Why-Loose Skin....???
I was a 24 since 19 and I've dated men from all races and even was married blah blah...men often see confidence as well. If you hate yourself who would love you...that's just ME...
"WLS is only for people who are ready to move past the "diet" mentality" ~Alison Brown
"WLS is not a Do-Over (repeat same mistakes = get a similar outcome.) It is a Do-BETTER (make lifestyle changes you can continue forever.)" ~ Michele Vicara aka Eggface
I'm jumping into this topic.
There are 3 distinctly different people in our family on the WLS journey.
A 59 year old man
A 52 year old woman
A 26 year old young women
The 59 year old man (my husband) has lost 90 lbs and slowed down. Not a lot of loose skin and does not care about it at all.
The 52 year old (me) has some loose skin and I hate it. I work out every day and it ****** me off that after all the work/effort I still don't have a flat belly and I have inner thigh lines and the girls just gave up and went south. I feel like I should get PS just to say I finished what I started. I don't need to date, but I do want to look sexy for my husband and at my age I may only have so many years where I can and/or when he cares LOL
The 26 year old has been obese all her life. She has never known what it feels like to be slim. She is single, pretty, healthy. Right now she is only thinking about how good she looked on her senior high school trip at 210 lbs. At the time she thought she was fat and ugly. She looks at the pictures and sees something different now. She says, now, that she would never think of PS because she doesn't care about loose skin. She is just thrilled that at long last she has hope of taking off the weight and becoming normal. Personally, I think she will look past just the weight loss at some time and will want to move into the PS stage. Especially if she works her sleeve and actually gets to a comfortable, sustainable weight. She just doesn't think about it right now, the PS I mean.
She is young, I think she has more reasons to go for PS than either my husband or I. She has so many more years ahead of her.
When she gets to the place where she is considering PS, I will support her 100%.
However you think about it, when ever you think about it...You only live once. If it doesn't fit into your life then move on, If it does, go for it. Life is short. Get all you can out of it. Wring it out like a wet rag.
I know I'm gonna die laughing.
donna
There are 3 distinctly different people in our family on the WLS journey.
A 59 year old man
A 52 year old woman
A 26 year old young women
The 59 year old man (my husband) has lost 90 lbs and slowed down. Not a lot of loose skin and does not care about it at all.
The 52 year old (me) has some loose skin and I hate it. I work out every day and it ****** me off that after all the work/effort I still don't have a flat belly and I have inner thigh lines and the girls just gave up and went south. I feel like I should get PS just to say I finished what I started. I don't need to date, but I do want to look sexy for my husband and at my age I may only have so many years where I can and/or when he cares LOL
The 26 year old has been obese all her life. She has never known what it feels like to be slim. She is single, pretty, healthy. Right now she is only thinking about how good she looked on her senior high school trip at 210 lbs. At the time she thought she was fat and ugly. She looks at the pictures and sees something different now. She says, now, that she would never think of PS because she doesn't care about loose skin. She is just thrilled that at long last she has hope of taking off the weight and becoming normal. Personally, I think she will look past just the weight loss at some time and will want to move into the PS stage. Especially if she works her sleeve and actually gets to a comfortable, sustainable weight. She just doesn't think about it right now, the PS I mean.
She is young, I think she has more reasons to go for PS than either my husband or I. She has so many more years ahead of her.
When she gets to the place where she is considering PS, I will support her 100%.
However you think about it, when ever you think about it...You only live once. If it doesn't fit into your life then move on, If it does, go for it. Life is short. Get all you can out of it. Wring it out like a wet rag.
I know I'm gonna die laughing.
donna
HW/233 * SW/212 * CW/133 *GW/132 * 100 Pounds of FAT gone FOREVER!
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple~Dr.Suess
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple~Dr.Suess
Very interesting discussion. I have lost down to smaller than I am now in my mid 20s. I had a lot of loose skin then. I expect I will this time - it's already started, that's for sure.
I guess the loose skin didn't mess with my feelings about my body any more than being fat did. I hated the blown up balloon look and I hated the deflated balloon look. I gained all my weight during adolescence, got angry red stretch marks all over. They faded, but my arms, breasts, tummy, legs - pretty yucky no matter what I weigh.
:) Happy
53 yrs old, 5'6" HW: 293 ConsW: 273 SW: 263 CW: 206 
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on 4/4/12 11:05 pm
on 4/4/12 11:05 pm
This is a very emotional topic for alot of people (seeing how I'm the 31st post on this thread I'd say so!)
Just from a different perspective - first off, I never read context into email or written correspondence. It's just too hard to truly understand the real point of the email, the post, etc.
