Can I wear these shorts?

[Twoshoesnewshoes]

Please be honest
I’ve always had chunky thighs and calves, and I’m about half a stone over my ideal weight.
i have very blotchy legs so will add fake tan!

You know on MN anyone over 9st is a fat pig.

Nah, only according to a few sociopaths who haunt the weight loss and WLI threads.

I'm not convinced their opinions are valid.

OP. you look great.

I'd love your legs but I'm blessed with little chonky ones. I still enjoy feeling the sun on my skin though, so I whack on the fake tan & out they come.

Do an experiment - go for a walk in your shorts and if anyone looks at your legs and dies, don't wear them again.

@MsAlignment ill have a look through
@NoisyBuilder yes thats a good idea

I’d happily swap legs with you..🙌🏻 I still can’t decide if I can get away with these? I have v skinny legs.. like twiglets (Sorry to hijack!) (also pyjama top 😆)

That is your knee bone and ligament 🙄
Theres absolutely nothing wrong with your legs as I'm sure youre aware. As pp have said you could get nicer more flattering shorts though

Same.

I have lipodema, so actual legs like actual telegraph poles covered in white pudding. Or two string bags full of porridge.

For 50 years I've avoided wearing shorts, and a couple of years ago thought 'fuck it'. But if the OP's frankly beautiful legs are considered by her to be 'fat', I shall retreat once more to the bathing machine.

OP you have lovely shapely legs and I think you should wear shorter shorts.

@Twoshoesnewshoes feel free to post what you like

its ridiculous to tell OP not to post due to others’ insecurities

i ll find you a more skirty short type OP

More skirty ones are something like this
@Twoshoesnewshoes https://www.asos.com/stradivarius/stradivarius-flowing-belted-shorts-in-brown/prd/210643999?_gl=1pavdz4_upMQ.._gs*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAjw-8vPBhBbEiwAoA39WplAzvirrcBjJWugFDRDHyP0e6mXiAN2T7zU0f0CdN5bWTYqZRe66BoC7AkQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&gbraid=0AAAAADqFjOBZ3Tll70-29j7eY3JEQ9-aN#ctaref-more%20colours%20swatches&featureref1-more%20colours%20swatches

although that’s not the best example tbf

Those are your quadricep muscles, OP!

I’m not saying that people shouldn’t post. If op had posted, do these shorts work on my shape, or are these shorts flattering, I wouldn’t have said anything. It’s the “can I get away with these or am I too big” questions that are always on here from very slim women, that I dislike

@BrentfordForever thank you! They look great!
@Inwhitelights I think they look good, love the colour

Im in between size

I am neither fat nor skinny.

So I am slimmer than alot of people. And fatter than alot of people.

I naturally compare myself to the slimmer people. And I end up thinking I'm fat. Id hate to think I was offending people with my thoughts, but unfortunately the media have convinced women for far too many years that our bodies are never right.

Yes absolutely

To be fair, I don’t think they’re the most flattering shape for you sorry.

They look too big for you OP, maybe try a higher more fitted waist. You have nothing to worry about with your legs though. Lovely.

This reminds me when I was a very slim 21 year old (with a teeny bit of cellulite) and I tried on some short denim shorts (skimming the butt cheeks but not indecent), I thought I looked awful but salesgirl said they looked good so I bought them. FFW a few years later in my 30s and 10 stone I freaked out in Gap about shorts, just usual ones. Fellow shopper in changing room said I looked fine, and I did, with a bit of gradual tan and then tanned properly on holiday.

If you are chunky I have no hope you look fantastic

This is absurd.

Your legs are, of course and obviously, fine.

They would also be fine in shorts if you were overweight.

Wear the damn shorts, as some warrior woman once said.

They look great. PLEASE ignore any advice to buy slimmer fitting shorts. Ye gods...

With legs like that, you can wear anything! We are our worst critics.

You would die if you saw my chunky calves and thighs if you think these are chunky

I think it just proves that people (women) are too busy judging their own bodies to look at anyone else’s.

Are the chunky thighs and calves in the room with us?

You look great, wear the shorts.

(Even if you did have chunky thighs and calves you should still wear the shorts. We all deserve to wear comfortable weather appropriate clothing no matter our size.)