For those who carry weight on their thighs

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  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Yes, but mine are still thicker proportionately.
  • JeralynSh
    JeralynSh Posts: 139 Member
    Patience, time and diligence! It will come off too, it's usually the last place I lose fat

    I second the "patience, time and diligence" advice.

    I've been with MFP since 2011. In recent months, I shook up my workout routine and got off the treadmill and started running outside. Recently, I put on a pair of old jeans that I wore during my "pre-fat" phase. Though they fit then, they were still tight around my thighs. But this recent fitting proved to me that I'd finally lost the thigh weight. Either that or I'd just really toned up my legs. So we're talking 3 years. Hang in there and keep it up. It will happen for you, I promise, if you just stay the course.
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    The joys of being a pear shape.

    I come from a family of pear-shaped ladies - I have just started my fitness journey so I can't tell you anything from my experience.

    However - my sister, also a pear, did tell me after I started barre classes that they were what 'lifted' her butt the most.

    I can also say that barre classes work my thighs, butt and legs in ways I never knew they moved. If you're looking to build muscle in those areas - it might be something to consider.
  • TheRealNoodlette
    TheRealNoodlette Posts: 132 Member
    That's where I carry most of my weight too. I've lost over 40 pounds and I have about 30ish to go to get to goal, and this is what I have noticed: still have chunky thighs and butt, but they are reducing. I am going to measure next month, my 6 month anniversary so to speak, and compare the inches. I have gone down several sizes, and today I noticed that my underwear seems too big! Gotta go down a size! Also today I noticed that when I am on hands and knees in cat/cow position, my thighs don't touch like they used to. I am definitely a pear and I know I am going to have more butt when I'm done but I actually think it's super sexy. Luckily my husband is an *kitten* man :-). Also, as my tummy fat reduces my butt and things look better, I look less lumpy. Obviously I still have a ways to go and I have a lot of cellulite, etc. but I've made so much progress on the scale, and I can see the difference in the mirror, and feel it too, so I have faith I will get there eventually. I'm no longer a twenty something young thing and at this point in my life I just want to be healthy, strong, and relatively good looking (vanity, I guess).
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    You will lose fat. They will not get teeny. Strength training helps. Don't get too thin chasing after skinny legs. Be healthy.
  • letha723
    letha723 Posts: 1
    My father played football. He was a linebacker with very large thighs and butt. Growing up I was always called "thunder thighs" because I am built just like him. I'm talking about thighs the size of tree trunks and a shelf booty..

    Unfortunately my large thighs remained about the same size even, when I lost 70lbs due to numerous spine surgeries. I need a knee replacement as well, so I just try to firm them up as much as possible, walk for physical therapy, and learn to deal with it.
  • katkins73
    katkins73 Posts: 416 Member
    My hips and the tops of my thighs are my problem area but they do get smaller eventually. I seem to lose weight from under my bust and then my stomach and then lastly my hips and thighs. A long time ago when I slimmed down to my perfect size (I have no idea what I weighed) I still had fat at the very top of my inner thighs but my legs were toned and shapely and fine. I think shapely thighs are sexy :wink:
  • 365andstillalive
    365andstillalive Posts: 663 Member
    I'm pear shaped and I played sports as a teenager; I will always have big thighs. Even after three knee surgeries and the recovery time around those, I really haven't lost any muscle from them. The only place I think I'll even see a minor reduction will be in the very tops because that's really the only place that I can actually pinch and pull (which indicates fat not muscle, muscle is much harder to grab). But like everyone's saying, it's all about body fat percentages and genetics.

    My advice though? Learn to love your big thighs. They make you a strong, not less attractive.
  • LolaKarwowski
    LolaKarwowski Posts: 217 Member
    Even when I was sticks and bones in middle school I always noticed my thighs being 'huge'. No different now. I've learned to love them since they won't be going anywhere.
  • sassyjae21
    sassyjae21 Posts: 1,217 Member
    This thread gave me a sadz. And only because I have reached goal weight. I'm 119 at 5'4. My thighs and hips/butt have ALWAYS been my biggest area and they still are. They'll only shrink down so much if that's where you carry most of your weight. But it's ok ;) It looks good :)
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    This thread gave me a sadz.

