My skin is my biggest worry with weight loss.

So i've been lurking on here for a bit, but I decided that i'll ask this question since it's giving me a lot of anxiety.

I'm 18, Female, 163 cm (5"3??) and i currently weigh 80 kilos (176 pounds)

I was skinny at age 15 (after loosing weight unhealthily, going from 60 kilos to 50) and ever since then i've been slowly adding on weight until this point.

About a few weeks ago, I started noticing a bunch of new (and big) stretch marks showing up on my hips, arms, shoulders, and thighs. I was in denial about my weight until i actually noticed these stretch marks. It gave me a lot of anxiety when i realised that those stretch marks are perminent. I've had a wake up call since then, and i've decided that I NEED to start loosing weight before it gets worse.

I've currently only lost 2 kilos after about a week and a half, but for now i have a big concern.

As bad as the stretch marks are, im scared that after loosing 15-20 kilos, my skin will start to sag. Particularly in my chest and arm area.

My stomach is fairly flat. It's not board flat, but its not "hanging fat" either. so im not too worried about it. I carry most of my weight on my arms, back, and a bit on my legs.

I'm worried that after loosing weight, my breasts (currently a C and they are already fairly hanging) will just deflate and my arms will forever be saggy.

After obviously googling this question, ive only found answers relating to drastic weight loss. Can anyone give me some advice?

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Should I expect loose skin on my face?

Hi guys! Thanks to the supportive community here I’ve decided to try counting calories as a method to losing weight. I started gaining a significant amount of weight when I was like 15 due to an eating disorder, bad mental health, and poor eating habits that my body couldn’t keep up with after I hit puberty lol. I’m 21 years old and I’m 5’7 and I weigh like 300-320 I’m not 100% I don’t have a scale and I’m hesitant to weigh myself anyway because I don’t want to trigger bad habits I would almost rather not know (I wear a size 22 if that helps lol). I know I’ll have loose skin it’s unavoidable when you have such a drastic weight loss, but I’m worried I’ll have it on my face too. I know it’s more important to lose the weight than to worry about the loose skin, but I’m curious if you guys can tell from my pictures if I’ll have loose skin on my face or neck. My goal weight right now is 150 lower if I hit that and maybe want to go lower. I’m having a hard time finding progress pictures that are similar to mine where I can see the face. I can always get a tummy tuck or a breast lift on my body but I am worried about my face and how it will look after weight loss.

(Sorry if I look awkward in these pictures lol I was trying to find ones where you could see my face and neck and in one I’m making fun of how my friend took a selfie in a Snapchat lol ) https://imgur.com/a/OBsgB9O

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Scale and NSV victories since I restarted my weight loss journey

This is about the 50th time I have started this journey but this time I really feel I can make it work. I am a M SW 288lbs CW 260 LBS GW 176LBS. I have been going this time for the past 6 weeks and really wanted to share my progress in the hope that I can help others out there and give myself some accountability.

Firstly fitness I have been doing the C25k program and have just started week 6 I have been able to go from struggling to jog for 1 minute to been able jog for 20 minutes. If you are just starting out running this is a great way to go. I have also learned that I love running and really want to make it work for me long term.

Next weightlifting I have discovered some great apps to be able to help me with this and have been working with dumbbells for the past 5 weeks and have been able to increase all my weights and can already see and feel the difference in myself.

Now in my actual weight loss I have lost 28 pounds (13 Kilos) in that time by doing CICO and honestly I feel great. I feel so much healthier eating lots of fruit and vegetables and not shoveling down crap all the time.

I have signed up to a few fun runs and also my first obstacle course run so I am really looking forward to them.

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Thank you all this place provides the best support and good luck to you all.

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How do you deal with friends and family "sabotaging" you?

This is partly a question and partly a rant.

TL;DR: How to deal with people who hinder you without telling them to go f themselves and becoming a hermit?

After falling off the horse hundreds of times, I'm currently down 25.8lb (over 1/3 of my way to my goal) by finding what works for me and sticking to it.

Basically making sure I plan out all my food on MFP at least 2 - 3 days in advance and making a variety of healthy foods while doing intermittent fasting and staying under my daily calories. My biggest weakness is giving into temptation and bargaining with myself which leads to binges and thus set backs . By fasting and planning my meals I have been able to overcome this on a personal level. I can look at snacks and chips and not have a want for them.

