Extra skin is getting me down

It just seems these last 2 months my extra skin is really bothering me emotionally. I can't stand it. Wearing bra's is the worst. I feel like I don't have any breasts, just sagging breat skin. The extra skin hangs over the band no matter what. I have to wear shape wear all the the time just to keep everything in place. I knew I would have extra skin, I just didn't think it would bother me this much. I still have 97 more pounds to lose so I know it is going to get worse. Just feeling a little bummed at the moment. Anyone have any words to uplift me? I sure could use it :)

I understand -- I had the same problem.  I had to start thinking of all that excess as a measurement of my success -- try to remember it all FULL and once you start looking at it as a map of your progress perhaps you can feel a little better about it.  Just know that you have come an amazing distance so far, your goal is within reach, and in good time you can make all that go away too!  Keep on keepin' on!!

on the same boat i have already extra skin and all i lost was 80 pounds still got 80 to go :/ hang in there i seen alot of people that after losing the weight had a tummy tuck ect and they look amazing!!!

Fishnet body stockings are amazing things, buy one like a cat suit, it makes all that squishy skin look pretty good and its not tight and annoying like all those body briefers.  Next suggestion is to save up for plastics, its worth every penny.

Good Luck

LOL, that was NOT an answer I expected to read on this thread!

I will share snippets of my sagginess with you... I hope you don't mind....

I wore and still do my saggy skin as my victory shield ... that is until I could do something about it... I have had a panniculectomy and a modified brachioplasty .... and pending a thighplasty that I put off twice and think I am going to put off forever ... packed knees are not my biggest concern in my life right about now....

There are AWESOME garments and you can certainly get creative as I love to do in handling it...

I love to take pictures ... and I took pictures every single day of my journey that I could before recovering from my post-op complication .. .took me over 3 months to get back on my feet after surgery but I have been going non-stop since and loving every bit of it....

After losing a massive amount of weight and getting to and below goal during the first 7-10 months post op I had TONS of extra skin ... my Pannus I even nicknamed my Pochola I concealed well by using using Legg's Support Hoses ... not the shapers .. the SUPPORT ones ... the pulled me in better than spanx even did ....

here is me sporting a size 0 pants in my pre-panniculectomy picture and there is what I concealed ... my huge skin flap for all to see...
 
and this is me wearing those same garments pulled up and covered ... pannus totally concealed...
 
and me after my panniculectomy ... looking totally wasted ... but I was up and went to work two days after and made drain covers for my drains.... even went to an OH Conference a couple weeks after and stuck my drains in my bra... THIS IS ME PRE AND POST PANNICULECTOMY IN COLLAGE ... I MADE DRAIN COVERS AND WENT TO WORK AND ROCKED EVEN THAT...
 
 
 Check the flab on my arms ... My lovely family gave me the gift of a brachioplasty which I had in 2009 and totally hate but will live with it ... 

I got really creative ... after all this is the skin I have to live in ... I was blessed with not having a turkey waddle but I certainly have packed knees and busted thighs ... I have the money saved for a thighplasty which I have put off twice and in the economy I may not even bother ... but I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE my support hoses...

I love love love to sew ... and I love love love to get creative ... and I love love love that I came up with the downside up or upside down pantyhose ... take a legg's support hose in your skin tone... cut out the crotch ... cut off the toes ... and voila ... holds up the batwings perfectly and makes awesome leg and belly support too.... some of my OH friends have tried it ... I have been on OH since 2007 posting in my artsy fartsy natures since then ... and I shared this...

try it ... it won't hurt and it is comfy and economic.... Legg's support hoses ... NUDE will do for you I think.... cut out the crotch.... cut off the toes ... it will not run .... PULL IT OVER YOUR HEAD ... STICK YOUR ARMS IN THE LEGS AND PULL THE WAISTBAND OVER YOUR BRA COVERING YOUR BREASTS .... LIKE SO....

CUT....
 

PULL OVER YOUR HEAD .... COVER ENDS WITH A BRACELET OR ANY FINISH YOU WANT... OR NOTHING ... 
 

ITS GIVES AWESOME SUPPORT AND IT IS COMFORTABLE ...
 

YOU CAN EVEN WEAR IT UNDER YOUR CLOTHING OR IN A NICE SUMMER OR SLEEVELESS DRESS LIKE SO....

BUT THEN..... I AM ARTSY FARTSY AND CREATIVE LIKE THAT.....

 

and for boobies to stay in place? I have another trick that I'll share another day....

HAVE FUN WITH YOUR JOURNEY MY BEAUTIFUL SISTA .... I WOULD TAKE EXTRA SKIN OVER MORBID OBESITY ANY DAY .... TODAY I AM ENJOYING ME ... LOOKING LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW AT 54 YEARS OF AGE AND JUST SHORT A MONTH AND A HALF TO CELEBRATING 5 YEARS POST RNY .... AND LOVING AND LIVING MY LIFE TO THE FULLEST....
 
I AM ROCKING MY JOURNEY EMBRACING JOY OVER MISERY ... 1.DAY.AT.A.TIME.. and there go those leggs support hoses holding in my saggy thighs LOL ...

Rock your skin sista ... another AWESOME AWESOME GARMENT THAT I ALSO ROCK AND LOVE CAN BE FOUND HERE AT www.lipoexpress.com for both men and women.... the sky is your limit ... ACCESSORIZE!!!! IT IS ALL GOOD .... and if intimacy scares you ... turn off the light... strategically place the candles and the rose petals and get CREATIVE ... ART IS BEAUTY!!!!

Take it from a goofy sista on the journey!
 

WISHING YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST!!!!!!

You are wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing this and letting people know that it's attitude and what you do with it. I love your positivity!

   THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THE GOOFY.... 

Love your "artsy fartsy" ideas! Thanks for sharing!

You are so beautiful inside and out. I love all your ideas.