A mistake commonly made has to do with what is often referred to as 'hanging skin,' 'loose skin' or 'sagging skin.'
I hear people say, "When I lose weight I'm afraid that my skin will sag!"
How many times have you seen or heard people say that their skin began hanging after they lost weight, especially a lot of weight?
Perhaps it was on the back of their upper arms, or their bellies, or their thighs, or other places. An unsightly sight!
...This section will consider what to do about it.
-----Hopefully, you've clicked on this page before having clicked on the specific areas of fat loss: the thighs, the upper arms, the belly, and so on. Why? Because I realize I've led you first to a general understanding of how fat loss works, and I know you're probably anxious to know how fat loss at specific areas of the body works. And here I am talking about the firmness and looseness of fat!
-----But then again, if you're going to learn how to go about losing fat at specific areas of the body, I would first point out that in order to best be able to do so, you would first have to know what I know and have learned and discovered about the firmness and looseness of fat.
-----I will also say, "I'm sorry...I didn't make up the rules." Our 'Creator' did. As you've gathered from the previous discussion on "Fat Loss In General," the loss of fat is determined to occur in a set manner, in a genetically predetermined order for people in general...and specifically so for given individuals.
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Preliminary Understanding
‘You Want Truth’!
-----Do You Want ‘Truth’ About Fat Loss--Or Do You Simply Want To Hear What You Would Like To Hear...Even If In The Long Run It Doesn’t Work!
-----With all this in mind, I'll tell you what I know and have discovered about this matter and about how I've learned to go about losing fat in various areas of the body where I didn't want excess fat to remain. But I will also add, even though I've found it to be possible, I've also found that it's not necessarily easy to do.
-----As I've said, the methods to do so are...by far...not 'quick fixes.' Remember, you want 'truth' on this web site. I'll tell you honestly what I know about this matter at this time, even though 'the truth' is not necessarily easy to do. But, would you rather have people telling you all kinds of mistruths and nonsense for who knows what misguided or financially motivated reason...and wherein you will eventually fail, as most people do? Or do you want to know 'the truth,' so you would at least have a chance at doing it, even though 'the truth' might not necesssarily be so easy to do?
-----If you want sincerity and 'truth' as I've learned it to date...read on. If not, if you want to remain gullible and be a sucker for nonsense and eventual failure...well then, not only should you 'not' read on, but you should also forget this site altogether. It's not for you!
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The 'Firmness' & 'Looseness Of Fat'
It’s Importance
-----Okay now, why do I find it so advisable to first understand about the nature of the 'firmness' and 'looseness' of fat? Simple. Because it's so important to total body transformation, health, the prevention of disease, the offsetting of 'aging,' the appearance of 'youthfulness,' looking good...you name it.
-----Oh, by the way, you'll not find anything in the literature about the firmness and looseness of fat the way I'll be discussing it here. If you do, I'd be quite surprised because the information is original....things I've personally had to discover in order to be able to transform my body so dramatically.
Remember, I didn't just lose weight when I did my total body transformation at the age of 48. I'd figured out how to transform my body aesthetically so that I developed a 'firmness' and 'toneness' to just about all parts of my body, let alone a lack of 'looseness' or 'sagging' of my skin and the underlying fat...especially after having lost about a hundred pounds of fat in the short time of just eight months. And I've maintained that 'firmness,' even at my current age of 60. Still no 'sagging' skin...anywhere!
-----...But then again, for me, I do not know what the future will bring. As I become older it will become more difficult for me to maintain my youthful, firm appearance, if it will at all be possible to continue doing so at ages older than I am currently at now.
-----And I realize to do so I'll have to continue figuring things out, improvising, and discovering new and different or related methods as I become older.
