What are small thighs?

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  • TinkrBelz
    TinkrBelz Posts: 866 Member
    I hate my thighs. I think they are HUUGE (btw: NOT me in my picture :p)
    They are 19-20 inches, and I'd like to know what's considered "small" / "thin"...
    And please don't answer 10 inches.... that's not realistic for me :/

    So, how small is small thighs? :)

    Kinda rude to anyone who has that size thighs or larger. At 4'11 mine are "huge" too I guess.

    Not being rude to anyone. I think it's too big - MY opinion. Just like everyone else on this thread has their opinion about my profile picture... ;)

    Honestly, it is a tad difficult to give you advice based on your profile picture. They way you have it cropped, it does look like a little girl. BUT, I am going to look past that.

    You might have an hourglass figure. If your waist is 23.5 (very tiny) and your hips are 33.5 (still very tiny) you have a curvy shape even though you are a petite woman. It might be difficult to change your natural shape if you are a curvy petite woman.

    I think that 19-20" sounds perfect to me for a woman as tiny as you are.

    I am 5'4.5" and weigh 127...my thighs are 20.5" and they look normal.

    I think you need to look at your whole body and figure out what your shape is and work it to that advantage. I will never be a super skinny girl because of my shape, but I love a dancer's body...so that is my goal.

    Just make sure you are achieving your goals in a healthy way that will last your whole life time. You do not want to do something that will harm your body when you are older like I am (42)
  • FloraSin
    FloraSin Posts: 188 Member
    I have Chun Li thighs and hated them for a long time. Now that I'm running, they're not really getting smaller, but they feel stronger. I think that's just my shape. Which is fine because really, if they're big and strong, I'm cool with that.
  • skinnyl0l
    skinnyl0l Posts: 63
    I hate my thighs. I think they are HUUGE (btw: NOT me in my picture :p)
    They are 19-20 inches, and I'd like to know what's considered "small" / "thin"...
    And please don't answer 10 inches.... that's not realistic for me :/

    So, how small is small thighs? :)

    Kinda rude to anyone who has that size thighs or larger. At 4'11 mine are "huge" too I guess.

    Not being rude to anyone. I think it's too big - MY opinion. Just like everyone else on this thread has their opinion about my profile picture... ;)

    Honestly, it is a tad difficult to give you advice based on your profile picture. They way you have it cropped, it does look like a little girl. BUT, I am going to look past that.

    You might have an hourglass figure. If your waist is 23.5 (very tiny) and your hips are 33.5 (still very tiny) you have a curvy shape even though you are a petite woman. It might be difficult to change your natural shape if you are a curvy petite woman.

    I think that 19-20" sounds perfect to me for a woman as tiny as you are.

    I am 5'4.5" and weigh 127...my thighs are 20.5" and they look normal.

    I think you need to look at your whole body and figure out what your shape is and work it to that advantage. I will never be a super skinny girl because of my shape, but I love a dancer's body...so that is my goal.

    Just make sure you are achieving your goals in a healthy way that will last your whole life time. You do not want to do something that will harm your body when you are older like I am (42)

    don't think I'm an hourglass shape - isn't your bust measurement supposed to be the same as your hips for an hourglass? ;s
  • Jeff92se
    Jeff92se Posts: 3,369 Member
    These are some small thighs
    Broiled_chicken_thighs_with_smoked_paprika_-_small.jpg
  • TinkrBelz
    TinkrBelz Posts: 866 Member
    don't think I'm an hourglass shape - isn't your bust measurement supposed to be the same as your hips for an hourglass? ;s

    I think it has to be within 8"...but do not quote me on that. What are your hips?
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    Hm.. I've read that models have 18 inches max .. :s

    I'm not saying all models are unhealthy,
    I'm saying that it would be unhealthy for MOST women to be that thin.

    Our body's were meant to work & play. I don't ever want to be so thin or so heavy that I have to sit on the sidelines and watch.
  • skinnyl0l
    skinnyl0l Posts: 63
    don't think I'm an hourglass shape - isn't your bust measurement supposed to be the same as your hips for an hourglass? ;s

    I think it has to be within 8"...but do not quote me on that. What are your hips?