All that being said, my highest weight ever was 255. I am 5' 10. But make no mistake about it, even at 5'10, 255 is FAT! When I was 23 years old, I went from 250 to 155 in 8 months with diet and exercise. I had NO skin issues. I spent 4 hours in the gym everyday (I was in college, I had time) and was cut and defined and wore a bikini. NO ONE would have thought that I was ever 250 lbs! However, weight slowly crept on and 15 years later and 2 pregnancies later, my skin is a damn mess. Some might consider me a "light weight" for surgery and assume the skin issues are not there or lessen because I don't have has much to lose as some others, however, the constant yo-yo dieting I have done since I was 18 years old is far worse for my skin then being 300 pounds my whole life and then losing it once. It was hard for me to cope with at some level because I had this picture of me losing 100 pounds (back from when I was 23) and being smoking hot, LOL. But I've done a lot of research on this topic and my WLS support group even had a board of PS come in and meet with us and one of the first things they told us is yo-yo'ing is the absolute WORST thing for us in regarding to our skins elasticity.
Needless to say, I would never not lose this weight because of the skin. I look at my 2 daughters every day and think about how I'm extending my life for them - and to be a good role model on how to eat healthy and be physically active.
I don't know what side of the fence I'll sit on when I hit goal and have to consider what I want to do about PS, but I'm definitely leaning to wanting it get done. But what I will say is that PS is a fraction of the cost than my VSG was. I paid 20K for my VSG and a tummy tuck with Atlanta's best surgeon's is under 10K. I just thought that was very interesting, I was totally expecting it to be MORE than my VSG.
Regardless what decision we all chose, here's to our weight loss success and supporting one another in that cause!
xoxoxo,
Ro
Just from a different perspective - first off, I never read context into email or written correspondence. It's just too hard to truly understand the real point of the email, the post, etc.
All that being said, my highest weight ever was 255. I am 5' 10. But make no mistake about it, even at 5'10, 255 is FAT! When I was 23 years old, I went from 250 to 155 in 8 months with diet and exercise. I had NO skin issues. I spent 4 hours in the gym everyday (I was in college, I had time) and was cut and defined and wore a bikini. NO ONE would have thought that I was ever 250 lbs! However, weight slowly crept on and 15 years later and 2 pregnancies later, my skin is a damn mess. Some might consider me a "light weight" for surgery and assume the skin issues are not there or lessen because I don't have has much to lose as some others, however, the constant yo-yo dieting I have done since I was 18 years old is far worse for my skin then being 300 pounds my whole life and then losing it once. It was hard for me to cope with at some level because I had this picture of me losing 100 pounds (back from when I was 23) and being smoking hot, LOL. But I've done a lot of research on this topic and my WLS support group even had a board of PS come in and meet with us and one of the first things they told us is yo-yo'ing is the absolute WORST thing for us in regarding to our skins elasticity.
Needless to say, I would never not lose this weight because of the skin. I look at my 2 daughters every day and think about how I'm extending my life for them - and to be a good role model on how to eat healthy and be physically active.
I don't know what side of the fence I'll sit on when I hit goal and have to consider what I want to do about PS, but I'm definitely leaning to wanting it get done. But what I will say is that PS is a fraction of the cost than my VSG was. I paid 20K for my VSG and a tummy tuck with Atlanta's best surgeon's is under 10K. I just thought that was very interesting, I was totally expecting it to be MORE than my VSG.
Regardless what decision we all chose, here's to our weight loss success and supporting one another in that cause!
xoxoxo,
Ro
I've gotta jump in here. First of all, way to stir the pot Fisco! It's so much fun to see everybody putting thought into this issue. Surprised about the loose skin? No way, not here! I knew it was a factor and as far as I'm concerned, I earned every one of these wrinkles with all the crap I put in my mouth over the years. Did I consider the final outcome and weight the pros/cons on the weight loss versus the loose skin? Nope, wasn't even a factor...but this is where everybody is different. I can't imagine the thought of the loose skin being a deterrant to my final decision to have the VSG. Sometimes you just gotta roll with the punches and I just consider it a side effect of the surgery. If my husband and I can stay employed for a while, I too will cut it the F off!!!
Get rid of those "chuckers" Frisco, they just fill up the drawer anyway...break out the Speedos. LOL!
Deb
Get rid of those "chuckers" Frisco, they just fill up the drawer anyway...break out the Speedos. LOL!
Deb
Goal Reached in 12.5 Months
HW: 274 Pre-OpW: 266 SW: 254 CW: 125 GW: 145
You must permanently change your lifestyle if you want your weight loss to be permanent. You can do it!
Look at the **** storm you stirred up Frisco! I love it! Much more entertaining than Ruggie's T-shirt posts! ( Just kiddin Ruggie! btw my favorite was "Gay Pride") In Frisco's defense, not that he needs it he was clearly not trying to be being cruel or insensitive, just responding to all the recent posts of skin issues. No one should be Suprised they have excess skin after massive weight loss, that's all. Lighten up folks!( no pun intended)
Burnsy (ticker starts 2wks pre op) 
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