Down 110~ Pounds! How much will my skin bounce back?! I'm getting worried.

TL;DR: I've lost 110 pounds so far, have another 40-50 to go. Loose skin may be a problem for me I'm really sweating it. Anyone out there who's skin didn't look great 3/4 through their weight loss but came out ok/decent from an elasticity stand point?

To summarize my body stats to give context to these numbers. 6'1 male, 25 years old, currently 240~ trending towards high 230s. Considerable amount of muscle from almost a decade of weight lifting.

So this past year I made a lot of changes, it's complicated how I got into the scenario I was in but I was at least 350 and possibly more as I couldn't even weight myself with scales anymore.

I am now down to ~240 and I probably have another 40-50 pounds to lose of excess fat.

I've been overweight to some degree since early childhood ( ~8 years old ) and I was 250+ for about a year and a half but I have been significantly overweight my entire adult life and life generally. ( I'm 25 right now )

I in no way intended to lose this much weight this quickly and this isn't my first time losing a large amount of weight, although it's never been anywhere near this amount though. I quit drinking/smoking and made major diet changes and increased exercise/weightlifting with the intention to be healthier with weight loss a close second and I just lost tons of weight quickly even eating A LOT of food.

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I'm really getting worried about my skin and the elasticity, I'm starting to see the skin loosen up especially on my stomach/love handles and in my armpit/chest area. As I stored a a lot of my weight in those areas and have had stretch marks for a long time in those areas, I knew I would likely have some loose skin. I spoke to a doctor about a year and a half ago when I began to lose this weight, specifically about my possible loose skin and I've followed all of her advice to minimize it and at this point I just have to wait and see what happens basically with my skin; so far not good though.

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However, with another 40-50 pounds to lose still and how loose some of this skin is getting I'm starting to get worried I'm going to have some big time loose skin to the level of flaps of skin.

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I'm a big guy regardless of weight, I'm 6'1 and I have a lot of muscle mass under the fat. I'm making a point to try to keep as much muscle as possible to help with this skin issue.

I've slowed down my weight loss intentionally and even ate at maintenance for a 2-3 month period to try to give my skin time to catch up to minimize any potential damage.

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I'm always very hydrated/taking care of my skin to a T etc, but I'm starting to get discouraged.

Is there anyone out there who has been in my shoes with the skin starting to look/feel pretty bad during the weight loss, and it actually came out decent afterwards?

I don't care about these intense stretch marks or dents that look like rips in my skin ( because they basically are rips ), I just don't want to have loose skin to the point where it's painful/very excessive and hanging.

Any experiences or advice would be appreciated.

I'm still going to lose the rest of the weight and this isn't wavering my discipline or motivation in any way, but it is very depressing/distressing.

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I feel like I have done everything I can to (healthily) lose weight over the past few months, but to no avail (F, 5’3”, SW: 217lbs, CW: 215lbs, GW:160lbs)

Alright, I know that I have not tried ABSOLUTELY everything, but I feel like if what I am doing now is not enough for me to lose ANY weight, then nothing I do will be enough.

I have been attempting to lose weight on and off for the past three years, but none of the attempts have yielded any results. I thought that my latest (and current) attempt would finally be the one that brought me some results, due to a variety of reasons (better methods of calorie counting, more flexible schedule to incorporate IF, etc). Despite that, I have barely seen any results.

I started at 217 lbs in late May. I have been counting calories using MyFitnessPal, and I weigh and measure out absolutely everything. I also began to drink more water than I usually do (~9 cups daily). My daily caloric intake is around 1200 calories.

I quickly dropped a few pounds (although I suspect that was just water weight), but since then, my weight has been fluctuating between 212 lbs and 215 lbs.

I stuck to only calorie counting and drinking enough water for about a month, but after seeing barely any change on the scale, I decided to start intermittent fasting. I had done IF before (on and off for the past year), and thought that maybe the combination of the three (IF, calorie counting, water) would finally kickstart my weight loss. I have been doing 16:8, eating from 11am to 7pm. A month later, and still nothing.

At that point, I decided that I needed to add something else into the mix since my current routine wasn’t really doing anything but maintaining my weight in that same 3 lb range. I began exercising on my treadmill for about an hour every day. Based on the treadmill calculator that I used, each session has been burning ~600 calories. I still saw no change.

