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Hi everyone! I have come here to hopefully gain insight and motivation for my fitness regime. I have always had a fast metabolism, it runs in my family, however lately I have noticed I'm a little more jiggly than I would like lol. I have gone through phases of exercise in the past, either for a specific purpose or because I felt it would be good for me, my husband has been lifting weights and doing other strength training for the past year and he's doing great, he has a fast metabolism too. We have been changing our diet for the past few months we have cut out most junk food, potatoes, white rice and bread. Most meals we prepare from scratch but we do have the occasional frozen pie lol I think the reason for my jiggliness is that I have tended to have larger portions of things and as I'm nearing 30 my metabolism is starting to slow so it's hanging around longer. I have begun doing cardio in the form of Zumba and using an exercise bike, Wii Yoga and muscle workouts in the form of deep lunges, Jack knifes, press ups, tricep extensions with small weights, also ab crunches and sit ups ( including side sit-ups ) on a bench inclined at an angle. I have cut my portion size down so hopefully that will help.

My question is this, we are going to the south of France in 30 days and I would very much like to not jiggle in my bikini lol I'm hoping that my dietary changes and smaller portions will help but I want to know the best workouts to burn fat? I am a size 8-10 but due to a little bit of a ponch and slight muffin top my jeans feel a little tighter than I would like lol Luckily when I do muscle exercises I see results fairly quickly, I just wanted to know any great techniques for this particular area. I do like cardio a lot but I have read on the forums that fat loss can be achieved with strength training as well. Also some advice on repetitions would be most helpful. I will work as hard as I can, I just don't want to be doing the wrong thing.

Thanks guy's x
 
Welcome to the forum! Well, you're sure not giving yourself much time, so don't expect drastic results, but you should be able to make a bit of headway if you stick with a plan for the next month. My suggestions would be (in order of importance :)):

1. stay in control of your portions!

2. strength train 3 days per week (whole-body)

3. some form of interval training 1-2 times per week (think HIIT, but don't push it too much since you're not used to it)

4. be active in your daily life as much as you can (go for walks, walk/bike to work, etc.).

One of the issues is that this would be a lot of exercise to take on all at once, so you really should be easing into it slowly. For some more information, here is a good thread:

http://training.fitness.com/weight-loss/training-fat-loss-51064.html
 
Hi there,

Thank you for your input! I aim to exercise every day, doing a mixture of cardio, yoga, and muscle workouts. As I said my body benefits from exercise quite quickly so hopefully I should be able to build up to harder workouts. My worry was that I wouldn't be doing enough of one type of exercise than another or that I was doing the wrong thing. Being that I'm quite slim anyway I wanted to tone up and burn the little bit of fat off around my lower midriff. I have read the link you sent me and it's very interesting, that's the kind of info that's really helpful as there can be a lot of contradictory advice out there!
 
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