Hi there.

I was just reading through bellybuton's thread - I think you and I have the same body - all butt and legs? <sigh>
I feel your pain. It sucks, doesn't it?

You've lost almost 20 pounds! Isn't that a GREAT feeling?

Now, I have FINALLY been having some success in changing my proportions around over the last few years.

Weirdly enough, it has been by doing LESS cardio, and MUCH heavier lifting (!), especially heavy leg work, which I had always meticulously avoided. When I DO cardio, I make sure I NEVER do ANY before lifting, and I lift very intensely. This magical combination has done more to burn off bodyfat and change the shape of my body than ANYTHING. And I used to run 10ks. Didn't do a thing. I actually GAINED weight running.

Have a peek in my gym log, and at the first page of my journal - there are some links there that might interest you. And I have some pix in my gallery, if you're wondering what this kind of lifting makes a woman's body look like - I think you and I are about the same height, and you're 6 years younger than I am.