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[Angelle29]

1 yr ago I changed my bad eating habits and began exercising. I ride a stationary bike 5 days a week 30 minutes plus warm up and cool down. Then I do some type of exercise routine, a DVD or online fitness routines. I have lost 10 lbs over 1 year but I am not getting any more fit. I don't need to lose more wt but I still have a jiggly butt, muffin top etc. what am I doing wrong? My exercises challenge me but I rarely feel sore after working out. I am discouraged. I would think I should look better than this after a year. Any ideas?

 

[Goldfish2.0]

"Fitness" is your ability to perform a task. Your main complaint seems to be with aesthetic results rather than performance. There's a correlation between the two, but they aren't interchangeable.

It sounds to me like the results you want will come from changing your body recomposition: building some muscle and losing some fat, while staying at about the same net weight. Obviously, what you've been doing hasn't gotten you to where you want to be. I'd look into moving away from the DVDs and doing a solid hypertrophy routine. Here's one I prepared earlier: http://training.fitness.com/weight-training/basic-novice-program-strength-muscle-54545.html

You may also want to look deeper into your nutritional habits. Are you getting plenty of protein? Eating your vegetables?