Reverse crunches help tighten the area. Much as I hate them, I do them a lot

I have some friends who lost weight later in life and they tell me there's only so much you can do with exersize. The crunches firm up the underlying muscle - but can't do anything about the extra skin. Some learned to live with it - some go for the knife (plastic surgery). There may be some more advanced topical creams that would help - I'd definitely track that down before getting cut!

Congrats on the lost weight. I have also lost some weight, not as much as you, but enough to not recognize my ass when I would touch it.
And it takes time to see improvement with the tightening of the skin after losing weight.

I could propose a fun abs exercise. Stand on your back, let your back as flat as possible. Raise your legs, then lower a leg until you feel that your back is about to raise from the ground. Raise back your leg and alternate with the other. As you get more used to that exercise, you will be able to lower your legs lower and lower, which makes your abs work harder. The first time you try it and that you feel like your muscles burn, do two more. And use that number as the reference for your 2-3 series.

Good luck!

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there are a # of good exercises on this site

Thanks for the input. I'll definitely add those to my work-out. No going under the knife. Misha's Amusements, great site!! Thanks!

congrats!

First, congrats...huge accomplishment and you deserve a pat on the back

Second...flutter kicks. Seriously. I was in the USCM and my husband is a soldier. They work