    No! No sadz.

    Pear shapes are lucky! About a month ago I was walking toward a room that had a large mirror and saw myself walking. Every time my hips moved, my waist had to twist....because, yes, my hips ARE that big. Watching this movement made me realize though - this is why I have a super strong stomach!

    There are benefits to being a pear.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    if you're genetically determined to have thick thighs then they are going to be relatively think no matter what your weight .

    you'll just be a smaller version of whatever your body type is
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Pear here, and as much as I work um they still seem all giggly and yuck! Hoping to eventually be a smaller pear.
  • VelcroButt
    VelcroButt Posts: 34 Member
    My thighs will always be thick even at a lower weight but they look strong and do not rub together when I am slim.
  • RHachicho
    RHachicho Posts: 1,115 Member
    Well they look like someone popped them and let the air out and I have shelves under my *kitten* so yes I would say the weight does go away. My weight loss is quite funny it's like my forearms and lower legs are totally fine and are waging a war on my core where the fat is going all last stand at the Alamo on it. I'm slowly winning but yeah it's hanging onto my core upper legs and bum area.
  • Tanie98
    Tanie98 Posts: 675 Member
    Did they eventually slim down after losing allot of weight?I started at 150 and I have lost weight on my upper body ,waist, stomach but my thighs are still quite thick.I am down to 140 and my goal weight is 120 so I was wondering if the 20 pounds will slim down these thighs. If not then maybe I can keep going to go for 115 ?but then I heard those last pounds are hard to get off and some people have given up on them. I also run outside for an hour few times a week and I also lift weights and do allot of lunges and squarts.I am 5`3
  • ZoofMW
    ZoofMW Posts: 12 Member
    I've lost 4.5KG since June and most of my weight came off my top half to start with. Next to the scales I've been keeping track of things by keeping measurements on a regular basis. It was really interesting to notice that losing centimetres on my hips and thighs went really slow in comparison to waist and chest but now it seems they have caught on to the program and have been catching up.

    Felt like I 'unlocked' the next level or something when I saw the increase in cm's coming off from my lower half :D
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,979 Member
    Thighs and upper arms are my most problematic areas, and have always been. My inner thighs have always been in contact, regardless of my weight. Ok, some might say my pelvis area/butt is a problem zone as well, but I do like the curves, and they are very nicely shaped due to squats, lunges, etc. :D

    Despite this I've lost a whopping 5.3cm on my thighs (now 60.70cm) and 2.8 cm on my upper arm. I also lost 4cm on my waist (now 74cm) but I don't think there's a lot more to lose unless I remove bits of rib cage and pelvis ;)
  • Tanie98
    Tanie98 Posts: 675 Member
    You are probably a pear shape (like me). So we store our weight in our thighs. You should try modelmydiet.com
    it will show you what you will look like at your goal

    oh nice,i will try it out
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,979 Member
    Doesn't work for me, unfortunately *laugh* I though my hips were wider than my shoulders. Now having lost some weight I found out my pelvis isn't quite so bad, there was just a lot of padding, while my shoulders are wider in fact. Mind you, my legs are still big and will never stop touching. Oh well...
  • FisherGT
    FisherGT Posts: 55 Member
    I am 5'8" and 117 and my thighs carry most of my weight still, granted they are toned and thick. I think its just genetics and there is no beating it.
  • katkins73
    katkins73 Posts: 416 Member

    Felt like I 'unlocked' the next level or something when I saw the increase in cm's coming off from my lower half :D

    OMG, that is exactly how it is isn't it? :laugh: Looking forward to getting to that level myself!
  • BarbieFromHellx
    BarbieFromHellx Posts: 758 Member
    Yes, my bottom half is where I store most my weight and at my heaviest my thighs looked disastrous!!! :grumble:

    When you keep losing and exercising, your thighs will gradually tone up and look better. I don't think I'll ever have chicken legs as my genetics will not allow it :laugh: big booty b*tch problems.

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