Can I get rid of large calf muscles??

i am in the same situation as you...i dunno if it will slim them down at all but i can barely walk today by some simple exercise my trainer had me do. stand on a step with your heels off the step in 2 motions go up on your toes and then back down and drop your heels below the step it streches those muscles out.....severe pain but hopefully worth it in the long run!

If they're mostly muscle then it will be a bit difficult to reduce their size significantly, especially if you exercise a lot and particularly if they're mostly a result of genetics. But I have also heard that the best way to slim down large calf muscles is to stretch them as often as possible. After every exercise, even if you weren't specifically working the calves, make sure to stretch them. You should also try doing yoga which involves a lot of stretching. That should also help in some way.

If its just muscle best you can do is embrace them, or sit in a wheelchair for a year, that will probably slim them down.
Most likely they are covered by fat which makes them appear bigger but its hard to tell how much of a difference lowering your bodyfat percentage will help.

That's a much better answer. Should have thought of that one.

I say focus on the big picture... i.e. overall weight loss and fitness training. As your weight loss success progresses, there are going to be things you may, or may not, like about yourself.

Thing is, and I mean this with all the supportive respect in the world, you are just 8lbs into a pretty good goal. There are going to be a lot of things that change about you as you progress through this.

My point is, don't get caught up in things like your calves being too big now, waiting until you are closer to your goal and see how things are developing. Some things you might have to accept, others might change on their own, some others you might be able to focus some exercise attention on for change.

keep up the good work... 1lb at a time.

I'm just going to say that if you don't do heavy lifting ie: heavy deadlifts (at least 400lbs), calf raises, something that works out your calves, they probably aren't mostly muscle. They are notoriously one of the hardest muscles to enlargen, most professional bodybuilders have difficulty building them.

a cuttting regime will reduce the size of your calves, it may be that this is just one of the places you put on first.