How to make my thighs less muscular?

pspetralia

wtf?

LOL! Great gif!

Cr01502

Stop eating and stop exercising.

That should do it.

LoosingMyLast15

i would think the logical answer would be to start exercising your upper body. seems like you only focus on your lower half. also a bit concerned about your self image since you posted this back in february.

I am 5'6 and a half. My starting weight was 132 pounds. I am now 116 pounds. I see a slight difference in the 16 pounds that I have lost but I am still not satisfied when I look in the mirror. 116 pounds sounds light to me but I still feel like I look heavy and I l also look different in every mirror so I am not sure which one is an accurate representation of my body. I am now thinking 110 pounds should be my next goal weight. Do you think that this is taking it too far? I think that the anorexic look is incredibly unattractive and I don't want to look like that but I feel like I am currently so far from it that 10 pounds wont make a difference, even at my averagely tall height. Do you think that this is okay even though it is "underweight" on the BMI scale?

do you still weigh 116 or less or more? you really should seek professional help.

PikaKnight

These forums are the WORST... everyone else can be sarcastic but me I guess?

O.O

Okay, you got me. That was good ROFL

PikaKnight

....nvm

squirrelzzrule22

Okay okay, going to try and help out OP and stay out of the side convos-

OP, given that you are already quite slim people are inherently skeptical that your legs could be any sort of "big". I have to say I agree. If you feel you are obsessing about this or not seeing yourself clearly please consider speaking with a doctor or health professional.

That being said, genetics can sometimes play an evil role. I myself have always had big, muscular legs for a woman and I've always hated it. Even when I decrease the fat on my legs they still look massive and I have a hard time getting my calves into standard boots- at a healthy BMI I still have to buy boots designed for obese women. To that end I have started to run a lot of long, slow, distance runs and when I strength train I do some squats and donkey kicks for my glutes but I do not do traditional calf and quad strengthening exercise. I continue a full upper body strength regimen. The combination of running, not focusing on lower body weight lifting, and eating at a deficit has helped my legs look a bit slimmer. I'm hoping that in another 19lbs they will be much slimmer. How much of this is fat loss and how much may be muscle loss I can't say. But I DO understand the desire for lean ballerina legs and how genetically a woman can have more muscular legs so I defend OP on that point.

May take some heat for this but as far as I'm concerned if these legs are still carrying me 30 miles a week I really don't think my attempts to lean them out are harmful.

Alex

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