Gaunt? Or Not Gaunt?

casmira · 04-17-2012, 11:30 AM

I was looking at some earlier threads a few hours ago (so I can't recall the poster name/thread, sorry!), and a lady mentioned that, uniquely on this diet, she is not looking gaunt. This is something I'd like to explore a bit! I'm now at the age (37) where people start remarking on gauntness when you lose weight, and how much better you look as you regain. I guess that's why one of the things that attracted me to this WOE was the prospect that it might not make one look haggard as the weight drops.

I'd love to lose 25lbs, but I know that on a normal diet, I'd look ravaged.

What are your experiences? Will switching on a youth gene protect the face to some degree?

Also cellulite and loose skin - please tell me you've got some good news here?!

sterlinggirl · 04-17-2012, 11:44 AM

Nope no good news from me!

at least not on the loose skin.. i have a new problem. wrinkle in my thighs due to loss of inches.. but i need to now start to exersise to make sure i dont make a mess of my new slimmer body.. I do feel that with slower loss though i dont have a gaunt look to my face.. so that is a plus.. but!! I now have some chicken looking skin on my neck! Lmao.. i need a real strong firming cream to combatt this i think!

Good luck.. and these are great problems to have now i think.

Kissa · 04-17-2012, 11:51 AM

Just lost my post!

No Cellulite, lucky me! Some wrinkly skin as described above, and at almost 65 I think that is there forever. Am I gaunt, please see photo? I don't think so but if I lost any more I might be.

No one thinks I look my age, but I don't think it can just be JUDDD, as I only started that in October.

casmira · 04-17-2012, 11:52 AM

I did think I was being a bit too hopeful alright!

Maybe I'll just start saving the money from the incredibly cheap down days and prepare to be surgerised!!

casmira · 04-17-2012, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Kissa

Just lost my post!

No Cellulite, lucky me! Some wrinkly skin as described above, and at almost 65 I think that is there forever. Am I gaunt, please see photo? I don't think so but if I lost any more I might be.

No one thinks I look my age, but I don't think it can just be JUDDD, as I only started that in October.

You are most definitely not gaunt, you look incredible. My beautful Mum's around your age - I'm going to get her started on this!

gotsomeold · 04-17-2012, 12:12 PM

Cindy, we only have to look at your lovely daughter to know there are some kick-a beauty genetics in your heritage! YOU look maaaahvalous!

For me, I am 59. 27 pounds gone and another 20ish to go (the avi is 'before'). A few lines seem to have set up house-keeping but not gaunt. And my skin looks better than it has in decades.

casmira · 04-17-2012, 12:26 PM

That's the kind of thing I need to hear! Your face does not look like the face of a person who's lost that amount of weight.

gotsomeold · 04-17-2012, 12:53 PM

That pic is 'before' I lost. DH has me posing "Would you please hold still? Stop making faces! Can't you smile like a normal person? Now sit still! Stop making faces! %#^$ there goes the battery!" Someday I will get a current photo and post it.

Kissa · 04-17-2012, 01:18 PM

But we love this one. It makes me smile every day.

Muffabuff · 04-17-2012, 01:46 PM

Nancy, every time I see your smiling pic it makes me smile also.
Vanessa

gotsomeold · 04-17-2012, 01:52 PM

Tell my family I look better 'real'!!!

mykidsteacher · 04-17-2012, 02:20 PM

I love that pic too. Although I would like to see you now too.

At 47, I think I could be looking gaunt at my weight, but I don't think I do. Just got my new driver's license today, and I LOVE my picture. Who gets to say that? My old one was 6 years old, and I look younger in the new by far.

My skin is in great shape. I've lost 26 pounds since last Aug (most of it not on JUDDD however) and have a bit of wrinkly skin on my belly (but I have had 4 dc as well), but none elsewhere.

And I'm not breaking out during tom ever anymore. It's really hard being my age and breaking out like a 16 yo every month. LOL So I'm glad that's gone.

But like I said, my diet of choice is paleo, so it's not just JUDDD going on here, so I can't attribute any changes specifically to that.

