| Considering you don't have an excessive | | | | sagging skin. If you lose weight too fast you |
| amount of loose skin already it is possible | | | | will end up with loose skin 90% of the time. |
| to lose weight and keep your skin firm in the | | | | |
| process. The idea is to keep your body well | | | | 7. Some of my clients have done weekly body |
| hydrated day in and day out. NEVER EVER let | | | | wraps with great success but it can get |
| yourself become dehydrated. Drink plenty of | | | | messy. You can do this as an option but it's |
| water throughout the day and NEVER EVER | | | | really not necessary. |
| totally eliminate your carbohydrate intake. | | | | |
| From my experience most people who have lost | | | | As an option you can also take a supplement |
| weight too fast by eliminating their | | | | called collagen. |
| carbohydrates ended up with a lot of excess | | | | |
| skin afterwards. The whole idea is to lose | | | | As I stated above one key to increasing the |
| the weight to get healthier and of course to | | | | elasticity of your skin is to keep your body |
| look better with your clothes ON and with | | | | well hydrated. Yes, drinking water will do |
| your clothes OFF. Here are some tips | | | | this. The average person needs at least ½ |
| | | | an ounce of water per pound of body weight. |
| 1. Follow a well rounded balanced diet such | | | | Possibly more depending on the type of |
| as my insulin response diet located at | | | | exercise you do on a daily basis. The reason |
| | | | why so many people end up with loose skin |
| 2. Follow a full body exercise routine | | | | after losing weight is because they go on low |
| alternating with a split routine every 4 | | | | carbohydrate diets that will in turn |
| weeks. For example, full body routine 4 | | | | dehydrate the body. If you lose weight and |
| weeks, split routine 4 weeks, full body | | | | are dehydrated in the process you will see |
| routine 4 weeks, and so on. | | | | the scale weight go down but unfortunately |
| | | | most of the weight being lost is nothing more |
| 3. Considering you don't have stomach ulcers | | | | than water weight. If you are losing 2-3 |
| and you are not on blood thinners you should | | | | pounds per week you are doing great. If you |
| also take ONE TEASPOON of cold artic cod | | | | are losing 4-6 pounds you are pushing the |
| liver oil ONCE PER DAY with your evening | | | | limit. Any more than 6 pounds per week and |
| meal. | | | | you are sure to end up with loose skin after |
| | | | losing the weight because chances are you are |
| 4. Take 1000-1500mg of lecithin per day. | | | | restricting too many carbohydrates from your |
| Lecithin has been known to increase the | | | | diet. Cutting out refined flours/breads and |
| elasticity of the skin. | | | | sugars will yield the best results. |
| | | | |
| 5. Anything you can do to increase | | | | Also, instead of getting on the scale every |
| circulation will also help. Skin brushing | | | | week to measure your progress go more by how |
| techniques are very good. Do a search on the | | | | your clothes are fitting. I always tell my |
| internet for skin brushing to get all the | | | | clients to try on the tightest pair of pants |
| info you need. Deep massages are also good. | | | | they have and then follow my program for 4 |
| | | | weeks and then try them on again. After 4 |
| 6. Most importantly if you are more than 75 | | | | weeks those tight fitting pants will be a |
| pounds overweight DO NOT try to lose weight | | | | thing of the past. |
| too fast. The more you weigh the easier it | | | | |
| will be to lose weight on this program so | | | | Follow all the above and you will see |
| ease into it slowly so you only lose about 3 | | | | satisfactory results. |
| pounds per week. Doing this will prevent the | | | | |