikini again, but it wont be so bad that I couldnt if I didnt want to. Of course I have lap band scars now!

There's nothing wrong with looking 53! I look at it like I would fix any major problem, if I had an apron for example, I would like to have a breast lift but probably would not spend that money on myself when it could pay for a year of my kids' education. I will probably never do anything to my face because no matter what, one day I will be 73 and I will look 73. Its entirely possible to look beautiful at 73 in an age appropriate way. My worse nightmare would be to end up looking like Joan Collins or Melanie Griffiths.

And for me, the huge scar from a tummy tuck or an arm lift would be way worse than whatever small amount of flab I may have there.