I lost 60 lbs in my early 20s, and then gained 45 lbs in my 30s with each of 3 pregnancies. Lost it each time. I am now 40.

I have loose skin on my inner thighs, upper arms, and waist/hips. Standing up I look fine, although each time I lost weight, it took about 1 year for the skin to "tighten up" again. Even then, I have some loose skin hang if my arms/legs are at a certain angle. It is only embarrassing when it is my tummy/hips area. In a perfect world, my skin would tighten more, but I am not going to get surgery for this. It does mean that I have to stay really in shape, because even a small amount of weight gain makes those areas look really flabby.

DH has lost 50 pounds over the last 6-8 months. Not much "hanging" skin though his skin is not as taught as it would be if he hadn't been 50 pounds heavier and he does still have stretch marks.

Anonymous wrote:I've lost nearly 80 lbs over one year, and I'm 47 years old. I have hanging skin on my neck, arms and a little on my tummy.
It's worth it.

NP. Did you have surgery or just a special diet? I am your age and need to lose 80 pounds for knee surgery. Counting calories and points did not help me.