Anyone else have big thighs?

britneyy32
britneyy32 Posts: 97 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My thighs disgust me so much. They have always been big and I hate it, and they are like disproportional to the rest of me. It's been so hard to get them to shrink down, they've only shrunk an inch after months of dieting and exercising (although I have mostly been yo-yo dieting until recently) The fat on there doesn't want to budge at all. I would like them to shrink down at least 4 more inches. I know you can't spot reduce, but has anyone found anything that has helped your thighs shrink if you naturally have big thighs that don't wanna budge?
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  • ladymiseryali
    ladymiseryali Posts: 2,555 Member
    I hear your thighs and hips are the last place that fat reduces from in women. I have only lost one inch from my thighs too, but mine are starting to look more toned since I've been doing pop-pilates workouts that focus on toning the thighs.
  • Jennifer_Lynn_1982
    Jennifer_Lynn_1982 Posts: 567 Member
    I've only lost an inch off each thigh since I started 3 months ago but they look smaller because of all the exercises I'm doing....diet and exercise play their own unique role so stick with it :) good luck :)
  • NocturnalGirl
    NocturnalGirl Posts: 1,762
    Like you said, you can't spot reduce. Just keep losing fat and you'll eventually lose weight from your thighs too.
  • VelvetAcidVixen
    VelvetAcidVixen Posts: 25
    I gain in my thighs. My thighs are still pretty meaty now (see profile picture lol), but I don't mind them. It's just my body type, so I rock it. :-)

    They got quite a bit smaller when I started strength training - barbell squats, lunges, deadlift, etc. Strength training + diet to keep body fat low is the only thing that works for me.
  • Cranktastic
    Cranktastic Posts: 1,517 Member
    Eat right
    SQUAT
    repeat
  • carlywoo87
    carlywoo87 Posts: 4 Member
    I think i need to start with the squats i can tell i have lost weight on my thighs but they are still huge :(
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    Eat right
    SQUAT
    repeat
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    Eat right
    SQUAT
    repeat

    Exactly this.

    Squat, Lunge and Repeat.. Your legs will thank you.
  • mmddwechanged
    mmddwechanged Posts: 1,687 Member
    Don't worry, you look young. I used to have fat thighs too, now that I'm in my forties all my extra fat sits on my tummy. Does anyone else have a muffin top?
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    My thighs are HUGE for my size. I really hate it--more than i can even express but there's nothing I can do about it. So...yeah ((sigh)) ugh!

    Oh and squats only make them bigger. Just my $.02. My thighs and toosh expand with weight lifting but I do it anyway. So I guess I'm partly to blame.
  • elenathegreat
    elenathegreat Posts: 3,988 Member
    I am definitely booty-thigh-licious, and my husband ADORES it...just marry the right man, and be strong and healthy.:bigsmile:
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Nope.
  • AnexRavensong
    AnexRavensong Posts: 262 Member
    I have big thighs too.. no matter the amount of exercise you do, you won't really be able to change your overall body proportion.. (unless you become bone thin..) If you're pear shape, you're pear shape.

    That isn't to say you can't lose weight there (though it is true it is one of the last places that likes to cooperate), just you won't get rid of your body shape really. It's a think I'm starting to come to terms with.. even when I weighed 120lbs.. I still had big hips, thighs and butt.. -_-
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I have big thighs and I love them. Without my hips and thighs, I wouldn't be curvy. :flowerforyou:

    Heavy squats didn't make my thighs any bigger, but they did make my quads just above my knees bigger. I think it looks better having muscular legs, all over, than thinner legs with fat just at the top.
  • Serafimangel
    Serafimangel Posts: 174 Member
    I know how you feel, my bum and thighs are the problem area, always have been. In fact my entire waist is only 4 inches thicker than ONE THIGH. Thats just wrong. What I find helps is calisthenics, the leg exercises I do three times a week, coupled with leg stuff at the gym. I dont have access to a class where I am now, but ballet really works the thighs too. I hate my thighs, they've gotten smaller but are way out of proportion to my waist, thich I think makes tham look even worse. Good luck, and If you find anything else that really works PM me (please!).
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    I know how you feel, my bum and thighs are the problem area, always have been. In fact my entire waist is only 4 inches thicker than ONE THIGH. Thats just wrong. What I find helps is calisthenics, the leg exercises I do three times a week, coupled with leg stuff at the gym. I dont have access to a class where I am now, but ballet really works the thighs too. I hate my thighs, they've gotten smaller but are way out of proportion to my waist, thich I think makes tham look even worse. Good luck, and If you find anything else that really works PM me (please!).

