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Has anyone here had saddlebags but managed to have them disappear completely without surgery?

As for excersize, I'm cutting cardio out due to my job. I have to be active for 7.5 hours straight with a 1 time 30 minute break. I will be focusing on building muscle so that I don't get all raggidy anne looking.

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[willful_zephyr]

I'm working on the male equivalent. I have female friends who have succeeded in this. It took them months, and they had to get a personal trainer for help with sculpting exercises and diet.

The diet was especially important for changing body composition to absorb the last 5 pounds. Exercise alone will never get rid of the last bit of fat (be it saddle bags, love handles, or man-pooch).

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Do you know what the diet consists of? Is it highprotein?

[willful_zephyr]

It was crazy precise for each of them (one is tall and curvy, the other tiny and boyish)

They had specific protein / fat counts for every meal and specific workouts a couple times a day.

They were doing the same training (at a less intense level) as competitive body builders. I have read some good material on this from those sources.

It wasn't particularly good for them during the training, but they have kept it off (been a couple years now).

Hi!

[rydra_wong]

As a practical point, if you're trying to build muscle, you'll need to make sure you get sufficient protein anyway, which tends to mean at least a moderate-protein if not high-protein diet.

There was a good discussion over in lifting_heavy_things about eating to gain muscle.

(Btw, I am not a mod, but just as a suggestion, you might want to put the entry behind a cut. The comm standards are intended partly to protect people who have issues with body image or eating disorders, and I think a discussion of how to make bits of your body "disappear" could be stressful or triggering for some people.)

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[circlejerk]

You're right, that didn't even enter my mind as I posted it. I'll edit it now and put it under a cut. I'll be more careful next time.
As for protein, I take whey protein shakes and bars, and nuts.. I don't eat meat so often, but it's in there.