Massive weight loss.

[tenacious e]

My friend used to be up around 280 possibly even 300 then he was diagnosed with diabetes. He dropped down to 180(im still shocked) leaving him with alot of loose skin. We were wondering how to get rid of it with out sugery or bulking up, he doesnt want to become too muscular.

[Ghosthunter]

Wow that is great,


Can I ask how he did it?


I need to lose weight for health reasons as well, and I am up to 250, it is just so damn hard.

[MadDoctor]

The skin reacts/adapts to weight gain and weight loss. If you loose weight faster than the skin can adapt, you get bags of skin (in time… the skin will adapt). Same thing goes for weight gain too fast. You get stretch marks. Ask any woman who’s had a baby. People vary, but that’s a general rule.

[drdoug99]

Originally posted by tenacious e
My friend used to be up around 280 possibly even 300 then he was diagnosed with diabetes. He dropped down to 180(im still shocked) leaving him with alot of loose skin. We were wondering how to get rid of it with out sugery or bulking up, he doesnt want to become too muscular.

I say that lots of exercise, or talk to the doctor about what to do...he's going to have to bulk up a little bit to let his body fill in naturally.

[CiscoKid]

How he do it...? I need drop ALOT of weight...

[tenacious e]

hes pretty much on an all salad diet. he only eats chicken and beef like once a week and he runs everyday. hes kind of taking it over board though, he wears a sweat suite like all the time. anytime we do something that requires even the slightest amount of physical exertion he wears the suite, hes constantly soaked in sweat. he got himself 2 jobs so that he wouldnt be just sitting around the house. other than that im not really sure what he is doing.

hes all paranoid about his blood sugar.

anyway thanks for the replies.

[mikemean]

Originally posted by tenacious e
hes pretty much on an all salad diet. he only eats chicken and beef like once a week

That's how I lost nearly 40 pounds...well, and then the beer too

[Brk]

Good Lord. That is totally unhealthy. Natural weight loss occurs throughout the body, and will not produce excess loose skin. He needs to improve his eating habits and lay off the rabbit diet. Regardless of how much weight he's lost, he's still unhealthy if he keeps that up.

[p2ii]

2 years ago I lost 90 lbs. (290 down to 200) and have kept it off. I don't have any loose skin at all sounds like he lost alot more weight than I did though.

[Ghosthunter]

When you say all salad...do you mean just pure greens?

He eats that for breakfast too?


I dont think I can do that, I need a little variety

[tenacious e]

i dunno he just says he eats salad. whenever we go out he doesnt eat so im never there when he actually does eat something.

[downhill]

Originally posted by Burke
Good Lord. That is totally unhealthy. Natural weight loss occurs throughout the body, and will not produce excess loose skin. He needs to improve his eating habits and lay off the rabbit diet. Regardless of how much weight he's lost, he's still unhealthy if he keeps that up.

Actually if a person is obese, and then as MadDoc stated, looses a lot..the skin will sag...

There is an operation that although gross....will help...

In a nut shell, a strip of skin is cut around the torso and then sewed back together...Depending on how much skin is sagging.....not good for bikinis and thongs at the beach..

[Brk]

Originally posted by downhill
Actually if a person is obese, and then as MadDoc stated, looses a lot..the skin will sag...

Yes, but only if a person loses too much weight in too short a time span and doesn't participate in some form of exercise to tone the muscles while losing weight. But eating only salad just simply isn't good for you. It;'s not wise to go from one extreme to the other...moderation is the key, as it is with most things. I've been through it all in the weight department.