For some of those who responded to "super serious question"
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Regarding loose skin after losing weight... no one can tell you 100% that you won't have any or that if you do this, that or the other you will lose it all.I went from 270 something down to 195 and started noticing sagging skin around 200 pounds. I was 22 when that happened. It can happen even if you're young and I definitely understand your concern about it.
a lot of people said that the skin eventually tightens itself up, is that true?
There are no guarantees, everyones body is very different, yes age comes into factor because the skin is more elastic like than when you get closer to your 30's and up. Rubbing lotion on your skin will NOT make skin go away.... I've always found that suggestion rather strange. It might soften up your skin but the only way to remove skin is surgery.
You can work hard to get fit and you may have less extra skin to deal with after reaching goal but it's any number of things that can cause it. How long a person has been overweight.. if they've been overweight their entire lives their skin is already quite stretched ... Think of a stretched out balloon ..that's how our skin can be after we begin weight loss. Health though is the most important factor in all this.
You'll hear all sorts of responses on here telling you you're young, you'll have no loose skin but in the end you'll end up with what you end up with. Instead of being obsessed about skin work on eating healthy, getting a good work out in, keeping a positive attitude and being peaceful about the process... in the end the skin won't matter so much as you'll feel 100% better than you did before you started.
To stay heavy because one might have loose skin after weight loss makes no sense.. I see so many posts saying they'd rather be obese than have loose skin. :noway:0 -
Ok, I'm going to ignore all the bs at this point.
One thing jumped out at me. She eats one meal a day, in the evening?
Did the same myself for many years. Quite magically, I ended up weighing 298 lbs. As soon as I started eating correctly, the pounds started coming off. I lost 23 lbs just by adding lunch.
Some of the most successful people I know eat just one meal.
However, they eat a proper large meal with appropriate macronutrient content. They know what they're doing. 500 calories of salad and spaghetti is not a proper meal. Neither is two Lunchables and a small tub of yogurt.0 -
Ok, I'm going to ignore all the bs at this point.
One thing jumped out at me. She eats one meal a day, in the evening?
Did the same myself for many years. Quite magically, I ended up weighing 298 lbs. As soon as I started eating correctly, the pounds started coming off. I lost 23 lbs just by adding lunch.
It wasn't magic or meal timing/frequency. You were eating a caloric surplus. You lost the weight by eating at a caloric deficit, not by adding an extra meal at a different time to your day.
Congrats on the 23lb loss, though!0 -
It will eventually, with time and exercise. I had to do a lot of toning on everything. Especially my stomach and arms.
In...
...to learn more about these skin-tightening "toning" exercises...
...that are no doubt divulged in the TEN PAGES already posted...
...that I opened all of given the inevitability of a lock on whatever round* of similar questioning this is...
* I was mostly away from the forums today, so I mean this sincerely...I have no idea which version of this question this is.
ETA: I'm only through page three....
...but am pleased to see so much correct usage of the the word "loose" so far.
Seriously, it warms the cockles of my heart...
...and stuff.
And done. All ten pages...
...and wow.
I have nothing to say...
...not that it would matter since this thread will not exist twelve hours from now anyhow.
Best of luck...everyone...on whatever it is you are trying to do.0 -
stay fat then, Some men like bigger woman.0
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I'm not "slandering" her, although considering this is a written form of speech I think you are referring to libel. I feel very sorry for her.
^Obviously not a parent. I didn't read the whole thread, I don't have that kind of time to commit but as I was skimming I happened to see the first part of this exchange. I have to side with OP on this. As a mother I instantly see red when anyone brings my parenting into question. We don't know what kind of mother she is by this stupid post. To assert that the world would be better off without her having children or to pity her child because of an internet argument is low. I have zero respect for what you said and for anyone who is defending your stance.
I am a parent, and unlike you I did bother to read the whole thing before forming a strong opinion. I even tried to help her.She's a 20yr old "mom" who tells people to go to hell but die of cancer first. You go ahead and set up a playdate if you want. I think she's rubbish, I do feel sorry for her kid, and I don't think that's low. That's common sense and calling water wet.
I don't have to read a long boring thread to determine whether or not it's appropriate to bring ones child into a forum argument. I will always have the strong opinion that children shouldn't be dragged into any disagreements, especially from a stranger. My only point is that I can understand why she felt the way she did regarding that particular post.0 -
Just saying.0 -
Ok, I'm going to ignore all the bs at this point.
