Just wondering what techniques ppl have been using to tuck it, flatten it, smush it, and pretty much make the extra skin less noticeable without plastic surgery.....

I do plan on having some surgery done, but Im not quite at goal yet........but in the mean time I still am having the hardest time buying clothes....

I need bigger pants to fit my pooch, and then they are swarming on the rest of me.....longer tops to cover the same area, but then my upper body and shoulders looks like im wearing clothes from 65lbs ago...

its so frustrating........any suggestions would be a great help:thumbup:

Thanks

Wendy:thumbup:

I'm in the same situation as you are. I have to buy pants that are several sizes bigger to accomodate my hanging belly. Then they are too big in the legs and butt. If I don't buy longer tops to hide the belly then I look like I'm 7 months pregnant. It is very frustrating to say the least. I'm working on a tummy tuck late Feb/early March. I can't wait to lose this extra skin.

Cathy

Oh my! I am relatively new on this journey but already suffering from the same thing. I have lost over 40 lbs and I can see it everywhere in my body, even my wristwatch is loose, but I am still wearing the same pants size because it seems like all my remaining fat is congregating in my hips (no doubt to plan a counter-attack, he he!). In some ways I feel like I look worse than even before I started dieting because my figure is even more mis-shapen and my "apron" hangs noticeably lower than it did before. At this rate, my "apron" will be down to my knees by the time I get to my goal weight! (shudder).

For this reason, I am seriously considering getting PS done in two steps. First, to remove the excess skin in the apron sometime mid-way through my weight loss, I think it is canned a pannenectomy or something like that. Then, to have a full lower-body lift when I get to my goal weight. At least that is what I keep telling myself to keep myself motivated to continue to lose weight when I don't see it coming off my hips!

Regarding how to hold it in, I have heard people rave about spanx undergarments (www.spanx.com), but they don't make them quite in my size. But if you are closer to goal weight then you can certainly get them for your size.

LOL@ mrgrta with the 7 mos pregnant comment, not that its funny Im not laughing at you, but I have a similar situation......As soon as I started to hit about a 30lb loss, ppl started asking me when I was due.... I was like what the hell, I just loss 30 lbs.....lol.

And FutureSkinny, Ive had the same thoughts as you, going in and getting some of the work done, and then going back in the future for more.....the cost is what burdens me more then the actual surgery though.

Ill have to check out what spanx has to offer...Ive always resisted stuff like that cause anything ive ever used either, prevented me from peeing the entire day cause it was too tight to get off....or rolled down off my already rolly belly, lol......but I did catch interest in it when I saw an episode of Jon and Kate plus eight, dunno if ur familiar with the show but its a reality show of a family with a set of twins and sextupluts.....she humorously called it her underwear up to her bra.....she wasnt dealing with the heavy issue, but had a ton of loose skin, and did ultimately have a tummy tuck.....

thanks for ur replies ladies....

ill update ya on how i make out...

~wendy

Hi Everyone, I actually bought a pair of SPANX. They are pretty cool. I bought the kind that go up to the bra and down to the knees. They actually have an opening in the crouch area and you do not have to wear underwear with them if you do not want to. The other neat thing is that they give you little straps that you can hook around the front, sides and back of your bra so the SPANX will not fall down. They also come in different colors. I do suggest going to a store like Nordstrom's to be fitted.