In need of some honest feedback please

darsh506
darsh506 Posts: 8 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi

I've previously posted about flabby loose skin around the belly. I have since being continuing my diet and exercise and just don't seem to be budging anything from my torso (belly, back and lower chest). I have however noticed my legs improving a lot my quads are showing through and even when i walk you can see the definition. Nothing seems to move from the top!

At first, I was only taking in around 1500 Calories and i would exercise on the bike steady sate cardio hit around 1000cal every two days then rest with no weights. my diet was at the time OMAD

For months i noticed nothing happening up top and only my legs trimming down.

I have since done some research on MFP and found I have been eating too less. My BMR is 1600cal and I should eat 2000cal based on my light activity to remain in a deficit. I have now changed my entire routine and have done so for the past 2 weeks. I have noticed a slight change in my body composition (due to the addition of weights ) but the loose flabby skin is there still it seems to shift with my body i.e. if I lie down I look good because it falls to the side but bending over it all hangs in front, I can also grab it and stretch it.


The reason I decided to fix up is a blood test result that said i was border line diabetic my whole family has diabetes and I wanted to prove that you can fight it with the right food and activity one should not accept it as fate. I have since had another blood test and i am now in the clear!

Enough waffling I'm going to try add enough detail below and post some pics (please excuse the ugliness)

Age 31
Starting weight 95Kg
Height 5ft 10
Current weight 79Kg
Goal weight 63KG
Fat 25%

Typical day of food/ exercise

1st activity Wake up perform HIIT cardio on bike for 20 mins 200cal typically burned

Meal 1
40g Oats with 250ml water and 1 scoop of whey optimum nutrition (115)

Meal 2
300g chicken breast fried using 1cal spray 15 sprays (318)
100g of long green beans (35)
1tlbs soy sauce 1tlbs Siracha (18+37)
180g baby potatoes (171)
50g of peppers (18)

Meal 3
300g chicken breast fried using 1cal spray 15 sprays (318)
100g of long green beans (35)
1tlbs soy sauce 1tlbs Siracha (18+37)
120g baby potatoes (171)
50g of peppers (18)

Meal 4
125g chicken slices (215)


2nd activity Weight training varying from dead lifts one day to chest back biceps etc

Meal 5
2 scoops of whey protein (230)
Nuts to bridge any calories not eaten.

Some days I finish work really late and won’t have cooked for the next day these days I still count the calories however its not the best food I tend to buy chicken salad and chicken sandwiches

Throughout the day at a minimum i will reach 5000 steps.

Any help or just honest feedback would be great or if you think i am doing is rubbish or what i am doing is right and that the loose flabby skin is something im going to have to live with?

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  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    You're already at the top of the healthy BMI range for your height. (For others who are reading: 79kg = 174 lb., BMI 25.) Fat loss would be very slow at this point; 0.25 kg/week would be a reasonable target, and you will most likely not see the scale go down every week. Two weeks is definitely not enough time to know whether or not your plan is working.

    For people who are in a healthy BMI range but not happy with their bodies, recomp can be a good option. Recomp involves following a structured strength training plan to build muscle and reduce fat. It makes most people happier with their appearance, but it is a slow process.

    If you lose more weight, your body can burn that fat from anywhere. It might come from the areas you want it to come from, or not. There's no way to control that. However, building muscle would help you get a more "toned" look.

    I would suggest losing a bit more so that you are in the middle of your healthy BMI range instead of at the very top of it, and then transitioning into recomp.
  • darsh506
    darsh506 Posts: 8 Member
    Sharon_C wrote: »
    For most people the stomach is the last place to lose. I lose in my legs first--very frustrating. But it is what it is. As for the flabby skin, that's based on genetics. Some people's skin will snap back nice and tight, others not. Yours may not snap back.

    People have had to have skin removal surgery to get rid of loose skin. Not saying you will need to, but some people do.

    What you eat isn't as important as how much you eat (people will argue this, but it truly is all about calories in vs calories out). Make sure you are eating the calories MFP has given you. If that doesn't work, adjust accordingly.

    I know you want someone to tell you to do this and do that, but that's not how it works. Everyone has to go through their own trial and error to find what works for them.

    Thanks for the reply I am following the calories very closely and input the food in as my food based on the nutrition info provided by the manufacturers I'm hoping it doesn't come down to surgery in my past I have done this before but much younger roughly 6 years ago I got down to 10st and had no issues of loose skin I guess age could be playing a part.
  • darsh506
    darsh506 Posts: 8 Member
    jim_pipkin wrote: »
    Try adding all three types of Collagen to your diet - Type 1 and 3 in the AM, Type 2 several hours later or at the end of the evening. The weight training will help, but if the problem persists for a couple of years you might want to consider surgery. I'm in the same boat, have dropped over 50kg this year, and the loose skin is troubling. Collagen helps, but only so much.

    Hi do you recommend any brand on particular ?
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