Storing fat in thighs!

I'm a thicker bottom half person too. I did some reading about that. We put more weight on our legs and that goes for both fat and muscle. Instead of having the 'stubborn belly fat' problem, we have the stubborn thighs. The good news is that studies have shown that we're less prone to heart disease than the stubborn belly fat or fat neck people.

I can definitely relate. Lunges are probably your best friend in this case. If you by chance walk, run, treadmill, or whatever trying adding ankle weights. I've lost fat in my thighs, and I owe it to squats and lunges.

I hear ya! My goal currently is just to wear shorts (not a bikini yet) cause those darn thighs.

Lots of people have good suggestions (you can't "spot reduce", increase your cardio, etc), but I'd also like to suggest stretching.

If your hip flexors (front of your hip), iliacus muscle (lower back/pelvis), psoas muscle (hip-to-pelvis), or quadriceps (knee-to-front of hip) are tight, it causes your skeleton to be out of alignment, so your thigh muscles (and lower back) will need to be stronger in order to hold you upright in this misaligned position. Your thighs will get this strength by adding muscle fibers and looking more bulky. In modern society, where we spend much more time sitting at desks than walking/standing, this is actually a really common problem for lots of people. A good way to work on it are front of hip and lower back stretches combined with core strengthening. (A good core strengthening exercise should have you holding a pose for a lot of time - like 1-2 minutes in "plank" in yoga - rather than doing a bunch of repeated movements, like crunches. Since in real life, you want your core to be strong continuously, not just in short, repeated bursts.)

I actually got the worst of both worlds. Not only do I have the thick bottom half, but I also have a large skeletal frame for my height. I'm 5' 9" with wrists and ankles over 8 and 10 inches respectively, so I've always been just thick all over, but bottom heavy as well. For me, cardio, especially jogging, is absolute hell. Even before I gained my weight, when I was in the Army I could do more pushups than anyone in my company, but as soon as we started to run I was in my own private hell of burning brimstone. I've still got a lot of fat to lose yet, but I can squat 280 lbs 25 times. My upper body strength needs serious catch up work.

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i TOTALLY SYMPATHIZE!! It's where I carry most of my body fat too...... cardio cardio cardio... nuthin else you can really do! It'll eventually slim down, when it's all that's left lol

I wouldn't say cardio cardio cardio

Lift weights and remain in a calorie deficit. It will come off with time.

Spin class does wonders for thighs!

For my hips and thighs, lots of walking, elliptical, squats and lunges. Result over 6 inches gone from thighs and 9 from hips. Don't neglect lower back, glut and hamstrings. Women's quads tend to be overly developed.

if thats where you store it then youre thighs are always going to be your problem area!! you cant shift where you have more fat cells than other. when we lose or gain weight we always stay the shape 'shape' sucks in ways, but you can tone etc to make them look reallllll nice

I'm with ya! My thighs are definitely the last to go! I have been doing the Butt bible dvds (less than $20 on Amazon) and while I still have some work to do on my thighs, it definitely has helped.

I have always had bigger thighs than other parts--mostly my waist and stomach are small. At one point in my life I was too thin--skeletal on top. Since I was running lots, I had muscular thighs but still larger than the top half. I am in my 50's. I work out 5 days a week and I have an active life style. My thighs are muscular for the most part. It is the way I am built. I am strong and healthy. I would love to have beautiful legs, but that isn't going to happen. I try to choose clothing that is flattering and emphasizes the parts that are thin. Loving myself and appreciating my gifts is a daily goal. And, as it turns out, that is harder than changing my body.

Am I the only dude in this group? Come on, guys! We need some testosterone in here! Help me out.

oh wow! I thought I am the only one with that problem. Would love to find "the cure" for big thighs. I am 5'9" and my thighs are 22" around. I fit in size 8 clothes in my hips but my waist and my thighs do not allow me to enjoy clothing in that size I have to get stuff size bigger so I do not look like a sausage I started boot camp this week and between will work with Jillian (30 days shred), walk and run. We will see after 1st week hopefully cardio IS the answer

lol...we have the same body. but i guess i look like a sausage cuz you bet your big thighs i wear those size 8s!! i'm betting you look good in them too, but you're just a bit self-conscious about that area.

I sympathize, I do! Thighs are my #1 concern. I'm pretty much thin everywhere but there (well, and the butt, however I don't mind that so much). Someone told me not to do the hip inductor - i'm not sure if I'm calling that right. You sit straddled with a machine and squeeze your legs together (think Thighmaster). They said that this does not slim down the thighs and only makes it worse???

Anyway, another friend of mine would wrap cellophane around the thighs and wear them all day, I guess causing them to sweat. Seems ridiculous to me but I think it was right before a pageant and she swore it made her legs look better. LOL...