I did have a massage therapist guess my age at 32 though---LOVED that. LOL She's a friend of my mom's and wasn't even fishing for a tip.

mainemom · 04-17-2012, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlinggirl

Nope no good news from me!

at least not on the loose skin.. i have a new problem. wrinkle in my thighs due to loss of inches.. but i need to now start to exersise to make sure i dont make a mess of my new slimmer body.. I do feel that with slower loss though i dont have a gaunt look to my face.. so that is a plus.. but!! I now have some chicken looking skin on my neck! Lmao.. i need a real strong firming cream to combatt this i think!

Good luck.. and these are great problems to have now i think.

Oh, Kimberly - this is me, too! Wrinkly thighs above the knees and wrinkly "old lady" skin under my upper arms. Don't know if anyone remembers the old show "Murphy Brown" with Candace Bergen, but in one episode, she referred to the upper arm stuff as "underarm dingle dangle." I know I'm 51, but darnit, I'm not ready to be so wrinkly!

Beeb · 04-17-2012, 06:30 PM

I

Nancy's pic, too!

At 136/137 pounds I don't look gaunt. At 132 I did!

Not sure why but those 4/5 pounds made me look too thin and the wrinkles were much more pronounced.

Staying at the weight I am I look youthful and glowing. I like youthful and glowing!!

Alcestis · 04-17-2012, 07:07 PM

I don't know about gaunt yet (I'm sitting here thinking, "That sounds like a wonderful problem to have"), but I have to add that I

Nancy's pic too! Makes me smile every morning

cuttie99 · 04-18-2012, 05:43 AM

I must comment on nancy's pic. It shows a very happy fun lady. always makes me smile when I look at it. Looks like you are in a middle of a dance.... So natural, just love it!

stargazer · 04-18-2012, 05:54 AM

Agree - that picture always makes me smile.

I'm a natural chubby chops so losing weight just gives me back my face. I hate that I always show weight gain in my cheeks and chin. You can hide away your tummy in a baggy sweater but I'm not ready to go as far as take to the veil.

I lost 3 stone about 8 years ago and my tummy was the only place to crinkle. I body brush in the hope that will help. I have heard that eating raw helps with the problem.

I think eating enough good fats and eating raw is your best bet to having a healthy look.

sazzie · 04-18-2012, 05:59 AM

Nancy,

Your posts are always so bright and cheerful with a keen sense of humor, and this picture reflects all of that.

Thanks for being 'you'!

Babsbabs · 04-18-2012, 06:26 AM

I hadn't even considered the problem of looking gaunt yet. I will have to add that to the list

I have only been on JUDDD for a little over a month and this seems kind of crazy but I think my wrinkles are going away a bit. I don't have a lot of wrinkles just some on my forehead and the start of some around my eyes but they seem to be softening. Can't think of what could be improving them other then the diet.

ouizoid · 04-18-2012, 06:46 AM

just a thought. I look gaunt when I have first lost weight. But later, my face seems to fill back in. Maybe looking gaunt is a sign to other people to feed ya quick, lol! I find that the initial facial gauntness seems to "normalize" once you have stayed at a lower weight for awhile.

04-17-2012, 11:30 AM	#1
casmira Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 147 Gallery: casmira	Gaunt? Or Not Gaunt? I was looking at some earlier threads a few hours ago (so I can't recall the poster name/thread, sorry!), and a lady mentioned that, uniquely on this diet, she is not looking gaunt. This is something I'd like to explore a bit! I'm now at the age (37) where people start remarking on gauntness when you lose weight, and how much better you look as you regain. I guess that's why one of the things that attracted me to this WOE was the prospect that it might not make one look haggard as the weight drops. I'd love to lose 25lbs, but I know that on a normal diet, I'd look ravaged. What are your experiences? Will switching on a youth gene protect the face to some degree? Also cellulite and loose skin - please tell me you've got some good news here?!

