Atkins Diet Questions: Loose Skin
The skin is our largest organ, and yet it is one that so many of us forget to take care of as well as we should. We douse it with fragrances, lotions, and other beauty products that contain an amazing amount of chemicals, many of which have been proven to cause cancer (like parabans for example). The best way to nourish our skin is the same way we nourish the rest of our body–from the inside out, with fresh fruits and vegetables and plenty of good fats. There are also several ways to feed your skin from the outside too that are easy, cheap, and all natural:
Body Brushing: A wonderful way to detox your body, great for your lymph system, nervous and circulatory systems, dry body brushing is best done once a day to three times a week, preferably before taking a bath or shower. Using a loofah or natural bristle brush, and start at your feet. Brush toward the heart in circular movements for five minutes. After a few sessions you will notice a more natural glow to your skin, increased vitality, and a sense of invigoration, especially if done in the morning.
Masks: Our skin loves good food. Some wonderful masks that help nourish the face:
For dry/ sensitive skin: 1/2 an avocado mashed and mixed with ground oatmeal. The fat from the avocado nourishes the skin while the oatmeal soothes it.
For oily skin: a mixture of french green clay and pulverized strawberries or cranberries act to draw out impurities while giving your skin the astringent benefits it so needs.
For normal skin: A pina colada for the face! crushed pineapple and banana work wonders–the acid in the pineapple exfoliates the skin while the banana soothes and tightens.
Sea Salt Scrubs: These are yet another great exfolient for all skin types. Adding a bit of almond oil to the salt keeps it smooth and glowing. The salt helps relax muscles and detoxes the skin. Adding herbs to the scrub is great too–lavender to soothe, lemon or mint to invigorate, a pinch of cayenne on a cold day to warm you up, rosemary or calendula flowers to heal rashes or other skin problems.
Bug Spray: As the summer months approach, our thoughts turn to mosquitoes and how to prevent their nasty little bites. Most bug repellents are literally awful for you. Natural prevention is the best recourse–taking 3 or 4 capsules of garlic and 100mg of vitamin B1 create a smell that repels mosquitoes while avoiding sugar and fruit juice, to which mosquitoes are naturally attracted can cut down on your victimization. Using certain essential oils—such as eucalyptus, lemon balm, pennyroyal, citronella, tea tree, and geranium also makes effective bug sprays. Simply add a mixture of the above to a water/witch hazel (3 parts water to 1 part witch hazel) solution and transfer to a spray bottle. Several naturopaths say using these oils works as well as commercial mosquito repellent.
Baths: Warm baths are highly underrated. They soften the skin, relax the muscles and release stress from the body, mind, and emotions. Plus you can add all sorts of wonderful things to them– milk to soften skin, sea salt to soothe sore muscles, a tea of herbs such as lavender, mint, rose petals, chamomile, lemongrass, orange rinds to leave you smelling sweet and and all natural.
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** Graphic Display of loose skin around my stomach near the end — Viewers may want to ensure a bag is available ** Today’s episode I deal with the one of the most common questions people ask me after hearing of my 200 pound weight loss. That is, “do you have much problems with loose skin?” In the end, I have to admit that I do have a bit of loose skin (I affectionately & sometime not so affectionately my “SharPei”) around my torso and legs, but it could be much worse. I could have the …
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I was going to ask the exact same question! I’ll report back in a year and tell you how my skin is looking. I don’t have stretch marks so I’m hopefull.
The diet was fantastic. It changed my life and gave me energy to do things I never thought I could before — like run marathons. I agree with you it is a lifestyle change. When I talk about a diet, it is more like just how one eats for a lifetime. While Induction only needs to last 14 days, Atkins is a lifelong experience.
Wow great results !!! I would rather be at your state with loose skin than to be extremely overweight. Myself, I’m 5’11, 265LBs right now so I wont have the skin issue soo much but my doctor did recommend the Atkins Diet which is how I ran across your video.. In your experience how was the diet for you ? I try to see eating healthy not as a temporary change and I hate the word “diet” I like to think of it as a lifestyle change.. Any input would be much appreciated.. again Good work !!!
The answer is you are allowed 3 daily sweetener servings per day – a serving is defined as any serving of food like a can of soda. Check out my daily sweetener limit video for more information on why there is a limit even if it is zero carb.
It depends how much fat you lose and how rapidly. Skin is very elastic, but if has been stretched quite a bit, they yes you can have saggy skin once the fat under it has been lost. But even look at a woman after pregnancy….she doesnt end up with a big loose flap of skin where the baby belly was……but the skin doesnt go back to how it was pre pregnancy right away either, so there may be a little bit of saggy skin….but even that usually can recover.
Gym! while doing the diet will fix it
It depends on how damaged the skin is. If you are less than 100 pounds, you certainly can tighten it up with simply the diet and exercise. 211 pounds as in my case can indeed damage the skin beyond repair, but that is my extreme case.
Wow! Truly amazing bowulf!! I’m going to start the induction phase today and wanted to know how many diet cokes I can have a day to be safe. It says zero net carbs but it has artificial sweetener (not sure how many servings of a.s. are in it tho.). Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
A foot off your thighs. Truly amazing!
I’m jealous about your lack of double chin though. Some guys like me put on just a little weight and then when it comes off they look like a thin face in saggy head, lol. Your face looks like you’ve always been your current weight.
If he was so inclined, he could get some work done to fix it, but I dont see why he would need to,I think he looks fantastic, and what really matters is he feels good!!