    Mine is actually the same. Waist = 4 inches larger than one thigh.
  • elenathegreat
    elenathegreat Posts: 3,988 Member
    Don't worry, you look young. I used to have fat thighs too, now that I'm in my forties all my extra fat sits on my tummy. Does anyone else have a muffin top?

    Ummmm...I have a feeling that profile pic is not her...if it is, there is no way her thighs could be "disgusting".
  • DebraYvonne
    DebraYvonne Posts: 632 Member
    Yep but I don't hate them -- I wish clothes could be made for those of us with hip & thigh (junk inthe trunk) that fit better. I know I am strong because of my thighs. They are very muscular and its hard to get them thinner even when I weighed 100 pounds and had almost no fat on my body.
  • bmarie612
    bmarie612 Posts: 221 Member
    I am losing the last of my weight and I have fat mostly left on my tummy and.....THIGHS/HIPS. My stomach is now shrinking but my thighs will be the last to go. My thighs are also large in comparison to my lower legs... haha I have always been that way but thick thighs doesn't have to be a bad thing just work on toning your legs thighs and inner thighs and I'm sure you will look great :)
  • elenathegreat
    elenathegreat Posts: 3,988 Member
    Yep but I don't hate them -- I wish clothes could be made for those of us with hip & thigh (junk inthe trunk) that fit better. I know I am strong because of my thighs. They are very muscular and its hard to get them thinner even when I weighed 100 pounds and had almost no fat on my body.

    There is a SUPER easy tailoring fix for this. Buy pants that fit your "junk", then have the waistline tailored to fit. I actually purchased some thriftstore pants, and took a crack at this at home...not too hard, even if you can barely work the sewing machine(like me:).
  • CaseyAllyssa
    CaseyAllyssa Posts: 19 Member
    My thigh/butt area is the biggest part of my body. When I was at my lowest weight, they were small, but still proportionately larger than the rest of me. That's just my body shape I guess. It took one to two hours of running every day for me to see a loss in my legs. Now that I workout at a more maintainable level, I'm focusing mostly on toning. If I can't lose all the weight I'd like to in my thighs, I at least want to get them to look fit.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I know how you feel, my bum and thighs are the problem area, always have been. In fact my entire waist is only 4 inches thicker than ONE THIGH. Thats just wrong. What I find helps is calisthenics, the leg exercises I do three times a week, coupled with leg stuff at the gym. I dont have access to a class where I am now, but ballet really works the thighs too. I hate my thighs, they've gotten smaller but are way out of proportion to my waist, thich I think makes tham look even worse. Good luck, and If you find anything else that really works PM me (please!).

    Mine is actually the same. Waist = 4 inches larger than one thigh.

    Same. I prefer to think, "Yay, I have a tiny waist!" than "Ew, my thighs are gross."

    Even when I was skinny and had skinny legs, my waist was 4 inches bigger than my thigh.
  • Cranktastic
    Cranktastic Posts: 1,517 Member
    My thighs are HUGE for my size. I really hate it--more than i can even express but there's nothing I can do about it. So...yeah ((sigh)) ugh!

    Oh and squats only make them bigger. Just my $.02. My thighs and toosh expand with weight lifting but I do it anyway. So I guess I'm partly to blame.

    I also think us looking from the outside would argue your "hugeness" is stunning and full of win, and not huge but fabulous
  • diadojikohei
    diadojikohei Posts: 732 Member
    Yep but I don't hate them -- I wish clothes could be made for those of us with hip & thigh (junk inthe trunk) that fit better. I know I am strong because of my thighs. They are very muscular and its hard to get them thinner even when I weighed 100 pounds and had almost no fat on my body.

    There is a SUPER easy tailoring fix for this. Buy pants that fit your "junk", then have the waistline tailored to fit. I actually purchased some thriftstore pants, and took a crack at this at home...not too hard, even if you can barely work the sewing machine(like me:).

