Xtra Skin...looks like fat...GO AWAY!

[Griz]

I was wondering if I could get some input from some of the "older" folks on this board. This problem rarely applies to the younger crowd cause of skin elasticity.

I recently dropped (or more accurately "re-proportioned") some weight around my gut. I have a good body fat percentage of around 14-15% (but you can never be too rich, or too thin...right?). But for the life of me I CAN'T get rid of this extra skin that of course looks like extra poundage around my belt line.

The only ideas I have (other than paying some surgeon big bucks) are:

A: keep building so much mass up top that it sucks up the skin at the bottom.

b: Cut, cut, cut and hope like hell it goes away.

c: dehydrate myself and cut it off with a pair of scissors.

Geeeez! I'm only 36! Will this stuff dissappear?

Perhaps I'm deluding myself and there is indeed fat underneath? How can you tell when it's JUST SKIN???

I know this sounds stupid but any ideas, thoughts, etc.


thx

 

[Lee]

cut a little more, try to get down to 10 or 11% and build up your ab muscles as much as u can, it should fill the area with nice toned muscle.

 

[Griz]

Lee,

Thanks for the suggestion. That's alot of ab though (on top of what's there already). I was thinking if it was up high (shoulders, chest), it might "suck it up" off the gut. I might be dreaming though....

 

[R CRUSHER]

its fat & loose skin. this can be a problem if you've dropped alot of weight(really fast). i see it in women much more after those "crash" eat 100 calories a day diets.

there's no miracle rememdies. some girls have told me vitiman E helps. in time your skin will tighten up. how much depends on genetics, some of us have very elastic skin, some don't.

do you have stretch marks?

 

[Griz]

RC,

Sorry about the time to reply,

No, no stretch marks.

I'll try some more Vit. E

 

[audiophyle]

what about yohimburn? I havnt tried it but i hear the stuff works wonders.