How can you tell between loose skin and fat?
First off I just want to say hello to everyone. This is my first post. I haven't done my stats yet, so I'll type them in now... I just turned 35 this month, am 5'6, and currently weigh at 156lbs... Last year however, this was dramatically different... Literally last year at my heaviest i was 193lbs, and at 5'6 that's pretty fat... I was diagnosed with gout and was prescribed medicine that I had an extreme allergic reaction to. Was hospitalized for almost two weeks... Any way, after that I had changed my eating and exercising habbits. Now I am just so addicted to working out, that my appearance has become my primary motivation and health has become secondary...
My question is, by losing almost 40lbs in a little less than a year (considering my frame), is the flesh I'm able to pinch on my sides and gut fat or loose skin?... and how can I tell the difference, and if its loose skin how does that get tightened up?