My Emerging Problem Area
I have been going to the gym for coming up on a year now. While my weight has not changed dramatically by any means, I have toned up a bit. I am a bit stronger and some areas – only some – are not quite as flabby as they used to be.
Even what other weight loss bloggers so ‘lovingly’ call their chicken wings has toned up a bit on me. (Thank goodness for that!)
With this toning up, my stomach area has noticed some benefits. I am still pretty flabby there, but it has firmed up a bit an even shrunk a little. Unfortunately, that sort of toning hasn’t extended across my entire stomach area.
I now have a ‘problem area’: my abdomen.
Unlike my stomach, my abdomen fat stretches across nearly my entire front side. It doesn’t look good and it doesn’t feel good at all. With my upper stomach slowly but surely coming right, I’m noticing my abdomen more and more – and hoping that other people aren’t.
My pants may be getting a bit loose around my waist, but my abdomen certainly isn’t. It makes for an odd shaped body and front, one I am growing a bit self-conscious of. As I search around for some yoga and other exercises to help me deal with this, I can’t help but wonder…
Do you have a problem area? What makes it a problem for you? What do you do about it?
Share your story. I’m off to find some abdomen exercises…
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:05 am
I’m too far away from my ideal weight to be able to tell, but historically my thighs have always been rather heavy, although I don’t have the saddlebag problem. I am also going to have to consider breast surgery - lift and reduction!
Heaven knows what my stomach will look like!
May 24th, 2008 at 3:54 am
I’m wondering if I’ll want to consider surgery for a bit of a lift and a shift here and there, but that’s far off for right now.