Quote Originally Posted by indigoiis View Post
Spot reducing is a myth - you can't pick a place on your body, do some exercizes, and have that area get smaller. You CAN tone the muscle in a particular area, but the layer of fat on top can only be reduced in one way - by reducing calories to induce fat loss.

Once the fat is reduced (and you can't pick where it's going to come off - unfortunately for me it decided to come off first in my chest area, taking me down a couple cup sizes) you will see the developed muscle underneath.
This really makes sense. Exercise increases muscles in certain areas that get worked. Exercise also burns more calories- but burning calories makes you generally lose fat all over, not just in a particular spot. You can't get rid of fat thighs specifically by doing thigh exercises. Thigh exercises will give you bigger/stronger thigh muscles, and if you exercise enough in general to burn more calories than you consume then the fat on your thighs will get less- along with the fat on the rest of your body.
My saddlebags (more like "love handles" fatty lumps on the sides of my hips) have decreased dramatically along with my 20 pound weight loss. I'll need to lose another 10-15 pounds to get rid of them altogether, but then my face might look older I think. Not sure which I want more.