Will this cause excess skin?

ashley26704
ashley26704 Posts: 72 Member
edited September 29 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi :D
Will eating about 1200 calories a day and burning 1500 cause me to have excess skin? I don't want it, but i've heard if you lose more than a pound a week your body doesn't have time to adjust the skin, so in the end you'll have excess skin. I have about 39 pounds to go, and have lost 17 :smile: the 17 i have lost i've lost very slowly. I just need advice about this. Thanks! :flowerforyou:

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  • angelameda
    angelameda Posts: 9 Member
    I am no doc but the more faster you loss it thee more skin you have hangin around so slow is better with exercise should tighten it up!!!!!!
  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    well.... whether it does or not, its not healthy, and if youre losing adequately why change it?
  • Kirsty_UK
    Kirsty_UK Posts: 964 Member
    Hi :D
    Will eating about 1200 calories a day and burning 1500 cause me to have excess skin?

    I presume you mean you will be eating 1200 a day PLUS the 1500 burnt from exercise, otherwise you're expecting your body to survive on -300 cals a day!!!!

    Please please aim for a minimum of 1200 a day net calories AFTER exercise!
  • nomorefatbitch
    nomorefatbitch Posts: 279
    It's hard to say, because everyone's body is different.

    As for me, I have LOTS of extra skin on my arms (bat wings) and thighs.

    I hate them - but I'd rather have them than all the weight I've been carrying around.
  • thordisintho
    thordisintho Posts: 48 Member
    Do you mean eating 1200 and burning 1500 so you're netting at -300?
    Then YES, your skin will probably sag and eating that little and exercising so much is dangerous, because you aren't even eating to give

    If you mean netting at 1200 then it could be ok, it is the accepted minimum around here but I'm no expert. Just make sure you eat enough and stay healthy! :)
  • hstallings13
    hstallings13 Posts: 306
    It depends on if that is 1200 net or -300 net. the latter could give you loose skin or it could cause you to not loose anything at all as your body needs the fuel to be able to work fully
  • ashley26704
    ashley26704 Posts: 72 Member
    I meant netting at about 1200, but thanks everyone (:
  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    I meant netting at about 1200, but thanks everyone (:

    I think you should be fine. Listen to your body though.. Don't try to beat it into submission.
  • crobinson53
    crobinson53 Posts: 164
    I've lost 21 pounds in a month and half and do not have saggy skin.

    :glasses:
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Unfortunately whether you will get saggy skin or not is mainly genetic... some people do and some lucky people dont!
  • Kirsty_UK
    Kirsty_UK Posts: 964 Member
    Doesn't it also relate to how quickly you put the weight on in the first place? ie if the skin you have stretched quickly and didn't grow much, it just stretched to cover the extra weight, then it's more likely to sag for longer?
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