If you checked the link that Jennifer has in her post, you'll have already read what I wrote...and more importantly what Meg wrote.
I had been fat (chubby to obese) since I was a kid. My parents put me on my first diet when I was 7 years old (I'm 42 now). In fact, my childhood (from 7 through when I left home right after I turned 19) was a plethora of diets (made worse by the fact that all three of my sisters did NOT have a weight problem, in fact were all popular, thin, two were cheerleaders, and all three had boys chasing after them constantly...). I even went to fat camp the summer I was 16 (1979). I finally, FINALLY got control of my weight after yo-yoing my whole life in 1990 when I was 27 years old and at my top weight of 265 lbs. But yup - I did have saggy skin. I don't recall if my skin was really saggy back in my teen years - I do remember already having stretch marks.
Thing is, like Meg's post at the link above says...it's basically a crap shoot - genetics, how fat you were, how long you were fat, etc. There are SO many elements involved!
What you need to do though is take things ONE STEP AT A TIME. Begin by losing the weight - sensibly. Don't be tempted to do the Fad Diet of the Week or crash diet. You want to shoot for PERMANENT LIFESTYLE CHANGES - it's important not to view this as "oh, I'll be on this diet for X amount of time, then when I get down to my goal weight, I can go back to 'normal'". Through personal experience, I've found that it doesn't work that way...you basically have to eat healthfully and exercise for the rest of your life to maintain the weight as well. (the book "Thin for Life" by Anne Fletcher is a great resource...incidentally, down in the Maintainers forum Meg is planning a reading discussion group and TFL will be the FIRST book on the list...)
I know that you're young - start changing your eating habits NOW - don't wait another day! And get moving - exercise (especially strength training) has been said to help keep the skin - although I don't know if that's really been scientifically proven...drink lots of fresh cool WATER...take care of yourself...
If you DO end up feeling you need some 'work' done - well, you're young...you have LOTS of time to save up for it. Besides, most plastic surgeons would recommend that if you're planning on having children, to have the babies FIRST and THEN consider a tummy tuck (if that's what you're looking to have done).
Whew...just a few comments from moi! Take care...
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