Another peice of advice needed

Ok guys! I have gone down from 272 to 220 pounds since June 2007 and I am nearing my goal of 200-210 pounds. I am 6'2''. Since the day I started working out, it has been a combination on cardio and weights. The question is, I lift pretty decently and use 3 sets with my 3rd as the failure set. I make sure I have atleast 100 grms of protiens which I know is very less. I have gotten a pretty good chest, but by biceps still remain the same. Maybe it went from 16'' to 17''. An inch in 6 months! I am very worried as I don't see any results from biceps and triceps. I must also admit that since my initial goal was weightloss, whenever I used to lift weights, I used to eat sparingly like under 2000 calories even when I lifted weights.

Also, since weightloss, I think I have a lot of loose flesh around the belly, thighs area. What are the best steps to reduce those? Higher reps?

stick with what got you there, high reps are not going to provide enough stimulation, and your body could actually start to gain weight. try increasing your cardio and add an extra set to your weights, that will cause more calorie burn.

Thanks Bodyscience! But I am not doing high reps for the major muscle groups. Its just for the loose flesh around the stomach I do the crunches. I am more worried about not bulking up my biceps and triceps.

make sure you are not over training them you should only be doing around 8-10 sets for each of them. giving them at least 2 days rest before and after you work them. so if you do them on Friday take the weekend of and then do your upper body work on Monday and Tuesday, leg work on Wednesday rest then work the arms. The extra layer of fat/or skin will come off as your body fat lowers. so you really only need about 3 sets of 15 resp for your abs about 3 times a week. working the muscle under the skin isn't going to make the fat on top of it go away. good diet and calorie burn will.

I think the loose flesh just takes a long while to tighten up, probably on the order of how long it took to stretch it out. I went from 225 to 180 between Aug 06 and Feb 07. I've been swimming, cycling and doing situps like crazy, but nothing gives real fast results tightening the skin. My weight's been stable, and my body fat percentage is dropping, but the looseness is still there. It has been tightening up slowly, and it seems like it will probably take another year or 18 months until I'm really happy with it.

I agree about the reps, too. I had been doing 10-15 reps and keeping a 2-300 cal/day deficit and getting absolutely nowhere. Now I'm doing 4 sets of 10, then 8, then 6, then whatever-I-can reps, and eating all my calories, and I'm making good progress.

What everyone else said about fat/burn, and you can fill in the skin with muscle. I still have looser skin on my stomach from pregnancy, but I also have nice ripped abs to fill it out. Same deal with my ass. It got HUGE when I was pregnant & I am still doing crazy squats to lift it back up! 

Less fat + more muscle = better looking naked.