Diet and exercise for my thick body type ...
paleowriter
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Hullo!
I'm 5"6 and 12st4 (and female), after putting on a lot of weight over the last few years. Made some positive changes to my lifestyle and beginning to see some results.
However - I've always had a thick body type, big hips and broad shoulders, and my legs have always been naturally quite muscly. Whilst I don't want to starve myself into wasting away (my goal is 9st6) and I understand that I can't change the shape of my body, does anyone have any tips on diet and/or exercise that, as I get slimmer and fitter, will maybe reduce this mass in my legs? I'm worried that the amount of running I'm doing with only make them bigger
Thanks!
I'm 5"6 and 12st4 (and female), after putting on a lot of weight over the last few years. Made some positive changes to my lifestyle and beginning to see some results.
However - I've always had a thick body type, big hips and broad shoulders, and my legs have always been naturally quite muscly. Whilst I don't want to starve myself into wasting away (my goal is 9st6) and I understand that I can't change the shape of my body, does anyone have any tips on diet and/or exercise that, as I get slimmer and fitter, will maybe reduce this mass in my legs? I'm worried that the amount of running I'm doing with only make them bigger
Thanks!
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running wont make your legs bigger...0
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With 40 lbs to go you should see big changes everywhere. Are your legs actually showing well defined muscles or are they just large ? Here's an example runner -
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Hi, don't worry about your legs getting bigger - at the moment they might be covered with "unnecessary tissue" but with the running they will build up muscle tissue and get difined - so dont worry ...... and RUN0
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You wont build muscle in a calorie deficit and especially not while running. You may lose fat tissue and your legs will become more defined but running definitely wont make your legs become bulky.0
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thanks guys! very reassuring0
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