    32-33 ;/
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    I have Chun Li thighs

    SPINNING STAR KICK!
  • winonajosephine
    winonajosephine Posts: 122 Member
    Mine are 18.5 and I wouldn't mind them being more muscular and growing in width, I'm 5-5 and apple shape :( just to give u an idea...
  • jammiezene
    jammiezene Posts: 83 Member
    I'm 5'6 and mine are 21 inches :( no gap or even near having one.
  • skinnyl0l
    skinnyl0l Posts: 63
    I'm 5'6 and mine are 21 inches :( no gap or even near having one.

    I think gaps depend on your hip bone structure, so maybe you have very small hips?
  • jammiezene
    jammiezene Posts: 83 Member
    Yeah, you are probably right....sad day. I really wish they were possible for me.
  • Lovely_Doll
    Lovely_Doll Posts: 72
    Yeah, you are probably right....sad day. I really wish they were possible for me.

    Look at other people in your family, if they have thigh gaps, maybe you can have one, too?
    They tend to run in your genes, the only way I knew I'd get a thigh gap, even if only a small one, is because my sister has one. :p
  • fatboypup
    fatboypup Posts: 1,873 Member
    mine are 23" it the middle (widest part) ......
  • fatboypup
    fatboypup Posts: 1,873 Member
    no gap :(

    ec5b3064865a11e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg
  • missym357
    missym357 Posts: 210 Member
    no gap :(

    ec5b3064865a11e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg

    Admit it....you just wanted to show off your ink!:-P
  • graelwyn
    graelwyn Posts: 1,340 Member
    Mine are 19 inches and don't seem to join at any point at all from top to knees, oddly.
    I do cycle a lot, however. I am just under 5'10 and 126Ibs.
  • HealthyHappy120
    HealthyHappy120 Posts: 262
    Mine are 21 inches and I don't have a gap
  • bjshields
    bjshields Posts: 677 Member
    Whoever's legs are in your photo look anorexic, in my opinion. They look like a sick person's legs. Skinny or malnutritioned is NOT attractive.
  • Brennaohh
    Brennaohh Posts: 47
    mine are about 18" at the widest part and i am 5'7. barely a thigh gap though so im sure hip size contributes to that.

    i am also in recovery & trying to gain. I personally think my legs look sickly.
  • blasiansrus
    blasiansrus Posts: 151
    That person in the picture looks anorexic. I would not want to be that thin.

    FYI, although the girl in the picture looks like she may suffer from an eating disorder, people can't look anorexic just because they're skinny because not all anorectics are super skinny...

    ~18-20" is usually pretty thin (higher if you're taller..)
    mine were pretty thin at 20.25" & I'm short lol
  • TinkrBelz
    TinkrBelz Posts: 866 Member
    don't think I'm an hourglass shape - isn't your bust measurement supposed to be the same as your hips for an hourglass? ;s

    I think it has to be within 8"...but do not quote me on that. What are your hips?

    32-33 ;/

    You are very petite. Your hips are 10" wider than your waist....they say that is a perfect measurement (10" difference between hips and waist). I can promise you that your thighs are not huge. Now could you firm them up to look better, I don't know since I do not know what you look like. But, you are looking at the curve of your hips as fat or huge and really, that is just a shape of a woman. Our waist goes in and our hips go out. It is beautiful...embrace your petite curves!!!
  • RiverDancer68
    RiverDancer68 Posts: 221 Member
    Feel free to stop the body-bashing any time now. I know this has been brought up before, but why is it ok to bash anorexics for being too thin but not binge eaters or over eaters for being too big? Give me a break.
    How often do you see folks here aspiring to be fat, like those gals aspiring to be twigs?

    Oh, so is it ok to bash the overweight people who aren't on here trying to make a change? Is it ok to make fun of a compulsive eater just because they aren't ready to take care of themselves? Some anorexics are simply not ready to recover, and if they aren't ready, it's just not going to happen. Making fun of their bodies sure as hell won't speed up the process. If anything, it could trigger them even more. No, I'm not glorifying emaciated bodies or defending the desire to look that way. But I'm aolso not going to go out of my way to make someone with body issues feel even worse about themselves.

