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[quote=Anonymous]I'm pretty new to the diet/exercise scene and am trying to figure out better eating and fitness routines. I'm 41 and have been really quite thin my whole life and am very small framed. My body started changing a bit around 35 and now, in the last 6 months of last year, I put on an additional 8-ish pounds for seemingly no reason other than being a woman getting older. I'm 5'7" and right now about 138. I know that sounds tiny, but given my super small frame its ended up being a bit of softness/flab in the stomach, hips, thighs. I honestly do not generally have a problem with the weight I'm at and don't really mind the overall size I'm at, but I hate that its flabby. I also don't want to keep trending in this direction.

I guess my question is what to do when you are less concerned with losing a lot of weight and more concerned with the composition of the weight? Is this purely a strength training situation? Or do I need to more carefully watch food intake to get rid of the bit of flab? Or both? I guess I'm just wanting to have reasonable expectations about strength training and if that will eventually firm up the soft parts or if I need to be more intentional about intake and loose a few pounds to take the soft edge off. I've never really had to watch what I'm eating before so its a big adjustment that I'm also working on. I've also recently started with a personal trainer and am working on figuring out a fitness routine.  [/quote]

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