| Like most obese meat-eaters, vegetarians do get | | | | 1 pound per week |
| loose skin post weight loss. | | | | Different people may experience different |
| If you carry only a few pounds of loose skin | | | | degrees of stretched skin post weight loss. |
| after losing weight, you probably can tighten your | | | | However, if you follow the guidelines above, |
| skin back by building a bit more muscle. What if | | | | you're safe. |
| you got 30 pounds of ugly stretched skin hanging | | | | To make it even safer, it's best to observe |
| off your body after losing that massive body | | | | yourself in the mirror every week, then pinch and |
| fats? | | | | pull your skin to check for its looseness. If you |
| You only have one option. That's surgery. | | | | feel it's quite droopy even though you shed only 2 |
| It is not just about cutting off your excess skin. | | | | pounds per week, you might need to slow down |
| You must suffer 3 - 6 separate operations | | | | to 0.5 pounds per week, otherwise you can |
| depending on the amount of flabby skin left and | | | | increase to 4 pounds per week. |
| their locations on your body. It'll probably take you | | | | But make sure you don't exceed 4 pounds per |
| 12 - 24 months to recover fully without any | | | | week or it may shock your body and affect your |
| post-surgery infection and complication. | | | | health badly than just getting baggy skin. |
| You surgery can cost anywhere between | | | | Give your skin enough time to fit nicely back onto |
| $10,000 and $20,000. That's not too bad so long | | | | your new, slimmer body shape. If you lose weight |
| as you can recover and get into good shape. | | | | at a rate faster than you skin retracts, you'll |
| Having some cuts and scars everywhere on your | | | | inevitably suffer slabs of horrid skin dangling off |
| body mean nothing to you. | | | | your body. |
| What if, like some people, you get into serious | | | | As important as controlling your weight loss |
| complications post surgery? It may impact your | | | | speed, you must also cut back on your |
| health, if not cost your life. | | | | pre-packaged vegetarian foods that are high in |
| You don't have to burn a hole in your pocket, | | | | sodium, sugar and saturated fat. Consuming |
| getting scars everywhere on your body, suffer | | | | "junky" veggie foods can slow down your skin |
| the next 12 - 24 months in recovery, and subject | | | | recovery. |
| yourself to life-threatening complications post | | | | Instead, change to eating healthy vegetarian |
| surgery, if you control the pace at which you lose | | | | meals containing skin-nourishing nutrients like |
| weight. | | | | vitamin C, minerals, enzymes and all kinds of |
| Here's a guideline that shows you how many | | | | anti-aging properties (phytochemicals, |
| pounds you should lose in a week based on your | | | | bioflavonoids, carotenoids, retinols... just to name a |
| overweight condition. | | | | few). You'll get tighter and smoother skin faster. |
| Overweight by 10 pounds or less - Lose max 4 | | | | The benefits of feeding essential nutrients to your |
| pounds per week | | | | body don't just stop here. You'll lose weight more |
| Overweight by 11 - 20 pounds - Lose max 3 | | | | efficiently using only half the effort and time. |
| pounds per week | | | | There you have it - a completely natural solution |
| Overweight by 21 - 40 pounds - Lose max 2 | | | | to losing weight healthily without sacrificing your |
| pounds per week | | | | health and wallet! |
| Overweight by more than 40 pounds - Lose max | | | | |