skin shrinkage

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Re: skin shrinkage

I had read that 100% raw with all those lovely phytonutrients would aid in

skin elastcity after weight loss.

Hoping that is accurate! )

DO you know if a trampolene would work along the same lines as a rebounder?

 

Sharie

 

 

 

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Hi Sharie,

 

A cheap trampoline from a sports store works just as well. I have both. The

only difference is the cheap one may not last as long. Happy jumping!

 

Blessings,

Angela

 

www.celestialrawgoddess.com

 

In reference to the goji berry post, we love them and live on them!! Amazing!

Can't wait to try the new ones!

 

 

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sharie wrote:

> I had read that 100% raw with all those lovely phytonutrients would

> aid in skin elastcity after weight loss.

> Hoping that is accurate! )

 

Anything will help! Eating raw, getting enough good fats, will help

the cells rebuild. Still, if you are going to take off a lot of

weight, or have done so, you will need to do some exercise, also, to

help tone the underlying muscles, so as to " hold up " the skin (no that

is not a " professional term " - it is my own private term for what is

happening and what I need to see happen)

 

I took off 100 lbs. At 50 years old, I already had " wings " , and when I

took off the weight, they flapped very nicely, i.e., although the fat

under the wings was gone, the skin was still there, hanging.

I started doing yoga (at the time, I was not able to do any serious

workouts, and my chiropractor told me that I HAD to get exercise, and

recommended yoga. !!!!!!! I have no wings!!!!!!!!! The skin on my

previously " phat " legs is also pretty well toned (there are wrinkles,

which I think come from age - I saw some on Farrah Fawcett's legs!),

but there is no skin hanging around all over the place. I am pretty

sure that yoga had a lot to do with this, but raw food does have its

place.

 

I do, however, have a " sharpei " tummy! (have you ever seen that

wrinkly dog?). When I stand up very straight, like they do for " see

my muscles " photos, you can see my six-pack --all from yoga-- but when

I bend over, or sit, if my tummy is uncovered, you can see my nice

empty *folds*, where I used to have the spare tires. With my

beautiful size 2-4 physique, I wear a one-piece bathing suit (it suits

my age, anyway -- I mean... I *could* wear a bikini, but then I would

never be able to sit down!) Actually, this year, I just bought a

serious bathing suit for the first time in more than 20 years. It is a

one-piece,because of the tummy.

 

Back on topic...

A while back, someone on the list, who is into serious serious

fasting, suggested that I fast down to 10 lbs less than my target

weight, and then the skin would go away. I don't think so. I mean, I

*dieted* down to my target weight *and* did exercise, and not all the

skin went away. He cited, of all things, Holocaust survivors, who

were starved in concentration camps, as examples. I have met Holocaust

survivors, and they have plenty of wrinkles and saggy baggy skin. I

think that doesn't work, because most people, if they are given the

chance to eat, will eat, and will go right back to their former

patterns before forced starvation. (if there are, on this list, any

Holocaust survivors who, after being liberated from the concentration

camp, incorporated starvation fasting into their lifestyle, I would be

most interested in hearing from them.)

 

What it boils down to is that, if you have been " filling out " your

skin, your skin has been politely accomodating you and stretching.

Your skin, however, is more like a pair of nice leather shoes than a

pair of cotton Levis, i.e., it will stretch out, but then it will be

stretched out, like the shoes, whereas the Levis will stretch out

after you wash them, but they will go back to the original " tightness "

each time you wash them.

 

> DO you know if a trampolene would work along the same lines as a

> rebounder?

 

A rebounder is a " personal " or " mini " trampoline. The advantage of

the rebounder is that it will help you remain upright (because you

don't have anywhere to fall down), and so you will get a lot of

musculo-skeletal exercise in the position that you normally stand, and

it will be harder to hurt yourself. (sports stores and discount stores

often sell rebounders for around $25-$30 dollars) Another advantage

of the rebounder, besides size, is that, if you live in an apartment,

it is *slightly* less likely to bother the neighbors who live below

you (I've lived under a rebounder-owner -- you do know when they are

exercising-- fortunately, my neighbors were lazy).

 

Another option for low impact, easy to do exercise, particularly for

older " exercisers " , is an exercise ball, of the kind they use in

physical therapy and Pilates. You can sit on the ball to watch TV, or

even to answer your email, and it will exercise you as you sit,

because of the adjustments your body will need to make to remain

upright. Some radio talk-show host, several years back, claimed, on

the air, that he had taken off weight just using a ball to sit while

he was on the air-- I don't remember who, though.

 

I am currently very very interested in the weight management

possibilities of raw food, since (1) I am a nutritionist, (2) I am a

hypnotherapist with a weight management practice, (3) I took off most

of the 100 lbs. on an " Atkins-style high protein/low starch and sugar "

diet (and am hyper-vigilant about keeping it off!! (I have kept off 90

lbs of it for four years, as we speak, and I intend to get that nasty

10 lbs back off post haste!)

As a person who was on an Atkins-style diet and was successful, and,

as an educated nutritionist, I am very interested in seeing how a

" lower protein " diet will work for me (the " starches " tend to

disappear if you are on a raw diet, but, as I have seen on this list,

people find all sorts of ways to add in sugars). I am a

" sugar-phobe " . *Add* anything that looks like any kind of sweetener,

and I am out of there. Don't get me wrong... I will put bananas

through my Champion and have very sweet ice cream! I just won't add

any kind of syrups, etc. to my food to make it sweet! If it is

*food*, and it will sweeten my " recipe " , *and* give me nutritional

benefit, then I will eat it; i.e. my dessert has to be part of my

meal! I to the idea that *anything* that goes into my mouth

and will ultimately arrive in my stomach is food and I am *eating* --

chewing gum, grapes, Thai tamarind candy, LifeSavers.... *anything*.

So many people manage to separate out different (non-speaking) mouth

activities and forget them (yes, protein, duh! okay, raw.) If you put

something into your mouth and swallow it, it is going to go to your

stomach and be processed as food. Chew gum? You will be swallowing

saliva, and whatever is in the gum will go to your stomach, and

henceforth to the rest of your body. Eat a LifeSaver? (10 calories and

mostly SUGAR!!!!)-- whatever is in it will go to your stomach and

follow the path of all food. Words? I am not sure, but I *do* know

that angry words do go to your stomach and follow your digestive

system and spread throughout your entire body (okay, I am a

hypotherapist, stress management consultant, and a Reiki Master).

I hope this helps. (my students usually say I " over-help " )

 

If you have questions, please feel free to ask. Weight management

questions would fit to the group. How does hypnotherapy work/help,

might fit. Reiki should probably be addressed privately.

Margaret