tips exercise for getting smaller, firmer thighs

The only thing I can think of is do you put weight on your bottom half first compared to the rest of you? And is it only happening when you start creeping up the higher end of your scale? It does sound a bit strange and silly but could the jeans have shrunk or maybe just tighter feeling after a wash? It doesn't sound like you are doing anything to put muscle on your legs so I don't see it being that...nor are you putting a lot of weight on. Unfortunately we can't spot reduce where we lose fat from either. Do you have a rough idea what your bodyfat % is? I have been lifting for 9 weeks now and although my legs haven't dropped much, the muscle is definitely harder underneath and is 'popping' a bit more but I don't know if walking would have the same impact. Just throwing out other options like water retention too?

It's highly unlikely that your thighs have actually gotten fatter/bigger if you're losing weight.

If you don't already, start taking measurements. You don't know for sure that your thighs are bigger unless you have solid numbers to go off of. Jeans are a bad indicator because they shrink when you wash and dry them, until you stretch them back out by wearing them.

Also, do you lift weights? When you're on a deficit, you lose both fat and muscle. This will affect your body composition. Lifting weights and eating adequate protein while on a deficit can make you stronger and help you retain your muscle, which will make you smaller and leaner as you lose the fat over them.

millymonkey wrote: »

Sorry dont know why i put that, obviously a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle... its a pound I didn't explain myself very well. I mean i wondered if i had lost weight in muscle and replaced it my fat hence my body weight staying the same but thighs feeling bigger. Im thinking that maybe whats happened. The two pairs of jeans i mean were noticably baggy on me before and now they are skin tight, no bagging at all, they have been washed a lot so its not that.
I dont do weights no.
Any good exercises for firming toning thighs is ideally what im after.

firming toning thighs?

You mean shred fat and keep muscle. Well only way to do that is get on a progressive resistance training program and eat at a consistent calorie deficit.

It could be possible that with no resistance training+ not always being in calorie deficit= loss more muscle mass and getting more fat when not eating maintenance calories or below.

yopeeps025 wrote: »

millymonkey wrote: »

Sorry dont know why i put that, obviously a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle... its a pound I didn't explain myself very well. I mean i wondered if i had lost weight in muscle and replaced it my fat hence my body weight staying the same but thighs feeling bigger. Im thinking that maybe whats happened. The two pairs of jeans i mean were noticably baggy on me before and now they are skin tight, no bagging at all, they have been washed a lot so its not that.
I dont do weights no.
Any good exercises for firming toning thighs is ideally what im after.

firming toning thighs?

You mean shred fat and keep muscle. Well only way to do that is get on a progressive resistance training program and eat at a consistent calorie deficit.

It could be possible that with no resistance training+ not always being in calorie deficit= loss more muscle mass and getting more fat when not eating maintenance calories or below.

Yes, all of this. It actually is possible to lose muscle and gain fat. It can happen for people who do only cardio and eat at surplus or extreme deficit due to metabolic suppression.

yopeeps025 wrote: »

We be toning all over again.

Yep, but I can't blame her, a guy bashed me over the head for now using starvation mode, yesterday
Just want to correct it whenever possible.