Wed, Aug-20-03, 11:58
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Senior Member
Posts: 176
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Plan: low cal,less pro. atkins
Stats: 138/130/118
BF:
Progress: 40%
Location: manhattan, miami, europe
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Toning upper legs without building muscle.
hello everyone. I signed-up for these forums not to long so this is my first post in this particular section.
I have a major dilema over the past few months with my upper thighs and legs. Instead of elongating and toning them, I just build muscle over my fat. I am not overwieght, but I do have a lot of body fat here. I have had 2 trainers who don't seem to be able to help in spite of my diet, which is Atkins. I haven't lost much weight on Atkins ever because I was not very heavy, but I went on it to aide in losing fat. I didn't know it would build so much muscle. At this point, I would like to lose the muslce I built, but there is no diet that can do that. The only thing I can do is cardio that keeps my heartrate in a fat burning state. However, my legs come into the picture again. I can't seem to make them smaller or lose that lose muscle on the inside of my thighs. It is not tone, and it is not fat, and most of all, it doesn't ever decrease.
So, can anyone help me with a suggestion on what I can do? I thought about doing Atkins with less protien, but keeping the fat in things like oil and nuts. I also thought about not walking on the treadmill with an incline. (right now, I have a incline of 4 going at 3.6 miles for 30 minutes.)
And nutritionally I have been on my own with my low-carb books, because allm y trainers and people at the gym tell me to eat lean-meat and fruit...to eat less calories and more grains instead of high fat. some of them are lean, and some are not, so even though I want to be on atkins, should I follow this advice of not eating high fat for a while?
Thanks in advance for comments.
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