Maintaining Skin Firmness While Losing Weight
If you don't have a lot of loose skin already, you should be able to lose weight while maintaining your skin's firmness. The goal is to keep your body hydrated throughout the day. NEVER, EVER Drink plenty of water throughout the day, and never completely cut carbs out of your diet. In my experience, most people who dropped weight too quickly by cutting out carbohydrates ended up with a lot of extra skin. The goal is to lose weight in order to get healthy and, of course, to look better in both your clothing and out of them. Here are some pointers:
1. Eat a well-balanced, well-rounded diet like my insulin response diet at http://www.tbfinc.com.
2. Every four weeks, alternate a full-body exercise regimen with a split routine. For example, a whole body routine lasting four weeks, a split routine lasting four weeks, a full body routine lasting four weeks, and so on.
3. If you don't have stomach ulcers or aren't on blood thinners, you should also take ONE TEASPOON OF COLD ARTIC COD LIVER OIL WITH YOUR EVENING MEAL ONCE PER DAY.
4. Each day, take 1000-1500mg of lecithin. Lecithin has been shown to improve the skin's suppleness.
5. Doing anything you can to improve circulation is also beneficial. Techniques for skin brushing are excellent. To find out everything you need to know about skin brushing, go to the internet and type in "skin brushing." Massages with a lot of pressure are also beneficial.
6. Most importantly, if you are overweight by more than 75 pounds, DO NOT try to reduce weight too quickly. The more weight you have, the easier it will be to lose weight on this plan, so start cautiously and drop roughly 3 pounds every week. This will keep the skin from sagging. 90% of the time, if you lose weight too quickly, you'll end up with loose skin.
7. Some of my clients have had wonderful results with weekly body wraps, although they can be messy. This is something you can do if you want to, but it's not required.
You can also take a collagen supplement as an alternative.
As I previously indicated, keeping your body hydrated is one of the keys to boosting the flexibility of your skin. Drinking water will accomplish this. Per pound of body weight, the average human requires at least an ounce of water. Depending on the type of activity you perform on a daily basis, it may be even more. Many people develop loose skin after losing weight because they follow low-carbohydrate diets, which cause the body to become dehydrated. If you lose weight when dehydrated, the scale weight will go down, but the majority of the weight lost will be water weight. You're doing well if you're shedding 2-3 pounds per week. You've reached your limit if you're dropping 4-6 pounds per week. If you lose more than 6 pounds every week, you'll probably end up with loose skin thereafter because you're probably cutting out too many carbohydrates from your diet. The best outcomes come from avoiding processed flours/breads and sugars.
Also, rather than stepping on the scale every week to track your progress, pay attention to how your clothes fit. I always urge my clients to put on their tightest pair of trousers, follow my program for four weeks, and then try them on again. Those tight-fitting clothes will be a thing of the past in four weeks.
If you follow all of the steps above, you will achieve satisfactory outcomes.
