Hey all! I am a 6'2 232 lb. 16 y/o living in Mississippi. I so far have lost about 90 lbs. from my high of ~320 lbs (approximate because my scale didn't go that high.. ) and want to lose about 40-50 more lbs to go down to about 180. My biggest fear is losing all this weight to find out that my body is still bogged down with excess skin...ugh! Anyway, not really sure that I need a weight-loss buddy, but if anyway is interested, hey that's cool with me, and just wanted to introduce myself to everyone in the forum. If anyone wants to chat my e-mail is linksmanme @hotmail.com and I have MSN messenger with that same address.

At your age, you may have less trouble with loose skin than most people. The younger the skin, the more elastic. Also, it will depend on whether or not you exercise and how long you've been overweight. But the younger, the better for not ending up with a bad case of loose skin.

Hey heaven, I like the Tanstaafl in your sig...is that supposed to have a double meaning with the whole weight loss thing?

LOL! I actually never thought of it that way. To think...a 16 yo who knows about tanstaafl. Scarey.

LoL...I have to know it, for economics class!

Rtael...Im from Mississippi too. Anyway, I think there is a teen forum on here. You could check that out. Congrats on losing 90lbs! Thats awesome. You're on the right track!

Love,
Deanne

Ahhh So I take it that it's nothing to do with any avid reading of Robert A. Heinlein then?

Not quite almost!


You used to live in Jackson, Deanne? I live in Madison right now.

Yea...I went to Madison Central and worked at Hops for 3 years.

Wow, congratulations on your weight loss! You are my hero. :D If you want, you can contact me over MSN. I'm inerasable.sin at gmail.com (I know, I know, the email address is weird. It's the English title of a song, Kesenai Tsumi, 'cause I'm a geek), almost always on because I have no social life whatsoever.

I don't think loose skin will be a problem for you, since you're young. I've been overweight most of my life, and I don't have skin sag problems, just stretch marks. ;_;