To Fit by Sara: “I lost about 20 lbs. of baby weight with just 5 more to go, but have a bunch of extra skin around my middle. Will it ever go away, or am I going to be stuck with this extra skin? Any tips to get rid of it?”
From Fit by Sara: “Congrats on your weitght loss! Just 5 more to go is a big accomplishment. Your extra skin dilema is shared by many moms. When we get pregnant the skin on our bellys has to stretch. For some of us the skin on our bellys will mostly go back, but for others the skin may never go back. Often moms who put on a lot of extra weight during pregnancy have more challenges w/ having extra skin after significant weight loss. However, if the excess”skin” has some body fat, it can shrink with consitent cardio and healthy eating. If you have reached your ideal body weight/body fat percentage and your extra skin is not disappearing after several months (approx. 6mo.-1 yr.), it will unlikely disappear. At this time you can either tell yourself that it’s a “bad of honor” for having your children, or if it really bothers you, you can opt to get surgery to remove the excess skin.” -Sara Holliday MFT, CPT
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