thehardway
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From: Philadelphia, PA
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Alright, I looked to see if this was discussed previously couldn't find it so.. sorry I am verbose.
I was a fat child who grew in to fat adult, toped out at at least a hefty 250, Now I was always active, and strong for my weight, did things "the hard way".
About 10 years ago started making changes (not trying for weight loss just common sense , growing up really) 31 now. I changed my diet and let my food snobbery be my guide, Better quality foods, paid attention to making sure my diet was well rounded and nutritious, and not overly gluttonous. around the same time I started to ride a bicycle, as my primary form of transportation, I live in Philadelphia and that is the quickest and most rational way to get around. So as is what happens when you eat less and move more my weight started coming off, slowly, very slowly but hey since that wasn't my plan, great.
At present I am the caretaker of a historic building (fine artist really this is just my day job), and at times my work is very psyically demanding, and dangerous (ladders, steep roofs, very heavy things to move, and needing to pull my own weight with the men, i have always been a sturdy girl even when I was totally porked out.) I became concerned that I would permantely damage my back, and was all to aware how imbalaced my musculature had become. So.. I started doing core work and shortly there after started strength training with weights, I kinda got into it. At present I do core 6 days/wk weights 3 days/wk, plus my ever present bike.
Now while I am certainly not svelt, I am leaner, trimmer, and stronger than I have ever been in my life. And it has gotten to the point that a reasonably low BMI is an actual goal in addition to not damaging myself. You know the better you look/feel encourges you to work harder to look and feel yet better.
But my skin, after a life time of fat, is all stretched out. Now I will conceed that I still have fat that needs to go, it hangs in my skin pouches, spills out in very unattractive ways. Mostly in my hips thighs and lower abs, but looseness is present everywhere, even my calves (how disgusting is that!).
Is it ok to expect that as the rest of the fat goes, that my skin sacs will tighten up at least to some degree? I know my upper arms are better than they were 3 months ago, and they really haven't gained mass persay (they might actually be a little smaller, not by much), so I don't feel that the muscle is just taking over the place where the fat once was, and filling out the looseness. I know creams don't work (unless some one knows something I don't), Are there dietary concidertions for skin elesticity, can I work this away, do I need to start saving for plastic surgery (totally against everything I stand for, surgery is not the hard way). This is a very disturbing subject for me, It is becoming difficult for me to hear "how good I look" when I know what I look like naked, it's not pretty.
Any advise that any one can offer would really be helpful!
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