Skin Skin Skin!

Yesterday was a crazy day. I went to the gym and lifted, then went to Zumba with my friends Jessica and Tiffany! Wow that was a ton of work and sweat! I was walking on the treadmill at the gym and I happened to catch a view of my leg skin moving/shaking. It's so strange because I felt so good walking then I saw my legs and thought ugh! I felt like a wonderful hard working person. After I saw my legs in the mirror I thought a little less. However, I just had to force my mind to say "no I look good on this treadmill!"

Those of you who know me understand I don't care about my extra skin. After all I worked very hard to gain my skin. People love to gawk at my legs. I have gotten used to people looking at my skin sometimes I even shake my leg at them and make then feel more confused. I have so much skin on my legs it is very difficult to find pants that fit. I have spent many mornings crying and throwing pants around my room because they don't fit in my legs. I have also spent time shopping with my husband and crying in dressing rooms because I just can't find pants that fit. During the school year I have to look professional. I always have to wear skirts, dresses, or super baggie pants. Part of the reason I called my blog "Sky's Out Thighs Out" is because in the summer I live by that. I wear shorts every day. Yes they are crazy short, yea my skin hangs out and, shakes around. It doesn't matter to me I am just so happy to wear something I feel free in.

I get a million comments about my skin. I have students who come up and touch my arms and say eww why is your skin like that. I always explain to them I used to weigh a lot and I lost a bunch of weight and this is what's left over. This year I had a student that I had the previous year ask me "Hey Mrs. Duncan why don't just get that extra skin cut off or something?!?!" I told him it is very expensive it's about $5,000 a part of the body. He stood there for a while thinking about what I said and then he said "Wow thats like $20,000/$25,000 dollars!" I was very impressed with the math skills of this first grade student. I told him yep that's why it's still there. I love the skin I'm in. It is a mark of how hard I worked to get here. It won't go away working out won't fix it. I am so very happy to be healthy and on the right path for the rest of my life.
I loved getting married it the love of my life in 2015. Our honeymoon was so fun! I wore a two piece  bikini  for the first time ever. I figured I'm going to the Bahamas no one cares what I look like anyway! I felt awesome in my skin so proud of the way I looked.

I still love showing off my skin. I'm not afrade to show it to other people or shake it in their face. Even though I have gained back a few pounds I still think I look great. Some people in my support groups have said how can you wear shorts? I would never wear shorts. They were embarrassed to show their skin. I know some people have skin problems worse than mine. However, they should still feel good about what they have done. Once I said something to a mean lady who was pointing and laughing at my legs with her and her friends. I went up to them shook my leg in their faces and said " I HAVE LOST 160 POUNDS! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" I don't think they liked what I had to say, but hey I'm not going to let someone do that to me or anyone else.


I every day I'm still working on my self and how I feel in my skin. At the gym I felt I wanted to take pictures of me that way I can see progress. It's funny how I think when I look at the above pictures compared to pictures from yesterday. I see failure in someways and progress in others. Skin is in and it will always be for me. Someday I will be able to wear pants and love the way my legs feel in them. Until that time I will keep working hard. I can even see in one picture where my skin is hanging under my leg how much muscles I have and how toned that muscle is. It's all there but it's just covered up by silly skin!