I feel most comfortable posting this thread here.

What are your problem areas body-wise? Or, if you're in tip top shape, what were they and how did you fix them/learn to live with them?

I'm OK with most of me except my dangly arm wobble (not noticeable most of the time) and my stomach. As I do more strength training (nothing serious, just rolling around on the floor doing pushups and bird dogs and planks) I have seen improvement in just a couple weeks' time, but I think it will be a lifelong battle with my stomach. I don't know if it's all pure fat or if some is loose skin, but I have never been obese and I lost weight quite slowly so it's not as if it's some huge shock to my body. I am not comfortable running or jumping unless there is some kind of waist band "holding back" the fat, which jiggles and bounces just like it did when I was 30 pounds heavier.

Hi Krampus sometimes we are our own worse critics, so hang in there... To everyone else you probably look gorgeous and peeps are probably quite envious... But... having said this my suggestion would be that if you have access to a gym, get serious with the weight training Lift heavier, lift more often ...... Guarantee you body will transform and change and you'll feel stronger and more positive about yourself...

Definitely my stomach and butt. No matter how much weight I lose, my butt and then finally my stomach are the last to go... and then still, they're not my favourite areas. I'm learning to sort of chalk it up to genetics (dad's side of the family), butI am going to adjust my goal to where I think I can healthily/reasonably knock at at least a bit more of the belly and butt fat.

Batwings - thats my trouble spot. As the weight has come off, the arms have gotten smaller but I know that cardio will not get rid of them - weight training will. So that's the plan of attack for the new year.

My stomach! Ugh I can't seem to get rid of the little fat roll there! It isn't obvious when I stand but if I sit in tighter clothing it is there mocking me! And even though it is very flat I still feel self conscious in a bikini especially when I sit.

ughhh my butt! no matter how many squats, lunges, etc i do..its still there! and a little dimply..sigh

The good news is, my horrible flabby belly jiggle is DEFINITELY BETTER with the loss of the last 5 pounds and continued weight training (including serious ab work using an inclined crunch board, Swiss ball with weights on my chest, and hanging crunches (knees to chest)). I've gotten it to the point where, if I stand up straight, my belly is flat. I'm coming to accept that, after 3 pregnancies and a lifetime of being overweight, I have enough stretched-out abdominal skin that it will always hang unattactively when I bend over.

Other problem areas for me have been: upper arm jiggle (gone now), saddlebags on the sides of my thighs (finally starting to disappear but definitely still present), and a droopy lower butt (better but far from gone).

Here's the thing: 10 pounds ago, I looked absolutely terrible naked, even though I was technically normal weight. All of my problem spots only seemed to START getting better when I got to within 10-12 pounds of goal weight. And everything seems to shrink first but stay flabby, then only tighten up some number of weeks/months after the fat loss happens. And I too have lost weight (all too) slowly and never been obese. So I think there's definitely hope for your belly yet, and I don't mean by exercising in a girdle. :>)

I would have to say my "worst" is my stomach. I have been battling my stomach for as long as I can remember. More recently though I've notices that I'm getting that dreaded "muffin top" and my arms are getting pretty flabby. So I'm working on several areas.

Hips and thighs. I'm pear-shaped, and I'll always have bigger hips and thighs.

Oddly enough, I love my stomach. Then again, it's the smallest area on me, so I lucked out there. My problem areas are my arms and my thighs. My body looks great and deceptively 20 pounds lighter in clothes, but naked? It's pretty obvious that's where all my weight is hidden. My thighs still sort of jiggle and my arms are so flabby. Granted, lifting weights will make those areas look better, but I will never be a petite-limbed girl, and I hate it.

Everything from hips to knees is the last place to show all my fitness efforts. Fortunately, when I'm at my most comfortable weight, even the cellulite tends to diminish, but I have a wide-hipped bone structure that obviously I can't do anything about. Even when I was really, really skinny, I had wide hips. Beyond some sort of bizarre bone-shaving surgery, that's never going to change, so I'm trying to learn to love it.

Which puts this in mind: we focus so much on our problem areas. Someone mentioned actually liking their stomach. Well, I actually like my upper body quite a lot (and I don't mean just the chest region, I also mean arms and pecs and biceps and shoulders and even upper abdominals). We're so focused on trying to reach our goals that we forget to notice the things that are actually beautiful even as they are. I encourage everybody to remember to notice the GOOD things, too!

Hmm. I seem to be alone in my hatred of back fat

My issues are my back fat, my muffin top, and my arms. I have a belly, but since its covered in stretch marks from having babies I don't seem to mind it as much.

I do like the idea of focusing on our positive features though. Good idea

No, you're not alone... I detest my back fat I know right away when I've gained weight, it appears in my back

Stomach here. Always a problem area for me. But I love my back and arms and they are the easiest and quickest to tone, especially with lifting. For anyone with the bat wings you hate, do push ups and lift. You will be amazed how quick those areas get back into shape.