What happens to your skin when you lose 72kg?

A 21-year old who lost almost half his body weight has posted a video online revealing his biggest insecurity: his sagging skin.

 

 

 

John David Glaude, from California, has charted his dramatic weight loss in a series of YouTube videos called Obese to Beast, showing viewers how he dropped from 163 kg to 91 kg through exercise and changes to his diet.

But despite his change in body shape, Glaude says he still feels “uncomfortable” unclothed on account of his loose skin.

In his latest video, titled "My biggest insecurity: loose skin", Glaude begins by showing viewers the sagging skin on his arms, before removing his tank top and stretching at the skin bunched around his stomach and chest.

 

Finally he reveals his legs, which he says are still the part of his body he has most trouble with, as the loose skin is visible when he wears shorts.

He says he hopes the video - which has been viewed over half a million times in two days - will help others who are thinking about losing weight or who had already undergone dramatic weight loss.

“Obviously, this is not ideal, this is not what I would have wanted after losing 160lbs,” he says in the video. “I would have wanted to have the perfect body, right? But that’s not the case.

“But that’s OK, and I want people watching this video to understand you should never let loose skin or anything else stop you from going for your dreams.” -      

By Telegraph

 

 

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My Body Transformation Story #2

 

Cervical Cancer survivor, wife, mother of 3 

 

I'm a Cervical Cancer survivor, wife, mother of 3, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Personal Trainer and Fitness Nutrition Specialist. At my heaviest I rounded out in the 200s which isn't too cute when you're only 5'3. I was on a love/hate relationship with my health...always dealing with and overcoming medical issues such as Hypothyroidism and Uterine Fibroids. Until literally, one day I was just tired of always being tired. I wanted to be able to be active and play with my daughter, travel the world with my husband and not just sleep and eat my life away. So I decided to change....ONCE AND FOR ALL. I've lost a total of 70lbs with proper nutrition and consistent exercise. Making my health a priority literally saved my life. So my daily struggle is finding a balance and discipline between loving food, hating exercise and trying to fit everything into my busy schedule. My passion is in helping to motivate others so they can get and stay fit and lead a healthy lifestyle. 

Enna Jones

Twitter, Instagram and Facebook: @fatfatgonefit

 

 

 

 

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Eat Clean:

 

Stuffed peppers with feta cheese

250 g bell peppers

120 g feta cheese

2 eggs

parsley

 Pepper

 

 

 

Mix the cheese with eggs, pepper and parsley.

Use a teaspoon to fill the peppers with the stuffing
Bake 20 minutes in preheated oven until the peppers are nicely colored and the cheese starts to melt.

A gorgeous recipe when you want to keep lost weight!
 

Идеалното тяло според представата на 18 различни държави

Как представата за красота варира в целия свят?

От този прост въпрос се ражда идеята за проучване проведено от маркетинг агенцията Fractl. Проектът, наречен "Възприятия на перфектното", има за цел да покаже как различните култури възприемат женската красота.

За целта са използвали женски графични дизайнери от цял свят, на които е била предоставена една и съща снимка на жена по бельо и с помощта на фотошоп, те трябвало да я променят според стандартите за красота за съответната страна. Целта на проекта е да се разбере по- добре потенциално нереалистичните стандарти за красота и да се види как те се различават по целия свят. Получените становища са интригуващи.

Както можете да видите, промените на дизайнерите правят някои от тези снимки почти неузнаваеми в сравнение с оригиналната снимка. Докато някои останаха до голяма степен сходни с изключение на леко отслабване, други наподобяват нова жена напълно. Драстичните промени в цвета на косата, облеклото, и съотношението талия-ханш бяха общи. Някои дизайнери в Северна, Южна и Централна Америка, са заложили на фигура-“пясъчен часовник“; други в европейски и азиатски държави са заложили на толкова слаб модел, че BMI показателите, падат под или опасно близо до 17.5. (Според Националната здравна служба, "Възрастни с анорексия обикновено имат BMI под 17,5." )

 

"Като се има предвид широката гама от размери на тялото, подадени от различните държави, ние се чудехме дали тези жени в действителност тежат толкова в реалния свят. Направихме кратка анкета и попитахме участниците да предположат теглото на жената във всяка от фотошоп изображенията. След това ние изчислихме БМИ й въз основа на средните данни за теглото.''

Красотата не може да се прецени обективно,защото, за това, което един човек намира за красиво и буди възхищение, за друг може да не е така". И от различията на изображенията, в това изследване се потвърждава това понятие. Докато красота може да бъде в много форми, и подозираме, че хората винаги ще гонят тези разнообразни идеали за съвършенство.

Ако искате да прочете повече за това проучване, посете страницата на

Superdrug Online Doctor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a 'perfect woman' looks like in 18 countries

UK online pharmacy Superdrug Online Doctors recently created a project called "Perceptions Of Perfection" that features 18 photoshopped images of the same woman. The company hired designers from countries around the world to photoshop a stock image via Shutterstock to reflect the beauty standards of their specific countries.
"Widely held perceptions of beauty and perfection can have a deep and lasting cultural impact on both women and men," a Superdrug press release reads. "The goal of this project is to better understand potentially unrealistic standards of beauty and to see how such pressures vary around the world."

The company asked 18 designers from 18 countries spanning five continents to photoshop an image of a woman to fit their perception of the culture's beauty standards. Below is the original image before the designers photoshopped it: 

 

 

The designers photoshopped everything from the size of her waistline to shoe and hair color to mold the photo into the ideal body type of that culture. 

Out of the 18 designers, 14 were women and four were men, according to Superdrug. In order to highlight a woman's perception of her culture's beauty standards, Superdrug asked the four male designers to photoshop the image based on messages women in their countries receive about what an ideal body should look like. 

Some of the images appear only slightly altered, while in others, the original image is barely recognizable. Photos from China and Italy were dramatically photoshopped to have very thin legs and arms. Images from Colombia, Mexico and Peru reflect the traditional voluptuous beauty standards of those areas with tiny waists, large breasts and curvy hips.   

Scroll below to see what the "perfect woman" looks like in 18 countries. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appears to confirm the notion that the ideals of beauty vary across borders...
Head over to Superdrug to read more about the project.