Heya,
Let's start of by saying that I'm a female, 5'4", 128-134
pounds (my weight fluctuates like mad it could be due to fluids), currently not in a
gym (nor can I until end of April please don't question this) and it would seem like I am losing weight but somehow I'm the same size
Right now I guess what I really want is to tone certain areas through
exercises I can do at home for NOW until I finally join a
gym... I know they will be less effective but at least I can train for now - by the way I am a NEWBIE so if it's not a common exercise that like crunches, sit-ups then I probably have no idea what you are talking about... I will post once again when I join a
gym and ask what to do then
Before I start - please don't laugh at my drawings because I am serious! I don't have a digital camera and even if I did I would be too embarrased to actually take a picture of my ugly figure
First Issue - Flubber on Sides
I started doing an exercise on my love handles (since the beginning of January)... basically and I use
weights (5
pounds on each hand - I CAN'T DO MORE NO MATTER WHAT I TRY...) and swing them over my head on each side (2, 4, 6 and then 8 times) and bend down as far as I can go to the floor (saw a video of it somewhere... hope I explained it clearly)
So I noticed the following change happen in my
body (see image) - sry if my drawings are bad
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9153/45943854lp7.jpg
2 changes:
1- Two bones (the ones on each side) started appearing - I dun mind this
2- The two black arrows... for some reason those are a lot more evident now... perhaps I lost weight below and now they are showing me? No idea
Eitherway, anyone know if my hypothesis on #2 is true? Eitherway how do I work on that one particular area (exercises)? *remember I need to be able to do them at home*
Second Issue - My Ugly Upper Thighs
I have a recumbent exercise bike (which I know isn't as good as the regular one) at home.... I'm the kind of person where my
fat get stored in my HIBS AND THIGHS (waist to hib ratio 0.7 max, less most of the time). So the problem is my thighs are big and ugly... even when I was a lot skinner, my thighs never have that nice and toned shape! In the summer I would walk for 3 hours a day x4 for 3 months (fast to speed walk-I can speed walk for hours without problem but I can never seem to be able to jog/run)... I use the bike I have a home A LOT (4-6 tension out of 8 and I bike decently fast) yet this is how my thighs look like:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3104/70821805jq5.jpg
I know I'm a nasty artist and my proportions are wrong
But lemme explain - #1 Arrow from the Front view - my upper portion of my thighs TOUCH my lower thighs DON'T tough and they have a curve in between them... the Side View with the arrows show that my lower thighs curve and actually they stick out more than my upper thigh (muscle maybe? When I touch them I do feel they feel like muscle). My upper thighs somehow curve in oO (from the side look smaller than my lower thighs).
Despite the above description, my upper thighs are much bigger (very round) and flubbery... and they have had this shape since the summer - I mean when I think about it wouldn't it make sense that after 6 months when I started to get muslces in my lower thigh (since I am improving) I would finally see a change in my upper thighs? I don't see any... I know I should probably decrease my
fat overall.... but I guess one way to start is to get some muscles in my upper thighs? Any suggestions what I should do here - what kind of
exercises I can do that work specifically on my upper thighs?
Third Issue - My upper stomach.... let's start by saying that my waist is normally 25-26 inches and my stomach isn't so big
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/982/25786818sp4.jpg
But I'm really confused on this part - I want to tone my UPPER stomach... my lower stomach is almost flat (NOT toned) but my upper stomach always bulges out! I know both stomachs aren't to big but when I bend down you see folds and it's ugly... I want to work on it but but I keep hearing stories that it's not good to form
stomach muscles for females before you burn the layers of
fat on the stomach because it will just be buried down below the muscles and it will make your stomach "bulge out." I did do sit ups for a about 2 months during the summer and it did look like my stomach got bigger... but could also be my imagination
Any advice on this? If so, can you also suggest
exercises that are effective especially for the upper stomach?
I guess that is it for now... I guess this post is probably going to sound VERY stupid to pros like you guys - I am serious to improve myself. I know it may not sound this way because I can't join a
gym but life isn't exactly on my side right now... so please just try to suggest/advice whatever you can (even if they are NOT
exercises) for now until I can finally sort some stuff out and finally join a
gym.
