I have started to notice I have some loose skin. Over the past year, I have lost 43 lbs through CICO, running, crossfit. I was a total couch potato my whole life, so not only have I lost fat, I've built a significant amount of muscle.
Although I'm happy with my progress, I've noticed recently that I've got some loose skin. It's got me pretty spooked and at this point I'm afraid to continue losing weight, even though my initial goal was 150 +/-. My thought is that if I have loose skin after 40 lbs lost, what will I look like after 70+ lost???
I lost the great majority of the weight from my torso (I've always had kind of scrawny arms and legs and was very busty and had a big belly) so the loose skin is worst on my stomach, and pretty bad on my breasts/chest, and back/love handle area. So now my torso has stretch marks from puberty + gaining weight in college, and some noticeable loose skin/flabby looking areas and it just makes me cringe. My main motivation behind losing weight is that I wanted to be comfortable with how I looked, but the way my skin looks has actually made me more insecure than I was at my heaviest.
I've lost less than 1 lb a week since the start because I had read that losing slowly would help avoid this, and also I've done strength building exercises too to try and change my body composition from fat to muscle. Is there anything else I should keep in mind? I am young so I know my skin will be more likely to readjust/snap back after some time passes but I'm just wondering if any of you would share your experience on this.
The last year has been amazing and I've learned a lot. I've met some new friends at crossfit, and found that running is actually one of my favorite things to do (I'm training for a half marathon as we speak). If I had it to go over with again I wouldn't change anything, but my skin has just been nagging and annoying to me.
TLDR: I did everything I was supposed to do and still have loose skin after moderate weight loss. Help!
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