    I started sewing when I was 15 because I couldn't get anything to fit right! At 5 foot 9 sleeves are never the right length and jeans gape at the back!!

    I wear full skirts a lot or drop waist skirts that sit on my hips (1,5 inch below my belly button) so they don't gape at the back!

    My waist is 29 inch now and hips 42 inch and big thighs which taper to my Knees!
  • ezavora
    ezavora Posts: 59 Member
    I had a coach in high school that actually called me 'elephant legs" Ouch. But I always had the strongest legs and still do and am happy for that. Im working on toning them since I know they will never be "skinny" I never realized it before, but now that it's been brought up, I also have a waist that is only 4" bigger than my thighs. Geeze, thanks everyone for pointing THAT out.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    I think your disgust with your thighs is disproportionate to the problem. I don't exactly love my thighs. They are very muscular - love them from the back, not so much from the front. And, although I'm mostly apple-shaped, there is a stubborn jiggle of fat at the top of each thigh. You know what though? There's a lot about my body that I am happy with, and proud of.

    You say on your profile that you're looking for "a perfect, fit, toned body". I honestly hope you don't waste too much of your life looking for perfection. There's absolutely nothing wrong with dedication and aspiring to improve, but physical perfection just doesn't exist. It's fair to assume that your profile picture, for example, has been photoshopped. I'm also pretty sure that at 18, and a healthy weight, there are plenty of people looking at you and wishing they had a body like yours. Try and appreciate it. You wouldn't believe the number of women that hate how they look at your age, and then 10 or 20 years later look back and realise they looked fantastic at the time.

    But to answer your question, no you can't spot-reduce, which means that unfortunately there aren't any special ways to shrink them other than reducing your body fat overall and hoping that it comes off your thighs.
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    My thighs are HUGE for my size. I really hate it--more than i can even express but there's nothing I can do about it. So...yeah ((sigh)) ugh!

    Oh and squats only make them bigger. Just my $.02. My thighs and toosh expand with weight lifting but I do it anyway. So I guess I'm partly to blame.

    I also think us looking from the outside would argue your "hugeness" is stunning and full of win, and not huge but fabulous

    You're so sweet!! :blushing:
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I spent a large part of my life hating my thighs. Mine are 24" around and my waist is 28". Recently I've come to except them although they are probably sill my least favorite. They are a LOT of women shaped this way. It's most definitely "normal". Plenty of men find it attractive. I lift weights to maintain muscle while I diet, and well, because it's awesome and fun. I love being strong. I can see some nice strong quads under my thigh fat when I move just right. Someday that muscle will be more visible but for now I'm just happy that it's there. My thighs are not perfect but not many women are. I accept them as a part of me and the whole of me is still pretty awesome.
  • toomuchbootyindapants
    toomuchbootyindapants Posts: 811 Member
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    big thighs. I haven't measured them in quite some time because I don't want to see a big number and let the world tell me I'm gross because I don't fit some societal pressurized "norm" (that isn't really a norm). I eat, I jump. I squat. I deadlift. Big numbers. While my legs aren't supermodel legs...they are STRONG. They are beautiful in their own way. They might not look great in shorts yet (darn things always hit me at the widest point on my legs)...but oh well. The upper inner thigh fat is stubborn and doesn't wanna go away. That's my fault - because I'm not a fan of big deficit eating so my fat loss is taking much longer than it could if I just reigned it in.

    I'm a woman and women were designed to carry some extra fat in the thighs. Other cultures adore that little bit of fat but for some reason America allows Hollywood to tell us how we should look, which tries to stunt our growth at about age 14. Uhm no.

    So - train your legs (heavy lifting is lovely but I've seen some runners and cyclists with fantastic legs as well) and eat better, your body will respond. Just be patient with your thighs - they need love too! :D
  • jetscreaminagain
    jetscreaminagain Posts: 1,130 Member
    The coolest thing about this whole process for me has been learning to appreciate what my body does and stop hating what it looks like.

    Appreciation. Strength, Capability. That's how my body has changed and I think I'm lucky that because my mind changed first, by the time my body changed, it didn't matter any more.

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