Interesting Documentary on Discovery Health Last Night...

Not sure if anyone's seen it, it was called "Trash Can of Skin" about a British woman that lost 309lbs in 2 years and came to America to have a radical surgery to remove the loose skin from her body. I think they said she was losing 1/3 of her skin through the surgeries. They took out 35lbs of fat & skin from her first surgery, she's still got several more to go.

Interestingly enough, she lost weight by portion control & exercise! She lost an average of 12lbs/month over 2 years(which is where I am currently).

A little sobering, I'm afraid I may have to go down that road as well if I cannot find a way to tighten or tone up my arms & stomach as I lose weight. Total cost to her was around $150,000 for the surgeries, none of it covered by health insurance. She was in a car accident, that's what triggered her weight gain(as she says), I would imagine that she got some sort of settlement from that so she could pay for the surgeries.

Here's the episode link, it's on again on 08/01/04 @ 11am EST:

http://health.discovery.com/schedule...=0&channel=DHC


Matty

PS - I mowed the entire lawn again last night and wasn't as winded before, which is a plus!

So what can us older folks do to tighten things up?

MJ
"Ignoramus2121" wrote in message
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The link to the article does not work. Congrats on mowing the
lawn. You must be a very muscular and strong man, I know that if I had
extra 240 lbs on me, I would not be able to mow a lawn. So, if you
keep your muscle through some basic exercise (squats, chair or
countertop pushups), you are going to end up very muscular!

Regarding skin, some people's skin shrinks very well. You are pretty
young, if I remember right you must be in your early thirties. If so,
there is a good chance that your skin will behave relatively well, or
at least, better.

Elasticity of the skin is the inverse of degree to which collagen
becomes cross-linked (the strands of collagen in the skin become
joined to one another). That cross linking is a feature of aging, and
the speed of aging wrt collagen crosslinking is determined by the
glycation process, that is, the level of glucose in the blood.

If you are young and have no blood sugar problems, you have better
expectations.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...PubMed&list_ui
ds=8168645&dopt=Abstract

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MJC wrote:
So what can us older folks do to tighten things up?

Hope, pray, and try to build some muscle to help fill some of it out.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

MJC wrote:
So what can us older folks do to tighten things up?

Hope, pray, and try to build some muscle to help fill some of it out.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

Matty wrote:

Not sure if anyone's seen it, it was called "Trash Can of Skin" about a
British woman that lost 309lbs in 2 years and came to America to have a
radical surgery to remove the loose skin from her body. I think they
said she was losing 1/3 of her skin through the surgeries. They took out
35lbs of fat & skin from her first surgery, she's still got several more
to go.

Interestingly enough, she lost weight by portion control & exercise! She
lost an average of 12lbs/month over 2 years(which is where I am
currently).

A recent thread on ASD asked why losing faster isn't better. Here's
yet another reason why - Lose slowly enough and your skin should be
able to shrink as your stored fat does. Lose too fast and you could
end up with extra skin.

A little sobering, I'm afraid I may have to go down that road as well if
I cannot find a way to tighten or tone up my arms & stomach as I lose
weight.

Stay active, take your time, and be as young as possible when your
start losing. Two of those three are under your control at least
somewhat.

MJC wrote:

So what can us older folks do to tighten things up?

Lotion, lotion, lotion!

--
Walking (but mostly biking!) on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
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On 29 Jul 2004 12:43:54 -0700, (Doug Freyburger)
wrote:

A recent thread on ASD asked why losing faster isn't better. Here's
yet another reason why - Lose slowly enough and your skin should be
able to shrink as your stored fat does. Lose too fast and you could
end up with extra skin.

Well, I hate to disillusion anyone, but this is a rather
over-optimistic statement for those of us who are older and have a
fair bit of weight to lose. I lost my weight at only a little over a
pound a week, and I certainly have extra skin. It's not nearly as bad
as it might be -- probably partly due to the slow weight loss, but
also, I think, to how I carried the weight, continuing exercise, and
just some genetic luck of the draw. But I doubt I'll ever want to
wear a bikini in public :-).

I don't think there's much evidence to support such a generalization
as you've made above (i.e., lose slowly enough and your skin will
shrink to fit). I think almost all 100+ pound losers are going to end
up with some excess tissue, regardless of speed of weight loss.

Chris
262/143/ (145-150)

On 29 Jul 2004 12:43:54 -0700, (Doug Freyburger)
wrote:

A recent thread on ASD asked why losing faster isn't better. Here's
yet another reason why - Lose slowly enough and your skin should be
able to shrink as your stored fat does. Lose too fast and you could
end up with extra skin.

Well, I hate to disillusion anyone, but this is a rather
over-optimistic statement for those of us who are older and have a
fair bit of weight to lose. I lost my weight at only a little over a
pound a week, and I certainly have extra skin. It's not nearly as bad
as it might be -- probably partly due to the slow weight loss, but
also, I think, to how I carried the weight, continuing exercise, and
just some genetic luck of the draw. But I doubt I'll ever want to
wear a bikini in public :-).

I don't think there's much evidence to support such a generalization
as you've made above (i.e., lose slowly enough and your skin will
shrink to fit). I think almost all 100+ pound losers are going to end
up with some excess tissue, regardless of speed of weight loss.

Chris
262/143/ (145-150)

SnugBear wrote:
MJC wrote:

So what can us older folks do to tighten things up?

Lotion, lotion, lotion!

Lotion merely moistens the dead outermost layer.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

SnugBear wrote:
MJC wrote:

So what can us older folks do to tighten things up?

Lotion, lotion, lotion!

Lotion merely moistens the dead outermost layer.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."