Questions about weight loss excess skin and exercising...?


Question:
I am a 22 year old female who is 5' 10" tall and I weigh 200 lbs. I gained a lot of weight in my childhood and teens by 16 I was 263 lbs. When I was 20 I got fed up with being so fat and basically starved myself down to 190 lbs. I have maintained my weight at 200 lbs for the last 2 years. I know what I did was not a healthy way to lose weight. I am still overweight and would like to get down to 140-150 lbs. I am kind of tall so I don't want to weigh like 120 lbs I don't think that would be reasonable. I want to lose the last 50-60 lbs in a healthy way; I'm thinking either Weight Watchers, counting carbs/portion control w/ exercising. Basically, my question is when I get to my goal weight will I have excess skin? I want to lose the extra weight slowly and gradually so hopefully I won't have to deal w/ excess skin. Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Answers:
Excess skin is only caused when weight loss is achieved quickly and un-healthily. If it is slow and gradual, AND it is done through healthy means (i.e. exercise and diet) then this should not be a problem. That is because skin on a body is similar to a rubber band. It will stretch and form with the size of your body, but it's elasticity will be lost if there is a sudden change. (It will never be "lost", it will just take more time to form). Something that may also concern you is stretch marks. Those may form, and they are different for every person. If you see them forming, they are usually not very attractive and can be easily solved by creams found in your local drug store.

Hope this helps.
if you aint lossing the weight really fast or specially if your not take diet pills or any freaking supplements like that??chill out..you wont have excess skin..
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The best range to lose weight in is 1 to 2.5 lbs a week. This will allow your body to accustom itself to the loss and the skin to regain its prestretched stage. Losing weight too quickly will cause the skin of abdomen, chest and inner thighs to sag, possibly dramatically. I don’t personally believe in any of the fad diets that keep showing up. I think that they put your body into an unhealthy famine mode which will cause you to gain the fat right back if you start to eat normally again. The best idea is to eliminate all junk food. You can do a cheat day if you need to but don’t go overboard. Eat balanced meals of reasonable size. Overeating will cause your stomach to be too large and you will still feel hungry when you’re not. Also have lots of healthy snacks during the day. Ideally you’ll want to eat 5 or 6 small meals throughout the day. Carry food with you so you aren’t tempted to eat unhealthily when you’re out of the house. And don’t buy unhealthy foods. Get foods that are low in bad fats—we do need fat to survive but not saturated fat. Minimize the processed flours and sugars, no white bread, no sugar. Choose leaner meats and protein sources. Don’t expect to eat pizza and burritos all the time and lose weight. And eat tons of vegetables. Eat salads, steamed vegetables and raw vegetables too. You can’t eat so much celery that you’ll get fat. Don’t eat too much fruit or things containing high fructose corn syrup. The reason is that fructose is hard on the liver because it can only be metabolized there. You can eat fruit during or after a workout. Don’t eat late at night because your body will turn it into fat. Eat a smaller amount of calories than needed to maintain your weight. You have burn more than you intake. Always exercise. Cardio especially, but weights are good too. Don’t give up. You’ll be glad you chose to lose the weight.
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