Skin

As all of you know, or will soon find out, as the fat melts away, the skin sticks around like a little kid sticking out it's tongue saying "na na na boo boo". Your scale says you have lost weight, your friends say you look amazing, and your mirror says, "please, never be naked in front of me". SO, what do you say to your skin? Do you ever show it to others?(I have, and it freaks them out how I can have that much, and you can't even tell when it is covered) How do you cover it? Do you tuck, bind, or let it all hang out? I have come to accept my skin, and have even found it is starting to shrink back some finally. I have not lost weight for about 2 months, but I have lost a few more inches. I play with my tummy skin when I am laying down. It feels so weird. I pull my pants up a little higher to keep the muffin top under wraps. I look at plastic surgery sites and drool over their before and afters like I did before surgery for the weight loss pics. My biggest issue is the loss of boob volume, but the boob skin that refuses to go away. My poor girls look so depressed always looking down. So I tell them if I win the lottery, I promise to give them a uplifting view on life( hubby even says I can get a loan if I "really need it") So, share your skin story!!

I play stretch the skin in the tub.  I am amazed at how far it goes out!!  It's a game I try not to play but always do.  I will admit tho, looking at myself naked now is far better then when I did pre op!!! 

Ah glad to hear I am not the only one who pulls on it, but I have to do it at work. I do it daily when I am in front of the mirror in the bathroom ( it is a one seater, I would never do it in a room others could come into). I pull it up as high as I can so see what I would look like if it disappeared!  I agree, it is a better view now,just takes some getting used to. It is kind of like a badge of honor for taking the steps to become healthier, and I think reminds me " I didn't do this to look good, I did it to be healthy" although this new look isn't anything to sneeze at, it is a lot of fun too!

When I was going through that phase I would put on pants and pull everything over the top and make my family laugh so hard!  Thank Jesus I dont have it anymore...  Remember Palmers Cocoa Butter is our friend!  If its gonna hang it shouldnt be dry LOL

Oh Nicole~ You're so funny!   I hate to admit that I'm in same boat you are--.  OOPS--that sounds snobby!  I have the same flubber problem as you.  And yup--I do play with the elasticky skin when I'm watching TV--and DREAM of how wonderful it would be to have all this flubber gone. I'd be damn near perfect!! Oh well--when I win the lottery...

OK......................so I do water aerobics and one of the motions is the twist.................my dang skin can't keep up with my "core" movements.  I could start a tremor in the water.....................and truthfully, its a sort of fun feeling.  lol  but pleeze let it go away!!  I mean I swing to the right,,,,,,,its still going left!  dang!  That's ok..with clothes on I just camoflage!  LOLOLOLOL   Like  get a paint roller and do the skin with moisturizer!!!!

Oh I love it! I thought I was the only one that "played" with it. I hide mine the best I can, but it's easy in the winter with the sweaters and I hate summer with all the short shirts and tight this and that I have a very hard time hiding the muffin top.

Oh my goodness, you guys crack me up!!  At least we are not alone, LOL  I always think to myself that I look pretty good in clothes, but without them - AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!    I can't help but think there are so many burn victims that need skin - would they mind old and wrinkly??  I would be happy to donate if I didn't have to pay for the surgery! I have decided to just rub Crisco all over my body, then wrap myself in saran wrap.  Maybe it will help moisturize and also slenderize?  If I lay out in the sun, perhaps I can also tenderize....... I am afraid to go in the pool now.  I used to have fat to keep me afloat.  Maybe my blubber skin will do the trick, but I'm afraid I might sink like a stone.