Ladies with THICK legs

Your legs are beautiful and fit. Embrace your shape.

Stop worrying about it. They don't look like big to me. I'm sure no one even notices much less thinks they are "giant". People look at and take in your entire image not just the one tiny detail you seem to focus on. Rock some shorts and skirt. No one is perfect. We are all different. Having thicker legs isn't "wrong". A little self acceptance goes a long way.

Also, lowering your body fat is the best way to reduce the size, but keep in mind that your build might just mean you won't have tiny legs.

Finally, your legs do look good as they are now.

This and this.

You can only change your general shape so much, but by strength training and eating at a small deficit, you're going to continue to shed fat. You won't be building any new muscle, so your general size will decrease overall. Now it may not do that proportionately, so if you like the majority of your body right now, I wouldn't sweat rocking some strong looking calves.

I have really thick legs, I always have. I refuse to wear shorts even when its 100+ degrees. I am 5'4'' and 159 pounds. My calves are 16.75'' and my thighs are 25 1/2''. I recently lost 24 pounds but my calves haven't changed at all!! I just want to be able to wear shorts and cute summer dresses and feel good in public, hell even in the privacy of my own house. I hate feeling like EVERYONE stares at my GIANT calves! Anyone have any pointers or going through the same thing?

I'm kind of with everybody else: your legs look great. Learn to love them. My calves and thighs are bigger than yours and I consider them an asset.

That being said, you probably will notice a reduction if you decide to continue slimming.

I have 42 in hips 25 inch thighs and I think my calves are around 15 in. I love it!! I am trying to lose at least 17 lbs, but if I could just stay that thick, build muscle lose fat I would be so happy. Embrace those thick legs. They look just fine the way they are.

I do feel ya on the shorts though, but I just don't wear them cause my thighs rub together and that is annoying.

I'm 5'5", my thighs are massive, and nothing in the world could make me show them off in shorts. They're also where I have cellulite, which disgusts me when I look in the mirror. They're pretty much the bane of my life!

id love to look like this..

I don't really see the difference.

id love to look like this..

Dear, I picked our lovely friend Hayden here because your legs look an awful lot like hers.

id love to look like this..

I don't really see the difference.

Agreed! You already do look like that!

NOPE! boots are a NO GO! i have a pair of UGGS that i can wear ONLY if i roll them down because they cant go past my ankles

Now you're just being silly! I'm looking at all of the pics on your profile and there's no way that your UGGS don't fit your calves. Also, in response to the pic you said you'd like to look like - it actually looks like your thighs are smaller and calves are about the same size as hers, proportional to your height because I have no idea who she is or how tall. Take a good hard looks at your pic and actually see what's there rather than YOUR IDEA of yourself in the photo. You've got a bangin' body and have made huge strides with the progress of your figure!

And to the two other women on here talking about their thighs rubbing together in shorts or skirts... I'm not kidding, Body Glide will change your life. You can get it at any running specialty store or some sporting goods stores.

id love to look like this..

I don't really see the difference.

Yup...I was thinking her body looked pretty similar to the OP's! Lucky OP!

ETA: I would just die if I had such gorgeous legs. Seriously--they're really pretty!

I have huge calves...always have. Even when I was 50 pounds slimmer, my calves were huge. I have very bulky muscles there, and I just can't change that. I've come to accept this (very recently.....). I just can't wear those awesome boots, which sucks, but so be it. I still think people are staring at my huge calves when I wear a skirt, but oh well. I keep telling myself that everyone has some part of their body that they don't like.

And to the two other women on here talking about their thighs rubbing together in shorts or skirts... I'm not kidding, Body Glide will change your life. You can get it at any running specialty store or some sporting goods stores.

Yessss. Bodyglide, Goldbond Anti Chafe or even deodorant do wonders for the thigh rub.

As someone who naturally has quite skinny legs, and is partway on a mission to get them thicker, I can only say, rock those thighs and calves! Be confident and love what you have - you'll save yourself a lot of hassle of that, trust me. We all have our "imperfections" and areas which we feel need work, but the minute I stopped worrying so much about them and focused on other areas such as performance and how I feel, they suddenly weren't as bad. Also, as you progress towards your goal and get leaner (you still have 20lbs you want to lose don't you?) the fat will come from there. Maybe not as much as you'd hoped as we all store fat differently but I'm pretty sure with a 20lb loss, some has to come from your legs.

I'd also like to say that by looking at your pic, you have fantastic legs IMO! Mine are around 24" and 14" for thighs and calves, but I really don't see that as much. I want them strong, and looking strong too!

that's some serious progress you got on your profile picture...looking good~

I always have thick legs. With all the training and dieting, the size didn't change much but shape definitely looks different. I can wear shorts with more confidence now because they no longer jiggle.