One thing jumped out at me. She eats one meal a day, in the evening?
Did the same myself for many years. Quite magically, I ended up weighing 298 lbs. As soon as I started eating correctly, the pounds started coming off. I lost 23 lbs just by adding lunch.
It wasn't magic or meal timing/frequency. You were eating a caloric surplus. You lost the weight by eating at a caloric deficit, not by adding an extra meal at a different time to your day.
Congrats on the 23lb loss, though!0 -
Ok, I'm going to ignore all the bs at this point.
One thing jumped out at me. She eats one meal a day, in the evening?
Did the same myself for many years. Quite magically, I ended up weighing 298 lbs. As soon as I started eating correctly, the pounds started coming off. I lost 23 lbs just by adding lunch.
It wasn't magic or meal timing/frequency. You were eating a caloric surplus. You lost the weight by eating at a caloric deficit, not by adding an extra meal at a different time to your day.
Congrats on the 23lb loss, though!
Um, no, I was not eating at a surplus.0 -
Ok, I'm going to ignore all the bs at this point.
One thing jumped out at me. She eats one meal a day, in the evening?
Did the same myself for many years. Quite magically, I ended up weighing 298 lbs. As soon as I started eating correctly, the pounds started coming off. I lost 23 lbs just by adding lunch.
It wasn't magic or meal timing/frequency. You were eating a caloric surplus. You lost the weight by eating at a caloric deficit, not by adding an extra meal at a different time to your day.
Congrats on the 23lb loss, though!
Um, no, I was not eating at a surplus.
Um. Really. Cause science.
Edit in case you misunderstood and I didn't make myself clear enough. When I wrote that you were eating at a surplus, I meant when you gained the weight and "magically" ended up at 298lbs.0 -
Ok, I'm going to ignore all the bs at this point.
One thing jumped out at me. She eats one meal a day, in the evening?
Did the same myself for many years. Quite magically, I ended up weighing 298 lbs. As soon as I started eating correctly, the pounds started coming off. I lost 23 lbs just by adding lunch.
It wasn't magic or meal timing/frequency. You were eating a caloric surplus. You lost the weight by eating at a caloric deficit, not by adding an extra meal at a different time to your day.
Congrats on the 23lb loss, though!
Um, no, I was not eating at a surplus.
I'm sorry, but you were. With the exception of a few very rare medical conditions, the ONLY way to gain weight is by eating more calories than you expend, long term. It's basic physics. The mass has to come from somewhere. There are really very few exceptions, and meal timing isn't one of them.0 -
Mmmmmk.0
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But, I eat at a deficit and burn 1000 calories every day!
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I'm not "slandering" her, although considering this is a written form of speech I think you are referring to libel. I feel very sorry for her.
^Obviously not a parent. I didn't read the whole thread, I don't have that kind of time to commit but as I was skimming I happened to see the first part of this exchange. I have to side with OP on this. As a mother I instantly see red when anyone brings my parenting into question. We don't know what kind of mother she is by this stupid post. To assert that the world would be better off without her having children or to pity her child because of an internet argument is low. I have zero respect for what you said and for anyone who is defending your stance.
I am a parent, and unlike you I did bother to read the whole thing before forming a strong opinion. I even tried to help her.She's a 20yr old "mom" who tells people to go to hell but die of cancer first. You go ahead and set up a playdate if you want. I think she's rubbish, I do feel sorry for her kid, and I don't think that's low. That's common sense and calling water wet.
I don't have to read a long boring thread to determine whether or not it's appropriate to bring ones child into a forum argument. I will always have the strong opinion that children shouldn't be dragged into any disagreements, especially from a stranger. My only point is that I can understand why she felt the way she did regarding that particular post.
Eh. Okay. I don't really care if you want to defend her or not, it's not changing my mind.0 -
Ok, I'm going to ignore all the bs at this point.
One thing jumped out at me. She eats one meal a day, in the evening?
Did the same myself for many years. Quite magically, I ended up weighing 298 lbs. As soon as I started eating correctly, the pounds started coming off. I lost 23 lbs just by adding lunch.
It wasn't magic or meal timing/frequency. You were eating a caloric surplus. You lost the weight by eating at a caloric deficit, not by adding an extra meal at a different time to your day.
Congrats on the 23lb loss, though!
