1 year out
Hi all,
I have a question about how much our extra skin can weigh being in the heavyweight class...
I am just about a year out and am down 210 lbs from my highest weight...
I am 5'7" and now weigh 240 lbs and am slowly losing a few more lbs here and there...
I follow a good eating plan, but not in any way shape or form a true losing weight diet...I take in on really good days 1000 calories and really bad days 1600 calories....I am wearing a size 16 clothes...
The question I have is when do we know we are done losing weight?? Whe I was 15 years old I lost weight and went down to a size 10 and was 165lbs...I had no boobs and no hips because of my age and now as a 38 year old woman have a very different shape than then...My doctor says he would be happy for me to get down to 200lbs and maintain there and says that it would be wonderful and quite an accomplishment coming from where I was...I feel that I can probably take off the 40 lbs with more of a concious dieting and really watching what I eat and upping my excersize...but I am not sure how much more I can expect to lose without having my excess skin removed...I have seen people who have lost 100lbs remove 10-20 lbs of skin...Do we have more having 200-300 lbs to lose...
Maybe someone who has had corrective surgery and has some real figures on how much skin was removed could give me an idea...Thanks...
I have a question about how much our extra skin can weigh being in the heavyweight class...
I am just about a year out and am down 210 lbs from my highest weight...
I am 5'7" and now weigh 240 lbs and am slowly losing a few more lbs here and there...
I follow a good eating plan, but not in any way shape or form a true losing weight diet...I take in on really good days 1000 calories and really bad days 1600 calories....I am wearing a size 16 clothes...
The question I have is when do we know we are done losing weight?? Whe I was 15 years old I lost weight and went down to a size 10 and was 165lbs...I had no boobs and no hips because of my age and now as a 38 year old woman have a very different shape than then...My doctor says he would be happy for me to get down to 200lbs and maintain there and says that it would be wonderful and quite an accomplishment coming from where I was...I feel that I can probably take off the 40 lbs with more of a concious dieting and really watching what I eat and upping my excersize...but I am not sure how much more I can expect to lose without having my excess skin removed...I have seen people who have lost 100lbs remove 10-20 lbs of skin...Do we have more having 200-300 lbs to lose...
Maybe someone who has had corrective surgery and has some real figures on how much skin was removed could give me an idea...Thanks...