04-17-2012, 11:44 AM	#2
sterlinggirl Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Midland. Michigan Posts: 1,911 Gallery: sterlinggirl Stats: 225/166.8 5'9 46 age 155 End WOE: 4-2013 Searching for new WOE/JUDDD Start Date: Jan 2012. Name Kimberly	Nope no good news from me! at least not on the loose skin.. i have a new problem. wrinkle in my thighs due to loss of inches.. but i need to now start to exersise to make sure i dont make a mess of my new slimmer body.. I do feel that with slower loss though i dont have a gaunt look to my face.. so that is a plus.. but!! I now have some chicken looking skin on my neck! Lmao.. i need a real strong firming cream to combatt this i think! Good luck.. and these are great problems to have now i think. __________________ Kimberly 60# Gone .. Searching for how i will lose the last 10 vanity pounds and keep it off ~

04-17-2012, 02:20 PM	#12
mykidsteacher Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,280 Gallery: mykidsteacher Stats: 152/124-126/125 5'4" WOE: Primal as of Aug 2011/JUDDD (started 1/13/12) Start Date: Aug 2011/I've been maintaining since April 2012	I love that pic too. Although I would like to see you now too. At 47, I think I could be looking gaunt at my weight, but I don't think I do. Just got my new driver's license today, and I LOVE my picture. Who gets to say that? My old one was 6 years old, and I look younger in the new by far. My skin is in great shape. I've lost 26 pounds since last Aug (most of it not on JUDDD however) and have a bit of wrinkly skin on my belly (but I have had 4 dc as well), but none elsewhere. And I'm not breaking out during tom ever anymore. It's really hard being my age and breaking out like a 16 yo every month. LOL So I'm glad that's gone. But like I said, my diet of choice is paleo, so it's not just JUDDD going on here, so I can't attribute any changes specifically to that. I did have a massage therapist guess my age at 32 though---LOVED that. LOL She's a friend of my mom's and wasn't even fishing for a tip. __________________ Tina--wife of 21 years and mom to 4 great kids. Paleo/primal since Aug 2011. Lost 20 pounds. Started JUDDD 1/13/12 to lose the last few and maintain for life.

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04-17-2012, 11:51 AM	#3
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	Just lost my post! No Cellulite, lucky me! Some wrinkly skin as described above, and at almost 65 I think that is there forever. Am I gaunt, please see photo? I don't think so but if I lost any more I might be. No one thinks I look my age, but I don't think it can just be JUDDD, as I only started that in October.

04-17-2012, 11:52 AM	#4
casmira Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 147 Gallery: casmira	I did think I was being a bit too hopeful alright! Maybe I'll just start saving the money from the incredibly cheap down days and prepare to be surgerised!!

04-17-2012, 12:12 PM	#6
gotsomeold Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Asheville, NC / Marietta, Ga Posts: 3,287 Gallery: gotsomeold Stats: 175/127.6/GOAL at 128, size six fits! 5'4, 60yo WOE: JUDDD, PHD Start Date: LC/EFGT - 9/15/11, JUDDD - 1/1/12	Cindy, we only have to look at your lovely daughter to know there are some kick-a beauty genetics in your heritage! YOU look maaaahvalous! For me, I am 59. 27 pounds gone and another 20ish to go (the avi is 'before'). A few lines seem to have set up house-keeping but not gaunt. And my skin looks better than it has in decades.

04-17-2012, 12:26 PM	#7
casmira Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 147 Gallery: casmira	That's the kind of thing I need to hear! Your face does not look like the face of a person who's lost that amount of weight.

04-17-2012, 12:53 PM	#8
gotsomeold Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Asheville, NC / Marietta, Ga Posts: 3,287 Gallery: gotsomeold Stats: 175/127.6/GOAL at 128, size six fits! 5'4, 60yo WOE: JUDDD, PHD Start Date: LC/EFGT - 9/15/11, JUDDD - 1/1/12	That pic is 'before' I lost. DH has me posing "Would you please hold still? Stop making faces! Can't you smile like a normal person? Now sit still! Stop making faces! %#^$ there goes the battery!" Someday I will get a current photo and post it.

