I have the same problem with my arms. I've been hiding them in sleeves since I was in grade 9. I graduated a few years ago lol. I've been doing lots of strength training to tone them up and as I'm losing weight, they are firming up nicely. When I lift my arms up to put my hair in a ponytail, they don't sag. I have hope for them yet.
My arms are large too for my size even when I was 35lbs less last summer they were almost the same size as they are now. I hate that puff you get over the elbow. It makes me look heavier then I am. Sigh.
Wow. I would always complain about how I store all my weight in my stomach, but reading this, I can sort of see how from a fashion perspective, I have the advantage here. From a health perspective, it puts me the worst off, since abdomen fat is the most lethal, but it just never even occurred to me before that people might not be able to wear tanktops or shorts because they are overweight. For me it was always just about covering up the belly. Even at my high weight of 212 I was 100% satisfied with my arms and everyone said I had stellar legs. BUT, I seem to wear much higher pant sizes at lower weights than other people, since all my fat is genuinely around my midsection. But I guess I never even realized arms could have stretch marks, or how inhibiting it could be. Thanks for opening my eyes! I guess we all have our own problems, right? ^.~
I feel like arms are the easiest way to look fat or fit. Even if you have a big gut or butt, if you have nice arms, you look smaller. Conversely, flabby arms make you look bigger than you probably are. In the mirrored elevator today, I was trying to notice if I looked slimmer in my top... but all I could focus on was my flabby arms. Until they get toned up, I'm just going to look a flabby mess.
Ok I know this doesn't solve the problem and don't laugh but since I really hate the way my arms look in pictures I either pose between my friends or, for times that I'm stuck on the side of a group pic I admit to have practiced posing in ways to camouflage my arms in front of the mirror...
So you're not alone!
Love the toning suggestions everyone left and hopefully the more weight we lose the more we'll see come off our arms... Stupid flab
I think my arms might be getting better? At least from the side. From the front I still have that puffy look, and that oh-so-fun armpit fat that makes it really hard to wear sleeveless stuff. My lower limbs are ok, as in my calves and forearms, I guess I just store fat on the upper parts, like my thighs and upper arms. Wouldn't you think that your waist would be closer in measurement to your hips than to your thighs? Not so with me. The difference between my waist and hips is double the difference between my waist and thighs. Le Sigh.
Wow what did your arms ever do to you besides you know help carry things, hold you up, give you balance when you walked a tightrope, lift a child, help a friend up? Bad arms! You should hate them.
omg, i hate my arms, too!!!!!!!! being short, fat, and having big arms do no good! oh and plus, i have chubby cheeks. im sure in time, after losing weight, your arms will get smaller..i just cant wait for that day...
Oh, forestroad if only my arms looked as great as yours do.
I hate my arms, and my family is known for when they get older they get that arm fat that just hangs down....ugh.
but i hate my gut most of all. that right there is a different story. . . =/
My arms just happened. I didn't specifically target them. When my weight got to the low 140's I started getting comments about them. I think they had been there just buried. I have done push ups though--thank you Jillian Michaels. The weights I use for 30DS are only 2.5 pounders. I would love it if I could get my thighs to fall in line with my arms--toned looking all the time. I know they have to be muscular somewhat since I am a runner.