Um, no, I was not eating at a surplus.
If you were gaining weight, you were eating at a surplus. That is a fact. You cannot build body mass while not eating at a surplus. It's literally impossible.
The best way to know if you're eating a surplus is to see if you're gaining weight.
Period. End of story. Zero argument.0 -
Ok, I'm going to ignore all the bs at this point.
One thing jumped out at me. She eats one meal a day, in the evening?
Did the same myself for many years. Quite magically, I ended up weighing 298 lbs. As soon as I started eating correctly, the pounds started coming off. I lost 23 lbs just by adding lunch.
It wasn't magic or meal timing/frequency. You were eating a caloric surplus. You lost the weight by eating at a caloric deficit, not by adding an extra meal at a different time to your day.
Congrats on the 23lb loss, though!
Um, no, I was not eating at a surplus.
Please tell me more about this. I'm genuinely curious, as I want to gain muscle on a deficit and if you've gained any weight at all on a deficit then you've stumbled into fitness nirvana.0 -
So the 5 lbs I've gained in the last couple of weeks while eating at a defecit and working my a** off is a figment of my imagination? Oh, and lost 2 pants sizes in the last month.
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So the 5 lbs I've gained in the last couple of weeks while eating at a defecit and working my a** off is a figment of my imagination? Oh, and lost 2 pants sizes in the last month.
Ok.
If you're losing pant sizes and gaining weight, it's probably muscular water retention from the workouts, not real weight.
If you're gaining real weight while on a deficit, you're not on a deficit. The definition of a deficit is losing weight. In this case I would suspect that you are one or more of:
1) not accurately measuring and logging your food
2) Your BMR is lower than the calculators predict
3) You're overestimating your exercise0 -
So the 5 lbs I've gained in the last couple of weeks while eating at a defecit and working my a** off is a figment of my imagination? Oh, and lost 2 pants sizes in the last month.
Ok.
....Wat. It's called water retention.0 -
So the 5 lbs I've gained in the last couple of weeks while eating at a defecit and working my a** off is a figment of my imagination? Oh, and lost 2 pants sizes in the last month.
Ok.
5 lbs is a small enough number to be water retention from a new workout program. That's a totally different animal than gaining body mass.
Frankly you can't know if you're in a deficit after just a couple of weeks, really. You need to see real body mass hanhe to know whether you are.
Cause that's how you know. If you lose body mass, you're in a deficit. Otherwise you're not.0 -
So the 5 lbs I've gained in the last couple of weeks while eating at a defecit and working my a** off is a figment of my imagination? Oh, and lost 2 pants sizes in the last month.
Ok.
If you're losing pant sizes and gaining weight, it's probably muscular water retention from the workouts, not real weight.
If you're gaining real weight while on a deficit, you're not on a deficit. The definition of a deficit is losing weight. In this case I would suspect that you are one or more of:
1) not accurately measuring and logging your food
2) Your BMR is lower than the calculators predict
3) You're overestimating your exercise
Or a combination of the above.
Or, like the OP. You are drinking a serious amount of juice.
(how did this thread become about you?)0 -
I'm starting at 286, 5'2", and 27 years old. I'm probably going to have loose skin on my thighs, arms, and stomach because I need to lose about 150 pounds. BUT, I don't want to die at an early age (and my husband wouldn't want that either), so I'm going to lose weight and live with my loose skin :-)
I'm going to try and use lots of lotion, I'm drinking tons of water, I'm lifting and toning, and not going crazy with the weight loss (1-2 pounds a week is what I'm aiming for). I'm sure that I won't love the loose skin, but I'm sure that I'll love my health more. But who knows, maybe I'll be lucky and it won't be too bad!
Good luck to you on your journey
To OP:
do exactly what this person is doing!
She's got it right
Awwww thanks
And this thread has turned crazy......buh-bye!0 -
I love when newbies come along and tell us we're wrong about everything.0
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If anything, I'm underestimating my exercise. The only exercise I enter is cardio. I've been adding more and more strength training as all of the weight I've lost is in my bottom half. I want to find some abs under there too.
Anyway, it was just an observation. Most things I've read recommends eating more small meals a day. I think this is the only place that I've ever read that it's ok to eat just one meal a day. Don't bother pulling out the links. I'm going to keep doing what is working for me.
Didn't mean to jump in the fray.0
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