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Not complaining..

I'm happy that I'm loosing weight. I'm waist and top heavy My top is a 16/18 Hips and butt are a size 8.

I do a lot of walking for cardio. I lift weights...What am I missing?

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I so afraid of this! Are you doing a full body work out or alternating your work out? I am doing a boot camp right now that is 12 weeks and I will get sleeved Nov 13th! So hopefully that helps w my contouring and proportions!

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Hang in there friends, and good luck.

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There is no way to control where the weight comes off first. As for "contouring", that can really only be done when you have little to no weight left to lose by building muscle through weight and resistance training.

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I'm alternating my workouts. I'm thinking of quitting my cardio for a while and concentrating on core and upper body. I just feel guilty if I don't get my cardio in...

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I'm alternating my workouts. I'm thinking of quitting my cardio for a while and concentrating on core and upper body. I just feel guilty if I don't get my cardio in...

Cardio is important though... it keeps your heart strong (one of your most important muscles)!

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Please don't stop your cardio. It is vital to your health and fitness. Quitting your cardio will accomplish nothing other than decreasing your weight loss on increasing your weight gain. Do your research. It is a fact that you cannot target weight loss. You can target toning through certain weight training and resistance exercising, but that WILL NOT affect the fat in those areas.

A quick Google search for "Spot Reduction" will turn up countless reliable results all explaining that it is just not possible. Here's a quick article: http://www.truestarhealth.com/members/cm_archives11ml3p1a2.html

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I've always been bigger on top than on the bottom. Now that I'm at goal, it's only by about one size difference. I can wear a 4 pant\jeans and still sometimes a medium top. I'm grateful to have the shape I do as "the girls" fared pretty well through all of this, (at least with the help of a Vickies foundation)! The sag without is... it is what it is. We live with the scars we choose!

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Pilates, yoga, and swimming will balance you out by slimming your upper torso to match your bottom half.

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