Back on the Wagon (in search of thighs that don't touch)

KwilsonStPeteFL
KwilsonStPeteFL Posts: 27 Member
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Hey MFP-ites. I'm returning back to this amazing site and would love some friends for the journey. I just got a new FitBit Force and am pysched to get back to health. Please be my friend! I'm a mid-30s working mom in San Francisco. I dream of a day that my thunder thighs no longer touch. Who's with me?
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  • Livin4me1969
    Livin4me1969 Posts: 745 Member
    Welcome back!! I wil be happy to be on the journey with you. Feel free to add me if you would like
  • tlcarolinagirl
    tlcarolinagirl Posts: 1,700 Member
    Hi. I am with you. Sounds like we got a lot in common. I want to lose my thunder thighs and the dreaded back fat! We can do this!
  • pwittek10
    pwittek10 Posts: 723 Member
    My thunder thigh are back too!
  • ChristineinMA
    ChristineinMA Posts: 312 Member
    Welcome back - but don't make "thigh gap" a priority. My personal opinion is that it is overrated and unhealthy.

    Work to have a strong body that can carry you through life!
  • bpcreel
    bpcreel Posts: 21 Member
    I am also in search of thighs that don't touch! Add me if you want some more friends! :-)
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    Welcome back - but don't make "thigh gap" a priority. My personal opinion is that it is overrated and unhealthy.

    Work to have a strong body that can carry you through life!
    This! Lift heavy and start yesterday. Welcome back and good luck. :flowerforyou:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1102508-mfp-fitspiration
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/977538-halp-heavy-lifting-made-me-supah-bulky
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1045433-women-lifting-heavy-with-pics
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/987513-lifting-is-the-most-horrible-thing-to-a-woman-since-twiggy
  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
    Did you have thigh gap before you gained weight? Some women get it by virtue of having hips that work that way.
    I myself would be waaaaaayyyyyyy underweight before I ever got to thigh gap (happened once... at 5'8 and 104 lbs. and no, I wasn't actually trying to lose weight)
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Like a thigh gap? :noway:
  • BlubbinBlubber
    BlubbinBlubber Posts: 32 Member
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCrP82BXVGQ
  • beastmode_kitty
    beastmode_kitty Posts: 845 Member
    My thighs still kinda rub together when I walk, just not as bad! Welcome back though, sent you a friend request! We've got this :)
  • jos05
    jos05 Posts: 263 Member
    I dream of a day that my thunder thighs no longer touch. Who's with me?



    I dream of those days too!! :) Welcome back!! I gained 10lbs over the course of 2013 and I am just now slowly getting it back off... just stick with MFP and you can do it!! :)
  • SameMe_JustLess
    SameMe_JustLess Posts: 245 Member
    Hey MFP-ites. I'm returning back to this amazing site and would love some friends for the journey. I just got a new FitBit Force and am pysched to get back to health. Please be my friend! I'm a mid-30s working mom in San Francisco. I dream of a day that my thunder thighs no longer touch. Who's with me?

    Love it!!!
  • EMTFreakGirl
    EMTFreakGirl Posts: 597 Member
    Welcome back - but don't make "thigh gap" a priority. My personal opinion is that it is overrated and unhealthy.

    Work to have a strong body that can carry you through life!

    I'm losing everywhere BUT my thighs...I'm NOT stressing over the thigh gap, I just figure I'm part mermaid! (and what girl doesn't secretly want to be a mermaid?) :bigsmile:
    My thighs are my lifting muscle, required for my daily activities. I don't dead lift in a gym, but the 75 pound STRYKER stretcher with a 300 pound patient on it being lifted into the ambulance several times a day is part of my work out! I definitely agree on the "Work to have a strong body that can carry you through life!" (and to carry, and care for, the sick and injured!) Rock on!
    Thanks for the reminder that "thigh gap" is not all that! :heart:
  • blueeyez1727
    blueeyez1727 Posts: 56 Member
    trying to restart this journey as well...looking for motivation and pals! :)
  • donthesitate
    donthesitate Posts: 255 Member
    Thighs that dont touch (during a normal stance) and a thigh gap (gap when feet are together and determined by bone structure and not just being skinny) are two different things.... ppl need to calm down
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    Welcome back - but don't make "thigh gap" a priority. My personal opinion is that it is overrated and unhealthy.

    Work to have a strong body that can carry you through life!

    I'm losing everywhere BUT my thighs...I'm NOT stressing over the thigh gap, I just figure I'm part mermaid! (and what girl doesn't secretly want to be a mermaid?) :bigsmile:
    My thighs are my lifting muscle, required for my daily activities. I don't dead lift in a gym, but the 75 pound STRYKER stretcher with a 300 pound patient on it being lifted into the ambulance several times a day is part of my work out! I definitely agree on the "Work to have a strong body that can carry you through life!" (and to carry, and care for, the sick and injured!) Rock on!
    Thanks for the reminder that "thigh gap" is not all that! :heart:
    great post!!! Definitely my proiority as well... healthy and strong makes me feel good about myself.:flowerforyou:
  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
    Thighs that dont touch (during a normal stance) and a thigh gap (gap when feet are together and determined by bone structure and not just being skinny) are two different things.... ppl need to calm down

