Help! Feeling jiggly!

[Aribay1 198]

Okay 6 months post op SW 259lbs Cw196lbs Gw1 170lbs Gw2 (if I don't feel too skinny 150lbs

So my mid section feels jiggly and even if I hang down it hangs low. Same as when I bend down I feel like my stomach rolls most.

Anyone have some fun suggestions on how to work on this problem area? I do bodycombat (mixed martial arts, kickboxing, Tae Boe karate class) and I lift.

I get bored laying on the floor crunching. Yes I'm a gym class junkie lol.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I think it's just luck of the draw. You can try doing exercises that focus on building up core strength and hope you can develop muscle mass to take up some of the lose skin, but there just is no guarantee.

[AussieSam 234]

To try and minimise loose skin as much as possible you need to make sure your majority of weight loss is fat and not muscle. Two ways to ensure this eat enough calories each day and eat lots of Protein.< /p>

[Stevehud 1,790]

Here's a good hint, there is almost no way to tighten skin. Very young people have an easier time of it due to having much more elastin in their cells. Lose weight fast and you are going to have loose skin as fat separates from the muscles it used to stick to. Your panny area ( lower belly) will droop and hang and feel like a half empty bag of Jello. yep. justthe way it is. Thats why so many end up with plastic surgery after.

[KateP 359]

I am afraid there is only one cure for loose skin - surgery! You can tone the muscle under the skin but not the skin itself. That is down to genes, how obese you were, how long you were obese, your age.

Some people do feel after a year or do, it seems to be a bit better. Some are extremely lucky and it isn't an issue. But for most of us who were large enough and had been so for long enough to resort to surgery, we either live with it or get it removed!

[Aribay1 198]

I am afraid there is only one cure for loose skin - surgery! You can tone the muscle under the skin but not the skin itself. That is down to genes, how obese you were, how long you were obese, your age.

Some people do feel after a year or do, it seems to be a bit better. Some are extremely lucky and it isn't an issue. But for most of us who were large enough and had been so for long enough to resort to surgery, we either live with it or get it removed!

Here's a good hint, there is almost no way to tighten skin. Very young people have an easier time of it due to having much more elastin in their cells. Lose weight fast and you are going to have loose skin as fat separates from the muscles it used to stick to. Your panny area ( lower belly) will droop and hang and feel like a half empty bag of Jello. yep. justthe way it is. Thats why so many end up with plastic surgery after.

To try and minimise loose skin as much as possible you need to make sure your majority of weight loss is fat and not muscle. Two ways to ensure this eat enough calories each day and eat lots of Protein.

I think it's just luck of the draw. You can try doing exercises that focus on building up core strength and hope you can develop muscle mass to take up some of the lose skin, but there just is no guarantee.

Thanks guys! I don't think I'm at the loose skin stage yet I feel like it's my last big bit of fat that's hanging on. I just don't want it to turn into loose skin! I'm just extra worried now ya know? I didn't think I was crazy big to end up with loose skin but maybe I'm wrong.

[Smye 695]

@@Stevehud, I don't know if that quite counts as a 'good hint' , but @@Aribay1, he's right on.

[Stevehud 1,790]

lol true probably not a hint at all. i should've said, here's an explanation put bluntly, that would have been more appropriate.