Monster Legs

[Zen]

Here's a picture of me from our backpacking trip last weekend. You can see my "monster legs" here.

You call those monster legs?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I looked at the photo before i read the text and my first thought was "she has skinny legs"

You're a piker in the monster leg competition.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

You call those monster legs?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I looked at the photo before i read the text and my first thought was "she has skinny legs"

You're a piker in the monster leg competition.

Yep....they'd throw you back in the ocean.

[OakLeaf]

Terrific calves. But they'd throw your thighs back

[RolliePollie]

lovelylibrarian...those are not monster thighs! I wish my thighs were that thin. Cool picture...where were you backpacking?

So I broke out the measuring tape too:

W: 29.5"
H: 39.5"
Th: 24" (monster)
Weight: 162 (way too much!)
Height: 5'6"
Age: 33

I do not think I should I weigh so much. Heavy sigh. Wait...how much does each monster thigh weigh?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

lovelylibrarian...those are not monster thighs! I wish my thighs were that thin. Cool picture...where were you backpacking?

So I broke out the measuring tape too:

W: 29.5"
H: 39.5"
Th: 24" (monster)
Weight: 162 (way too much!)
Height: 5'6"
Age: 33

I do not think I should I weigh so much. Heavy sigh. Wait...how much does each monster thigh weigh?

Sorry....you do not have 'monster thighs' either!
See my post #38 in this thread with my photo.
My thighs are 24" just like yours, and you are an inch taller than me!
I think it's pretty obvious that I don't have 'monster thighs'....or am I totally self-delusional??
Again, I find it odd (and rather disconcerting) that so many women think they are 'huge' in some way or terribly overweight and they are so....NOT!

[short cut sally]

LovelyLibrarian..my first thought after seeing your pic was nice calves..I studied those and thought she has awsome legs. Didn't see much fat there. As soon as I find a tape measure i will measure and share my info. Thought I had one but guess not. I will have to "borrow" one from work this weekend

[Crankin]

OK, all this talk of measurement made me go upstairs and dig up my tape measure. I know that no matter what size I have been, my waist has always been a size smaller than my hips. The discrepancy is probably at its smallest point ever, since I started cycling.
I am five foot one, which may have shrunk to five foot half an inch. Right now I weigh about 106, which is exactly where I like to be.
Waist 26
Hips 36
thighs 20
age 54
My thighs used to be 18 when I was doing aerobics...
I would be perfectly proportioned if my chest measurement wasn't so overwhelmingly small!
My thighs are bigger, but they are not as flabby. This year, I feel comfortable wearing some of the shorter cycling shorts. Usually I wear the 8 inch ones, which on me, come down almost to my knees. All of my fat is in my hips and butt. No matter what I do, or how small I get, it will never be firm. Well, maybe if I went to boot camp or did heavy duty weights. Right now my strength training is limited to the upper body.

[RolliePollie]

Sorry....you do not have 'monster thighs' either!
See my post #38 in this thread with my photo.
My thighs are 24" just like yours, and you are an inch taller than me!
I think it's pretty obvious that I don't have 'monster thighs'....or am I totally self-delusional??
Again, I find it odd (and rather disconcerting) that so many women think they are 'huge' in some way or terribly overweight and they are so....NOT!

Nope...you don't have monster thighs! Your legs look much thinner than mine. Of course, I could very well be self-delusional! As a matter of fact, I think I probably am!

I think that it's not the actual inches part that makes me think I have monster thighs. It's more the shape and the flab and the cellulite! Eeew! I can feel the muscle under there though. It's just the padding on the top that I'd like to see melt away.

It really is too bad that our culture makes us think that a healthy weight is overweight. Although I need to lose 6 pounds to get to the healthy weight category of the BMI. I must admit that I'd rather be this size and know that I'm in pretty darn good shape and have pretty darn strong legs than to be super skinny with no muscle.

-sara

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I think that it's not the actual inches part that makes me think I have monster thighs. It's more the shape and the flab and the cellulite! Eeew! I can feel the muscle under there though. It's just the padding on the top that I'd like to see melt away.

It really is too bad that our culture makes us think that a healthy weight is overweight. Although I need to lose 6 pounds to get to the healthy weight category of the BMI. I must admit that I'd rather be this size and know that I'm in pretty darn good shape and have pretty darn strong legs than to be super skinny with no muscle.

-sara

Sara, I totally understand. I hate my layer of cellulite and a bit of flab that is overlaid on top of my muscles too. I need to lose 10 pounds. BUT- I still feel healthy and beautiful and strong even with those extra pounds and my excess padding and cellulite. No way would I want to be skinny with no muscles like so many young 20-something women I see walking around in shorts with stick-thin legs and arms. Poor things! I think I could carry one of them on each shoulder! (not that I would- I'd make them WALK and build up some muscle!)

[BarbaraAlys]

lovelylibrarian, you do NOT have monster thighs. You have strong legs that look like they belong to a WOMAN.

Seeker, giving up junior clothing is something an adult woman should be proud of! Juniors are made with little hip room; girls have not developed curves and beautiful muscular legs.

We have grown up in a world that tells women they should be child like, underdeveloped (except for the boobs, those should be huge) and weak. Don't let them make you feel monstrous because you are strong and shapely.

Okay, I'll get off my soap box now.

Barbara

[OakLeaf]

Barbara, of course you're right, but I will never love my thighs as much as I love the way the veins pop on my biceps

[KSH]

Monster Thighs here and proud of it!

My thighs are rock solid. No fat on them. They look great. I have even had a couple of people marvel over how great they looked when I'm riding my bike. The definition of my quads along the side of my leg and my hammys.

Hey, it's me. I can't make 'em any skinner. I'm healthy. I ride an average of 400 miles a month... run around 70 miles a month... and swim a good 30,000 yards. I'm strong. I'm healthy. I'm an athlete.

And if someone doesn't like it... I'll just crush their head with my Monster Thighs.

I'm the girl in the picture! In the yellow.

[lovelylibrarian]

Thanks again for all of the support everyone. I'm actually really starting to like my legs since I've been biking more. I'm looking foward to having biker's legs. When I can get up those big hills, I'll really be so proud of myself. I'm working on it!

When I posted this original post I was really down because I tried on a few pairs of hiking pants at REI and they were all really tight around the legs. I even tried 2 sizes larger than my regular size. I'm over it now. I wound up getting the cute skirt you see in the picture I posted.

Someone earlier asked where I was backpacking. It was in Lassen Volcanic Park in CA.