    Also, you may want to google body dysmorphic disorder.

    If people would just take the time to learn a little bit more about these things, maybe there wouldn't be so many horrible, ignorant comments directed toward girls with EDs on here.
    I'm only on page 4 of this, but had to comment on the above post^^....I think you are right on and you articulated it beautifully. I have BDD, and it can apply not only to the very thin, but to the very obese...it doesn't discriminate. You look in the mirror and you see something that isn't there...either larger or smaller. We all need to support each other, regardless of where are journey is at the moment. While I don't actively support intentional starvation to achieve a goal, I understand that when a person is entrenched in an ED, their thinking is not "healthy," and it creates an ideal that, realistically, is not attainable.
  • RiverDancer68
    RiverDancer68 Posts: 221 Member
    So, to add to the actual conversation...I have 21" thighs...which have gone up by 1" since last year thanks to my extreme devotion to Power Yoga :smile: I am 5'9" BTW. I have a "thigh gap" thanks to my 36" hips and bow legs, and have actually always detested it, because I was teased about it in school...but, I don't think it looks bad on specific body types.
  • wendyjo3
    wendyjo3 Posts: 52 Member
    the person in the picture looks anorexic...unless you like that knobby-knee 12 year old girl look

    Hahahaha that's great. I actually did sort of look like that when I was 12, now that I think of it. :D

    Feel free to stop the body-bashing any time now. I know this has been brought up before, but why is it ok to bash anorexics for being too thin but not binge eaters or over eaters for being too big? Give me a break.
    I'm not interested in bashing anyone. I'm also not interested in FEEDING INTO anyone's food issues.

    That said: I haven't seen very many obese folks on here saying: I want to be fatter. Or binge eaters saying: I wonder if I could eat 4 thousand calories in my next meal. And, then I often see an age difference. Usually I check out when posters talk about other "girls" looking good. Or "other girls" tell me it's okay to be this thin.... these are kids. Not adults. And if this thread isn't a teen, then the next one to use it as "inspiration" probably will be.

    LOL-- very well said!
  • nphillips0124
    nphillips0124 Posts: 72
    I keep wanting to respond to this thread, but my grandma always told me 'if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all'.

    Or, I guess in this case- 'if you have giant thighs and don't have anything nice to say to tiny people don't say anything at all'.... lol
  • SheilaSisco
    SheilaSisco Posts: 722 Member
    don't think I'm an hourglass shape - isn't your bust measurement supposed to be the same as your hips for an hourglass? ;s

    I think it has to be within 8"...but do not quote me on that. What are your hips?

    32-33 ;/

    You are very petite. Your hips are 10" wider than your waist....they say that is a perfect measurement (10" difference between hips and waist). I can promise you that your thighs are not huge. Now could you firm them up to look better, I don't know since I do not know what you look like. But, you are looking at the curve of your hips as fat or huge and really, that is just a shape of a woman. Our waist goes in and our hips go out. It is beautiful...embrace your petite curves!!!

    ^^THIS!!!^^ With a 10" difference between your hips and waist and about the same between your bust and waist, your figure is truly an hourglass and probably way more attractive than you realize. I'm 4'11" and the tops of my thighs are 21" the last I checked. and if I could ever DREAM of a 10" difference between my hips and waist I would be ecstatic! I've had three kids, so at this point I don't know if that's possible, but it is what I am striving for at some point in my future. I really think you're probably fine just the way you are and just need to learn to see the 'whole picture' instead of focusing so strongly on the size of a single body part. See yourself as the beautiful person I think you probably are and stop trying to fix what isn't broken! :flowerforyou:
  • Karleyyy
    Karleyyy Posts: 857
    That person in the picture looks anorexic. I would not want to be that thin.

    Pretty much. There is nothing cute about that picture, and if someone wants to look like that they either 1. Believe that the skinnier you are, the better; or 2. Want attention.
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    Mine are 22inches. The size is lovely on my frame, but I'd like more muscle and less rat on them.
  • EngineerPrincess
    EngineerPrincess Posts: 306 Member
    5'8, 19.5 inch thighs, and no gap. My hips apparently won't let me have one. :(
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