how to i get skinner thighs/calfs?

Question

i am 13 years old and i weigh 99 pounds and i want to lose a few more pounds on my thighs and calfs...any suggestions?...

Answer 1

Hello,

I think you are me 22 years ago. When I was your age I hated the new shape that my body had taken on and the heavier thighs that I acquired. I was desperate to lose them and developed anorexia and bulimia.

It is un-safe for teenagers to diet. I know you hate to hear that. The best that you can do is to try and eat sensibly and to get some exercise. Even as an adult it is next to impossible to slim the legs down, but here are some suggestions:

1) Massage the fat on the legs & rub with a rough towel to increase circulation & avoid cellulite
2) Swim or walk or jog as exercise, avoid exercises that increase the size of the leg muscles like stair master and cycling.
3) Lift weights and swim to increase the size of your upper body muscles. This will help you to stay more in proportion.
4) Wear clothes that flatter your shape, don't try to squeeze into mini skirts that don't suit you, show off your good features. Probably only you notice your 'flaws' your friends don't.

Eating sensibly means eating fruits and vegetables and:


Healthy Living Lesson 1 - The Basic Rules
Rule 1- Don't get more than 30% of your calories from fat.

Rule 2- Watch out for sugar; low fat doesn't count if it is high in sugar

Rule 3- Don't eat things which aren't food

Rule 4- Drink water



The Rules Explained:

Rule 1- Don't get more than 30% of your calories from fat

This is the recommendation from the World Health Organisation*. The easiest way to do this is to not eat anything that contains more than 30% of calories in fat. Modern labelling makes this an easy calculation to do:

There are 9 calories in a gram of fat, (as opposed to 4 calories in a gram of protein or a gram of carbohydrates; that is why fat is fattening) So multiply the grams of fat in the food by 9 and divide by the total calories (actually kilo-calories, sometimes denoted as kcal) the result should be less than 0.3.

e.g. My sweetened rice cakes have 40 kcal per cake and contain 0.2 g fat.

0.2 x 9 = 1.8 calories from fat

1.8 / 40 = 0.045 which is < 0.3 They are very low in fat (but quite high in sugar see rule 2)

The quickest eating makeover in the world is to go through your cupboards with a calculator and get rid of (donate to your food bank) anything which is over the limit. Take your calculator on your next shopping trip and don't buy anything that is over the limit.

Rule 2- Watch out for sugar; low fat doesn't count if it is high in sugar

Sugar is a carbohydrate so it only has 4 calories per gram. The trouble with sugar is that it is everywhere. It is very easy to consume many grams of it without realising. Items to watch out for:

- Fruit juices: don't drink anything that isn't 100% fruit and unsweetened, and even those juices have quite a lot of sugar so don't go nuts on them

-Sweetened Drinks: Diluted beverages, fizzy pop, alco-pops, iced tea all have many grams of sugar

-Low Fat Treats: Many treats such as cookies and sweets that are marketed as 'low fat', like my rice cakes, are very high in sugar. That's how they make them taste nice. Don't be fooled.

Rule 3- Don't eat things which aren't food

Well maybe very occasionally as a treat, but certainly not everyday. Items which provide you with calories and no nutrition are not food. They are bundles of refined flour, sugar, food colouring, artificial ingredients and preservatives that taste nice. Not the same thing at all.

Almost all packaged snack food fits in this category, and many breakfast cereals, particularly for some twisted reason the ones they market at kids. I would include white bread in this category unless you've put something with more nutitional content than jam on it.

Rule 4- Drink water

Your body needs water. It needs it to clean away the byproducts of your metabolism, the residues of any alcohol you drank, to keep your blood chemistry right, to sweat out to keep you cool.... for many many reasons.

Some drinks increase the water content of your body (we'll do the science as to why in the next lesson) and some actually decrease it. Drinks that contain significant amounts of sugar, caffeine or alcohol actually decrease the water content of you body.

Drink lots of water.

Caffeine free teas are just as good in my book.

If you must, drink low-calorie softdrinks, though I'm sure some of the sweetners in those are osmotically active so if there is enough of them they will do the decreasing thing.

Answer 2

At your age you should concentrate on living a healthy lifestyle and enjoying yourself by taking part in some kind of physical activity that you enjoy. If you eat a balanced healthy diet with several portions of vegetables and fresh fruit and at least 8 glasses of water a day then your body will find its natural weight.

Taking up a sport that you enjoy and practicing on a regular basis will also help you to stay healthy. When you look at certain parts of your body and say "I want to make this bigger or smaller" this is hard to do, it is best to look at the body as a whole rather than individual parts. Doing sport you like would definately help you to feel better about your body. My favourites are swimming, running and football, what are yours?

Answer 3

Walk/run is the best exercise for the legs. It tones them most effectively. You may try doing some running or walking backwards to work those calf muscles. Look at what you are eating too. High fat or high sugar foods stand in the way of your progress. Good luck.

Answer 4

I do medical research. I don't believe in creams or other useless products like gels or lotions. Cellulite is not a skin problem, it's an underlying structural issue. Check out this site http://nocellulite.toptips.org
It has a lot of useful tips about natural remedies to treat cellulite.

Answer 5

at 13 you shouldnt be worrying about what you look like, even though we all do, however your still quite young and you're going to grow more makeing your thighs and calfs lose the weight, however for the time being gental exercise would be good.

Answer 6

Go for a jog or a walk everyday for about an hour... that might help

Answer 7

get your dog and get off the computer and go for a walk kid.

Answer 8

if you want exercise .but i think ur weight is good for ur age.

Answer 9

Exercise , there is no other way :)

Answer 10

stop eating junk!!!!!!!!!!!!