Disappointed in photos

I had the same problem until my husband told me that I need to tone the back of the arms, with weights and push ups and back arm lunges, then you will see them shrink. I was loosing weight but I hated how my arms looked, my waist was slim but the back of my arms were fat and flabby, I don't know if you have been doing weight training with you weight lost, but when I started incorporating weights and strength training with my cardio workouts, Man I started to get the nice toned but and back of the arms, that I was looking for. but adds some push ups and back arm lunges and that exercise were you hold the weigh above your head and lower it back behind you head, those work good too. But congrats on the Size 10 dress HEEEEYYYYYYY:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: THAT IS GREAT!!!! that is were I am at now, My goal is to move to a size 6, there is were I finally want to be. But you are doing great, just incorporate some stregth training too those problem areas and you should get the results that you are looking for. HOLLA

I had the same problem until my husband told me that I need to tone the back of the arms, with weights and push ups and back arm lunges, then you will see them shrink. I was loosing weight but I hated how my arms looked, my waist was slim but the back of my arms were fat and flabby, I don't know if you have been doing weight training with you weight lost, but when I started incorporating weights and strength training with my cardio workouts, Man I started to get the nice toned but and back of the arms, that I was looking for. but adds some push ups and back arm lunges and that exercise were you hold the weigh above your head and lower it back behind you head, those work good too. But congrats on the Size 10 dress HEEEEYYYYYYY:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: THAT IS GREAT!!!! that is were I am at now, My goal is to move to a size 6, there is were I finally want to be. But you are doing great, just incorporate some stregth training too those problem areas and you should get the results that you are looking for. HOLLA

I completely agree with strength training and tightening up!! But, as a personal trainer I am compelled to remind that although weights do give tone and definition, cardio to burn fat is the only way to get rid of the bulk that is causing soft or flabby areas. We can't spot-reduce, we just lose the fat as we lose the fat and eventually most of the stubborn areas will be at least a little affected. So hit the weights and make sure you're doing cardio both above 70% of your max heart rate but also between 60-70% for more fat burning.

I think this is a case of the self-critical eye... you are seeing yourself through criticism and a mind that has been accustomed to disappointment is filtering what you see. When I look at those pictures, if I hadn't seen your post first and didn't know who was writing it, I would have thought it was just a group of average (read: no weight issues in sight) women and wouldn't know who to point out as the one who had changed herself from a size 16. You looked great and revel in your progress - that's AMAZING!!! :flowerforyou:

I was going to say something along the same lines.