-----Remember, this is 'uncharted territory' I'm entering. Not meaning in any way to sound so bold, but for scientific purposes only, I would say few people in the world have scientifically figured out and methodically and purposefully been able to accomplish what I've been able to do by the age I'm currently at now...and I hope to be able to impart this knowledge to others however theoretical it might currently be. [But as I have said, it all likelihood in time it will all turn out and prove to be true.]
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What About All Those 'Other' Total Body Transformations That People On Television, In The Media, In Newspapers and Fitness Magazines Are Always Claiming To Have Done?
-----Well, when you see and hear about all those 'other' total body transformations and testimonials of people having undergone marked weight loss (from having started out markedly overweight and even obese) on posters in gyms or in fitness magazines or on TV...you must first ask yourself, "Are they real?"
-----I would venture to say many of them are 'not' real, or they've been exaggerated in some way. On the other hand, I would also venture say that quite a number of them 'are' real. But then again, in such 'real' cases you also have to ask yourself, "What are the ages of the people doing so?" and "After they've lost the weight, how do they look in a bathing suit...underneath their clothes?"
-----.And, "Is their skin hanging or sagging?" "Are their bodies firm, chiseled and toned?" "Is the distribution of fat different from what it was when they were younger and thinner so that now that they’ve lost the weight they are dumpy looking...even though in clothes they might appear thinner?"
-----Actually, it's a 'no brainer'...people can have lost weight and appear markedly thinner in clothing. Fine. That's good. But I'm talking here about going ten steps further...about looking firm and toned underneath those clothes, something few people are able to do, especially as they become older.
-----Here is where it's important to know all about the 'firmness' and 'looseness' of both the skin and the underlying fat...things heretofore not yet presented to society and which I've had to discover about these matters in order to be able to offset and/or compensate for unsightly, fat related effects with regard to fat and fat loss within my own body!
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About The Loss Of Elasticity Of Skin As We Become Older...
-----And by the way, check out the 'ages' of all those people who have made those 'other' body transformations and who serve as testimonials for marked weight loss. Most of them you'll find are in the younger age groups, under ages 45 or 50. Remember, the younger a person is when marked weight loss occurs, the more elastic is the skin (secondary to their youth) and, as we're about to discuss, the firmer the underlying fat, the latter of which firmness or lack of firmness I've also found to be related to being younger, and to other factors as well!
-----Yep. As people become older, even past the age of 30, progressively more and more so you will find their skin to become less elastic (and more likely to hang and sag...and wrinkle)...while the fat underlying the skin throughout their bodies also progressively becomes less firm, and looser.
Clarification Of Terms: 'Firmness' And 'Looseness' Of Fat...
-----A further point of clarification. The terms 'firmness'and 'looseness,' as I personally refer to the nature of fat, is an understanding of my own which I've discovered. And even though I'd have to categorize this new knowedge as theory, it's nevertheless quite logical theory (as you're about to see)...and it's worked rather well for me, even at older ages. So there is no reason it should not be working for other people!
-----...In other words, call it an observation or discovery of mine or whatever. I've never seen the 'firmness' or 'looseness' of fat discussed in any literature or by any other writers or researchers whatsoever. But because of its extreme importance on the way we look and age, I've been studying it for years and trying to figure it out, what it's all about. And I have come to some rather startling observations and practical methods of application...which I've learned to utilize so as to maintain my body more youthful in appearance than otherwise.
Fat Removal At Specific Areas Of The Body As It Relates To The 'Firmness' And 'Looseness' Of Fat
-----I realize most people would like to know how to remove fat from specific areas of the body. Unfortunately, the misconceptions in this regard are voluminous throughout the fitness and fat loss related literature as to how to go about doing so, or as to its being possible to do so at all, let alone doing so at will.
-----Most experts involved in the fat loss fields would say it's not possible to lose fat at specific areas of the body, and I can understand why they say so, because, generally speaking it cannot be done...at least that's what most reputable fitness related articles, literature, and research papers would state. But then again, I would add to all this...it all depends.