That brings us to now. I feel like I have already tried everything I can to (healthily) lose weight, and if none of these things have worked by themselves, or in conjunction, then what else will it take for me to get down to a healthy weight?

I honestly don’t know what to do. Any advice or critique of my weight loss methods is welcome. If anyone has been in a similar situation and has found a way to shed the pounds, how did you do it?

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I haven’t told my family I’m trying to lose weight because my sister is in ED recovery

(F23, 5’6”, SW:181, CW:176)

The title pretty much says it. I started my weight loss journey in earnest about a month ago and I’m down 5 pounds. My goal is to lose about 30 pounds total. Right now, I don’t think my diet is noticeable. I exercise a lot but I’ve been active my entire life. I eat healthy but I’ve been 98% plant based (I eat seafood but no other animal products) since March. I track all my food in MFP but I never measure foods, scan labels or input into the app around my family.

Sometimes I wish I could talk about a really good food or activity day or whine a bit about how I ate too many tator tots. But I have been doing this all secretly/privately because my sister is in an outpatient program for her eating disorder.

She’s had orthorexia & abnormal presenting anorexia (? I think that’s her diagnosis) for probably like 4 years now and she’s finally getting help. She spends 12+ hours a week on zoom doing solo therapy, group therapy and nutritional consultations. She has a meal plan and has to be weighed every week. She eats dinner over zoom with her group 4 nights a week and they often have “challenges” (microwave meals, nachos, favorite childhood dessert, etc.) and every time she successfully eats these challenges or doesn’t have a mental breakdown in the Whole Foods bakery, it’s a win for her. So I just don’t feel comfortable sharing that I had a 1300 calorie day plus a 3 mile run. It also feels hypocritical to encourage her to eat the yogurt with added sugar while I’m trying to avoid “empty” calories.

That is why I appreciate this sub. I love reading about everyone’s victories, seeing progress pics, hearing what has been hard for you, etc. You all feel like my community for this process so that definitely helps. Thanks for letting me share with you all.

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Um please help

Ok so I don’t really post on reddit but I have no one to talk to in real life about this and honestly just need help really badly. Could be a possible TW for people with eating disorders for mention of low calories... I have lost like 20 pounds by calorie counting and eating around 250 calories per day and at most like 600 calories on occasions. yes i know it’s absolutely terrible and not safe which is why im here. My plan was once I reached my first goal weight was to raise my calories to a less extreme deficit and then eventually go to maintenance calories for my new lower weight. I only was eating SUCH low calories because I was being monitored and expected to lose 1 lb per day which for me was only doable under 300 calories which I thought was insane and thought “oh I must just count calories very very wrong” EVEN THOUGH I weigh absolutely everything I eat and i just know that its very accurate but I still just told myself that because it makes no sense. If i eat upwards of 300 calories to at most 800 calories in a day I will maintain and found that if i eat more I’ll gain weight (i mean who knows if its fat but definitely weight which now I cant lose) I attempted to raise my calories to 500 for a few days but found I gained back these 3 pounds that I still cant lose because I feel its just absurd to continue on 250 calories until I lose the rest but even then, what will I do if i lose it again ? try to maintain the way I did before and then gain it back AGAIN? So for the past week-ish ive been eating around 300-500 calories per day and ive just been maintaining the 3 pound gain. its not even like im going over what should be my maintenance which is why its SO WEIRD. I might have REALLY damaged my metabolism which I want to fix but Im just on here because everyday I literally wont let myself eat a normal deficit because my brain is telling me I will just gain more weight. I need someone else to tell me exactly what to do because what’s difficult is if i try to tell myself to raise my calories to a NORMAL not EXTREME deficit or even maintaince my brain will literally just say Im not counting my calories correctly and thats why im maintaining and I just need to lower my calories even more. Please Please PLEASE tell me what to do and what is logical here!! based off of any research i have done as long as you aren’t in a surplus you wont gain and yet i cant bring myself to experiment because my weight loss is being monitored and I cant talk to anyone about this because no one knows. Someone who is educated please let me know what the best thing for me to do is.

