big thighs - myth or reality?

[pooks]

It really is frustrating to see what our cultures and society imprint on us!

I looked at all those pics of beautiful legs and wondered how on earth any of you could seriously think you have a prob? But then, I also recall being 5'7" and 17 years old and weighing 127 pounds and thinking I needed to lose weight.

You see, I had a rather Olive Oyl straight up and down body (long legs and nice butt, though, as my husband will attest, heh) and since I didn't have a flat-tummy and small waist, I felt fat.

Now of course I'd LOVE to have that body again!

But as others have posted, this is largely genetic. One of my friends has a tiny waist, large butt and thighs. (Which of course is much better for her heart.) I'm apple-shaped, very round and desperately needing to lose weight -- but proportionally, I still have a nice round butt and long legs. Though the weight keeps them from being as slender as they once were, they are still proportionally "slim" if that makes sense (and I'm pretty sure it doesn't).

Anyway, my "thunder thighs" are due to fat, not muscle, though the muscle in my calves and thighs is getting more defined, the more I ride. But I'll never have a flat stomach and instead have the horrid midriff/belly blubber.

It's always something, isn't it?

Anyway, muscled thighs will never look like "thunder thighs" so embrace the muscle!

By the way, I was watching "What Not to Wear" and they were showing "sagging bottoms" and I kept twisting this way and that, looking at my own, and finally I asked my husband, "Is my bottom sagging?" He thought I was crazy, but affirmed my impression that no, despite everything else wrong with my body (my words, not his, of course) -- my butt is still an onion. Fortunately I lived long enough for that to be a good thing. <g>