However, my girlfriend and family (who are all overweight and make no real effort to improve themselves) say they are happy for me and say they continue to support me but I can't shake the feeling they are trying to sabotage me and their actions are the opposite of support. I don't feel it is a conscious effort because they aren't the vengeful kind but it still annoys to no end. My weight loss and techniques are no secret to them so they know exactly what I am doing but they seem to either forget all the time or not care.

One example of this is my girlfriend knows my eating window and I have no problem adjusting it by an hour or two because of work schedules so we can make and eat dinner together but she also knows I need some form of consistency but we will constantly eat 4 - 5 hours after my window is supposed to be closed which screws up my next day and make my first meal 4 - 5 hours later. I know I can make my own food but then she gets upset that we aren't cooking together. She also know that I have self control problems that I have identified and eliminated triggers, and I have talked to her many times about it but we will still be laying in bed late at night and she will offer me chips or ice cream when she knows I can't have it both as a fasting thing and it doesn't fit into my calories I have planned out days in advance. (When we do plan for a little treat or special thing, I plan around that in advance.)

Another example is my parents comments about my methods. When I started fasting my parents were always worried it would make me sick or when I started to take a multi vitamin and fish oil to fill in the holes in my micro nutrients they said I was wasting my money (idk if they are working or not but I feel better and I don't get headaches every 3 days anymore after I started taking them.) My dad will always offer me food when I come home or tell me there is ice cream in the fridge after I have told him multiple times I CANNOT EAT THAT CRAP ANYMORE. I don't mind that stuff in the house. You do you and I'll do me. But stop offering me food late at night. The list of comments they make about everything is long and I won't bore anyone who actually read all of this (thank you btw) but the last one I will talk about is the constant negative comments about weighing my food. I do it pretty religiously because if I don't I know I will eat too much. I decided to buy myself a new better food scale that I don't have to fight with to get an accurate reading and I am met with comments about how I am wasting my money on a $20 food scale, meanwhile when I was dropping $100 + a week on fast food and slowly killing myself I heard nothing but silence.

The only person who seems to actually be rooting for me is my gym bro.

So yea, How do you deal with people who hinder you without telling them to go f themselves and becoming a hermit?

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Someone noticed.

I've been working, very slowly, on losing weight this year. I've lost 25 lbs, which both feels like too little and so much all at the same time. I already feel so much better and have started exercising on occasion (I'm not making a huge deal out of working out regularly just yet because I want to really focus on my eating habits. I'm very good at using regular, intense workouts as an excuse to eat extra food I don't need). I've been a little stuck at my current weight, but have stayed determined and tried not to sweat it too much.

Today I was at a nanny job I haven't been at for a while. The neighbor stopped by and we hung out in the backyard with the littles. As we were talking, she stopped, looked at me, and said, "You look really good. Have you lost weight?" I almost cried. No one has naturally noticed my weight loss. If I mention it's something I'm working on or reference a recent workout, they might say something, but she was the first to just randomly notice my hard work. Even though I've been struggling recently (and I'm making the needed adjustments to start on the downward trend again), I've still lost twenty five whole pounds. It's only a fraction of what I have to lose, but I'm 25 lbs closer than I was in January. And it's enough for someone to notice.

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Looking for a weight loss buddy!

I have a lot of issues with accountability and motivation so I was hoping to find someone with similar goals on this sub who would want to check in daily. I am an 18 year old female, 5'5" and currently 157 lbs. I started roughly 185 back in March, but I'm trying to lose another 20ish lbs and build muscle. I keep backsliding on weight loss due to a decrease in motivation or binge eating. I think it would be beneficial to me to have someone to talk to about it. I do cico (trying to stay around 1200 a day) and 16:8 intermittent fasting and try to get to the gym at least 4 times a week, I'm currently doing the strong curves B.B. program, so I do light lifting roughly 3 times a week. I also try to get in at least a half hour of cardio every time I go to the gym, preferably the elliptical or stair master. I'm also considering restarting couch to 5k! I'm looking for someone of a similar age/lifestyle (college student). If anyone is interested let me know! I figured we could check in about things like staying under calorie goals, going to the gym, and just about setbacks and accomplishments :)

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