help with toning up

carolinetroester

I have met my goal weight (yayy!) but am slightly disappointed that I don't really look THAT different. I put on my swimsuit this weekend and I am not heavy, but I am just SOFT. I am a skinny soft person. HELP!

What has worked for everyone as far as getting muscle tone in your abs? I have NEVER been a muscled up person and that is very obvious now. I can push my stomach out to the point that I look pregnant. I don't think I have one muscle! Has anyone else experienced this?

Any exercise recommendations are appreciated.

BigBoneSista

If you are into fitness dvds ChaLean Extreme is excellent for toning. Also do Planks and side Planks to build up those abs.

dad106

Planks, Sit ups, Oblique Twists and Hanging Knee Raises. Thats what I do in order to "tone" my stomach.. and so far its working really well.

bmontgomery87

The only way to look "toned" is to build muscle.
Start doing some weight training.

scarletleavy

Weight training and pilates. That's what I've been doing and I've seen some awesome results so far.

ktaylor21

You should check out Amanda Adams on facebook... she's freaking gorgeous, and is a fitness model. anyway she has lots of info and posts about eating clean, weight training cardio etc... I learn a ton just from her posts..

jenomaha

I think you may be referring to the phenomena of being "Skinny fat". This happened to me 3 years ago when I got to my goal weight but didn't look like I thought I would. Here is an article explaining it and what can be done. But to summarize, you pretty much need to lift weights.

http://www.the-signal.com/section/42/article/42007/

Good luck.

darrenham

Muscle definition comes with a) losing the fat layer between the muscle and skin, and b) increasing the size of your muscles.

No exercise will burn that layer of fat away, so don't listen to ANYONE who refers to an exercise as a toning exercise.