6 stone lost. Look like a deflated balloon

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I started my weight loss over 2 years ago at 16st 2lbs. I lost 2 stone the old fashioned way which took a year and then stalled for months before going on Mounjaro. I’m now on 7.5 weekly and have steadily lost between 0.5 and 2 lbs a week. (Shotsy has my weekly average at 1.4lbs)
I’m now 10st 2. I’m delighted. My bmi is now healthy, my visceral fat is healthy, my knees no longer hurt and I’ve increased my muscle mass through weight training. I want to lose another stone (I’m 5’4” which would put me in the middle of the healthy weight range.)

However I have a lot of loose skin on my stomach, upper arms and thighs. I know that there’s not a lot I can do to shrink it- I’m 54, my skin is older and I was fat for a long time. What I’m struggling with is the disappointment I feel in myself. I look good dressed but like a deflated balloon undressed. It’s still better than how I looked at 16 stone but it makes me sad. I keep watching videos about skin removal surgery abroad and I was considering it but DH tells me it’s daft- he says I look great, should be really proud of myself and with one child at uni and one about to go spending all that money isn’t a priority. He’s right but I find it’s really bothering me which is strange as I’m generally not a vain person and the weight loss was (initially) embarked upon for health reasons.

Has anyone had skin removal surgery? Would you recommend it or could the good ladies of MN come on and give me a stern talking to?

All the people I’ve followed who’ve had it - it looks agonizing and the after care is months. And the end results are disappointing IMO. I’ve lost 5 stone. BMI 30. Not losing anything anymore. I’m upping the training a bit. I’m a bit saggy everywhere. It’s been 2 years and very slow loss. No idea if there’s a fix beyond time and learning to love with it.

Can I ask the names of these people please?

I wouldn’t have the surgery myself but I have a friend who is considering it.

It would be useful for her to see how people got on.

Im on a private whatsapp group of people who have had surgery at Nords, hundreds of them. I met people who have had complications but not one who regrets having it done.

Well done on losing the weight and becoming healthy. Over time your skin may tighten up a bit.

I'm 56 and the possibility of saggy skin is the reason I've 'intentionally' made my weight loss slow.
I started going to the gym a month before starting mounjaro and have lost 3 stone in 6.5 months with no loose skin... even the bingo wings have gotten smaller.

I feel your pain, I have lost 8 stone and my skin looks awful, but as only DH and I see my stomach I am not too worried about that, however my arms are very much on show in short sleeves so I would love to have an arm lift if I could afford it.

A friend of a friend had an arm lift and boob job at Nords in Lithuania, as others have said it was brutal but, she said, worth it. She is a nurse and said the clinic was cleaner and better run than any UK hospital she has been in.