Very underweight but huge thighs?

vminhopester
vminhopester Posts: 4 Member
edited September 2016 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi,
I am quite underweight - I currently weight 43kg and am around 5ft2.
I don't know why but I have huge thighs. I have attached a picture for reference. In this picture, the inner half of each thigh is literally just fat. This has been the case for a long time.
I tend to eat only two meals (breakfast and dinner) and a packet of crisps or a couple of chocolate bars a day. I do weights at the gym once every three days and have started getting into the habit of doing daily squats. What else can I do?

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ETA: If I lift my thighs up, they would only be half the size.
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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    can you give a measurement of how 'huge' they are??
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    You are about 7 lbs underweight for your height.
    Your thighs look slender to me. My thighs are 18" around and look about like that sitting. They are not huge thighs.
    Possibly you do not see your body accurately. Have you taken measurements? Why do you think it is all fat on your inner thighs?
    People of similar height and weight can have different thigh measurements. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/643554/womens-average-thigh-and-calf-size-whats-yours/p1
    I think the issue is mental not physical.
  • vminhopester
    vminhopester Posts: 4 Member
    Thanks everyone for the replies.
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    You are about 7 lbs underweight for your height.
    Your thighs look slender to me. My thighs are 18" around and look about like that sitting. They are not huge thighs.
    Possibly you do not see your body accurately. Have you taken measurements? Why do you think it is all fat on your inner thighs?
    People of similar height and weight can have different thigh measurements. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/643554/womens-average-thigh-and-calf-size-whats-yours/p1
    I think the issue is mental not physical.

    Unfortunately I don't have tape on me to make measurements but I know it's fat because if I lift my leg up, each thigh is half the size it is in the picture.

    I'm wondering if I have not taken the best photo because I have honestly never seen anyone of my size with thighs like that...
  • vminhopester
    vminhopester Posts: 4 Member
    Okay well thanks to those of you who tried to help.
  • icemom011
    icemom011 Posts: 999 Member
    Yeap, that^^^
  • Arizona_C
    Arizona_C Posts: 1,476 Member
    People store fat differently. Your thights look pretty normal to me.

    If they are way larger than your upper body, it can be a question of hormonal imbalance. Get a check-up on your hormones just be be sure.

    If everything is normal health and hormonal wise, find your peace with it. take a look around you, we are all shaped differently, and you are obvious on the generally slender side
  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,213 Member
    vminhopester wrote: »
    Okay well thanks to those of you who tried to help.

    I'm another one who thinks those thighs look not only normal but attractive. Are we that bad for liking your thighs?

  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
    I know how hard it is to see ourselves truly. Your mind is playing tricks on you. You are underweight, which is very dangerous. It is more dangerous than being overweight because there is real and immediate damage happening inside your body right now that you can't see with your eyes. Your risk of death is almost doubled compared to an individual at a healthy weight.

    Please read this resource: Eating Disorder Resources (MyFitnessPal)
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,154 Member
    I agree that this is a bit of body dismorphia. Thighs flatten out like that when they are resting flat on something. I have smallish legs. My thighs are 19" and they look like that maybe even bigger than that when sitting.
  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,371 Member
    OP how old are you?
  • vminhopester
    vminhopester Posts: 4 Member
    edited September 2016
    goldthistime wrote: »
    vminhopester wrote: »
    Okay well thanks to those of you who tried to help.

    I'm another one who thinks those thighs look not only normal but attractive. Are we that bad for liking your thighs?


    No, of course not. I guess it's just not what I wanted to hear.
    tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »
    OP how old are you?

    22
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    I think your thighs look great!

    Can you post a picture of what they look like when you're not sitting/lying down? I think that's part of your problem here. Everyone's thighs look larger when they're not standing up.

  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    Your thighs are not large, they are squished. I agree that it appears you have an eating disorder and body dismorphia and that you need help.

    I wish you all the best in the world.
  • ogmomma2012
    ogmomma2012 Posts: 1,520 Member
    Even people with nicely built legs have that kind of flattening out.
  • jo_nz
    jo_nz Posts: 548 Member
    I agree they look fine.

    Don't forget, although you might think other people's thighs look smaller, you don't view their legs from that angle.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    vminhopester wrote: »
    Thanks everyone for the replies.
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    You are about 7 lbs underweight for your height.
    Your thighs look slender to me. My thighs are 18" around and look about like that sitting. They are not huge thighs.
    Possibly you do not see your body accurately. Have you taken measurements? Why do you think it is all fat on your inner thighs?
    People of similar height and weight can have different thigh measurements. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/643554/womens-average-thigh-and-calf-size-whats-yours/p1
    I think the issue is mental not physical.

    Unfortunately I don't have tape on me to make measurements but I know it's fat because if I lift my leg up, each thigh is half the size it is in the picture.

    I'm wondering if I have not taken the best photo because I have honestly never seen anyone of my size with thighs like that...

    That is what thigh muscle looks like when a person is sitting vs lifting their leg or standing. It is not an indication of fat.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,324 Member
    Your thighs are not fat. Not a professional here.. but you may be overly obsessed with weightless. Being so young.. it is a slippery slope where you could end up with an eating disorder.
  • ouryve
    ouryve Posts: 572 Member
    They are thigh shaped!

    Of you're fretting about lack of thigh gap, then we're not all built that way. Even as a skinny teen who walked everywhere, I never had one.
  • DebSozo
    DebSozo Posts: 2,578 Member
    edited September 2016
    Everyone's thighs do that when they sit down. Other people don't notice it like you do. Relax and look at yourself in a mirror standing up. That's how people see you. When you are sitting they will mostly notice your face, eyes, and smile. You don't have big thighs, BTW.

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