Too much weight during workout?

I, F28 started hitting the gym with a friend. I am in my second week. Having social anxiety, going to the gym was never an option for me but with my husband's encouragement and my friend's willingness to train me in change of a gym pal had me convinced. Him being a kinetoterapeut is a bonus, he explains me all the time what muscles we are targeting and why I use said set of exercices.

I am 160cm and 78 kilos, went last week to the nutritionist and my end goal is losing about 20 kilos in a few years(I am realistic, don't want a dramatic weight loss in a short time).

Now, we target different muscle groups each day. Arms, back, chest, legs, abdomen, cardio, repeat. In almost two weeks I grew from 2 to 6 kilos on a single handed dumbbell and feel really proud of that. Keep in mind that my friend is a male and both him and my husband are a little bit muscle heads. When I told my female friend and workmates about my achievement, they asked me "isn't 6 kilos too much? As a woman, you do not want to get a broad back"-which is true, I have a naturally broader back and would not like that. Now, at my level I, too feel like 6 kilos would be a little bit much. I usually use 4kg dumbbells. The other thing they keep telling me is "why focus on the upper body?" Considering that I have a larger lower body

Now, I have asked my friend the same thing and he said: "At first, you have to target all the areas, not only the lower body. Fat is going to burn evenly, not only on the targeted area. After you build some strength and get down at a more stable weight you could focus on whatever you want to". Which for me it makes a lot of sense. I hate my back and arm flabs more than my thighs, also it allievated some chronic back pain I got while at work(doing deskwork).

What about it? 6 kilos is too much weight? Shall I target more lower body considering the fat is preponderently on my gut, legs and bottom?

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