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I'm scared I'll be saggy....

I am 24 years old going to be 25 when I get my surgery. I am currently 255lbs coming in at 5"3. I haven't had my surgery yet and I am so beyond scared I'll have saggy skin. I have no self esteem now because I'm too fat to do anything. I can't fit into normal chairs, can't cross my legs, and can't even tie my damn shoe....I just found out I have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and am diabetic. I refused medications for all of these and have started working out and eating better. Does anyone have any advice? I know I'm doing it so I can live a long healthy life, but I'm just having second thoughts. I'm 4 months into my appointments and am still going but idk anymore. I need help.

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  • LipstickLady
    LipstickLady

    I am your height and I was about 10 pounds heavier when I started than you are now according to your sidebar stats. I would MUCH rather have saggy skin than die early of complications from my obesit

  • VSGAnn2014
    VSGAnn2014

    You're so young that I doubt you'll have much problem with saggy skin. And if you do have small issues, you can find a way to have plastic surgery. But at your age you can practically grow new body

  • ProudGrammy
    ProudGrammy

    @@Big Opie almost 3 years ago i reached goal down 105 lbs i was 58 years YOUNG i noticed that my rear end+ had a lot of sagging skin definitely firmed up a "bit" within a few months age d

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Yes, completely agree with you, and I also did it for my health. I actually found out that I was doing worst than I thought, after having the pre-op tests. Like having high pb, endometriosis, and having foot surgery was not enough, I found out that I had a hernia, and sleep apnea :/

I am 25 and will be 26 in December when I have my surgery. I talked to my fitness lady and she said since we are so young, the skin will tighten up when we build out muscle from working out. It will be okay! I'm sure if you see your fitness trainer then they are gonna help you.

Make the choice to have the surgery and don't look back... Otherwise in a year you will be where you are now or worse. I debated over it for three years... That's three years I wasted being fat. I was sleeved 8 weeks ago and I'm down 40 lbs that will never come back.

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