Tue, Jun-10-03, 09:48
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Senior Member
Posts: 145
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Plan: atkins/PP/my own
Stats: 180/133/140
BF:sz 14/4-6/toned 4
Progress: 118%
Location: Boston, MA!
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Well, I don't know if I can exactly help you, cause I only lost about 45 pounds or so (and pretty quickly) but I know that for me, I don't necessarily have loose skin, but it's not exactly as tight I know it would be if I had never been 180 pounds. I've been this weight for almost a year and nothing has really changed. My arms bounced back nicely, it's my "back fat" that bothers me. I look okay in shirts, but there are these loose deposits of fat right on both sides of my back where my bra sits that I don't think are every going to go away. I've tried sitting rows with weights, etc and it never really improves much. It really isn't as gross as I am making it sound LOL, but it bothers me. I feel that I am already a little too skinny at 135 pounds and 5'9" so fat loss is not an option to get rid of it.
From your description, it sounds like you are doing everything right. By the time you get to your goal, you may have to accept that you will never look like a supermodel in a bikini, but you can still wear, oh maybe a tankini and look great. I think it may depend too on previous patterns of weight gain. I think that large weight gains tend to damage the fibers (or whatever, sorry, science is not my subject) of your skin and make it harder for it to bounce back in times of weight loss.
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