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    My thighs have gotten bigger!

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    • Posts: 5,481 Member
      edited June 2015
      brianpperkins wrote: »
      From another spinning thread ...
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      " but I don't look bulky there, I actually look a lot better. "

      So OP your legs went from looking a lot better to bulky in 8 days??
    • Posts: 226 Member
      Oh my goodness. You guys won't stop will you. Of course I was seeing great results. I think I even said my calves were bigger and butt was more lifted in my original post. Recently though, my thighs have started to get bigger, which I know now is because of water retention.

      Do you guys srsly want me to post a picture? Wow. Ok. How do i add a pic on here?
    • Posts: 5,481 Member
      edited June 2015
      Justthisgirl1994 wrote: »
      Oh my goodness. You guys won't stop will you. Of course I was seeing great results. I think I even said my calves were bigger and butt was more lifted in my original post. Recently though, my thighs have started to get bigger, which I know now is because of water retention.

      Do you guys srsly want me to post a picture? Wow. Ok. How do i add a pic on here?



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    • Posts: 91 Member
      On her avatar. It says she wants to lose 30 more pounds? Get to 100lbs at 5'6? Is that even healthy
    • Posts: 226 Member
      Where does it say I want to lose 30 more lbs? I want to lose 3-6 more. Pretty sure I already mentioned that on here. The lowest I ever weighed was 122lbs, but I had a really hard time maintaining that so I went up to 124, which was a really good weight for me. My weight ranged from 124 to 127 for a few years.
    • Posts: 91 Member
      Justthisgirl1994 wrote: »
      Where does it say I want to lose 30 more lbs? I want to lose 3-6 more. Pretty sure I already mentioned that on here. The lowest I ever weighed was 122lbs, but I had a really hard time maintaining that so I went up to 124, which was a really good weight for me. My weight ranged from 124 to 127 for a few years.

      In your profile under progress. It says you have 30 more pounds to go. Anyways you don't need to lose any more weight at those stats. Work on recomping or bulking. Unless you just want to go to the skinny approach and like that "look" with no muscle. GL
    • Posts: 6,124 Member
      jrodri0105 wrote: »
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      In your profile under progress. It says you have 30 more pounds to go. Anyways you don't need to lose any more weight at those stats. Work on recomping or bulking. Unless you just want to go to the skinny approach and like that "look" with no muscle. GL

      You're reading her ticker wrong.
    • Posts: 91 Member
      brianpperkins wrote: »
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      You're reading her ticker wrong.

      opps thanks!

    • Posts: 5,377 Member
      brianpperkins wrote: »
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      You're reading her ticker wrong.

      Guess you shouldn't put stock in that reading.
    • Posts: 1,872 Member
      edited June 2015
      lol so I only read OP and not the other posts

      but if your legs get stronger your quads are gonna get bigger

      if your body fat % drops enough you'll get good definition and have phat quads

      tl;dr lift heavy *kitten*, track your food accurately, you'll burn fat and get jacked legs
    • Posts: 29,136 Member
      Justthisgirl1994 wrote: »
      Where does it say I want to lose 30 more lbs? I want to lose 3-6 more. Pretty sure I already mentioned that on here. The lowest I ever weighed was 122lbs, but I had a really hard time maintaining that so I went up to 124, which was a really good weight for me. My weight ranged from 124 to 127 for a few years.

      Then you don't need to lose 5 more pounds...

      Do a recomp ...
    • Posts: 719 Member
      Justthisgirl1994 wrote: »
      Oh my goodness. You guys won't stop will you. Of course I was seeing great results. I think I even said my calves were bigger and butt was more lifted in my original post. Recently though, my thighs have started to get bigger, which I know now is because of water retention.

      Do you guys srsly want me to post a picture? Wow. Ok. How do i add a pic on here?

      You can add it the same way you added your profile pic. Or upload it to Imgur and post the link here.

      OP, I'd recommend you measure your thighs right now, stop spinning for a month or so, and then remeasure. That should prove it was water retention.
    • Posts: 1,516 Member
      edited June 2015
      I just read a research study that says that fat is mobilized by a deficit but can be REDEPOSITED elsewhere if it isn't actually used. Soooo it's possible for fat to shift location even as you're burning more. But the effect would be so slight that no one will notice, seriously--and you probably wouldn't, either.

      You can also retain water in muscles that are being insulted (medically) by lots of new exercise as they get used to it. That's way more likely.

      Start taking measurements if you haven't already. It may just be that you're losing elsewhere and it LOOKS big compared to what it was.

      My thighs probably look bigger, but both chafing and measurements tell me they're not!
    • Posts: 8 Member
      Sounds to me like you may also be building the muscle in your legs; whether purposely or not.
    • Posts: 29,136 Member
      RachelGDT wrote: »
      Sounds to me like you may also be building the muscle in your legs; whether purposely or not.

