Wishes, revisit your first post in this thread, please. It didn't say anything about the fact that you are not done with losing weight. It said that you HAVE LOST weight and LOOKING NOW into possibility of surgery. I also felt a bit offended by your responces - they seam to be rude and disrespectful. I, personaly, didn't come here to insult you or anybody else. I tryed to help the best I could on the basis of information you provided, nothing more.

Oh i am right there with the stomach hang. ick! It's not fat..it stretched out, never to go back loose hangy skin that will never..i repeat never..be removed by vigorous exercise. You got to surgically remove it and I have seen some beautiful work done on it and arms and legs and etc..
It's about 10,000 dollars, depending on the extent of the damage. I will get it as soon as I am 30 lbs to my goal weight. It also removes adapose(spelling
tissues that suck up and hold our fat. So that is a plus. I even found out that they can stitch just at bikini line and make a new nice cute belly button and
it will look wonderful. So check around ..and you got time to check and get estimates. The estimates sometimes cost money too, but well worth it.
We spend money on cars, vacation trips, etc. So money saved for our loose skin is worth it. To me anyway.

You gave great advice Coco..and it was very supporting. Cool!!

I apolagise if i hurt your feelings. I was probably a bit abrupt

Wishes, I am sorry too if I upset you a bit. I guess it is never easy to be on a diet. I don't know how about you, I, sometimes, can't handle things well emotionaly. I think you are doing such a great job, I really do. Look at all the weight you already lost. I will go for surgery too when I will loose all my weight. There is simply no way my boobs are going to look as they did before I gained weight. Also, I am looking at the option of doing tummy tuck.If I will get there before you, I will let you know about results and everything else.

Thank You!

This is something I, too, will consider if my tummy skin stays saggy after. Of course, that won't happen for a while. But it will happen! I'm going to look into the options in Canada.

Ive decided to write a book about weight loss, exercise etc for dummies. Sell it online for like $10 a copy to make myself some money. Its the only way im gonna be able to get the $

Yeah, my grandmother (from my dad's side) had 4 pregnancies that caused hers. I didn't inherit the stomach from her, btw, but my mom.

Some people get that stomach from pregnancy and need surgery to correct it (it happens if your ab muscles split during pregnancy) but not everyone who gets pregnant does. I don't know your situation, but maybe a doctor could answer your questions about it.

While I haven't been pregnant yet, I have had my stomach pretty much all my life--even at healthy weights and throughout childhood--and believed only surgery would fix it. I even still had it after dropping below a healthy BMI. I lost it after getting to a healthy (but low) weight and becoming active for over a year. The whole process took about two years, but was soooo worth it.

Surgery would have been a quick fix, I'd do the second over it any day. Once I got really active I felt great, could eat like a horse, and didn't gain any weight back for years. There is also something super awesome about pushing your body to new limits with activity. You don't catch colds or the flu very often and become very strong. It was especially fun to do things I never thought I was capable of before I lost the weight. I always loved to run so I got to do some races. Maybe this time around I'll fight my fear of my two left feet (and hands--LOL) and do something fun like belly dancing.

Anyhow, I'm just saying you may want to wait until you get to your GW and have been exercising for a while before even thinking about going that route of surgery. It's expensive and always risky (even with the best doctors). That's just my 2 cents.

hello everyone, i have this problem for about 10 years now - felt like a freak and that it was just me - now irealise how many women it affects - and its NORMAL - at first it was awful, ithen lost some weight but that horrible hang lol worse than a horror film was still there - what the hell happened to my lovely figure...well childbirth and caesarian happened and no amount of exercise helps to get rid of it - i've decided to just accept it - i know no man is bothered with it - i just use body lotion to keep from looking too dry and its not such an ugly thing realy if you think about it - we are women, we bear children and the results are just this sometimes...no man worth his salt is gonna be bothered...so dont go for surgery - from all the pictures i have seen its not that much better looking - focus on your good bits LOL - beautiful eyes, hair, lips, shoulders, whatever, and that includes sagging breasts - !! buy complimentary underwear, and be confident in your womanhood
and your sexuality which has nothing to dowith looking like a model or arobot
wouldnt you overlook your man's spare tyres if you loved him and found him sexy despite? i would and i expect the same! if someone loves you and this is what this about alot of the time he will love all your warts and your apron stupid belly lol
xx

lol yeah I had a C-section also, thats partially how i ended up with mine.
And im not fussed about my husband - he loves me either way (he loved me at 320lb and he will love me at 140).

I want to do it for me - because im only 33 and i still have plenty of time to show off my new body in tight revealing clothes once i get down to my weight. If that makes me a skank or whatever im not overly fussed

Maybe I am a closet skank
Either way - i wanna wear a bikini

I actually will probably end up going with surgery too, when it comes to that time (too much stretching and already had my pregnancy).

I think I completely agree with this last bit of your post...I think I might be a closet skank LOL and I definately want to be there right beside yah in a hot bikini LOL!

Closet skank...y'all crack me up! That is so funny!

I think I'm a closet skank too...I can't wait until I can wear those kinds of clothes, before I get too old.

hahaha we should some kinda challenge and call ourself the closet skanks.
Im guessing most of us are here to be skinny and look just a little skanky anyway - its a nice ego boost

No point loosing all that weight to go round dressed like an old maid thats for sure! we're not dead yet!