Re: Is fat easier to lose than skin?

In Reply to: Is fat easier to lose than skin? posted by Cross-country runner on August 11, 2000 at 15:12:34:

: I'm a 10th-grade cross country athelete and am thin, 150 lbs, 5'11'. When I was in elementary school
: I was a pretty chunky kid. I've been working all summer trying to build a six-pack, and, though
: I've gained some visible muscle in my top two sets of abdominal muscles, I cannot rid myself of 'pudge'
: on my stomach below that. What I'm wondering is could this be stretched skin from when I was
: younger? It's more skin than I'm particularly comfortable with. And, is there
: anyway to get rid of it except that of building huge abdominal muscles, which obviously is a difficult
: thing to do, not to mention it would be perhaps odd looking.

It probably is stretched out skin--but if you keep exercising in time it will tighten up again. I am talking about 1 year or so.