Loose skin and stretch marks!!!

Anytime someone loses weight, whether it's a small or large amount, there's always the chance of having loose skin and/or stretch marks. Loose skin and stretch marks occur when our skin is stretched more than normal due to weight gain. How  your skin "bounces back" afterwards is dependent on your skin elasticity. Skin elasticity is basically  how far ones skin can stretch out and then return to its original state.

While stretch marks are hard to avoid, its possible to manage the amount of loose skin that occurs during weight loss. Here are some tips that will help to avoid too much loose skin:

•  Try not to loose it too fast!!  Our bodies cannot keep up with the major changes of extreme weight loss. (a topic I spoke about in an earlier post)   http://exercisesmarter.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-much-weight-do-you-want-to-lose.html

•  Start working out today!!  As we age, our skin loses some of  it's elasticity.  Needles to say, "procrastination" increases your chances of having loose skin.

• Avoid to smoking!! There are a million reasons not to smoke, and loose skin and wrinkles in the face and hands are just one more.

• Avoid excessive amounts of sunlight. Too much sunlight, without protection from the sun speeds up the aging process in the face and other uncovered areas of the body.