How long for your body shape to stabilize?

I to am curious. While I have never lost that kind of weight I am curious as the answer. You see my sister is needing to lose alot of weight. And I am wanting to know for her.

Shelley

Count me in to, to see what the experience is. Thanks for posting it.

I gained 50 pounds with my last pregnancy and it took a year to lose the actual weight, then another 6 months to lose 15 more pounds, then probably a good year more and a lot of heavy weight lifting for it to be back to 'normal', although I still have a little loose skin on my tummy that isn't ever going away. I have spent the last 8 years lifting weights and my body shape/muscle base continues to improve.

Yes, your body will slowly mold over the next year...Unfortunately not always will it all tighten, depending on your age and elasticity of your skin. Drink a lot of water and focus on skin health to restore elasticity so it goes back to the best of its ability :-)

I have done some research in to this and from what I have come to understand it has nothing to do with your skin but the stuff under it.

The hypodermis is beneath dermis which is beneath epidermis. It is used mainly for fat storage. It is often referred to as subcutaneous tissue though this is a less precise and anatomically inaccurate term.

The hypodermis is not part of the skin, and lies below the dermis. Its purpose is to attach the skin to underlying bone and muscle as well as supplying it with blood vessels and nerves. It consists of loose connective tissue and elastin. The main cell types are fibroblasts, macrophages and adipocytes (the hypodermis contains 50% of body fat).

Fibrous bands made of collagen and elastin anchor the skin to the deep fascia. How well your body can maintain them is not very well understood and has a lot of factors like age.

so it comes down to luck

I have a lot of extra skin. I dont like it, but I can think of things much worse, that have happened to a lot better people then me.
This is me after about 2 years of maintaining and weight lifting.

With a shirt on no one can ever tell I had a lot of lose skin

It will shrink up a little bit with time but if you have a lot, bottom line is you will need an operation to get rid of it.

Crusader Sam

Your post represents everything I love about this website.

Informative, real life experience, examples and photos of real life and real life bodies.

I really admire your progress and results. You've done an amazing job and whether you have a shirt on or not, we can all see that you are nothing but a buff, proud and strong athlete.

The loose skin just tells us even more about your character and won battles.

Hats off to you Sir!

I have a lot of extra skin. I dont like it, but I can think of things much worse, that have happened to a lot better people then me.

Love it.

Great work Sam!!!

Excess skin really depends on age, weight lost, whether you've been a yo-yo dieter who's lost and gained for years and years, etc. Everyone's different. My highest weight was 272. Today I was 119. I'm 61 years old, 5 feet tall and have lost and gained massive amts. of weight my entire life. I am currently on maintenance. After losing 150 pounds and re-gaining 75, I decided I was tired of the binge-diet lifestyle. (I'd lost and gained 100 pounds at least 3 times). I had Gastric Sleeve Surgery last August. It's a tool to stop the binge eating. For example.... I can no longer eat an entire large pizza in one sitting.... One slice and I'm full. Having the surgery was the best decision I've ever made. I look great in clothes, but naked, I look like a 100 year old woman.... or a Sharpei puppy. My skin isn't going to shrink. It's going to take multiple cosmetic surgeries to remove all my access skin. I'm most bothered by my "wings". I'm currently in the process of exploring my options for surgery. I had my sleeve surgery in Mexico with Dr. Guillermo Alvarez. I'm considering returning to Mexico for plastics, once I've done enough research to choose a Surgeon.