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Not a picture of me, but the first side in this photo is what I'm talking about.

Nono it's not axillary breast tissue. It's not as bad as that. It's only when my arms are down, and made worse by a sports bra.

Yeah that's what I mean. It's much worse in a sports bra than my ordinary bras, so I'm doubting it's the bra's fault. I have never trained my chest area so I was just wondering if it was that and if that would help. I'm not overweight - just have no muscle in that area.

There isn't an actual person I want to look like. It's a lot more to be generally healthier because I'm so unfit, but also to just have the 'toned' look. My legs hold more fat and muscle than the rest of my body. I don't want to change that, I'm just looking for results more around there than the rest of me. I'm not trying…

Like I said above, just gain or maintain muscle in those areas whilst I'm losing... My idea of toning has nothing to do with targeted weight loss, and I listened to what you said first about toning not exactly being a thing. Although I read from that that toning is a thing and it's just losing weight, and then training to…

That's such a nitpicky answer, but thankyou for correcting me on it.

You can do squats and it targets legs and bum. crunches, leg raises etc target abs. That's all I meant...

I'm not sure what the difference between "spot reduction" and wanting to have a "spot area" is. But either way, you can't target a specific area for fat loss. [/quote] I wasn't asking a target for fat loss? I literally never asked that and got told my 3 different people I can't. I'm asking for a certain area to have a…

Sure, but if the muscles are covered by fat, it probably won't give you the look you desire. You would just have muscles under fat, not a "spot reduction."[/quote] I wasn't asking for a spot reduction, but spot areas to have a more 'toned' look

Yeah, that's what toning is right? Weight loss + muscle gain. So toning an area is losing weight everywhere but targeting an area for muscle giving it a 'toned' look...

You can muscle gain in certain areas

So would you recommend lowering my body fat % to desirable before then deciding what level of muscle I think would suit it? Or training muscle at the same time? I'm only around 15lbs from my target weight, but I have a huge body fat% of 29%!

Oh I meant targeting those areas for toning rather than weightloss, sorry!

The only class I've seen which charge at my PureGym is zumba, although I haven't looked too thoroughly at the timetable so I may be wrong.

Yeah i do this all the time. If I overeat one day, then I'll eat less the next. Or if I know I'm going out for a meal the next day, then I'll eat less that day if I'm not hungry in order to compensate. I usually follow the average number at the end of the week on the graph on the app to make sure I'm meeting targets than…

I'm sure this is one of the free classes with the membership, so getting money back isn't an issue. I'd stop going to the class though - thankyou for this account of your experience though. I've recently joined the gym and I'll be staying away from this class!

I always add my alcohol and mixers the best I can. I don't add spirits as I'm never entirely sure as I can't find the nutritional info anywhere! But if I have a beer or a cider I most definitely add it.

I don't think there is an issue, and agree with many people above. She is still growing, and if she's only just into the 'overweight' bmi category at this time then it's totally fine. It would be super obvious if she was properly overweight and needed to lose, which from what you say it sounds like she doesn't.

I weight 145 and my jeans are a UK 12 (US 8), and on the top I fit a UK10 (US 6). I haven't lost much in clothes size as I've lost weight. My jeans were all UK 12-14 even when I was 160lbs

So the packets lie about weight? Then why would I trust the calories on them? I lost easily before so why has it stopped now? I also do put slightly more into my diary than what I think I had which is why I only think I'm 100cals out at most

I don't weigh my food no, but I know the weight of the packets of most stuff and guesstimate based on how much of the packet I've used. Buying a food scale is just too far and obsessive. Also I only drink mostly water so 0 calories anyway. If I have a drink with calories I'm normally out so just add a bottle of something…

I'm 5'4 and currently 154lbs but ever since puberty even when I weighed like 120lbs my calves were huge in proportion to the rest of my body. My mum's are the same. So I think naturally muscly calves may possibly be a genetic thing since neither of us has ever done much physical exercise besides walking.

Would you say lightly or moderately?

I was only 25lbs from my goal weight when I started. So I chose a weight I thought I could lose a dress size or 2 by. So I picked it based on the dress size I'd like to be. However, I may lose another few if I'm not happy with the weight when I get there

Well it's a lot of carbs and fat. Like I'll have pasta and cheese a lot. Basically I think I eat too much cheesy things and when I look at the nutrition pie chart my protein one is smaller than it should be. Carbs is about right and fat is usually high.

For me a meal replacement never worked. I had a slimming world shake and 1 evening meal a day and I never lost anything in a few weeks!

I've been successful on this before. Basically it was when my mum joined so I ate the same evening meals and snacks as her and just had a sandwhich for lunch. There's lots of free food you can eat as much as you want of so you'll never have to go hungry like on a calorie controlled diet. If you look at what you're actually…

Hi, I'm looking to lose 20lbs too! I lost about 6 and then put ti back on oooops. I plan to eat healthy for the next couple of weeks until christmas, have a break actually at the time and then start again properly and with more exercise in january!