Sage

As of about three months ago I've been pretty good about going to the gym. I'm not quite to my goal of three dedicated workouts a week, but I'm getting there. I have noticed (along with my husband) in the past two weeks a great increase in muscle mass in all the areas I've been working on regularly. My arms have especially shown an increase in muscley-ness (I've actually got "guns" now).

However, while my muscles have been getting bigger, my flab is not getting smaller. No, I'm not being very picky about what I eat, but I am trying very hard to change my eating habits (by eating less of more healthy foods). I am also not getting in the "Five to Seven one hour cardio sessions" a week, but I am trying to do cardio at least 30 min every time I go to the gym, and I'm trying to be more active throughout the day (parking further from the door, walking around more, stuff like that).

Is the weight coming off slowly right now because I've just started being more regular about going to the gym? Or am I really going to have to "buckle down" about what I eat and how long I do cardio? I know that the more cardio I do the faster I'll see results, but is doing 30-40 min every other day really "doing it" or not? Is there anything I can be doing in the gym to make things more effective for weight loss?

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