I know you can not spot reduce... BUT...
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perfect_storm
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I am at my goal weight and if I lose any more I will look sickly. However I now have a little upper hip back fat and a little lower belly pooch. I do not know what to do for these areas. There has to be some exercises I can do to help them along. Any Ideas?
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This sounds like loose skin that just needs some time to bounce back. Give it time, but if you can't wait, check with your local day spa about skin tightening treatments.0
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Do you work out?0
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I am the exact same way. I know that my pooch is extra skin after having 5 kids. But the upper hip/lower back fat I don't know what to do about it either. I would love some advice as well.0
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what kind of work outs do you do?0
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sounds like that is the last bit of stubborn fat. (not typical places for women).
Probably not overly helpful but the options are to:
A: live with it
B: lose more BF and "hope" that it will come from these places
C: try to add some muscle mass in these areas and then diet back down.
Exercise choices would be good mornings, hyper extensions, planks, ab wheel rollouts.
Hope that helps somehow?0 -
Lift heavy!!
I've seen the most phenomenal body changes by weight lifting.
Check out New Lifting Rules for Women, you'll love it.0 -
Uugh I have that little bit of side/lower back/hip fat too and it drives me insane! (it's not loose skin, I was never overweight and only lost a few pounds). I have no advice, just saying I feel your pain. I'm going the "lift heavy"route. From what I've seen, that's my best bet.0
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Lift heavy!!
I've seen the most phenomenal body changes by weight lifting.
Check out New Lifting Rules for Women, you'll love it.0 -
I've just started doing some weight work. How long did it take before you started noticing a difference? And how heavy is heavy?0
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I could have written your post. I'm 5'8" and 125 and really don't think I should lose any more weight. I'm 9 months postpartum from 3rd baby, and the muffin top is a lot better than it was a couple months ago, but I've still got a ways to go. I've been doing an hour of Jillian Michaels 6 days a week, plus hiking twice a week, plus every night crunches, planks, and squats with my stretching. I think it just takes time and those are the stubborn spots!0
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You cannot spot reduce. Start a weightlifting regimen to change your body composition.0
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sounds like that is the last bit of stubborn fat. (not typical places for women).
Probably not overly helpful but the options are to:
A: live with it
B: lose more BF and "hope" that it will come from these places
C: try to add some muscle mass in these areas and then diet back down.
Exercise choices would be good mornings, hyper extensions, planks, ab wheel rollouts.
Hope that helps somehow?
I just started good mornings today... Possibly my new favorite exercise. Glad I made the right choice because those are my problem areas too! (Was already doing the other exercises)0 -
there comes a point where you just have to be happy with what your body looks like. You can tone, but there's only so much you can do - I heard Jillian Michael's once say not matter how hard she works, her butt still looks like *kitten*. So we all have our 'bad spots'. You are probably the only one that knows about it!0
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I've just started doing some weight work. How long did it take before you started noticing a difference? And how heavy is heavy?
four to six weeks..
and heavy is whatever is heavy for you i would say any weight that you struggle to get six reps up is heavy ...build from there...when you can do three to four sets at 7 reps easy ..add more weight and repeat..keep doing that and your "heavy" will get heavier...0 -
I could have written your post. I'm 5'8" and 125 and really don't think I should lose any more weight. I'm 9 months postpartum from 3rd baby, and the muffin top is a lot better than it was a couple months ago, but I've still got a ways to go. I've been doing an hour of Jillian Michaels 6 days a week, plus hiking twice a week, plus every night crunches, planks, and squats with my stretching. I think it just takes time and those are the stubborn spots!
change to compound lifts...0 -
Yes, you can stay the same weight and lift heavy weights, and enough calories to maintain your weight. That will reduce your body fat percentage and increase your lean muscle mass, making you look smaller while remaining at the same weight.0
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lift heavy weights - stronglifts 5x5 at 80% of your one rep max (google stronglifts 5x5) and plenty of protein0
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Start lifting. Work on good form for your lifts at low weights for a while if you have never lifted. If your form is good then jack up the weight to the heaviest that you feel comfortable with. You will be amazed at what your body will look like with good muscle structure--even with some loose skin.0
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For you Mom's out there working on your tummies... if you haven't checked your ab muscles for separation you may want to do that before you start doing crunches (and making things worse) ... they say you can start any time but it's best to do the exercises ASAP..
Here's the best link I could find in a hurry (you can skip to 2 minutes into the video):
http://www.pregnancy-info.net/separated_muscles.html0 -
There was en exercise on the Jillian Michaels 30DS that was "said" to work the pooch area of the stomach. You put your legs in the air straight and rolled your butt off the ground and held it for a second and went back to the starting position and repeated... Im not 100% if that was how it totally went but it did help me.... Just my two cents0
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