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My legs are too big!!
I'm a 15 year old girl with a physical disability that prevents me from losing weight easily, but I'm still trying to lose it. I know that obesity and being overweight causes you to be bigger in places, but my calfs are quite big.. and they're not 'fat' either.. it's muscle!
I just don't know how to get them to be smaller.. I work out at the gym, play racquetball and walk the treadmill.. but nothing. And please don't just respond with; lose weight. I know losing weight will obviously help. That's why I'm trying. Like I said they're MUSCLE they don't 'jiggle' or anything.. I have really strong legs. Just help??
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I don't see what the problem is, if there is no fat to lose and your legs are pure muscle, then that is their normal size, it's hereditary...passed down in the family genes somewhere, even if mom doesnt look like you do.
When you say you are trying to lose weight, are you weighing yourself on a scale, assuming a lower number means you are healthier?
Thats not always the case. Water and fat can weigh alot if a person is very obese. But a fit person with no extra fat can weigh the same as another person who is overweight. The reason is that muscle mass is heavier than fat and water. Its like comparing the weight of rocks to jello and water. There is no comparing the weight differences to determine if you are as healthy as possible. Whats more important is the amount of fat per body mass and how much aerobic exercise you get along with a healthy diet. I don't know what kind of physical disability would prevent a person from losing weight easy. Usually when weight loss Is recommended by a doctor, it is hard for any person to lose. Weight comes on easier than it goes off. Has a Doctor recommended that you do something to lose weight? If so, you should be talking to your doctor or have the parents talk to your doctor.
My guess is that like most teen age girls, you have issues with how you look and don't think you look pretty enough, lack self confidence perhaps, and are trying to look like the images of women that the media feed us that aren't even real or attainable. The latest craze I hear is about having a thigh gap or somethings wrong with your looks? Females learn at an early age to fret about their looks and buy all sorts of products that promise to make them look more like the models in photos. But the photos of the models have been digitally altered, even they don't look that good. If you compare what used to be considered the model of beauty to go after such as Marilyn Monroe in the 50's to what a model in a swimsuit looks like today, you will see a very big difference in the body size and proportions.
Follow this link to an article about Marilyn and scan down to two photos of her in a white swimsuit.
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You will note that she doesn't have a tiny waist, has large hips and there is no thigh gap. In fact she has quite large thighs. And her chest seems average size, not overly large from implants and spilling out of the top. This is what used to be the standard. If there really was a fair standard for beauty, it wouldn't have to change. The only reason it changes is because some marketing executives idea of what should be considered beautiful today changes the standard usually to make money on beauty products which for the most part don't work anyways. Be happy with who you are dear.
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