loose skin

Time will help. After about a year, I didn't have *much* extra skin left (just a little under my arms and at my knees -- of all places). You're young, it should contract eventually. If you add muscle once the fat is gone, some of the skin will tighten up due to the new bulk in other areas.

That being said, I hear it recommended to moisturize your skin and drink water.

Start doing strength training if you aren't already, it will help a LOT but it won't happen overnight so you'll need to practice patience. Make sure you're getting your sleep, drinking plenty of water, protein and fresh fruits and veggies. It also helps to moisturize using lotion with collogen and vitamin E.

I don't know if this will help you -- I do still have some loose skin. But I have gone from HW 307 to my MFP SW 262, and now at 177 lb.

I can honestly say that along the way around 215-240 lb was the WORST time for loose skin, I was really concerned. My neck was disturbingly loose looking and I just felt like I was going to look gruesome if I got to 180-200. I didn't!

Once I got to 199 it really improved in some areas, especially my lower belly and thighs. Even my arms improved a little bit although they're still my worst area. What people say about our bodies needing a little time to "catch up" is true, in my experience. In fact, I expect even at age 37 for my loose skin to improve more even in the next couple of years as I lose a bit more and maintain.

For reference, I was always 230+ lb from ages 17-36. And even with some loose skin on my arms and upper abdomen I am a lot happier now with my body overall :-)

I suspect you're just losing weight too quickly for your skin to keep up. Dial back your loss rate, and take it more easily, as 3.33 lbs a week is quite high. Drinking a decent quantity of water, good cleansing, and a high strength vitamin e cream may help also, but this is more general advise rather than specifically for loose skin.

I'm losing 3.63 pounds per week, 44 pounds so far, and don't have any loose skin (again, so far). I doubt it's purely about rate of loss.

I'm not sure that something like this can be generalized. The results seem quite variable.

The most common suggestions seem to be drinking water, using moisturizer, weights, being patient, and hoping for the best.

What type of weights will benefit us the best? I have lost and want to tone my tummy as well.

Hang in there man, you may have some loose skin at the end but there are things you can along with your weight loss to help with the overall appearance of it.

I'm down a bit over 60lbs from my start. Along with losing I had a mix of strength AND hypertrophy training to help keep things tight. It takes a bit of searching to figure out where you need the work. It won't be an overnight fix like surgery or have the results of a good deal of time but there are things you can do to help the appearance.

Like for example "moobs" you combat the appearance of moobs by building up your shoulders and upper chest more with things like overhead presses and incline bench. Throw in some cable crossovers to help build out the inner chest. Then look at how the body is layed out and you will find you have muscle connection under those man tits to some of your back muscles so throw in some bent over rows. Strength training is great but for saggy skin appearance you want to aim for lots of hypertrophy training to get some size in those muscles to reduce the saggy appearance.

Good luck to ya and keep researching.