Can you ever get to your healthy BMI if you have the excess skin etc after weightloss

karenp8
on 8/7/13 8:15 pm - Brighton, IL

Normal bmi here too with enough extra skin for two people. I have been overweight my whole life and started my journeyay 258.5. I weighed 253 the day of surgery and have a bmi of 20 today with a weight of 125. I exercise 11/2 hours nearly every day and my muscles are very toned but I do have quite a bit of saggy skin.

PetHairMagnet
on 8/7/13 8:17 pm

RNY on 05/13/13

How is it you know that you will never lose the skin via surgery? I am leaning towards yes, I will have it removed, but have not arrived at that decision. Would love to hear your thoughts.

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poet_kelly
on 8/7/13 9:45 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Well, I am a at a normal BMI and I have not had any excess skin removed. I don't have a huge amount of excess skin, though. But you know, most people that have excess skin removed don't have that many pounds of it removed. Even if it looks like a huge amount of skin, I guess skin is not that heavy. In most instances, it's just a few pounds.

Kelly

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Larry Wassmann
on 8/7/13 10:42 pm - Lacey, WA

RNY on 05/09/12

I am with Kelly. I am at goal about 8 pounds under normal BMI. Years ago I lost 200 pounds had PS and was shocked to see that taking all that skin off was only 3 pounds. It looked like it was going to be 20 to 30 pounds but it was not. It may look bad, but it does not really weigh that much.

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cajungirl
on 8/7/13 11:05 pm

RNY on 02/21/05

Sure it's possible there just isn't a guarantee. Skin actually doesn't weigh as much as some expect. Many times people have posted the excess skin weighs 20-50 lbs and although for some it does (and that includes excess fat).

I had some plastics, I had no fat left on my stomach or arms just skin....total weight of skin was 3 lbs. I had a normal BMI going into plastics.

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Suzi S.
on 8/8/13 1:23 am - Houston, TX

RNY on 01/14/13

I definitely think it is possible. Just a thought, I would recommend that looking into a body composition test. I do the Bod Pod here in Houston. In just about 5 minutes and for about $35.00 you receive the following information:

Body Composition
Total Weight
Fat Mass
Fat-Free Mass

Other measurements:
Thoracic Gas Volume (TGV) estimate
Thoracic Gas Volume (TGV) measurement
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) estimate
Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) estimate

I like it because I can not only see how much I've lost in weight, but what I've lost in fat and gained in muscle.