Thin thighs - maybe not your heart's desire

[SadieKate]

A little silver lining to my day.

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifes...5830FQ20090904

[katluvr]

Yipppee!
I have always thought...how come there are those women w/ round, squarish bodies but very toned legs. And knowing (not judging--because it is people I know or know about) but knowing these women dont' run or bike or exercise. They just genetically have these nice legs. And I have the tree trunks from hell!

But maybe these big ole thighs will pay in the long run!

[ClockworkOrange]

Yes, RESULT, it is good to have Thunder Thighs! Yippee!

Clock

[sfa]

Yipppee!
I have always thought...how come there are those women w/ round, squarish bodies but very toned legs. And knowing (not judging--because it is people I know or know about) but knowing these women dont' run or bike or exercise. They just genetically have these nice legs.

That's me, unfortunately! My thighs seem absolutely huge to me right now--after all the running and swimming and biking I've been doing they really bulked up. I just measured them. 21.5 inches. And in spite of all the exercise I still have about ten extra pounds of flab around my stomach. I'm doomed.

Sarah

[RolliePollie]

That's me, unfortunately! My thighs seem absolutely huge to me right now--after all the running and swimming and biking I've been doing they really bulked up. I just measured them. 21.5 inches. And in spite of all the exercise I still have about ten extra pounds of flab around my stomach. I'm doomed.

Sarah

Well, mine measure out at 25 inches each, so yours sound small to me!

I will always have thunder thighs whether I'm cycling or not. Maybe now I can start bragging about it?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Judging from our past TE threads (with photos) about "Thunder thighs", I'd venture to guess that 90% of the women here on TE who claim they have 'thunder thighs' really just have normal thighs.
Why do we allow media/advertising pictures of emaciated fashion models to taint our perception of what normal is?

[mudmucker]

I will always have thunder thighs whether I'm cycling or not. Maybe now I can start bragging about it?

Well the key is that now you will be around a long time to brag about it.

[SadieKate]

Why do we allow media/advertising pictures of emaciated fashion models to taint our perception of what normal is?

Perhaps because 99% of pants don't fit our thighs? That's fact, not perception, at work.

[limewave]

A favorite.

[tctrek]

I *wish* I had bigger thighs and less around the middle. I'm one of those unfortunate apple shapes... no matter how much I exercise, my arms and legs get smaller and my gut stays the same...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Perhaps because 99% of pants don't fit our thighs? That's fact, not perception, at work.

I see it from a different viewpoint. In my opinion, the 'fact' at work here is not so much that our thighs are abnormally huge, but that most clothing manufacturers seem to cater more to young slender women in their late teens and their 20's with slender (or no) hips, and slender thighs. They buy clothes more frequently than any other age group.
Truly not much out there for women with muscular thighs, calves, OR wide hips, unless you go to a specialized source, often sport-oriented. When I try on off-the-rack clothes that fit my thighs or hips, often the item is just too large overall and has a gigantic waist. I have settled for wearing stretch leggings/capris/tights with and without skirts.

[GLC1968]

Perhaps because 99% of pants don't fit our thighs? That's fact, not perception, at work.

Werd.

And no one can tell me that when my thighs are almost the same circumference as my waist that they should not be classified as THUNDER! (not that there is anything wrong with thunder...it's just a fact of my life)

[GLC1968]

most clothing manufacturers seem to cater more to young slender women in their late teens and their 20's with slender (or no) hips, and slender thighs. They buy clothes more frequently than any other age group.

Which is devastating when you are a young, slender girl with a low body fat - but for which all pants make you feel FAT because you are not shaped like 'normal'.

I don't think age has anything to do with it. In fact, as I get older, I find that my shape is changing towards 'normal' as I put on more weight in my middle to even it all out!

[SadieKate]

. . . that most clothing manufacturers seem to cater more to young slender women in their late teens and their 20's with slender (or no) hips, and slender thighs.

Not the brands and styles I shop. I don't think Talbots falls into this category.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

When I image-google "thunder thighs', there seems to be a huge range of what people think of as thunder thighs. They include grossly obese, just chubby, lean but muscular sporty, non-muscular 'normal', normal thighs with some cellulite showing, and even a bunch that I would label as downright slender. The interesting pattern seems to be that the thinner ones are labeling themselves as thunder thighs, whereas the heavier ones are being labeled as thunder thighs by others.
Sheesh.