    Not seeing anyone else getting butthurt, darlin'. :flowerforyou:
  • Akimajuktuq
    Akimajuktuq Posts: 3,037 Member
    How about a goal of "health" or "longevity" or just about anything. Seriously. I can't have a thigh gap even if I was about 40 pounds underweight... well maybe that's not you but still. Get a real goal that's not so shallow, meaningless, and maybe even unachievable. Yeah, I'm being "mean". Come on, beautiful ladies (that means ALL OF YOU) let's focus on things that matter! Loving ourselves, appreciating our bodies, looking after our health first and foremost, raising healthy families.... and maybe even working towards doing good things that will make the world just a slightly better place after our short time here is done. :flowerforyou:
  • jessspurr
    jessspurr Posts: 258 Member
    How about a goal of "health" or "longevity" or just about anything. Seriously. I can't have a thigh gap even if I was about 40 pounds underweight... well maybe that's not you but still. Get a real goal that's not so shallow, meaningless, and maybe even unachievable. Yeah, I'm being "mean". Come on, beautiful ladies (that means ALL OF YOU) let's focus on things that matter! Loving ourselves, appreciating our bodies, looking after our health first and foremost, raising healthy families.... and maybe even working towards doing good things that will make the world just a slightly better place after our short time here is done. :flowerforyou:

    I rarely do this, but who are you to determine her goals are shallow?
  • twistina57
    twistina57 Posts: 1
    I'm back on this journey as well...everyone has their own reasons, but I'm with you!
  • jessspurr
    jessspurr Posts: 258 Member
    Hey MFP-ites. I'm returning back to this amazing site and would love some friends for the journey. I just got a new FitBit Force and am pysched to get back to health. Please be my friend! I'm a mid-30s working mom in San Francisco. I dream of a day that my thunder thighs no longer touch. Who's with me?

    Oh looky there! OP is psyched to get back to health! OP, please don't be deterred by all of these comments dripping with judgment about your personal goals. You HAVE goals and that is the best step!
  • donthesitate
    donthesitate Posts: 255 Member
    Hey MFP-ites. I'm returning back to this amazing site and would love some friends for the journey. I just got a new FitBit Force and am pysched to get back to health. Please be my friend! I'm a mid-30s working mom in San Francisco. I dream of a day that my thunder thighs no longer touch. Who's with me?

    Oh looky there! OP is psyched to get back to health! OP, please don't be deterred by all of these comments dripping with judgment about your personal goals. You HAVE goals and that is the best step!

    ^^ agree 100% and op shouldnt get harped on for her goals and calling someone with a thigh gap unhealthy is rude and ignorant:flowerforyou:
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    How about a goal of "health" or "longevity" or just about anything. Seriously. I can't have a thigh gap even if I was about 40 pounds underweight... well maybe that's not you but still. Get a real goal that's not so shallow, meaningless, and maybe even unachievable. Yeah, I'm being "mean". Come on, beautiful ladies (that means ALL OF YOU) let's focus on things that matter! Loving ourselves, appreciating our bodies, looking after our health first and foremost, raising healthy families.... and maybe even working towards doing good things that will make the world just a slightly better place after our short time here is done. :flowerforyou:

    Maybe her thigh's rubbing together is uncomfortable which is why she may want to stop them rubbing together.

    Nothing wrong with wanting to look better in your own eyes either. It is not meaningless at all. Please do not diminish or belittle people's aspirations just because they are not aligned with your own.


    Edited to remove a superfluous apostrophe.
  • born2drum
    born2drum Posts: 731 Member
    My thighs touch lol.
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    I like my thunder thighs and love that they touch.
  • femininecontour
    femininecontour Posts: 3
    Welcome back! I am so happy that common sense is reigning on this board and people are being checked for demeaning your goals and telling you what your goal should be.

    The truth is a lot of women struggle with thunder thighs and if you don't like it, you have the right to change it. I particularly dislike when people say they will never be skinny or have thin thighs - because I used to think that way... until I proved to myself that wasn't the case.

    EVERYONE can meet their weight loss goals if disciplined enough and if they have the correct knowledge.

    For thunder thighs/ thigh gap there are very specific things that you can do and other things you shouldn't do that will hinder your progress. For example, cutting out carbs/sodium/sugar because these things cause water retention as well as gets converted to fat like right away if not burned up.

    Stopping the heavy resistance training of the legs - since this just builds the muscles up underneath the fat and fills in the gap. Doing compound movements while working smaller leg muscles is far better. Making sure you get your cardio in - however, not all cardio is created equal. Sprinting = big legs. Walking on a moderate incline = slimming legs. Callinetics is also pretty good for working the smaller muscles in the thigh.

    Also, check out the book 'The Thigh Gap Hack' (google it or type http://www.thighgaphack.com in your browser).
    You don't necessarily need to want a thigh gap, you can still apply the hacks to slim down your thighs until you're satisfied. it's a 250 page book that covers diet/exercise/motivational and outside hacks (for those who are already pretty lean up top and don't want to get much skinnier but still want to move the weight in the legs)
  • sissidevore
    sissidevore Posts: 151 Member
    add me! i want thighs that do not touch as well! i am very small framed, and i am very overweight at the momment, so my goal for the next few months is 30 lbs! welcome back to myfitness and.... you can do it. :) no matter what your goals are, work for them!
  • FoxyLifter
    FoxyLifter Posts: 965 Member
    <---- is in love with her super strong thighs that touch! Husband loves them, too. :blushing:
  • karent24
    karent24 Posts: 1
    I am already on the journey to losing my thunder thighs and getting my thigh gap back. I am currently using this diet and workout plan:

    http://tinyurl.com/how-to-get-a-thigh-gap

    I am on my third week and already see great results.
  • 40andFindingFitness
    40andFindingFitness Posts: 497 Member
    Here here for thighs that don't touch! Feel free to add me.

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