Can you choose where to lose weight

[Beth]

I’m getting frustrated with my weight loss because I’m aiming to lose weight in my belly and my arms, but where I’m losing the most weight is in my chest! I’m a woman, I don’t want to get smaller there and yet keep a round middle and flabby arms. What do I do to control specifically where I lose?

[kellykatt]

I have the same problem. I find that the first places that I lose weight are really weird or not really where I want them to be. But the rest of the body does catch up after a while.

[Paplo]

You can do some exercises that target specific places. If you eat right, it will take off weight overall but you can push for specific spots by working out the muscles that are targetted to those areas. Like sit ups and crunches for a gut.

[Mike]

That's just what you need to do. Target your workouts . Do lots of cardio but then do targetted exercises for the spots you want to shrinik.

[sarah]

I’m getting frustrated with my weight loss because I’m aiming to lose weight in my belly and my arms, but where I’m losing the most weight is in my chest! I’m a woman, I don’t want to get smaller there and yet keep a round middle and flabby arms. What do I do to control specifically where I lose?

I totally get what you're going through. I actually brought this subject up with my doctor because I've been so frustrated from losing fat in areas that I don't mind having it, but having it stick around in zones that I look horrible. Essentially, there's not a lot of ways to control overall weight loss in terms of specific areas. Even if you work out certain zones, you're only going to build up the muscles there, not necessarily burn the fat. So you just have to be patient (easier said than done) and know that while it may seem like lopsided weight loss for now, it will actually even itself out over time. Don't be too hard on yourself. Weight loss anywhere means you're still headed in the right direction!