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How to lose thigh fat and get thigh gap?
newtoketo2017
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Want to lose fat around my thighs without getting bulky. My CW is 127 lbs, 23% body fat. GW is around 100-110 lbs. I eat around 1000 kcal a day. I'm 5'2.5"
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Some people do not have the shape to have a thigh gap. When I was underweight I didn't even have a thigh gap. It depends how wide your hips are. I wouldn't have "thigh gap" as your goal since it is not practical for everyone.
You have a beautiful hourglass shape by the way. Why are you only eating 1000 calories?
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Genetics mostly dictate where you lose weight from and if you are able to have a thigh gap.
You are in the middle of healthy range for your height, so there is no need at all for you to be on 1000 calories per day, the recommended minimum for women is 1200 per day and your maintenance will be around 1600 calories at Sedentary, given your stats the most you should aiming for loss-wise is 0.5lbs per week which would put you at around 1350 calories.
If you are not happy with your body composition rather than your weight, check out this thread:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p115 -
Like Noreenmarie said I wouldn't strive for a thigh gap since not everyone can achieve that. What you can do if you really want to try anyway is lowering your body fat% by eating in a deficit, but not go any lower than 1200 kcal a day and exercise to keep more of the muscle you already have. No one wants stick legs right? You won't build muscle while in a deficit, so don't worry about getting 'bulky' legs. What you probably really want in the end though is beautiful legs full of definition, which you will get by doing either a recomposition when you're at your desired weight or going in a bulk to grow the muscles faster.7
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spread your legs slightly, boom thigh gap with no weight loss75
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Genetics are a large part of thigh gap, not sure while folk really aspire to have one. The main thing is to be at a healthy weight for your height and have a good level of fitness. You look good in your pic OP!7
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I actually had a thigh gap at a higher weight than I am now and I don’t have one any more. It’s too much of an elusive, moving target to be a goal.
You need to eat more. Restricting like that leads to giving up or bingeing. You look great as is. If you want to lose weight, enter your stats in mfp and set it at a half a pound a week for weight loss and eat that amount. That’s my goal on a daily basis. Just eating that amount.7 -
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newtoketo2017 wrote: »Want to lose fat around my thighs without getting bulky. My CW is 127 lbs, 23% body fat. GW is around 100-110 lbs. I eat around 1000 kcal a day. I'm 5'2.5"
why is a thigh gap important to you?10 -
With your shape I don't think that it's genetically possible to have a thigh gap.10
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When thigh gaps were all the rage I had my friends around for take away and a few drinks.
We got on to the conversation about them, cue hilarious night of leaning forward thigh gaps pics. Some great duck pouts included.
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A lot of the thigh gap pictures are photo shopped and others they are leaning forward with their butts sticking out in order to show the thigh gap..... Either way... if this is your goal, fine. At least do it the healthy way though. Eat more than 1000 calories a day, exercise, lose weight slowly to slim down by eating at a deficit. You can't spot reduce, so be patient with your body.12
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Why do you want a thigh gap lol.. that’s such an arbitrary goal. It is dependent on your bone structure.
Anywho, just keep eating at a calorie deficit and you will lose the weight. Although 1000 calories seems extremely low.3 -
Your shape is beautiful, as others have mentioned. We all come in all shapes and sizes, accept and believe that you are the best you! You will be much more happy then and not have to obsess about it. Hugs3
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
Improve it more by turning your toes in and sticking your bum out.
Yep. I can create a thigh gap if I stand right. And I've got thick thighs.
Thigh gap as a goal confounds me.15 -
IDK why in the world you would care about a thigh gap but with your build your best bet might be liposuction or cool sculpting that area. Otherwise you'll likely have to lose so much on other parts of your body that you don't like the way they look.
But you look good now. You have a lovely hourglass figure.8 -
I thought thigh gap was out now and HUGE butts were in now?21
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Sweet Jesus is thigh gap still a thing?
