Thigh/waist discrepancy?

[Veronica]

You're lucky! My waist is 29 inches and my thighs are 25, my hips are 37. I have a really hard time finding pants that fit. I pretty much wear a belt with everything so I'm not showing stuff I don't want to show.

Veronica

[GLC1968]

Yeah, but I get this odd feeling that I don't want to lose more weight because the discrepancy will only get worse! But I do want to lose more weight because I'm overweight! Ugh!

Luckily, (or unluckily??), my hips are pretty narrow for my pear-ness. I have a big butt though (baby got back!) so it kind of evens out. Pants shopping SUUUUCKS. Of couse, I had a feeling you would be able to relate to my plight, V.

[Veronica]

My honey thinks I'm hot so I try to not worry about it. My belly is pretty flat. He says my butt looks good in lots of my pants. I try to forget about the thighs.

I'd love to lose more weight off my thighs but I don't want to get that extreme in my diet. It wouldn't be sustainable. This morning I was wishing I was blonde and blue eyed. That isn't going to happen either.

Veronica

[GLC1968]

This morning I was wishing I was blonde and blue eyed. That isn't going to happen either.

Bleach and contacts?


Thanks, Becky - you make me feel better (or at least, less odd!)!

[Kano]

Veronica -- your comment about wearing a belt reminded me of when I shop with my daughter and she's looking for pants that she can wear at work.

She's on her feet most of the time, but there's the squat for file from the bottom drawers. Every pair of pants must pass the "bottom drawer test." If stuff is visible when she squats, the pants go back on a hanger!

It IS the curse of the curvy, eh?

Karen in Boise

[Becky]

I don't consider myself exceptionally curvy. It wouldn't occur to me to try anything labeled "curvy cut" and, even if I did, I'm not convinced that it would help that muscular thigh thing!

Karen, love the story! I think I'm going to start using the test!

[Veronica]

Yep - can't have butt crack or underwear showing - not when you teach 5th grade.

I wear a lot of my tops tucked in for that reason. Also no bra lines or cleavage - not that I have any, cleavage that is.

Veronica

[ny biker]

FWIW, my waist at this particular moment is 29 1/2 and my thighs are 21 3/4. I'm pretty sure that never in my adult life have I had a 26" waist. Also it's been years since I wore any pants that sit at my waist -- they tend to smush the belly button ring.

Pants sizes are wack. The ones that usually fit me best these days are the "authentic fit" boot cut jeans from J Jill. But even with them, there are variations. I have 2 pair of dark wash jeans, and one is tighter in the waist and shorter in the leg than the other. I also have a pair of lighter wash jeans that fit more comfortably but are dangerously close to plumber's butt if I squat down. I just bought a pair of gray jeans in the same size and they are very baggy in the butt.

The other day I tried on a pair of Hilfiger denim shorts in the same size that I wear in J Jill jeans. They were about 6 inches too big in the waist, no exaggeration. (Did I spell that right?) A few months back I tried a pair of Levi's in the same size that were too tight in the thigh and falling-down too big in the waist and hips.

Unfortunately you just have to try on lots of styles in various sizes to find the closest fit. For a perfect fit, get something that fits the largest part of you and then have it tailored down elsewhere.

[Becky]

Pants are cut for little waif women, not strong athletic chicks!

Currently, my waist is about 26", hips are 36", and thighs are 21". All of my jeans are tight in the thighs, even if the butt and waist fit fine.

It annoys me too...on top of not being able to find an inseam between regular and tall, I can't find an "athletic cut" either. Mrrf.