-----...it all depends upon how one goes about losing fat in specific areas of the body, such as by taking other factors into consideration, such factors as--you guessed it--the 'lack of firmness' and/or the 'looseness' of fat!
-----In other words, I realized that fat loss at specific areas of the body could not be removed simply by exercising those specific areas, for example, such as by doing sit-ups to remove abdominal fat or arm exercises to remove fat in the upper arms. Other factors had to be taken into consideration.
-----Remember, as discussed in another section of this web site, "The Whole Is Greter Than The Sum Of Its Parts" . Each and all 'parts' of the 'whole' have a combination effect on the 'whole.' And changing the 'whole' has corresponding effects on all of the 'parts.'
-----...Fact is, changing a given 'part' of the body is a 'multifactorial process.' And it is often the case that to effectively change any given 'part,' such as the removal fat in any given area, you really have to give due consideration to changing other 'parts' or 'aspects' of the 'whole body,' such as, in this case, the 'firmness' and/or 'looseness' in general throughout all the body. They're all interrelated!
-----...Another way of putting it is to say that it is often the case that multiple factors, or multiple 'parts' and their corresponding functions or interrelations with other 'parts' of the body and with the 'whole body' all have to be taken into consideration when trying to change a given 'part' of the body.
-----Therefore, despite the theoretical, yet quite logical nature of the conclusions I've come to on these matters, I nevertheless elected to utilize them on an everyday practical level so that I might at least have a chance of being able to change my body via natural methods into a more 'youthful' appearing state. And I can now confidently say it worked like a charm!
----=...and so I would now detail and further clarify certain aspects of the reasoning I'd had to utilize to implement my methods so that you might benefit from this new knowledge.
You Will Have To Revamp Your Way Of Thinking.
You Will Have To Almost Completely Revamp Your 'Mind'!
----Let me tell you. To even begin to understand and benefit from the knowledge and techniques I've developed and discovered, you will have to revamp your mind here, almost totally. We'll be getting into a whole new way of thinking and a whole new way of doing things.
-----...For example, take exercise. Through logic and trial and error I had to develop a whole new way of exercising, markedly different from how most people routinely think of exercise. Had I simply gone through the usual exercise routines of aerobics and weight training the way most people are accustomed to be doing them, I would have failed. I would not be looking nor feeling the way I do at my current age. I would hardly be looking so youthful nor be so strong as I have currently come to be, and this is within a year after heart failure and massive open heart surgery and total body emaciation!
-----What the 'young people' do in gyms--the 20's and 30's--doesn't work at this age, at least not to the extent nor anywhere close to what I've been talking about. Believe me. I've tried those methods, most all of them, but as I became older and tried to maintain marked strength and muscle mass, and especially 'youthfulness,' they just didn't work anymore.
-----...So I kept improvising and trying new methods and techniques which, as you'll see, largely incorporate the 'mind,' various 'mind' related techniques, and altered states of mind...all performed not only when not exercising, such as when at home or at other places, but also during and while I am exercising in the gym!
----- Fact is, what really counts for change to occur is what is done via multiple interrelated lifestyle factor changes along with 'mind' related changes--how one lives one's life and thinks and feels--outside the gym. That's what really counts!
-----It's ironic, but people often observe me in the gym when I'm exercising. They see me making unusual posturing stances and unusual rhythmic motions. And I guess they can't quite make out what I'm doing, especially because I'm often blindfolded during the performance of the exercises.
It's what I do with my 'mind' while exercising in the gym and what I do with my 'mind' and my 'lifestyle' when I'm not in the gym--outside the gym, somewhere else--wherein lies the most significant aspects of what it takes to make change!
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Multiple Factors Are Needed To Change The 'Lack Of Firmness' And/Or The 'Looseness' Of Any Given Body Part
-----It's not just one thing that you do. It's a whole host of things...of interrelated lifestyle factors which I have recently discovered is primarily and significantly related to the nature of 'fat'! It's the key to a whole host of things, such as being able to offset the sunken or skinny look to your face as you lose weight and which becomes decidedly more of a problem as you become older--past the age of 25 even!