If you eat at a calorie deficit, you will lose body fat and I pinky swear you won't get bulky, even if you lift weights.
No promises on the thigh gap--that's genetics and build.9 -
You're undereating in pursuit of a goal that is unreasonable for the vast majority of people. You're already well within an optimal BMI range for your height. If you want to change the way your body looks, you need to pursue strength training, and increase your calories to avoid becoming malnourished.6
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You can't spot reduce fat...and a thigh gap is genetic and has more to do with hip bone structure than fat.9
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I wouldn't think someone with an hourglass figure could realistically achieve a thigh gap without surgery. Personally, I wouldn't want one as I think those stick thin legs are reminiscent of famine victim photos, but I guess some people prefer that, and some people just have naturally tiny legs the way I have a tiny waist.5
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When I was at my thinnest I had a thigh gap, despite still having quite thick thighs. Why? Because I have very wide hips and how my hip joints stick in my pelvis. I can tell you: it sucks! Everything you place on your lap while on the loo falls into the loo
No, that's not desirable. It looks ridiculous and it is. 11 -
When I was at my thinnest I had a thigh gap, despite still having quite thick thighs. Why? Because I have very wide hips and how my hip joints stick in my pelvis. I can tell you: it sucks! Everything you place on your lap while on the loo falls into the loo No, that's not desirable. It looks ridiculous and it is.
Like this?
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Had a thigh gap. Lifted heavy and consistently. Lost thigh gap but got legs that could stop a runaway truck. Yup, I’ll take that.26
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You could always break your pelvis in half and ask the doctor to reset it at a wider stance.18
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Tried30UserNames wrote: »I wouldn't think someone with an hourglass figure could realistically achieve a thigh gap without surgery. Personally, I wouldn't want one as I think those stick thin legs are reminiscent of famine victim photos, but I guess some people prefer that, and some people just have naturally tiny legs the way I have a tiny waist.
“Hourglass” just means your bust and hips are the same with a specific ratio of how much smaller your waist is, wouldn’t have a bearing on a thigh gap.
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I have a thigh gap. It is genetics, as far as bone structure is concerned, and because I am an apple shape carrying very little fat on the lower part of my body. No bubble but for me either.
When I was heavier I looked like a toffee apple- round apple on top (body) and two sticks (legs) poking out the bottom.
As a big generalization - it is as difficult for a pear to have a thigh gap as it is for an apple to have visible abs.
(That is to say- other parts of the body may lose too much fat/weight, or one has to be very dedicated long term to achieve, and maintain, the look through diet and exercise JMHO)
OP, I would love your legs.
Cheers, h.3 -
Thigh gaps are determined by genetics; you may as well ask how you can change the shape of your ears. You have a great shape. Enjoy that.2
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Tried30UserNames wrote: »I wouldn't think someone with an hourglass figure could realistically achieve a thigh gap without surgery. Personally, I wouldn't want one as I think those stick thin legs are reminiscent of famine victim photos, but I guess some people prefer that, and some people just have naturally tiny legs the way I have a tiny waist.
How about not shaming anyone's figure?23 -
Why does it matter WHY she cares about it. Some people care about thigh gaps for a very good reason: chafing. It’s not all about “looks” or being trendy. In my personal experience, I’m about the same build as the original poster of this thread and my thighs chafe like crazy in the summer and it burns and it’s irritating. I know I wouldn’t mind a thigh gap - if my thighs didn’t touch and chafe each other, hallelujah! Maybe she was asking because of something like this, so I don’t think anyone has any right to criticize and laugh on HER post. I, too, wouldn’t mind learning about certain exercises to tone that particular area
Toning means losing fat that covers the muscles and making the muscle more visible, hence training strength. But you can't spot reduce. Genetics determines where you lose weight first.
But anyway, have a good look at so-called thigh gap photos. Most of them are fake: the girl standing with the bumm to the back and the legs a bit further apart. Or those girls are nearly unhealthily thin.6
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