14 Months Out and down 210 pounds!!--Hanging Skin!

Tantoon
on 1/31/12 3:05 am

Just had to say, I looove my new life! I had surgery November 8, 2010, the week before surgery I was 440 pounds, as of today I am 230 pounds! I am 5'10" so I look like I am 180 pounds! This is amazing. I fit into a size 14 pants at Nordstrom and feel great. My only problem is all this excess skin. Its really very ugly. I want to wait until I am 2 years out and have had a baby before I think about most of the procedures.

Anyone have any suggestions with the skin problem? My chest is almost non existent, but my booty looks GREAT!

Michelle V.
on 1/31/12 3:16 am - Livonia, MI

RNY on 12/14/11

OMG you have done fabulous. My only suggestion is to invest in some good shapewear.

Tantoon
on 1/31/12 3:17 am

RNY on 11/08/10

Sweetheart, I am a shop a HOLIC! Tory Burch shoes, SPANX, Armani suits... you have no idea. The shapewear is top of the line and still I hang...lol

(deactivated member)
on 1/31/12 3:18 am

First off..... CONGRATS you have done a wonderful job. I am soooooo impressed.

I agree, good shapewear is probably your best option at this point.

Kim S.
on 1/31/12 3:53 am - Helena, AL

RNY on 05/01/09

love my Spanx and VS bras! I just roll my pancake boobs into that nice foam cup....and voila! I have boobs!

Spanx smooshes my skin into a nice J Lo booty!

Reel
on 1/31/12 5:02 am

What are VS bras? I have a feeling that I'm goingo to need them.

Highest Weight: 314, Pre-Op Weight: 294, Surgical Weight: 279, 1st Goal Weight: 170, 2nd Goal Weight: 155, Current Weight:163

nfarris79
on 1/31/12 5:39 am - Germantown, MD

RNY on 04/13/11

I'm thinking Victoria's Secret. Their pushup bras are NO JOKE!!!!

First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.

Kim S.
on 1/31/12 6:30 am - Helena, AL

RNY on 05/01/09

Yup-Victoria''s Secret...I have to wear the "full coverage" bra, but the cups are made of foam so they shape the "goo" of my boobs to at least appear to be boobs!

nfarris79
on 1/31/12 5:47 am - Germantown, MD

RNY on 04/13/11

First, CONGRATS on the loss!! Second, I second the mention of VS bras - with bigger boobs or band widths, they kinda suck, but for pushing things up against gravity they are awesome! If you'd want to invest in a corset, Fredericks of Hollywood is great. It may not help with the panni, but would certainly whittle the extra upper abdominal stuff..... And maybe start saving up for a PS fund! Or play the lotto - that's my plan of PS.

BWB
on 1/31/12 6:44 am

RNY on 09/01/11

My biggest concern is getting back into my jewelry and now that my clavicle is bony again my chains and things look great. My rings and bracelets also fit now.
My boobs........ remember Audrey Hepburn? Yep, me too but I always loved her style and I'm perfectly okay with it. The thing is that I have 50 more pounds to lose so I'm sure that I'm going to be a skeleton is a couple of months. Color me happy.