A Simpler Method Toward 'Youthfulness' Rather Than Having To Offset The 'Lack Of Firmness' And/Or 'Looseness' Of Fat!
-----I would suggest learning about how to go about maintaining a 'youthfulness' of the body, the way I did it when I did my Total Body Transformation at the ge of 48. I knew then that the 'looseness' of fat with age and weight loss would be a problem, so I devised a way of getting around it...and it worked. Although it's explained more fully and demonstrated in my video docudrama, Total Body Transformation, I also explain it within this web site. [Simpler Method Toward 'Youthfulness' Rather Than Trying To Offset The 'Looseness' Of Fat]
-----Looking back now, I realize now that the knowledge I acuired at the time of my total body transformation should be utilized along with my current theories on the nature of the 'looseness' of fat so as better attain the most effective results.
-----I will be explaining these matters in much greater detail throughout this web site since changing the nature of fat is clearly one of the primary factors needed to bring back the appearance of 'youthfulness,' especially of the face as well as of the female curvature.
-----Indeed, the 'youthfulness' of the face is very dependent upon the fullness and 'firmness' of its fat.
-----And likewise, changing the nature of fat is also especially important for women, for as you will see, the female curvature is largely dependent upon the 'firmness' of the underlying fat. 'Loose' fat does not hold the curves. A male, on the other hand, can rid himself of most of his body fat, replace the fat with muscles, and thereby attain a more youthful look, a tall order in and of itself and especially at an older age. You see, the 'youthful' male form is more dependent upon the appearance of well proportioned muscles while the female form is usually more dependent upon the appearance of well proportioned 'firm' fat!
-----...However, there are still ways around all this for a woman if she is willing to accept and work toward the attainment of a different type of body build, not based on fat, but based more so upon the toning and aesthetic development of the musculoskeletal and other systems of the body. Such female curves, aesthetically and artistically molded, are totally feminine and beautiful. Mark my words. It's true.
-----All the topics related to the above will be discussed throughout this web site. Unfortunately, there is no 'one sentence answer' to the methods one would need utilize to get results. I'm sorry, but that's just the way the body works.
The Lifestyle Related Triangle Introduction
-----Being that I have found that the 'lack of firmness' or 'looseness' of fat is based largely on a multiple of lifestyle factors performed a certain way throughout one's life and in combination, one with the other, I have divided the lifestyle factors into three main categories. I call the combination of all factors working together 'The Lifestyle Factor Triangle,' which is inclusive of:
-----1)--those factors of the physical body...motions, postures, balance, coordination, and so on.
-----2)--those factors related to the food we eat and, most importantly, to the food we do not eat.
-----3)--and those factors related to the 'mind,' from mind/body and mind/matter interrelations to how one thinks, to how one feels emotions and sensations and perceptions, to how one interrelates with the surrounding environment within which one exists (from social and family interrelations and occupations and so on), and most significantly to the power internal feelings of 'love for family and others' as well as senses of 'righteousness' and surety of 'belief' within one's mind can all have on the well-being and 'youthfulness' of the physical body. And of course, this is all not to forget about the amazing effects that 'altered states of mind' can have on the physical body.
-----Throughout this web site I show how all the above works, the reasoning behind it, and the logic of it all.
-----Obviously, lifestyle factors are vast. I have been categorizing and studying them, and gone to great lengths to do so, for many, many years, attempting to figure out how in part or in toto, together, they affect one's status of mental and physical health, the prevention of disease, one's feeling of well-being, and most significantly one's status and appearances of ongoing 'youthfulness.'
Multiple factors have gone into my having been able to either offset or compensate for the 'lack of firmness' and/or 'looseness' of fat which occurs as we age and which becomes more evident as we lose weight!
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