will my upper arms get less "fibby flabby wiggley waggley"?

[Aleesha Sattva]

how's that for a question? i'm releasing weight, i'm working out and i really really REALLY want my upper arms to be pretty and trim like they were when i was younger.

i'm 44... i was 265 pounds (maybe more as i never weighed myself) - and now i'm almost 200 pounds, but i still have those fibby flabby wiggley waggley upper arms.

anything i can do specifically to get rid of this?

[VeggieMel]

Something you can do to help loose skin is dry skin brushing, and the other, for muscle tone, is exercise.

[Aleesha Sattva]

i'm doing both. so does that mean my ffww arms will go away?

have other overweight rawbies found that theirs goes away?

[rawstrength]

I have noticed that a lot of the flab on my legs has disappeared since raw, so it can and will happen. Just keep on doing what you're doing.
As for the arms . . . that's another story.
I carry very heavy boxes of books everyday, plus I am one of those rare women who develop big muscles really easily.
My upper arms are huge and well muscled, sometimes too muscled for my tastes. I thought that the low protein of raw would help them shrink, but instead they only got BIGGER.
Then, the other day, in the gym, when I was on the treadmill, someone complimented my arms. And suddenly I didn't see them as a flaw anymore, but as an asset.
Anyway, that's besides the point, but I'm pretty sure that you will have nice, toned arms again, especially if you had them when you were younger.

[VeggieMel]

I've lost over 50 pounds on raw food. I dry skin brush, and now I exercise a lot more. My upper arms used to be really jiggly. You know that joke, when I waved good-bye, my upper arms kept waving even after I stopped. They're a lot better now! Yours will be, too!

[Rawmommie]

Do you have any dumbells? (free weights) I think doing some arm specific exercises will help! It certainly can't help and won't take much time.

You can do the standard dumbell curl. Stand holding the weights with your palms/lower arms facing up and then curl the weight up to your shoulders. This will work the bicep.

Another really important area to work is the triceps. Hold one weight with both hands over your head. Now, bend your elbow so that the weight is behind your back. The exercise is to now lift the weight to above your head and then drop it back down and do it again. You will feel this in the underpart of your arms (triceps).

I would think 3x a week will make a big difference. I'm doing Body for Life and it involves these exercises twice a week (plus other stuff) and my arms are really firming up!

[carmelitha]

Hallo everyone,

Can one of you please tell me what dry skin brush is?
Thanks.
Kind regards, Carmelitha

[KatK]

My "wings" got better without doing anything extra.

[Aleesha Sattva]

THAT's what i wanted to hear!!! thanks kat!

dry skin brush - here's a link to an image:

http://www.racingsmarter.com/health/images/epsom_salts/SkinBrush1.jpg

[tanishamarshall]

I have the same arm problems but someone told me they can tell they are going down, I can't see it but others can. Have you had someone else look to see if they can see them going down?

[Aleesha Sattva]

i actually take measurements. i should do that!

wow my hubby measured it and it's down 1.5"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh ya, i'm a happy girl!!!

[jackieboomboom]

RG, you should also get a bodywash with seaweed in it. that helped me a ton when i lost a lot of weight a few years ago. also, if you go to a spa, get a seaweed wrap for instant skin firming.

[rawfoodmommy#1]

Something you can do to help loose skin is dry skin brushing, and the other, for muscle tone, is exercise.

where can I find more info on dry skin brushing?

[Aleesha Sattva]

http://healingtools.tripod.com/skinbrush.html

[trinity082482]

I don't want to sound negative because honestly everyone's body is different. Some people bounce back with good diet and exercise habits and some peoples body are too far stretched to bounce back. I have lost over 70lbs through diet and exercise and I am so jiggly everywhere. I went to the gym for over 2 years for toning and yes it did help but nothing is going to make the skin on my body go tight again.

[Aleesha Sattva]

here's hoping my body bounces back...

[Cabosun]

Well my giggily, wiggily flab is gone. I do a variety of exercise 6 days a week. I think what I really contribute the flab being gone to are two of my exercises.......rebounding and thousands of pushups done on my exercise ball. If someone my age (47) can get rid of it, then anyone can. Good luck!

[Aleesha Sattva]

i'm 44... so i'm happy to hear this!!!

[rawfoodmommy#1]

http://healingtools.tripod.com/skinbrush.html

thank you so much for the link. It is very helpful

[tiggerbounce]

here is a target exercise for that......

get a small weight and hold it in one hand. Whichever hand you are holding it with go into a partial lunge with the same foot as the forward foot. Lean just slightly forward. Keep your arm snuggly against your body. Now having your arm slightly to the back of you, and your curled hand parallel to your body, hold you arm back as far as it will comfortably go. Now start doing a small up and down movement w/the weight. It is important to keep your arm close to your body -- don't let it go to the side. Try to do 100. Seems simple, but tomorrow you will be screaming UNCLE! You should feel the burn behind your arm where the "wings" are.

Repeat with the other side.

[Aleesha Sattva]

i do not understand that... i'll see if my hubby does so i can do it. thanks!!!

[Aleesha Sattva]

here is a target exercise for that......

get a small weight and hold it in one hand. Whichever hand you are holding it with go into a partial lunge with the same foot as the forward foot. Lean just slightly forward. Keep your arm snuggly against your body.

Okay we get that part. What's the other arm, without the weight doing or does it matter?


Now having your arm slightly to the back of you, and your curled hand parallel to your body, hold you arm back as far as it will comfortably go.

This is where you lose us. Is this one arm? Cause you say slightly to the back and then as far back as it can go... so are we talking two different arms?


Now start doing a small up and down movement w/the weight. It is important to keep your arm close to your body -- don't let it go to the side. Try to do 100. Seems simple, but tomorrow you will be screaming UNCLE! You should feel the burn behind your arm where the "wings" are.

Repeat with the other side.

okay so is this movement moving the weight up your side? so your hand holding the weight never leaves your side, just moves from your hip up to your ribs?

or...

do you do more of a curl with the weight with your upper arm and elbow close to the body and your lower arm curling up and down in front of your body?

[RawSinger]

The more you build up your triceps, especially, and the others muscles around them, like the biceps (front of the arms) and the deltoids (shoulders), the less flab you'll have.