How to Get Slim Tights | What Affects Our Tigh Shape

How To get Slim Thighs

The thigh gap has been an aim that many females out there aim to achieve. In order to get that slim thighs, we need to know the cause of what is preventing you from achieving those beautifully sculpted, slim thighs.

Causes of BIG thighs

1. GENDER

Women and men have sex-specific fat deposits. Sex hormones affect fat distribution. Estrogen directs fat deposition around the pelvis, buttocks, and outer and inner thighs, while testosterone store fat in the belly area. This makes it more difficult for women to shed fat from the hips, butt and thighs (stubborn fat). While it is obviously the bane of many a woman’s life, there is a biological advantage – this type of fat is thought to play a role in fertility and lactation. Interestingly, it appears that during lactation, this stubborn fat is not quite so stubborn and easier to budge than normally.

2. BODY SHAPE

Your body shape will have significant bearing on the size of your thighs. Pear-shaped women will suffer the worst of it, with large thighs and butt, while cone-shaped women will have slim thighs and legs compared to the rest of their body. You cannot change your body shape and if you are pear-shaped you will have to work harder to slim down those thighs.

3. FAT

Your thighs may simply be large because you have a lot of fat in this area - fatty thighs. As explained above, most women will have a natural tendency to deposit fat in their outer and inner thighs. Unfortunately, this means that this is one of the last places fat then the shift. For women legs tend to slim around a body fat percentage of 18%. Therefore, you can strip away thigh fat, to get slim thighs, but it will take time.

4. MUSCLE

Another reason for large thighs is the presence of large thigh muscles. Muscle is made up of muscle fibers which also vary in size. People with Type II muscle fibers (large) commonly found in sprinters and power athletes tend to have larger thighs than Type I fibers (small) generally found in endurance athletes. Muscular thighs, even if thighs are toned, means larger thighs. There are a couple of causes of big thigh muscles you may be able to do something about, to slim thighs:

• Natural tendency to gain a lot of muscle in your thighs with exercise. High-resistance/ high-incline exercise (e.g. treadmill or elliptical trainer) or spot reduction exercises for your thighs/ inner thigh exercises may have made you thigh muscles bigger. Sports such as ice skating and dancing also tend to produce powerful thighs. Therefore, if you have been doing these type of exercises that target thighs in a bid to get slimmer thighs, you may need to rethink your workout strategy.

• You are genetically programmed to have large muscles (mesomorph body type), but you may also have a lot of fat around the muscle. Stripping the fat from your outer and inner thighs will slim thighs significantly and reveal some beautifully defined legs underneath that thigh fats.

Construction of thighs

To understand how to slim thighs you need to understand thigh anatomy. There are several layer making up your thigh. The first layer is skin. Under the skin is a layer of fat.This thigh fat surrounds the thigh muscles. When you gain weight, the fat layer gets much thicker making the thigh bigger. When you exercise thigh muscles get larger, which in turn makes the thighs bigger. That’s why, when wanting to slim thighs, you need to think about both thigh fat and thigh muscle. Both go up and down in size, influencing the proportions of your thighs.

Exercises to do for slim thighs:

• Squats
• Lunges
• Inner-thigh presses
• Hip extensions

However, if you want to have slim thighs, you will not want to use weights when doing these exercises. Using weights would cause muscle formation.

Diet to achieve slim thighs

Besides exercising, your diet also plays a crucial role in allowing you to achieve those slim thighs. Here are some diet tips :) Also, you will need to burn more calories than you are consuming so that you can lose weight and shed off fats around the thighs.

1. Drink Lots of WATER

• Hydration is key! That means drinking lots of water(not sweet drinks). Water is healthy, plentiful, cheap, and tastes good. Water flushes out harmful toxins, carries nutrients to cells, and provides a moist environment for bodily tissues that need it.

• Avoid sodas, energy drinks, concentrated juices, etc. They make shaving off those pounds really difficult due to their high sugar content.
• If you don’t like water, drink green tea. They are a good source of antioxidants and have negligible calories. Green tea also protects cells from free radicals.
• Drink a cup of tea or a glass of water right before a meal to lower your cravings

2. Healthy Eating

• Carbohydrates: Complex carbohydrates are absorbed more slowly by your body, keeping you fuller for longer hours. Complex carbohydrates include oats, whole-wheat products, and unprocessed grains such as brown rice.

• Protein: Choose lean meat like fish and poultry. Other forms of good protein include beans, soy products, and nuts.
• Fruits and vegetables: While it may be hard to believe, there are actually better fruits and veggies than others. Look for super foods like kale, blueberries, and swiss chard.
• Good fats: Omega 3 fatty acid and monounsaturated fats are good for you system and will actually help you lower your cholesterol. Nuts, olive oil, seed oil, and fish all contain these ‘good fats.’ Trans and saturated fats are the things that will make your thighs larger. These include most processed food, candy, cakes, etc.
• Dairy: Stick to low-fat dairy products. Yogurt is especially great, as it contains bacteria that help you digest and process food efficiently. Dairy products are also a good source of protein and calcium

A diet rich in carbohydrates causes the body to release insulin which converts glucose (sugar) into fat. The low-carb diet structures your meals around proteins, soy-products, vegetables, fruits and nuts to avoid this. To get slim thighs, go easy on the carbohydrate intake :)

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Sleep

As we all know, sleep is often overlooked. We need to get our beauty rest so that our worn out bodies can repair and maintain itself.

• When your body doesn't get enough sleep, it produces a hormone called ghrelin(stimulate our appetite) and lowers levels of another hormone called leptin that tells your brain when you are full. In other words, when you don't get enough sleep, your body has a bigger appetite and your brain doesn't send as many signals to your body that it's full.
• People with sleep apnea, which causes breathing cessation for periods of time during the night, are also more likely to be overweight.

With a healthy diet and exercise, those stubborn fats round the thighs would surely shed off. Just be patient and always remember to EMBRACE your body and love it even though it may not be perfect :)