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I thought I'd solve my mental health problems by losing weight. I've learned through my many failures that at least for me, weight loss came much easier after putting my brain first and body second.

Well kids, this year has been a rough one in more ways than one for me on a personal level. But look! Progress!!

And that progress wouldn't exist if I hadn't started taking antidepressants and speaking with a therapist.

While not the root of or the worst of my problems, I've got some pretty bad body image issues. Even though objectively I know I've lost weight-- the scale and my measurements speak for themselves-- when I look at those photographs some days they look the same to me, even though the scale and my measurements say otherwise. But I'm learning not to do that. Progress is progress, and my scale isn't lying to me!

Last summer I hit the highest weight I've ever been. I'm pretty sure at one point I was over 200, but I was too afraid to weigh myself and find out. And more important than just the weight, my mind was essentially broken. I was truly unhappy, and I was taking it out on others. I was cruel to my ex boyfriend- I also have an ex boyfriend, which should speak for itself. I concocted wild ideas to try to "fix" my depression by making drastic life changes that didn't pan out. I could hardly function at work or in my personal life. I'd be really great at diet or exercise for like a week or two and then I'd go back to being a couch potato.

In short, I was a mess. I was also deeply unhappy.

Most importantly and relevant to this community, the brunt of my weight loss has happened in the last 4-ish months since I've been focusing on my mental health, becaue that has lead to everything else being better and easier too. I want to work out becaue it makes my brain feel good in addition to helping me to lose weight. I'm eating healthier becaue I'm motivated to cook for myself rather than just chucking a pizza in the oven and eating the whole thing. I pay attention to the calories I'm eating and I'm better at staying on track, but also at not punishing myself for going over and then eventually giving up because of my percieved failures.

I thought I'd solve my mental health problems by losing weight. I've learned through my many failures that at least for me, this was the wrong way to go about meeting my weight loss goals. Brain first, body second. I suppose this is obvious to most everyone but the severely depressed like me. It was a hard lesson to learn, but I'm glad I'm here. I'm only about 15 pounds away from my goal weight, and I get the feeling that this time I'll make it there.

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How to build a positive relationship with food, exercise and body image after regaining weight?

I’ve done CICO before and I managed to lose about 36lbs last year because of it. However, when COVID hit, uni and gyms closed, all the motivation for health and fitness seemed to slowly die. I have gained ~10lbs in the last 5 months due to binging and restricting. It isn’t much but I definitely feel it everywhere. I managed to go 28 days without binging but I’m so tempted to do long fasts/fad diets to fix the 10lbs gain but I know if I do I’ll end up binging non-stop. How can I build a positive and more forgiving relationship with myself in order to get reach my goals? What resources would you recommend to help me cope with such emotions?

Note: My biggest motivation for weight loss is to do cosplay, ballet and run a full marathon.

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I can't get myself to start all over and do this again. Why?

I'm almost 50 years old. I've been dieting, going on exercise programs, losing weight and gaining it back all my life. I was a very chubby little girl and teen, so it started at a very early age.

Today I was going to start again. I've been walking and tracking my kilometers on a game app and I've paid attention to cooking healthier meals. I made some delicious baked spinach chicken last night with rice as a side dish. I was going to skip the rice and let my family have that, but I caved in and had about 3/4 cups of rice!

And then today was 'do over day.' I was going to not eat breakfast until 9 am, as part of IF. By 9 am I was hungry and so had a bigger bowl of cereal than I should have. I know I should give up cereal but in the past, I've always been able to lose weight and still have a carb breakfast as long as I limited portions later in the day. Then for lunch, my husband and daughter wanted to go to our favorite sandwich shop. And I had a sandwich with them. A smaller sandwich but still with white bread and mayo.

So again, my day was ruined. And a half hour ago I ate the last Drumstick chocolate mint ice cream cone in the freezer.

I hate this, I hate myself. I'm up to a size 16. I been about a 12, sometimes 14 in my 20's and 30's. But ever since I hit about 42 years old, weight loss has become impossible. I have lost weight twice in my 40's but I remember being very hungry and nibbling on cheese while tracking those bites in WW points. I just don't know if I can regain the strength (no pun intended!)

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