Loose skin from weight loose?

Im 17yrs old and went from weighing 280lbs in May of 2007 to 218lbs as of October 20th, I lost the weight by weight lifting and changing my eating habits and started a healthy eating life style. My fear is that once i get down to my desired weight of 180lbs by the summer that i would have loose skin and flabby skin on my body. I heard if you lose a lot of weight this happens, I also heard that lifting weights helps tighten the skin, so i dont know what to think. Does any one know what the chances are for me to have loose skin after the final 30lbs are dropped? and what i can do to fix this priar to it happening?





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Loose skin from weight loose?
if you dont have loose skin right now then you most likely wont have loose skin in 40 lbs


i think youll be just fine youve already lost 60 lbs


good work man
Loose skin from weight loose?
yes, it will be looser if you lose the weight quickly, you have to give your body enough time to unstretch.





you can try getting some firming lotion, it might help a little bit.
Reply:I lost about 45 pounds in one summer, and for a while i had loose skin like you are talking about, but then i stayed at that weight and started lifting, and it slowly got tighter, i notice if i gain a little weight in a short amount of time, it starts getting loose again, but yeah just lift and run man and eat right and itll get tight after a while
Reply:if you lose weight at a healthy rate like 2lbs or less a week then you shouldn't worry about it.
Reply:Drink a lot of water, and cut your caffiene. Make sure that you're doing toning/endurance exercizes with weights, as well as strength. Regular massage will help with the tightening and toning of skin as well. Other than that... you can't do a whole lot.
Reply:i believe rapid weight loss is the cause of this. if you maintain a helathy diet and continue your workouts you should be fine. your body will adapt to the weight change with a firmer skin tone.
Reply:I am not 100% sure about the loose skin that would just depends on your body and where it was that you had the weight at. However, I do know that Coco Butter will help with strechmarks and help your skin keep its elactcity. Coco Butter can we found in all kinds of lotions, oils, and rubs. I have found that the Coco butter oil works great!





I just wanted to say Congrats on your great weight loss!! Keep up the good work!
Reply:Your age may be your biggest allie here. Although it is a great deal of weight, you were under 300lbs. combine that fact with your age and your skin should tighten on it's own.





Lifting weights helps in the fact that you are replacing fat with muscle and in turn "filling out" to meet the skin but it probably isn't mandatory. There are exercises you can do to help tighten the skin though. I would do a search on that.





It may take a year or more for your skin to pull in to a normal place but I think in your case it will happen. Now, had you been at say 350lbs. The odds would be against you and you would need to have it surgically removed.
Reply:Well love even at your age you would have to come out of the wall paper to not have loose skin as there is nowhere for it to go once you have lost that much weight. What you want to think about doing when you get to your desired weight is going on a resistance programme and not too much cardiovascular type programme just to tighten up as much as you can by expanding the muscle, but I would say that your best way is to have surgery, maybe you could find out from the nhs if you are entitled to any help when they see that you have tried helping yourself lose the amount that you are planning to, good luck

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