My starting weight was 18 stone, my target is 10.5 stone. I am currently at 16.5 stone, and I am really concerned about toning up my boobs and belly...
A lot of friends, who are older I must say, have been left with extremely saggy skin around the belly, boobs and bum area after loosing 4 + stone. I haven't really thought of this before, but I suppose I am lucky to have quite a pert bum despite being overweight, not that I should expect it to stay that way, so I am not too concerned about my bottom... But I have been slimmer before, 12 stone, and I had quite saggy empty breast and a floppy fold on my belly.
This may be genetic but pleeeease can someone give me some really good excercise's that I can follow, whilst I am loosing weight by doing general walking, cycling, swimming and dance video's, I feel I need to concentrate on these area's to get the best results...?
Thanks for your reply. Anything specific in mind?? I'm not a member of a gym, can't afford it, but I do have small weights at home that I can use, a fitball, and dance and kickboxing video's...
Nice to here from a SydneySider... My final goal / dream weight is for when I move to Sydney!!
Thanks to everyone - and in answer to Renny Sue, money...!! It's not like I am putting it off because of my weight, I am just trying to utilise the time I have whilst saving to reach my goal... And really make a new start out there!!
I've been before - holiday and 6month stay on WHV - so I am happy waiting to make sure the permanent move is as smooth as possible... x
I'm 42, and have lost around 100 lbs in the past year. I was exercising (walking then running, plus weights) the whole time, and expect to keep doing that for the next 20-or-so pounds, and the rest of my life. As I've lost weight I've enjoyed seeing the curves of muscle emerge, but there's definitely saggy skin as well. I think cardio is great for weight loss and stress management, and weights are great for adding some shape (and I think increasing metabolism). But I'm not sure either make much difference to your skin. Genes, age, whether you smoke and get a lot of sun are probably greater factors.
That said, I'm a whole lot happier with loose skin on my current form than nice tight skin stretched over my former 270+ lbs.