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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! |
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Interesting Documentary on Discovery Health Last Night...
So what can us older folks do to tighten things up?
MJ "Ignoramus2121" wrote in message ... 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 i |
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Interesting Documentary on Discovery Health Last Night...
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." |
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Interesting Documentary on Discovery Health Last Night...
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." |
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Interesting Documentary on Discovery Health Last Night...
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. |
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Interesting Documentary on Discovery Health Last Night...
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! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 |
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Interesting Documentary on Discovery Health Last Night...
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." |
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Interesting Documentary on Discovery Health Last Night...
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." |
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