Wondering if my arms will ever look less crepey

Fellow 50-something here. Huge congrats on 58 lbs. The crepey look is often less about skin and more about what’s underneath it after a big loss — arms can look deflated if they don’t have a reason to hold muscle. Are you doing any resistance work yet? Not walking with 2-lb pink dumbbells; actual progressive stuff.

I started 3x/week: overhead triceps extensions, cable pushdowns, incline curls, lateral raises, 2–3 sets, adding reps or weight over time. Protein at every meal and sleep made the biggest difference.

Skin didn’t snap back like an infomercial, but my arms definitely look firmer. Worth trying before writing it off as genetics.

Fellow spreadsheet person here. I’m down 63 lb over 16 months (daily weight, monthly tape). My upper arm circumference actually dropped last, after my waist and hips, but the crepey texture didn’t move with the circumference trendline at all.

What finally made a visible difference for me: 2x/week resistance (rows, overhead press, triceps) plus keeping protein around my goal, and taking progress photos in the same window light every 4 weeks. Walking was great for the scale but did zero for my arms.

Sharp question: what’s your current loss rate? Mine was ~0.9 lb/wk for the first 6 months, then ~0.25, and the arm skin looked worst during the slow phase.

Three years in, I remember a thread last winter about the “last 10 pounds being mostly skin.” For me, arms were the slowest. What helped was adding two short strength sessions a week—nothing heroic, just 15 minutes with dumbbells and resistance bands—plus taking monthly photos in the same light.

The crepey look faded way slower than the tape measure, but it did change. Also, I started mixing a scoop of unflavored protein into my morning coffee, because I wasn

Congrats on 58 — the cooking/walking combo is huge. I’m 54 and down 62 over 16 months. My arms lagged too.

What helped me was 8–10 min of resistance bands 3x/week: rows, overhead press, triceps kickbacks. Plus monthly same-angle photos and a tape measure at mid-upper-arm. Texture looked better around month 4–5, not overnight. Still some crepe, but less. Are you doing any resistance work yet, or mostly the 3-mile walks?

Empty-nester solidarity. The weird thing I found: my arms lagged months behind everything else, and the scale not moving didn't mean nothing was happening.

What finally changed how they hang — not texture exactly — was 10 minutes of dumbbell stuff while the sheet pan roasts. Triceps kickbacks, overhead presses, started with soup cans, nothing fancy. Two months in my sleeves fit differently even during a stall.

Quick question: are you doing anything besides the walks, or is arm work brand new territory? Curious whether other folks here had arms lag that long behind the rest, because mine sulked for ages.

Tbh road-warrior here. My carry-on always has a flat resistance band; I do triceps kickbacks and overhead presses in hotel rooms while coffee brews, plus sunscreen on my arms like they’re paying rent. Sharp follow-up: have you tried same-lighting arm photos every month?

My brain gets moody after arport food, but photos show the shape changing faster than I expect. Also curious — what’s your go-to hotel breakfast protein? Greek yogurt + nuts keeps me from demolishing the lobby pastry basket, which I’m pretty sure is 80% of my arm routine.

Fellow numbers nerd take: I’m 49, down 47 lb over 11 months. I measure mid-bicep monthly (same time, no flex) and log photos in the same doorway light.

My arm circumference dropped 2.3 cm by month 6, but the crepe texture didn’t start visibly improving until month 9. So there’s a lag between fat loss and skin looking less loose

Fellow road warrior here — 200 nights a year in hotels, so I judge my arms under the world’s least flattering bathroom lighting. What’s actually helped me feel better is a 6-minute resistance-band circuit while the coffee brews: triceps kickbacks, overhead presses, rows.

Band lives in my laptop bag, no gym required. At 55 and down 47, the crepe isn’t gone, but my arms look more “used” and less like they’re melting off the bone.

Curious — has anyone tried swimming laps at hotel pools? That’s my next experiment.

i’m 49, lost 40, regained 15, now down 25 again. The thing that helped my arm shape more than triceps stuff was rowing 2x/week and farmer carries with dumbbells (or heavy grocery bags, palms in).

Skin still crepes when I wave, but the muscle underneath gives it a better frame, so I mind it less. Have you tried any pulling/rowing, or are you mostly walking + kitchen right now?

49 here, down 51 over 13 months. I log arm tape at three spots (mid-bicep, two inches above the elbow, forearm) every Sunday morning before coffee, plus a photo in the same doorway light.

Weird finding: my tape barely moved months 4–9 but the photos did — the inches were coming off muscle alongside fat, so it looked crepier even while the number dropped. What actually tracks with what I see is skin pinch thickness with cheap calipers, not circumference.

Question for you: is yours worse in the morning or right after your walk? Mine is noticeably worse post-walk when I'm a little dehydrated, which makes me think some of it is fluid and skin turgor, not just loose skin.