I’m Bringing Skinny Back
Posted in My Weight-Loss Journey by RachelI used to joke that I had ‘tight fat’. Whenever someone tried to pinch me (affectionately or otherwise), their fingers rolling off my skin without grabbing so much as a millimeter between them. I was under the impression that this was a blessing rather than a byproduct of having squeezed 271lbs onto my 5’2″ frame. ‘YOU FOOL! I HAVE TIGHT FAT,’ I declared as if I were some sort of champion.
“No, honey. It’s just that your skin is about to rupture like sausage casing…”
I had completely forgotten about that ‘tight-fat is good fat’ mindset until I began pouring over my body last night in the first full-length mirror I have ever owned. My fat is no longer tight. It hangs and droops and sways from side to side like a hammock dancing in the breeze.
I began to wonder if this ‘loose fat’ is the reason why so many ‘thinner’ people scrutinize their imperfect bodies. If so, I am beginning to understand why. Living amongst a tight-knit ‘community’ of fat cells traveling in perfect harmony was less pervasive than this free-for-all free-fall. Quite frankly, it looks and feels like crap. Maybe my ‘tight fat’ mindset wasn’t all that crazy after all!
Then again, perhaps this ‘loose fat’ business is simply a side effect my dramatic weight-loss. Am I moving into the ‘loose skin‘ phase of my journey? If so, will it get worse before it gets better? And will it get ever better? Surely the skin of a twenty-five year old will bounce back!
Wishful thinking? Perhaps.
Whatever the case may be, I will learn to love and accept my new, healthy body — even if that entails bringing a new meaning to the word ‘skinny’!
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Monica says:
My trainer always tells me that Im young enough that everything will go back. And Im 3 years older than you so surely, if it will for me, it must for you, right?
If not, just hit Oprah up for a body lift.
llama lover says:
I haven’t lost 70lbs of just fat so I don’t know exactly what ur dealin with, but I have had a baby and let me tell you gaining 80lbs when pregnant means some hanging flappin in the breeze too. I am terrified that if I do (when I do) lose the weight ( I lost 50 of the 80 and I need to lose 45 more) that I will have a “pooch” as I call it that will never go away. I had a c section and have permanent erve damage from it. So crunches feel useless.
Anyways I’m sure after you get to your final weight or goal that you will tighten. It will probably take some muscle strength training too
becklette says:
i always WISHED i had tight fat, now i really, really, REALLY hope everything is going to go back… eventually.
Dina says:
Hey, just found your blog today. I have the dreaded loose fat now too. Whenever I miss my tight fat belly, I think of how far it used to stick out!
Losing Waist! says:
Uh. I didn’t have “tight fat” but this shit is drooping off of me now. I am sagging like a 90-year old lady. No Good.
Really. I have bat wings.