Surgery? I don't need no stinkin' surgery! Man drops 270lbs with diet&exercise

[Bateluer]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/25/health/weight-loss-profile-bryan-ganey/index.html?hpt=hp_bn10

He skipped breakfast, ate fast food for lunch and dinner, then picked up a pizza or some convenience store snacks on his way home. He often drank more than a gallon of soda a day. By the age of 37, he had a body mass index around 87. A BMI over 30 is considered obese.

Small steps are what began Bryan's weight loss journey. After leaving the hospital, he began to move -- at first pushing a shopping cart around the grocery store like a toddler learning to walk. Then he ventured to the mailbox at the end of his driveway. Soon, he was conquering several miles at a time.

*snip*

Bryan switched to a day shift at work to conquer his bad eating habits. He's very particular about what he puts in his mouth, refusing to stray from self-prepared lean meats, vegetables and fruits. He eats five to six meals a day, every two to three hours. He measures his portions so that his total calorie count for the day hits 2,500.

Awesome. 🙂

 

[exdeath]

Surgery is going to be necessary at some point. You can lose the weight, but the skin will never return to normal size.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Surgery is going to be necessary at some point. You can lose the weight, but the skin will never return to normal size.

For cosmetic reasons, yes; for health reasons, no. Either way, he did it right. It's sad that he had to get to that point before he did something about it. Great job though.

 

[Kadarin]

That's pure awesomeness, and I'll bet he feels fantastic. Yeah, he'll probably want surgery to repair the skin though.

 

[MotF Bane]

So... what happens to the skin? Will it ever... retract? Replace itself with progressively smaller layers? Five years, ten years? Never? 😕

 

[Bateluer]

So... what happens to the skin? Will it ever... retract? Replace itself with progressively smaller layers? Five years, ten years? Never? 😕

I may be wrong on this, and I'm sure someone will correct me. I believe it will contract somewhat on its own, with time. But when you got from 600lbs to 200lbs, thats a lot of extra skin. Some cosmetic surgery is going to be required if he ever wants to be in public with his shirt off.

 

[HNNstyle]

I may be wrong on this, and I'm sure someone will correct me. I believe it will contract somewhat on its own, with time. But when you got from 600lbs to 200lbs, thats a lot of extra skin. Some cosmetic surgery is going to be required if he ever wants to be in public with his shirt off.

Age is the most important factor. Your skin loses elasticity for every year after 30, which is the cause of wrinkled skin you see in grandpa and grandma. In women who just gave birth, it can take up to 2 years for their skin to adhere back to their body but it depends a lot on age. Exercise does help but there's not much you can do unless you know where to find the fountain of youth. At age 37 and the amount of weight loss the guy did, I don't believe there is any chance his skin will ever adhere back to his body.

Edit I think my post sounded a little discouraging for anyone trying to get rid of sagging, wrinkled, or loose skin so I just wanted to emphasize that your skin still maintains a good portion of it's ability to spring back into place in your thirties. The rate at which it springs back into place just decreases by the year. To combat this you can build more muscle mass and do cardio. Obviously, building muscle mass will fill in the gaps between your skin and body. Doing cardio helps increase blood flow to provide nutrients to your skin.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

So... what happens to the skin? Will it ever... retract? Replace itself with progressively smaller layers? Five years, ten years? Never? 😕

I read that the skin doesn't retract until you get down to a really low bodyfat due to the subcutaneous fat but it sounds like bro science to me so I'm skeptical.

 

[episodic]

Ive dropped almost 170lbs in 2.5 years. There is some loose skin at my belly - but it is getting less and less. I'm trying to get my bodyfat sub 8% and keep it there for a while. Some theories say that this will help with the skin going back.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

I work with two people like this. I only see the after. One person, you can see how badly his skin is stretched from weight loss, but who cares. Good for him!

The other guy, you would have thought to be skinny his whole life. Apparently he went from morbidly obese to "just right" I honestly think he takes too little food in his mouth these days though.

I don't know what ages they lost weight.

 

[bfdd]

I did 60 lbs last year with very little effort. Mostly I cut out carbs( I eat almost no corn now as well ), I don't drink calories and I increased my fat intake. I've been like 185-190 and I eat whatever the fuck I want now, I still just stay to my main guidelines.