so,,, over 3 years post op,,, 325 to 170 look and feel amazing,,, also my food and weight intake,,, have pretty much been rock solid !! no fluctuation,, food is FUEL.. dont crave it to any sense anymore,,, funny as I watch people gorge themselves,,, then say how come I dont loose weight ?? LOL,, anyways been a pretty steady gym rat too,,, but still have loose stomach skin/FAT,,, is surgery the real only alternative?? what is ever-ones thoughts / experience,,, so curious !!

Sadly, as skin stretches, it actually grows. So at a certain point there is just no returning.

My guess would be at 3 years, it isn't going to change on its own. You don't say how old you are and age is a factor with skin "snapping" back. I've been to meet with a plastics doc and was told that while I can lose some more fat, potentially, the skin is always going to hang and flap. I'm trying to decide when I want to have the surgery done.

Yup skin doesn' tighten like that regardless of age , or gym work the body doesn' cannialize skin cells.

2 hours ago, Diana_in_Philly said:

My guess would be at 3 years, it isn't going to change on its own. You don't say how old you are and age is a factor with skin "snapping" back. I've been to meet with a plastics doc and was told that while I can lose some more fat, potentially, the skin is always going to hang and flap. I'm trying to decide when I want to have the surgery done.

Welcome to the guys room Diane, you know, the one, for guys.

Welcome to the guys room Diane, you know, the one, for guys.

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HW = 360
SW = 292
GW #1 = 220 3/7/18
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That's probably the one thing I am not looking forward to but it is inevitable. But, if I had to trade being at health weight and having extra skin with being morbidly obese, sh1t, I'll take healthy weight anyday.

I can already see loose skin and I’m not happy with it. I’ve always felt like clothing needs to give you shape, even when I was at my heaviest, and I don’t like the “shape” I’ll be showing the world when there’s obvious excess skin. Plus I’d like to not have to wear a wetsuit to my son’s swimming lessons! I will definitely look into plastic surgery if the skin hasn’t snapped back into place in a year or two.