Calf muscles?

Mine, at 375, were huge.  Mine at 307 are still huge.

For those that have lost 100, 200lbs, or more... did you calf muscles shrink back to "normal"?  Or are you a normal sized man with huge legs?

Actually, I lost more in my calves than I wanted to.   So, I've been having to work on them in my workouts.   I'm finally getting them back to "normal" sized for a "normal" guy.

Exactly how do you "work on them in my workouts"? 

Calf Raises (sounds like something you do in 4H club instead of an exercise).  :)

http://www.fitstep.com/Library/Exercises/Standing_calf_raise s.htm

Started out with a fairly low step and then moved up.   Eventually started holding on to dumbbells to add some weight.

Walking on the treadmill with an incline seems to help there as well but that seems to bother my knees more than the calf raises.

I have been doing those too, and in just 3 weeks, mine have gone down considerably already!

Hey Lianne:  Just a quick note to let you know that we really try to keep this a men's only forum.   Thanks.

Thinjay is on my friends list and I saw his post. Sorry, I did not think that I would hurt anything by giving him my 2 cents!

That is me in the yellow.  I have been able to keep some mass in my legs by working them out.  I think that its important to keep those muscles strong to help burn those calories at rest.

Sorry about the large picture.

looks like you are running from the cops in this pic :)...

I found that while I was losing weight that the muscles I used were the muscles I lost.  We break them down and can't get in enough protien to rebuild them.  It takes quite a while to get them back where they were.  I Don't think my calf muscles changed much.  Mine were large when I was young and fit and stayed that way.