Likelihood of Excess skin at 17

quazzimodo619
quazzimodo619 Posts: 1
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello, I have a target to get down to 185lbs from 360+/- in under two years and am 17 years old. I began in October 2013 and have so far lost 64lbs and already I have what seems to be alot of lean mass hidden beneath the fat and I am trying to maintain it through resistance training. My skin is also quite tight with little stretch marks however it still has fat beneath it and moves around the muscle. I have so far not noticed any loose skin but that is to be expected since there is still alot of fat there.

My question is, what is the likelihood that I will have loose skin if I am doing weights 4 times a week, am 17 and am consuming an average of 1600 calories a day? My health has always been good and I am a fast healer which may indicate good genetics along the basis of synthesizing the material that makes up skin etc.

Thanks for any advice and/or answers to my question.

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  • doIlhands
    doIlhands Posts: 349 Member
    I think it will be inevitable to atleast have some loose skin after losing almost 200lbs.
  • gregpack
    gregpack Posts: 426 Member
    It differs for everyone, but your chances are much better that your skin will recover while you are young. They say to allow up to two years for it to fully recover.

    You're smart for getting it off now and understanding the importance of retaining muscle mass. I would encourage you to eat a little more than 1700/day. Keep up the good work
  • katorihanzo
    katorihanzo Posts: 234 Member
    From what I understand, the slower you lose the less likely it is that you'll have loose skin? This may not be cause and effect - I mean it may be that time just makes the skin better and so it seems as though the slower weight loss results in less loose skin. But either way, it might be worth it to aim for like 2 1/2 years or 3 years if that means you can lose slow and focus on training and not have to deal with loose skin.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    It differs for everyone, but your chances are much better that your skin will recover while you are young. They say to allow up to two years for it to fully recover.

    You're smart for getting it off now and understanding the importance of retaining muscle mass. I would encourage you to eat a little more than 1700/day. Keep up the good work
    This is great advice a lot of it can be down to genetics also. I really wouldn't worry about that too much the important thing is to get your weight down now and improve your health that way. You will get some loose skin as you lose the weight try not to stress too much as when you are down to your goal weight hopefully it will catch up with you. Congratulations on your achievements so far

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