Do you love your legs?
BlueFisherKing
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Hi! This probably belongs in chit chat, but it'll certainly motivate me.
Question; Do you love your legs?
There's this woman with muscled legs I know (plays soccer) and she hates how 'thick' they are - I could smack her for that.:grumble:
And I have a friend who's tall with long slender legs, but she bemoans that they have no shape. She compares them to noodles.
It occurred to me that no one I've ever known was satisfied with how muscled/fat/skinny their legs were.
I've always felt my legs were the problem area. They'e big compared to the best of me and have no shape; the clalf goes straight to my heel with no definition int he ankles :huh: . I've taken up running, and slowly but surely I can see and feel muscle given them shape and I'm getting excited!...but I can't help but wonder if I will ever be 'leg happy'.
Have any of you even gotten your legs to look exactly like how you want?
Question; Do you love your legs?
There's this woman with muscled legs I know (plays soccer) and she hates how 'thick' they are - I could smack her for that.:grumble:
And I have a friend who's tall with long slender legs, but she bemoans that they have no shape. She compares them to noodles.
It occurred to me that no one I've ever known was satisfied with how muscled/fat/skinny their legs were.
I've always felt my legs were the problem area. They'e big compared to the best of me and have no shape; the clalf goes straight to my heel with no definition int he ankles :huh: . I've taken up running, and slowly but surely I can see and feel muscle given them shape and I'm getting excited!...but I can't help but wonder if I will ever be 'leg happy'.
Have any of you even gotten your legs to look exactly like how you want?
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Ah, the classic "we always want what we don't have" tale! And, by your description it sounds like you have "cankles", like I used to. And yes, I used to hate my legs, too, until I actually got serious about working out and eating right. It took years of trial and error: way too much cardio, not enough fat and protein, etc. but I can honestly say I AM happy with my legs now! For me, heavy lifting has completely changed my body shape and my life, frankly. No more hours wasted on cardio machines at the gym. Now I set new goals regularly and can actually SEE results. Keep up what you're doing - sounds like you are on the right track!0
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Oh yes, I really loooove my legs.0
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I love my legs, my thighs are a bit bigger than I would like but they are still awesome.0
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Yep, I like my legs. They have never been what I consider to be a trouble spot for me. I don't really have much advice other than keep working on it. Running will be good but consider adding in strength training too. And try to look at your body as a whole and appreciate all that it does for you each day.0
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My legs are the only part of my body aside from my hands that I wouldn't change!0
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I quite like mine! Doesn't mean my hamstrings couldn't be developed a bit more, but otherwise I think they look good on me. My thicker thighs fit well with my wide hips.0
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I used to be afflicted with leg hate (I can't find calf high boots that fit me to save my life).
It took a close friend being paralyzed by a freak accident at the age of 23 for me to realize something very very important: I will always love my legs. Perspective is key.0 -
They're not perfect, and they need work, but I love them. I love how far they've come since I started getting fit.0
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I absolutely love my legs!!0
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Saucy I saw your legs..... I love your legs too. lol
Me... I'm getting there.0 -
compared to other body area's, i think my legs are prob my fave. happy0
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I have thick thighs and somewhat large calves, but damn I love my legs! Thick legs are sexy.0
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no, i really don't. i can appreciate how muscular and powerful they are, but i wish they were longer and leaner. meh. c'est la vie.0
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Yeah, I've got good pins!0
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Dude, I love my legs. My legs are awesome, and being 5'10", I have a lot of leg. Weight lifting helped me make them firm and strong, and I appreciate how they let me look over the tops of crowds.0
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I am learning to like my legs. Because the one thing I don't like is the one thing I cannot change...their length.0
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My legs look how I want them to look, yes. I have always been glad they were long, and ages ago - even as a teenager - I made peace with them just being huge & fat and having cellulite on my thighs. So now after losing a ton of weight I'm simply amazed that I don't have the appearance of as much cellulite as I did in the past, and my calves look awesome and my knees look normal & good.
Honestly though...at the risk of sounding melodramatic...the thing that made me love my legs was almost losing the right one due to brown recluse spider bites. Like, the amputation was discussed at length as a Plan B for the surgeries I had, in case they didn't work. So knowing that, 16 years later I just feel incredibly happy and lucky to have full use of my leg despite the gnarly scar.0 -
My legs surprise me as they tend to look thinner in the windows and mirrors I walk past than I picture them in my head. So yeah, I guess I love my legs - apart from when it's freezing cold and they're covered in goosebumps.0
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They are the only legs I have.. and they take me up the mountain trail and down again.. so yea.. I think I'll stick with these..0
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I love my legs. They are strong and supportive and I think look damn good in a pair of heels and a skirt!0
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I used to be afflicted with leg hate (I can't find calf high boots that fit me to save my life).
It took a close friend being paralyzed by a freak accident at the age of 23 for me to realize something very very important: I will always love my legs. Perspective is key.0 -
Hate my legs now because they're not doing what I want them to but they are a work in progress. They are very strong and after another 6 months to a year on weights, they're going to be rocking me!0
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Love my legs! Strong and muscular.0
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Yes, absolutely. I have great legs. Long, strong, shapely, I've stopped a few guys in their tracks in my day. I LOVE them, wouldn't change anything except for the blue veins that came with age. I consider my legs and my cleavage my best features, physically.0
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I didn't always but I do now.0
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yup!!!! love my thunder-thighs that I finally grew into!!! lol!!! my arms are awesome too!!! now, my torso needs a tone up real bad. :P0
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I have thunderthighs from many years of intensive horseback riding, farmwork and swimming, not too happy with them sometimes but my calves are shapely and I like that. I have scars on my knees from taking many tumbles on my bike as a teenager, but I try to ignore them too. Just shows that I've been active and had my share of fun, I suppose.0
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I love my legs. Right now they are too fat but they have always been long with nice shape and I never had cankles, except when i was anemic and had a lot of edema. That is actually how I knew something was seriously wrong because I NEVER get cankles no matter how much I weigh.0
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Never been really fond of my legs. I am tall, and more of an athletic build, so with my mixture of cycling, running and squats, they tend to get very defined and muscly. I am more a fan of the long, thin look when it comes to legs. But I am unwilling to give up my activities and half starve to achieve that, so I guess I shall have to learn to accept them as they are.0
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I hated my legs my entire life...*hated them*. Even when I was a healthy weight I hated my legs. I'd never wear shorts...pants that came even remotely close to hugging them, etc. Then my sister (who loved to run her butt off everywhere, swim, etc. and was like a rock star to me) was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (PPMS). She's in a wheelchair for the rest of her life (and she's still my rock star).
Receiving that news really made me appreciate and love my legs simply because I could use them.0
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