My thighs look like bags of potatoes

Just focus on the end result. Make sure you are drinking plenty of fluids and try to reduce caffeine. You could try daily moisturising your legs and mix it with a little fake tan or by a moisturiser with fake tan in it. It will help to make the skin look smoother! If you’re really worried buy yourself a nice sarong to cover up whilst your walking around.

At the end of the day no one else will notice and if you look at everyone else they will all have little imperfections. Just be pleased with your slimmer body.

I find my fat changes and goes through a terrible stage like you've noticed.... It does get better though!

Do you spend your holiday looking at what other people look like? I don't! I understand you might not feel comfortable with yourself, but most other people won't spare your legs a thought - go out and have fun! Sarongs are always handy for coverups.

People don't bother even looking. Like you they are more concerned about their own appearance because they BELIEVE everyone is looking at them and judging.

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Enna10 wrote: »

Thank you for your replies. I know people don't look, it's just a little disappointing after all this hard work to be going away feeling slightly worse about myself. I should instead focus on the lovely new clothes I've bought to show off my emerging waist, the energy I have now for long beach walks and generally a feeling of wellness.... potato thighs, please hurry up and go!

Unfortunately, the middle part of weight loss seems to be the worst, appearance-wise. At least in my case. The remaining fat has an annoying tendency to sag and pull things down with it It gets better the closer you get to goal!

It took me well over 2 years to 'release' 100 lbs. I say releasing instead of losing because I have no intention of finding them again.

During the process everything is going to shift in your body. The belly becomes a factory for the weight releasing. It's going to take on all kinds of shapes, mostly soft, rolling hills after hills. I can remember the number of rolls that were there and how far my fingers and hands could sink into those deep rolls. It was scary at times. I wondered what in the world was going on.

Legs took on the same soft texture but I just kept tooling along. I started swimming right out the chute and kept moving every day I could, doing something that I actually enjoyed. Some people wait until all of the weight releasing is done before they exercise. You don't want to do that. Building up the muscle mass under the skin is a very slooooow process. There is no way you can drop it like it's hot and build up muscle mass at the same time. That is imaginary thinking.

Don't worry about the legs. That's just part of the process. The inches have to catch up with the pounds. It's the body's natural preservation of your total landscape. Your skin, bones, joints, internal organs, brain...everything. Gooooo slooooow and do not worry about your legs.
Much love.