      Not on a 1200 calorie intake and spinning
    • Posts: 1,111 Member
      RachelGDT wrote: »
      Sounds to me like you may also be building the muscle in your legs; whether purposely or not.


      As a woman who lifts heavy 4x a week...I wish it was possible to put on muscle by accident.
    • Posts: 34,971 Member
      mamasmaltz3 wrote: »
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      As a woman who lifts heavy 4x a week...I wish it was possible to put on muscle by accident.

      Yeah. No one "accidentally" gets "bulky."
    • Posts: 719 Member
      PikaKnight wrote: »
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      Yeah. No one "accidentally" gets "bulky."

      "Hey I just found an ab! Only 5 more to go."
    • Posts: 16,049 Member
      I too would think it would be helpful to see a pic. Not to judge, but so you can get an honest evaluation from the experienced folks here
    • Posts: 1,872 Member
      basically u gonna need a space shuttle

      or a ladder that's forever
    • Posts: 29,136 Member
      http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/33013540#Comment_33013540 < OP I would suggest reading this thread on recomp and going this route.
    • Posts: 226 Member
      Okay, the link below should take you to 3 pictures I just took of my lower half (front, side and back view). Let me know if it doesn't work. Also, don't be mean please haha.

      http://imgur.com/TalpWWq,i8HR6RU,derY06r#2
    • Posts: 29,136 Member
      Justthisgirl1994 wrote: »
      Okay, the link below should take you to 3 pictures I just took of my lower half (front, side and back view). Let me know if it doesn't work. Also, don't be mean please haha.

      http://imgur.com/TalpWWq,i8HR6RU,derY06r#2

      @sunglasses_and_ocean_waves I'll take your apology any second now..

      OP - your bottom half is not "big" or "bulky"..

      as I suggested you would benefit from a recomp and a heavy lifting program like strong lifts, starting straight, etc...
    • Posts: 1,872 Member
      edited June 2015
      Justthisgirl1994 wrote: »
      Okay, the link below should take you to 3 pictures I just took of my lower half (front, side and back view). Let me know if it doesn't work. Also, don't be mean please haha.

      http://imgur.com/TalpWWq,i8HR6RU,derY06r#2

      you are insanely thin

      time to start lifting some weights
    • Posts: 226 Member
      To be honest, I've been thinking about doing legit lifting for a couple of weeks now. Wouldn't it make sense for me to get down to my ideal weight first though? Especially since I'm only a few lbs away and really like the routine I have right now
    • Posts: 400 Member
      edited June 2015
      You look fine! Your legs are actually really thin. Your legs look like mine here on the left.
      I thought I had big thighs then, but it was body dysmorphia talking. They were jiggly and felt big because my legs were under-muscled.

      My legs are obv a lot bigger now, but I love them. :) They only got noticeably bigger after I started eating at an aggressive caloric surplus for 9 months and eating 2,500 calories. Your mom probably is just noticing new definition from fat loss, not size.

      I don't suggest losing anymore weight. 3 pounds is not going to make much of a difference in your figure. Try recomping or bulking instead. It might help you with body image as well. :) Just speaking from experience.

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    • Posts: 29,136 Member
      Justthisgirl1994 wrote: »
      To be honest, I've been thinking about doing legit lifting for a couple of weeks now. Wouldn't it make sense for me to get down to my ideal weight first though? Especially since I'm only a few lbs away and really like the routine I have right now

      well you you can, and should, do a recomp where you would slowly lose some fat but also add some muscle. This will improve your overall body composition.

      and for the thousandth time you do not need to lose a few more pounds!!!!!!
    • Posts: 226 Member
      @Fujiberry
      Your legs are amazing!!

      @ndj1979
      Okay haha I'll read the thread about recomp you posted earlier.
    • Posts: 449 Member
      If you're interested in specific body proportion advice, ignore this. But I'd say you're too skinny in the back of your legs - specifically your hamstrings and glutes. This makes your quads look disproportionately large. But that's an optical illusion. You're actually pretty skinny.

      Forget about slimming your quads. They're fine. Work on building hamstrings and glutes.

      Search for posterior chain exercises. Start light and progress slowly so you don't injure your back.

      By the way, skinny hamstrings are extremely common. It's difficult to target the posterior chain, and sedentary people even lose the ability to use those muscles. You may need special activation exercises before you can make decent progress.

      You might benefit from the book "Strong Curves". Even if you don't want that more muscular look and don't want to do the full program, the author does cover muscle activation, which is helpful for just about everyone.

    • Posts: 34,971 Member
      Justthisgirl1994 wrote: »
      To be honest, I've been thinking about doing legit lifting for a couple of weeks now. Wouldn't it make sense for me to get down to my ideal weight first though? Especially since I'm only a few lbs away and really like the routine I have right now

      Honestly, getting to your "ideal weight" isn't going to help your body composition at all. I'd bet quite the opposite at this point. Recomping at maintenance (as was mentioned) is going to be the way to go right now.
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