Loose Skin

It retracts with time. There is nothing you can do to speed it up. With your goal weight loss being so high, unless you have some awesome skin, there will likely be at least some. The severity of which you won't know until you get there.

It's kind of the same thing as woman a has a kid, body goes right back to normal; whereas woman b has a kid, doesn't get any bigger than girl number one, but ends up looking like she has pumpkin skin glued to her abdomen.

You're right it's better to be skinnier/healthier. Good for you! You're on the right track now! There might be creams that help skin elasticity that might give you a boost. don't know if they work though? I think the above poster is right about it being individual but I"m not one to turn my nose up at trying at least. I know spas have wraps they claim helps this too, just FYI because I havent' tried them so can't vouch.

I think your attitude that it's better to be healthy on the inside is the more important part. Just have faith that you will be one of the lucky ones and that even if you're not the right solution will come to you when the time is right. There are shows where people who lose a lot and have excess skin are rewarded with surgery to correct that, so that's a thing too, just in case.

Oh and there used to be a belief unsure if it's still there that certain kinds of workouts ( i think lifting) helps with that. Maybe somebody can chime in on that?

Lastly I had a vegetarian friend who I always encouraged to at least eat some meat or more protein. Suddenly she took my advice and added boiled chicken breasts to her diet and surprised me with a big thank you note with her picture in a sleeveless top because suddenly some saggy arm and chin skin was taught. she thought it was the chicken but I don't really know? I only was concerned with her getting enough protein for regular health reasons, didn't know and still don't if it had that effect but just relay the story so you might research this if you wish.

It helps to have slower weight loss and also to lift. If you lose slowly, your skin won't seem to hang as much because it should bounce back quicker...especially at your age. I've also heard cocoa butter helps and there are creams that women use while pregnant to help the elasticity of their skin so maybe try that? I can't vouch for it either, but I have heard of people using it.

I have loose skin around my tummy and my arms. My stretchmarks have deflated and now run around my tummy like a 3D map. I have been overweight for 30 years so it will take a long time to go back, if it ever does. I don't mind. I see this as my battle scars and it was a battle I WON! I would so much rather have the loose skin than being the size I was (size 28, now size 14). I have got my life back. SPANX are wonderful things!!

I have read a lot about this! I wish had read up before loosing 100 lbs!! LIFT WEIGHTS WHILE LOOSING WEIGHT! Cardio will let you loose weight fast but lifting & strength training during ur loss will help prevent extra skin!!

Slow and steady along with weights...don't be scared of lifting, this will help tremendously!

There are tons of things that you can do to help your skin regain elasticity. I have been successful with all of them. What I do is I shower 2 times a day. Once in the morning. Once at night. I use a hard scrub brush and bath wash with firming microbeads. Right now I'm just using softsoap brand cocoa butter scrub with microbeads. You scrub hard on the areas where you have loose skin with hot water. after you are done scrubbing, you rinse off with cold water. Scrubbing off that dead layer of skin will let a new more elastic layer grown in its place. After each shower I use skin firming lotion with collagen and vitamins A, C, and E. All of those support elasticity. I also have stretch mark reducing cream and oil which also helps firm your skin. I've seen a huge improvement in the last couple weeks since I started!

But the main thing you'll have to remember is strength training. You have to build up your muscle under that layer of fat. Building that up will reduce the appearance of saggy skin. Also... don't lose weight too quickly. I lost a lot of weight really fast and now I have to work really hard to find ways to correct it.

Slow and steady wins the race!

I never considered this a problem until I lost the weight. It came off some fast at one point. I did some reading on it and came to the conclusion it was going to take a while to go away. I anticipated that it would take 18 months for that to happen. I have just kept doing the same things I did to lose the weight and it is going away a lot faster than I expected. I think instead of 18 months it will probably be 6 to 8.

Move to Canada!! Your excess-skin removal is covered here if it's a result of healthy weight loss!! Oh Canada!

You look awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way, forgot to say I have done it all with weightlifting - I have osteoarthritis in my knee and need a knee replacement, so hardly any cardio.