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I have to say Mark's ebook really does a lot of wonder for my B. Fat % loss, but it sure created a new problem for me ... stretch mark@@ I have pretty much dropped from 31 waist to 28(my body tend to store fat on lower body so) and man those stretched skin is not a nice sight. Hopefully once I replace muscle where the fat used to be it will look better

You must be gifted with very good skin to not make stretch marks(i hope you really mean stretch marks and not loose skin,cause it's different).I have stretch marks in my chest and in the sides of my waist(after losing a lot of weight). You can look at on these huge bodybuilders.They have too,and a lot of them.

The worst for them are the up and downs of body weight. The slower you lose or gain bodyweight the better for preventing the marks.

You might consider a cream/gel that they make for stretch marks/ wrinkles. The only name I could recall is Strivectin, which you can find and read reviews of here: http://www.amazon.com/StriVectin-SD-Str ... ewpoints=1

There's also "Scar Relief Gel" from Walgreens (generic form of Mederma). It's supposed to work for stretch marks, but I never tried it on mine. However, my cat tried to take out my eyeball at the vet 3 years ago, and I used it on the scar for a while after the stitches were out. I still have a scar a good inch+ long on my eyelid but I have to point it out to people that aren't right next to me, as I think what it did was allow the discoloration to fade. I'm certain as I age and my eyelids begin to droop this indentation will become far more pronounced. But for $20 for a huge tube, it's probably worth a try. The Strivectin is 5 times that much!

Yeah it is never bad to try a cream or a similar product. The best would be while you were losing bodyweight but it could work in that case too, who knows?

More drastic solutions if the problem is more serious are lasers(maybe a dermabrasion type) and maybe a small plastic surgery...but I don't think it is so bad,right?

Thanks for the links. I have a bunch of stretch marks on my legs. First, from biking for two years back when I was a Mormon missionary (my legs got fscking HUGE, and I think that's part of the reason my legs are still pretty well-developed), then from putting on 50+ pounds in a year the year I got married.

My wife can sure cook! I've been teased that the only reason I'm losing weight is that most times when she cooks, I have to cook my own meal...

--Matt B.

undertaker610 wrote:More drastic solutions if the problem is more serious are lasers(maybe a dermabrasion type) and maybe a small plastic surgery...but I don't think it is so bad,right?

Good god, surgery?! Let's see, social embarrassment from being obese which is obvious to all AND all the attendant health risks of obesity... OR... mild social embarrassment from stretch marks that most people won't even see most of the time anyway AND a self-confidence that comes from the pride of taking care of your health AND all the attendant health benefits of being a physical bad-ass What to do... what to do...

Good god, surgery?! Let's see, social embarrassment from being obese which is obvious to all AND all the attendant health risks of obesity... OR... mild social embarrassment from stretch marks that most people won't even see most of the time anyway AND a self-confidence that comes from the pride of taking care of your health AND all the attendant health benefits of being a physical bad-ass What to do... what to do...

Agree,most of the time they are not even visible...

They are not even comparable, the life impact of being obese and having some f@@@@ng stretch marks.Even loose skin.

Last night, I broke out the trimmer and trimmed down my leg hairs. I have some freakish genes, I think, because my leg hairs grow to like 4+ inches if I don't keep them trimmed. So save the hair-trimming hate; every male bodybuilder trims at least a bit of body hair!

Anyway, I had one leg up on the rim of the toilet bowl. I was resting my chest on my knee while trimming around my ankles. I could breathe easily, and my face was close enough to my leg to see what I was doing (I'm near-sighted).

I could never do that when I was obese. I would have to lean over, take a few swipes, then stand up straight to catch a breath.

I can tie my shoes without gasping for air.

I can stretch my hamstrings and breathe at the same time.

I don't have to position my keyboard tray far away from my body at work to accommodate my enormous gut.

I walk more erect.

I jogged 2.2 miles last night without falling over from lack of oxygen, and my heart rate never broke 160bpm.

I played in the back yard with my kids last week, and they were ready to go back in the house before I was.

Life is much better when I'm not fat.

--Matt B.

Last night, I broke out the trimmer and trimmed down my leg hairs. I have some freakish genes, I think, because my leg hairs grow to like 4+ inches if I don't keep them trimmed. So save the hair-trimming hate; every male bodybuilder trims at least a bit of body hair!

Anyway, I had one leg up on the rim of the toilet bowl. I was resting my chest on my knee while trimming around my ankles. I could breathe easily, and my face was close enough to my leg to see what I was doing (I'm near-sighted).

I could never do that when I was obese. I would have to lean over, take a few swipes, then stand up straight to catch a breath.

I can tie my shoes without gasping for air.

I can stretch my hamstrings and breathe at the same time.

I don't have to position my keyboard tray far away from my body at work to accommodate my enormous gut.

I walk more erect.

I jogged 2.2 miles last night without falling over from lack of oxygen, and my heart rate never broke 160bpm.

I played in the back yard with my kids last week, and they were ready to go back in the house before I was.

Life is much better when I'm not fat.

I'm happy for you red, life is the most important thing in life...

undertaker610 wrote:I'm happy for you red, life is the most important thing in life...

Hey, undertaker, I bet you're quite the chia pet yourself, being Greek & all! I'm married to a dago; his grandpa had hair sprouting out the top of his nose. I am so not bothered by a furry back, but I guess most people are these days... It's your life; spend it how you want to!
One of the things I like best about not being fat is that I can walk down an aisle or move past someone seated in auditorium-style seating and not knock into everything in sight with my ass! That was getting real old.