Lose Skin?
            
                
                    amandabrookie252                
                
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                    I'm 21 years old and a female, my weight has fluctuated all my life but I'm at the heaviest I've ever been now at 215 
 I really want to lose at least 60 lbs but I'm a bit worried about lose skin happening. At my thinnest I believe I was around 140ish and it looked good for my body structure but even then I had only lost 30-40 lbs to get to that point. I'm getting back into the swing of dieting, my job requires I move around at least a moderate amount and I lift dogs onto exam tables and restrain them (I'm a vet assistant). Will my age help me with not having lose skin or is there something other than weight training I can do to prevent lose skin? Also is setting a weight loss goal of 60 lbs too high for a 6 month period?                
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            Lose the weight slower, so your skin can keep up.
And weight training is great.0 - 
            If you do it slowly it will be fine! dont rush these things, its a marathon, not a sprint! if you want motivation you can add me if you like
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            I lost 150 pounds really slowly (it took 6 years) but because I had gained it so quickly before (had gained 100 in a year) my elasticity was shot. I could pull my belly skin half a foot away from my body. I had some skin removal surgery, but my skin will never fit me like it would if I had always been thin. But you know what? It is much better to have loose skin than to weigh 325 pounds.0
 
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