Comments on: Resolution free http://www.actboldly.com/2006/01/07/resolution-free/ Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:17:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Beth http://www.actboldly.com/2006/01/07/resolution-free/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Beth Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:06:10 +0000 http://www.actboldly.com/?p=78#comment-102 I'm unconvinced that weight training can help, unless it's related to improving blood flow to the area. The water issue (drinking lots of it) sounds plausible. And then there's the issue of supplements (oral and topical). This article recommends a bunch: <a href="http://www.wholehealthmd.com/hc/resourceareas_supp/1,1442,575,00.html" rel="nofollow">Supplement Recommendations for Skin Health</a>. Your point about waiting a year is a good one, and is one I saw on the subject on the <a href="http://www.drweil.com/u/QA/QA351558/">Dr. Weil site</a>. My arms were sagging before I even started losing weight, but I can handle bat wings. It's the rest I'd like to avoid!! I’m unconvinced that weight training can help, unless it’s related to improving blood flow to the area. The water issue (drinking lots of it) sounds plausible. And then there’s the issue of supplements (oral and topical). This article recommends a bunch: Supplement Recommendations for Skin Health.

Your point about waiting a year is a good one, and is one I saw on the subject on the Dr. Weil site.

My arms were sagging before I even started losing weight, but I can handle bat wings. It’s the rest I’d like to avoid!!

]]> By: PastaQueen http://www.actboldly.com/2006/01/07/resolution-free/comment-page-1/#comment-101 PastaQueen Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:46:16 +0000 http://www.actboldly.com/?p=78#comment-101 The excess skin thing worries me too. I've lost 125 pounds now and I can tell things are starting to feel "looser." Don't really know how else to describe it. I keep telling myself that the people with the most problems are the gastric bypass people too, so that sucks that Jennifer lost it slowly and had the same problems. I hear weight training can help some, so I should start doing that. However, I think I could deal with the skin if I was thin. There's always plastic surgery, right? I got to start saving my pennies. You're also supposed to wait at least a year or two after your weight stabilizes because your skin could shrink some more. I also agree that the more crap you eat the more you crave it. In the South Beach Diet book they attribute it to the glycimic index and the fact that if you blood sugar spikes and than falls suddenly you get cravings and feel hungrier. Not sure if it's true, but it sounds reasonable enough. The excess skin thing worries me too. I’ve lost 125 pounds now and I can tell things are starting to feel “looser.” Don’t really know how else to describe it. I keep telling myself that the people with the most problems are the gastric bypass people too, so that sucks that Jennifer lost it slowly and had the same problems. I hear weight training can help some, so I should start doing that. However, I think I could deal with the skin if I was thin. There’s always plastic surgery, right? I got to start saving my pennies. You’re also supposed to wait at least a year or two after your weight stabilizes because your skin could shrink some more.

I also agree that the more crap you eat the more you crave it. In the South Beach Diet book they attribute it to the glycimic index and the fact that if you blood sugar spikes and than falls suddenly you get cravings and feel hungrier. Not sure if it’s true, but it sounds reasonable enough.

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