Arm Flab... Help!

Sprgtime wrote:
|| "Nicole {Freezing in Wisconsin}" <freezingwiATTcharterDOTTnetTT>
|| wrote in
|| message
||| Thank you all for the input on the "skin" issue. I guess it can't
||| hurt
||| to add some arm exercises to my daily routine and see what happens.
||| Either way, I've got nothing to lose. Thanks!
||
|| I've lost 55 lbs so far. My loose skin is definitely shrinking.
|| I have noticed that when I lift weights, my skin seems to shrink
|| back more
|| quickly with the weight loss then when I'm lazy and skip the weights.
|| The area I'm having the most trouble with loose skin is my stomach.
|| Even
|| there, I have noticed serious improvement with the skin shriking and
|| stretchmarks slowly fading, but there is a lot to shrink. I've lost
|| 14
|| inches from my waist, so that is a huge difference.
|| I've also read that supportive undergarments can help loose skin
|| shrink (definitely helping with my stomach area). Maybe there is
|| something you
|| could wrap on your upper arms, to hold the skin closer to your
|| muscle and
|| bone?
||
|| My husband lost 70 lbs and had very saggy skin... but it all
|| tightened up
|| and basically disappeared a year AFTER his weight loss. I
|| understand that
|| this doesn't happen for everybody, but you never know, it could be
|| you. 🙂
|| Be patient, if your body has lots of readjusting to do this could
|| take time.
||
|| I wish you luck!

Spring - do you mine revealing the age of you and your husband? It think
there are many factors which play into this, and age is probably a
significant one.

Quoted message said:

Spring - do you mine revealing the age of you and your husband? It think
there are many factors which play into this, and age is probably a
significant one.

My husband is 32. He had been overweight his entire life, from what I've
seen of his childhood pictures. He was pushing 300 lbs when I met him.

I am 25. I was not overweight most of my life - actually, I was an athelete
in high school and college, and had a very fit body. Soon after leaving
college, I had a medical problem and gained lots of weight very quickly -
the first 30 pounds I gained all in one month. By strictly reducing
calories and increasing exercize, the 2nd month I "only" gained 20 lbs. I
struggled for the next two years to lose that, but ended up gaining another
20 or 30 lbs during those years. I think my body has been through a lot
because of the drastic quick weight gain. I have not been overweight for
very long, but I was even in the "obese" catagory.

The link I post with my signature has my weight loss pics. I should add
another one, cuz now I look even better. 🙂

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Spring
LC since 1/1/04
260/205/170
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Sprgtime wrote:
||| Spring - do you mine revealing the age of you and your husband?
||| It think
||| there are many factors which play into this, and age is probably a
||| significant one.
||
|| My husband is 32. He had been overweight his entire life, from what
|| I've
|| seen of his childhood pictures. He was pushing 300 lbs when I met
|| him.
||
|| I am 25. I was not overweight most of my life - actually, I was an
|| athelete
|| in high school and college, and had a very fit body. Soon after
|| leaving
|| college, I had a medical problem and gained lots of weight very
|| quickly -
|| the first 30 pounds I gained all in one month. By strictly reducing
|| calories and increasing exercize, the 2nd month I "only" gained 20
|| lbs. I
|| struggled for the next two years to lose that, but ended up gaining
|| another 20 or 30 lbs during those years. I think my body has been
|| through a lot
|| because of the drastic quick weight gain. I have not been
|| overweight for
|| very long, but I was even in the "obese" catagory.
||
|| The link I post with my signature has my weight loss pics. I should
|| add
|| another one, cuz now I look even better. 🙂

Good info, Sring. Your progress is great!

||
||
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|| Spring
|| LC since 1/1/04
|| 260/205/170
||
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sprgsnow/album?.tok=phX4sVBBuvxvs4Hs&.dir=/55b8&.src=ph
|| Size: 24W / 14 / 10