Re: The final 10lbs!!
The disposition of excess fat is usually stored in the belly for most people, but due to genetics, for some it is stored in the thighs & hips (in women, it is more likely to be stored below the waist). You also need to ask yourself whether the exercises (i.e. walking) that you are doing are intense enough. By the descriptions you’ve given, it seems as if you workout your upper body more than your legs (even if its by running or walking). Diet aside, the fuel for your movements (glucose in the blood) is replenished by glycogen in the liver & muscles. The glycogen is in turn replenished by the breakdown of fat. If you aren’t losing leg fat, then you are losing fat above the waist. So, what you need to do is to find exercises (aerobic or anaerobic / with or without weights) that target the legs but avoid the rest of the body. Running and rope-skipping is not recommended. Instead, the best aerobic solution is cycling (where the upper body is relatively at rest and legs do all the work). Compliment this by some resistance-exercises (with weights). Pushing weights with your legs will expend glycogen directly from the legs, instead of the upper body, and will burn fat directly from the legs. I’d recommend prioritizing resistance-exercises above cycling for the quickest results. Go to the gym and use the equipment that target isolated muscle groups. Each equipment will target only a single specific muscle at a time, instead of multiple muscles of the body. This can help you in avoiding other muscles of the body (i.e. abs), so that all of the fat metabolism can be restricted to the legs.