EDS skin and Weight lost ... Need toning suggestions for face :-)

April 30, 2004

Hi all,

Well, it is amazing about what will finally happen that can result in weight

lost. After decades of trying to lose my excess weight [was 190 - 215 in 1999.

Was 190 in 2003]. I now weight about 180 lb. But, that is still too much for

my 5' 4 " height. I always weighed heavy. I do not look heavy.

Well, I am now more active than ever. What with the meals on wheels I have a

very balanced diet with no desire to cook. So, I expect to loose even more

weight. I am now down to a size 14. If I keep this up I might even reach my old

size of 12. But here is my new problem. The more weight I lose the skinnier my

legs and the looser my skin. Grrrrr.

As I lose weight my skin is more EDS like and softer. I call it squishy. I

was use to my soft skin going back to it original shape but with this new EXTRA

weight loss I have something new happening. My face has changed. On wake up, I

am not puffy but my face is a little to one side. Yet on standing and by the

time I walk around and look in the bathroom mirror my face looks okay.

Typically my stretchy skin areas were only my ankles, wrists and flexible ankles

and

knees. Now I find I can stretch out my cheeks and jowls. All a normal part of

normal aging maybe, but on me it has suddenly shown up in the two months.

So, just to make sure < >, any EDS

exercises out there? I am prepared that I will need to increase my exercise in

general. But this face drop thing is weird. Or, perhaps just normal for EDSers

losing

weight. At times, rather than looking younger I appear to be looking younger.

My own bane of looking younger than my years is coming back.

Finally, I want to get in the best physical shape that I can considering the

hints of surgery last December 2003 with reference to my then seen incisional

hernia. Bottom-line, with my new level of exercise I feel good. Caro.

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