Vegetarian Weight LossHow to Lose Weight Without Loose Skin
Like most obese meat-eaters, obese vegetarians do get loose skin after weight loss.
If you carry only a few pounds of loose skin after losing weight, you probably can tighten your skin back by building a bit more muscle and removing your stretch marks with some natural solutions.
What if you got 30 pounds of ugly stretched skin hanging off your body after losing that massive 50 - 100 pounds of weight (like the guy on the right)?
You only have one option. That's surgery.
It's not just about cutting off your excess skin.
You must suffer 3 - 6 separate operations depending on the amount of flabby skin left and their locations on your body. It'll probably take you 12 - 24 months to recover fully without any post-surgery infection and complication.
You surgery can cost anywhere between $10,000 and $20,000. That's not too bad so long as you can recover and get into good shape. Having some cuts and scars everywhere on your body mean nothing to you.
What if, like some people, you get into serious complications post surgery? It may impact your health, if not cost your life.
You don't have to burn a hole in your pocket, getting scars everywhere on your body, suffer the next 12 - 24 months in recovery, and subject yourself to life-threatening complications post surgery, if you control the pace at which you lose weight.
Here's a guideline that shows you how many pounds you should lose in a week based on your overweight condition.
| You're Overweight by... | Maximum Weight to Lose per Week |
| 10 pounds or less | 4 pounds |
| 11 - 20 pounds | 3 pounds |
| 21 - 40 pounds | 2 pounds |
| More than 40 pounds | 1 pound |
Different people may experience different degrees of stretched skin post weight loss. However, if you follow the guidelines above, you're safe.
To make it even safer, it's best to observe yourself in the mirror every week, then pinch and pull your skin to check for its looseness. If you feel it's quite droopy even though you shed only 2 pounds per week, you might need to slow down to 0.5 pounds per week, otherwise you can increase to 4 pounds per week.
But make sure you don't exceed 4 pounds per week or it may shock your body and affect your health badly than just getting baggy skin.
Give your skin enough time to fit nicely back onto your new, slimmer body shape. If you lose weight at a rate faster than you skin retracts, you'll inevitably suffer slabs of horrid skin dangling off your body.
As important as controlling your weight loss speed, you must also cut back on your pre-packaged vegetarian foods that are high in sodium, sugar and saturated fat. Consuming "junky" veggie foods can slow down your skin recovery.
Instead, change to eating healthy vegetarian meals containing skin-nourishing nutrients like vitamin C, minerals, enzymes and all kinds of anti-aging properties (phytochemicals, bioflavonoids, carotenoids, retinols... just to name a few). You'll get tighter and smoother skin faster.
The benefits of feeding essential nutrients to your body don't just stop here. You'll lose weight more efficiently using only half the effort and time.
There you have it - a completely natural solution to losing weight healthily without sacrificing your health and wallet!
