Loose skin with weight loss

Seeker2203 · May 2019

I am 28 yrs now and I was 203 pounds since 10yrs . Recently I decided to loose fat and in last 7 months I lost 48 pounds only by eating healthy and calorie deficit. I ddnt do any cardio or weight exercises .
Everything is going fine just that I face few issues
1. My weight loss has slowed down , I only lost 6 pounds in last 2 months
2. I can see loose skin on my face and I fear with further weight loss I might have more loose skin
3. My face looks little pale and not as shiny as it use to look
4. I am confused whether I should start weights but my dietician warn me that I may look pumped with weights

Danp · May 2019

I'll address each
1. 6lb in 2 months is still 6lb and a rate of 3lb per month is fine. Depending on how close you're getting to your goal weight a loss of 1lb-0.5lb per week is expected.
2. The skin is there, losing weight won't give you more of it. You have to decided if you want the skin you have to be full of fat or not.
3. Can't really comment there, never paid the slightest attention to my skin. Perhaps a female might be able to shed some light
4. Listen to a dietitian about your diet and nutrition (as long as it's a Registered Dietitian and not a 'Nutritionist') not exercise. Getting "pumped" is CRAZY hard to do and requires massive amounts of dedication, time and effort it's not something that will happen accidentally.

PAV8888 · May 2019

Get a better dietitian

wmweeza · May 2019

Unless you train constantly with high weights for YEARS you will not get "Pumped", women just aren't built like that. You will get toned and fill in some of the areas that loose skin left.

OooohToast · May 2019

Hello OP - and firstly, well done on the awesome weight loss to date !!

1. You are still losing weight - do you think your diet is more sustainable now or might it be because you have lost so much weight to date, your calorie deficit is naturally smaller ? Are you weighing and logging all your food and drinks?
2. I am starting to see some loose skin too - I have started moisturising like a fiend (in a very firm massage kind of way) and it is looking a little better. I think I've got more fat to lose in these places and muscle to build to get it looking better though.
3. Did your dietician have any advice on the pale skin ? This really could be anything - are you on a low fat diet ? Personally, my skin has gone like this if my fat consumption was too low and/or my carb consumption was too high (for me). Are you sleeping properly ?
4. I'm female and build muscle very easily - I have never ever been pumped ! Weight training is a great way to change the composition of your body and bring lots of benefits when done properly. As you have never lifted weights before and if you want to start, I would encourage you to get some time with someone who knows what they are doing to help you with your form, understand your goals and build you a plan.

Good luck OP - you've done so much already, I am sure you can ace this !

AnnPT77 · May 2019

1. Loose skin shrinks more slowly than fat loss happens (even slow fat loss).
2. Enough fat must be lost from the area that it doesn't conspire with gravity to keep skin stretched out. Thin wrinkles, like wrinkles in fabric, are the stuff that can shrink. 1/2" plus rolls or flaps still have subcutaneous fat.

The result is that many of us look worse part way to goal, than we will at goal (because of 2). And we look worse at goal than we do several months to a couple of years later (because of 1). My loose skin - the thin-wrinkles kind - kept shrinking well into year 2 of maintenance.

You will look better with loose skin than with fat, especially in clothes. More important, you'll be healthier.

Paleness: Poor nutrition, or over-restricting calories (by losing weight too fast, taking no maintenance breaks, etc.), or possibly exercise issues (either too much, or too little).

Don't take exercise advice from a dietician. That's not their wheelhouse. S/he's completely wrong.

Women build muscle slowly, at best, especially during weight loss. You'll have plenty of time to back off if you approach a look you don't prefer. And it won't happen for a bare minimum of months or years, likely never.

Extreme photos of female bodybuilders show someone who took years of hard work to get there, possibly with illegal drugs involved, and extreme loss of body fat so the muscles show. In daily life, on the street, even those bodybuilders don't look like that.

Allgaun · May 2019

The pale skin can be an iron deficiency, anemia. Talk to your doctor and eat your spinach

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