To be pissed off at my ENORMOUS thighs? (lighthearted whinge)

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I am sick of having "big" thighs. I am the only person in the world it seems who has chunky large thighs that stay chunky and large and cellulitey even when I am thin.

I look around all the other lovely ladies and even if they are larger than me above the bum, they have much slimmer thighs.

I just want to have delicate, smooth, slender limbs not chunky sturdy ones. AIBU? Can you give me any positives to my chunky nature?

None of my limbs will ever be dainty. I am built like a trucker albeit a fit, lean muscled one. It's not flab in my case (and I exercise like a demon) I'm just from good sturdy peasant stock I think....These days I console myself that I am a strong, capable Amazonian women, and that this is a good thing!

Oh in answer to the OP - here are some good things about the Thighs Of Enormous Bigness:

• Hard seats are as the softest down cushions to us
• If you had triplets they could all sit on your lap at the same time
• If you drop small objects, coins etc, when sitting they will almost certainly not get as far as the floor
• In PE, being in goal you had an added advantage
• Walking up hills is easy
• If you fall down suddenly backwards you will have a safe landing

Sure there are more.

I have had someone remark lasciviously about my thighs - 'you could crack nuts with those'

YANBU - to have a body part you dislike - most normal people aren't 100% happy even if they are perfect.

YABU - because you have healthy legs & can walk - try to think of it that way if possible.... also i bet there are men who think your thighs are fine?

I'm glad my comedy bottom amuses you

I was talking to a lovely African stripper while quaffing a wine or two one night (read- drinking cider by the gallon) and she showed us her party trick of making her bum cheeks clap. A friend said to get 'Scented has quite a large bottom too.', BumClapper said 'ok white girl, show me.'. I turned around and heard her gasp and exclaim 'I wasn't expecting that!'. I waddled back to the bar.

Elephants - i have a big bum but STILL get achy sitting on hard seats - just WHY?!!

I am joining in to whinge sympathise too.

I lost weight! Yay! I'm now a size 14 which isn't great, but better than the size 20 I was.

But, at 5ft, the jeans that suit me best are skinnies or boot cut. No chance in skinnies, they get to my knees and no further, and the boot cut are uncomfortable round the thigh too.

I may have to go up a size, and cope with the ridiculous amount of extra fabric at the waist - I'm an hourglass and a 14 arse means about a 12 waist.

So, 16 thighs, 14 bum, 12 waist, and a 16-18 bust.

Oh hey that's a good idea Ami! I think I'll go and unlock the safe and get out a few gold bars and go riding

(I'm not being mean btw - I had heard somewhere that riding was the best thing imaginable for thighs. DH has also said he would love to go riding. Looked into it and realised I would actually have to sell my own thighs for meat to the local beef-paste factory in order to be able to afford to do it...)

Oh brethren!

ami I ride... Any of the rest of you want to wear white jodhpurs? In public? No? ;)

Is it slightly wrong that I fell in love with that Dylan Thomas line so much I named my son dylan? ;)

BTW, can't look as I'm on my phone, but there is also an awesome ee cummings (?) Poem "these hips will spin you like a top" or something.

Apline that seems to me to be the very best of reasons to name a son

I have just Googled that poem - do you mean this one? It's AMAZING!

Homage to My Hips
lucille clifton (1936-2010)

these hips are big hips.
they need space to
move around in.
they don?t fit into little
petty places. these hips
are free hips.
they don?t like to be held back.
these hips have never been enslaved,
they go where they want to go
they do what they want to do.
these hips are mighty hips.
these hips are magic hips.
i have known them
to put a spell on a man and
spin him like a top

That's the one!

I have fairly substantial bottom/thighs despite having a good BMI and body fat %. My thoughts are:

a. It's a healthy way to store fat compared to the alternative of the round the tummy.
b. Blokes genuinely often like it. All down to the waist/hip ratio apparently, which they are programmed to like because it says we are fertile.
c. I am really keen not to pass on my body shape angst to my daughter.
d. Diet and exercise can help. It really can. It isn't going to change a short sturdy person into a slim leggy one though. But don't let unrealistic expectations stop you toning them up. Don't just do cardio (running and cycling wont make them much - if any - smaller.) Try circuit training, weights and plyometric stuff. Jilliam Michaels basically. If you can't get to circuits at the gym.

My mil once asked me why young women have such huge thighs and then said look at yours for example! I usually like her but one that day dh had to take me out for some air!

Recently I've gone from a size 14 to a size 8 and my bloody thighs still run and look out of proportion - they defy me and I don't even have excessive exercise as an excuse!

Love that poem!

I remember going out with my granny when I was younger and stopping to talk to some of her friends. One of them looked my up and down and said 'my, but she's got a good sturdy pair of legs on her - she won't blow over in a high wind'

Mrs J. I have your jeans problem. these solved it. Fit quite high, roomish around thigh, nice fit on leg. Not hugely baggy which can make thighs look chunkier, but just....perfect really. I too have been looking for a good pair of jeans for about 5 years. Go down a size. I am so excited abouthaving jeans that fit for the first time in 5 years thatI bought 4 pairs.

I don't like horses!

AngryFeet a man once told me I had the best arse he'd ever seen on a white girl!

My DH says it's the sort of arse you can't help but slap

Now I've got "smack that" by Akon stuck in my head!

Along with the smacking, anyone else get "it must be jelly, cuz jam don't shake like that" 50 times a day?

thanks for the jeans solutions I havnt really looked for jeans because i had given up I am going to town today DP and BHS are going to have a mad jean lady in changing rooms cos i may let out a squeee

Dh says my arse is a lovely handful

I used to have a slim waist and chunky thighs - always too much material around the waist. I have found the answer to the problem.... 2 children and lots of food = chunky thighs and no waist! Yay!! No longer out of proportion but just chubby!

Howlong that's pretty much the situation I'm in now!

I've gone from being 'curvy' to just 'a bit fat'.

I've put on 3 and a half stone in the last 10 years. About 2 stone ago I think I probably looked my best. Time to lose that 2 stone I think!

Hmm.

I have a riding lesson voucher that DH bought me. Maybe I should just ask for the whole hour and a half to be in a rising trot. Okay I might never walk properly again but it'd be worth it to be rid of my rebellious thighs.

Am I the only one to have been dubbed 'Thunder Thighs' or 'Rhino Legs' by loving brothers?