progress so far..+ introduction

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Change_2013
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progress so far..+ introduction

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Hows it going i am new to Shapefit, This shall be m first post. Figured id show progress picture so far as well as introduce myself. name is Jermiah. I have been on wight loss journey for about 5 months now, and loving every second of it. I have been working butt off! but looking forward to what the future has to bring and the new lifestyle i am pursuing. I am about half way to (goal) weight.. I am sure once i get there i will have a new goal. anyways i take constructive criticism very well. and if you see any way you can help me i am open ears. http://postimg.org/image/5r5r75aaf/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Hey there Jermiah :).

One thing to be mindful of is when you lose the weight you might have some loose skin.

This can be down to three things often.

1. Crash dieting where the person loses weight too rapidly, causing inneffective reshaping of the skin.

2. The person has during weight gain, damaged some of the elastin in their skin. Think of elastins as like elastic bands; if you stretch them too much they can snap and then they cannot go back to how they were.

3. A combination of both.

Thne the only way to overcome the loose skin would be to have a surgical procedure, or just put up with it basically.

Incidentally how much weight have you been losing on average, because if you had been losing around 6-8lbs of weight in the first week and it went down to around 3-4 lbs a week in the first month, that's okay, because some of the initial weight would be excess water.
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Welcome! Great job so far, congrats on your recent changes :)
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The loose skin does concern me...Um i was loosing weight pretty rapidly at first but it has slowed down a bit. I am trying to slow it down so skin can form. If i have to i will have surgery, Although i will try everything to avoid it at all cost. Is there anything i can do to help loose skin? i wear under armor daily herd it helps loose skin cause it holds everything together a bit tighter. I don't want to make this a two year weight loss deal. I am going for 120lb in one year. I guess we will see what it looks like when i get there.
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That's a lot of weight in one year's time. much more than about 2.5 pounds a week now would be a lot. I am curious on the programs you are doing for yourself.... strength, cardio and diet. It looks like you have lost a fair amount already... how much may I ask?
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vamp wrote:That's a lot of weight in one year's time. much more than about 2.5 pounds a week now would be a lot. I am curious on the programs you are doing for yourself.... strength, cardio and diet. It looks like you have lost a fair amount already... how much may I ask?
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Curious as well.
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Great progress, good luck :thumb:
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Hi there and welcome to the forum. Congratulation on achieving your goal.
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