04-17-2012, 01:18 PM	#9
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	But we love this one. It makes me smile every day.

04-17-2012, 01:46 PM	#10
Muffabuff Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Oregon Coast Posts: 792 Gallery: Muffabuff Stats: 5ft tall start 143 now 116.5 WOE: LC / JUDDD. Started juddd 3/26/12 Start Date: 11/15/12	Nancy, every time I see your smiling pic it makes me smile also. Vanessa

04-17-2012, 01:52 PM	#11
gotsomeold Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Asheville, NC / Marietta, Ga Posts: 3,287 Gallery: gotsomeold Stats: 175/127.6/GOAL at 128, size six fits! 5'4, 60yo WOE: JUDDD, PHD Start Date: LC/EFGT - 9/15/11, JUDDD - 1/1/12	Tell my family I look better 'real'!!!

04-17-2012, 06:30 PM	#14
Beeb Why wait, just do it NOW! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Where Super Storm Sandy Wiped Out All My Childhood Memories!! Posts: 11,758 Gallery: Beeb Stats: 152 WOE: Thintuition - Intuitive Eating	I Nancy's pic, too! At 136/137 pounds I don't look gaunt. At 132 I did! Not sure why but those 4/5 pounds made me look too thin and the wrinkles were much more pronounced. Staying at the weight I am I look youthful and glowing. I like youthful and glowing!!

04-17-2012, 07:07 PM	#15
Alcestis Major LCF Poster! Join Date: May 2003 Location: New England Posts: 2,503 Gallery: Alcestis Stats: 16/10/8 5' 8" WOE: JUDDD 1850/600 Start Date: December 13th, 2011	I don't know about gaunt yet (I'm sitting here thinking, "That sounds like a wonderful problem to have"), but I have to add that I Nancy's pic too! Makes me smile every morning

04-18-2012, 05:43 AM	#16
cuttie99 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 269 Gallery: cuttie99 Stats: 5'2 171 WOE: post hcg, lost 60lbs Start Date: Juddd 4/30, restarted 11/30	I must comment on nancy's pic. It shows a very happy fun lady. always makes me smile when I look at it. Looks like you are in a middle of a dance.... So natural, just love it!

04-18-2012, 05:54 AM	#17
stargazer Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Oxford (UK) Posts: 289 Gallery: stargazer Stats: 190/166/147 5' 10" WOE: Juddd/ Dukan Start Date: March 2012	Agree - that picture always makes me smile. I'm a natural chubby chops so losing weight just gives me back my face. I hate that I always show weight gain in my cheeks and chin. You can hide away your tummy in a baggy sweater but I'm not ready to go as far as take to the veil. I lost 3 stone about 8 years ago and my tummy was the only place to crinkle. I body brush in the hope that will help. I have heard that eating raw helps with the problem. I think eating enough good fats and eating raw is your best bet to having a healthy look.

04-18-2012, 05:59 AM	#18
sazzie Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 3,925 Gallery: sazzie Stats: Maintaining ±4 lbs.	Nancy, Your posts are always so bright and cheerful with a keen sense of humor, and this picture reflects all of that. Thanks for being 'you'!

04-18-2012, 06:26 AM	#19
Babsbabs Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 635 Gallery: Babsbabs Stats: HW203 SW163.8 CW145 5'8 1/2" Age 46 WOE: JUDDD Start Date: March 2012	I hadn't even considered the problem of looking gaunt yet. I will have to add that to the list I have only been on JUDDD for a little over a month and this seems kind of crazy but I think my wrinkles are going away a bit. I don't have a lot of wrinkles just some on my forehead and the start of some around my eyes but they seem to be softening. Can't think of what could be improving them other then the diet.

04-18-2012, 06:46 AM	#20
ouizoid Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,920 Gallery: ouizoid Stats: 225/165/145 WOE: JUDDD	just a thought. I look gaunt when I have first lost weight. But later, my face seems to fill back in. Maybe looking gaunt is a sign to other people to feed ya quick, lol! I find that the initial facial gauntness seems to "normalize" once you have stayed at a lower weight for awhile.