Thigh/waist discrepancy?

[GLC1968]

Ok, I know we've had discussions on these things in the past, but I need reassurance, I guess.

I am finally losing weight. Today I put on a brand new pair of pants that I bought to hold me over until I fit into my smaller sizes (my 'fat pants' are finally too big again!). I put them on and was admiring how they didn't gap to much at the waist and how they fit my rear/hips pretty well. Then I stood back and noticed how tight there were across the thighs. Luckily, they have stretch in them, so it's not uncomfortable. It's not immediately obvious because of what I am wearing them with, but it does kind of piss me off. These are a 'curvy' cut from the LOFT and previous pants from this cut fit me better than these do. So I whipped out my tape measure to check and my measurements only annoyed me further.

Before I started to lose weight, my waist was 31" and my thighs were 25". That's a difference of 6 inches. Sounds reasonably normal, right? Now my waist is 29.5" and my thighs are 24.5"...only 5 inches difference. I know that at one point, I had a 26" waist and a 22" thigh...a 4 inch difference. I don't have my measurements at my thinnest, but I would bet that they are somewhere around 25"/21"...I think that a 4" difference between my legs and my waist will prevail. This is the hard part about losing weight - the waist to leg discrepancy gets WORSE the smaller I get.

I know that I'm unusual compared to the world at large (pretty obvious when shopping for clothing), but I'm hoping that if you compare me to other strong cyclist women, I'll be less odd??

So tell me...what is the difference between your waist measurement and your thigh measurement? Am I really that much of an oddity??

[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]

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.