More then a Thigh-full - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

Zap · 06-30-2002, 11:45 AM

I haven't lost large amounts of weight or anything.. but I am trying to change my life style. Just doing little things I havent done in years, if ever.

I want to take my girls to the small waterpark in town. In order to do this I had to buy a bathing suit. I have not worn a swim suit in a good 10 years so I was prepared for the worst. When I tried it on I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't look half as horrible as I thought I would.. UNTIL my eyes hit the thighs... *SCREAMS IN FEAR*

Ok I need some advice here, my skin is folding over with fat on my inner thighs... YUK that sounds sick.. but I'm sure I'm not the only one in the world this has happened to.

Does anyone know of any exercise I can do to target this area and get rid of this? Any tricks of the trade or what-not? Would the thighmaster be good for this?

For a fast fix solution I bought a wrap around swim skirt it looks good with the suit and it hides my thighs...However I don't want to hide this I want to fix it

Any suggestions?

Traci

Charbar · 06-30-2002, 01:23 PM

I would love to hear some ideas for that area too Traci.
and what about my huge arms! I would love to wear some sleeveless shirts!

jiffypop · 06-30-2002, 02:54 PM

hey... i'm NOT the exercise queen.. in fact, i'm a complete idiot when it comes to exercise, which is why i use one of those exercise shows on television. gilad as in gilad's bodies in motion has a great exercise for the inner and the outer thighs. and of course i can't describe it.

but check it out on your cable. maybe gilad is there!!!!

meg 1+2 · 06-30-2002, 03:42 PM

He's good Jiffy,
And he's not hard to look at either!!!!!

Zap, I am loving my "total gym" it targets every part of your body. Still waiting for the results, but I will keep you informed.

Good Luck Zap and congratulations on having the confidence in yourself to go out and buy that bathing suit. This is half if not more, of the battle we are faced with. We do NOT accept ourselves at the point we are at and that none acceptance turns into self pity and the pity turns into failure.

I know, I have lived my life like this and missed out on so many things. My children are grown now and they just recently said something that made me feel so bad. They said they wished that I had played with them in the water at the beach, instead I sat under the umbrella with a long beach dress on. I was there, but always tried to hide. They wished I had gone to the water park with them when dad took them. In the summer my poor husband felt like a divorced dad because if it had anything to do with water, or having my body exposed, I wouldn't do it. Here's the worst part about all of this and why I said we must accept ourselves at that moment. I weighed about 150 (5'4") while my children were small, and I thought I was FAT! OMG! How selfish and pathetic was I ????? Never being happy about the way I looked only put me into self pity mode which in turn escalated my weight to where I am now. I have gained 60 pounds and at age 50, I am finally working on loving myself and taking each day as it comes. It is very, very hard but I finally realized you can NEVER get back those days when you wished you did what you didn't do!!!! I am bound and determined not to miss out on any of those "water" days with my grandchildren!!! So go for it and enjoy all those precious moments with your children. It's a good thing I live in New England, because I made up for it in the winter when I could cover up!!

I should of moved to Afganistan

You keep up the great job!!!! ~~~~~~~~Meg

Jenniffer · 07-01-2002, 09:41 AM

Ahhh, the thighs. I know what you mean, I do. I have cellulite on my thighs that I can hardly believe. I don't really know of anything, I guess just keep exercising and losing weight.

I don't want to miss out anymore on life because of my insecurities. I want to go to the beach with friends and the water parks. Every year, am always promising myself "next year".

This is the time.

Zap · 07-01-2002, 03:59 PM

Meg your post was like looking in a mirror for me. That is the exact way I have lived my life up until now. Even though I was not ready to put on the suit and dive into that lake.. I did.. and I had a great time. I enjoyed every minute of it and my kids were thrilled.

I am going to take them to the waterpark on Independance Day. I'm a tad leery about it but I'm not going to let my weight be my excuse anylonger.

As far as my thighs go.. I'll just keep doing what I've been doing. I'm sure it will disappear as my weight does. I'll keep everyone posted.

Traci

msgypsylee · 07-01-2002, 04:42 PM

Its true. As you lose weight the area will lessen. Here is a good exercise though to tighten up that area in the process.

Lay on the floor on your side with your legs together(one on top of the other. Prop your upper body up on your bottom forearm. Take the hand of your upper arm and put it down in front of your torso. Now you are in position:

To work the outer thighs....

Flex your foot so your toes are coming up towards your head. Lift your leg straight up towards the ceiling. Do as many reps as you can. The trick is to keep your body as straight as possible and not let your leg drift forwards or backwards. Now switch to the other side of your body and do the same amount of reps.

For the inner thighs....

Get your body in the same position of the other exercise. This time though you are going to spread your legs out into a V formation. Your upper leg will be towards your backside and your lower leg(the one on the floor) will be towards your front. Now lift your lower leg towards the ceiling. It wont go very high but it dosent have to. You will really feel it. To get even more out of the exercise try not to let your lower leg go all the way down to the floor..just almost. Now flip and do it on the other side.

They sound simple but they are great toning exercises.

hope this helps

Sarah

velvet · 07-01-2002, 07:50 PM

Girls, don't let life pass you by!! There will ALWAYS be people who make fun of others. We don't HAVE to be fat to be 'honored' with someone's small mindedness!! I never allowed THEM to keep me from doing anything I wanted to do...ESPECIALLY swimming...I wanted to be coooool...above all! And you know what...NOBODY CARED!!! So, go out there and flap that flab and have a BALL!!

Love, Gayle

meg 1+2 · 07-01-2002, 08:15 PM

Zap,

You made the first step, now run with it and enjoy yourself!!!

Meg

Zap · 07-01-2002, 11:56 PM

haha Velvet your a blast.. I had a good laugh at flappin flab. The only downfall to all this is.. I've been flappin so much flab around lately that my body is achin'. But its all good.. no pain no gain.. er loss .. well you know what I mean

Thanks for the info msgypsylee.. I'll give those exercises a try.. besides what do I have to lose? Other then the obvious

Traci

nasus40 · 07-02-2002, 07:57 AM

I have just learned some pilaties. very interesting and exciting. done with resistance bands i feel puls in my leg muscles that i had not felb before. I will say that with the bike riding that i have done i have tones my things up a lot more theya re not quite as jiggley as they were. you may want to get on that bike too. and i do nto mean just sit there stand up and peddle too that really pushed the legs to work. ad that is good. now if only i could do the same for my gutt/ 200 crunches with a 50 lb resistance weight has not done much to get my gut back in where it shold be!!! LOL