BAT WINGS AND INNER THIGHS!!! UGGH-

I know what you mean- my *kitten* keeps looking at me and saying 'what? No I'm just fine this size thanks!' It's reall annoying. That said, my legs- including my inner thighs, look pretty decent now through running. I've got runner's legs and really toned up the wobbly bit at the top. I do still have bat wings though- bugger!

What I do is to just keep going, look for new ways to make it all interesting, think positive, focus on a vision of what you want your body to look like, and trust the process. All the advertising and instant gratification society seeks is an illusion. You are on the right track, just keep going and let go of results.

At first I thought it was a thread for new kinds of low protein..

Anyway, true enough that cardio burns fat. It also can eat away at muscle, especially if you do "tons" as you've stated. For strength training, I don't know how heavy you lift, but even as a female, you should be lifting heavy to maximize muscle strength. Also, you're gonna need an adequate amount of protein to help repair and build lean muscle.

my trainer at the gym told me that spinning makes the thights smaller you should try

I feel ya!! everything depends on if it is fat or skin!!

If it is fat...cardio is the ONLY way to burn fat...and you can't do "target"cardio!! so you take it where you can get it!

If it is skin....sorry, but there is NOTHING that you can do to fix it (apart from surgery)! skin MAY tighten over time...but with extreme amounts of weight loss (I am at about 100lbs total) the skin will probably never go back to normal...no matter what you do!

If you don't have a lot of skin...then I would recommend "filling in" the areas with muscle. so...target strength to those areas.

Good luck and remember...even with a lil " flaw" here and there...you are still very far from where you have come!

ANUBIS609-

I have been adding more and more weight eat time to see how far I can take it.. Right now when I do that Les Mills Body Pump class-For the clean and press, squats, and what ever else I do for the lower half I lift about 40 pounds and for biceps/triceps/shoulders I think I do about 15-20 pounds..

So you've lost a lot of weight, (congrats) Do you still have a lot of skin to contend with?

I have a little bit around the core area. When I was doing straight cardio, it was significantly noticeable. I made the decision to bulk and cut, and so far the results are good, the skin tightened up a bit and the core muscles are a bit more visually prominent. I cut back on the cardio and minimized it down to 30 minute HIIT routines and/or doing Insanity along with using heavy weighted [50 - 100 lb] resistance bands for strength training. Also currently doing an Insanity/P90X hybrid, so pull-up/chin-up routines are also incorporated into my workouts.