Tone those Thunder Thighs
You’ve got to admit it, women are definitely more conscious about the way they look than men. They spend hours putting on makeup, trying out clothes and shopping for the latest fashions. That’s why I consider it a shame that the fairer sex is cursed with being genetically endowed with large hips and buttocks and thighs to match – at least the unlucky ones like me. Call it a gift from nature so that childbirth is easy or rue the fact that those jeans just don’t fit the way they should, anyway you look at it, fat deposits around the lower half of your body is just not attractive at all.
Contrary to my strong belief that my thunder thighs were not willing to give up even an inch of flab, I found a fitness trainer who managed to convert me from bottom heavy to buxom, a huge difference in someone my age. So here I am, sharing the secrets to reducing weight around the buttocks and thighs for those women who share my angst:
• The first and foremost thing to do is get active. Or more crudely put, get off your butt if you want to lose it! There’s nothing like being on the go all the time to get your metabolism working and reducing the fat around your thighs and buttocks. The longer you sit, the bigger your behind gets. So find some activity to keep you on your toes all day long, with the only time you rest being the time you hit the sack every night for at least 6 hours of beauty sleep.
• Get involved in aerobic exercises that work every part of your body. Unfortunately, there’s no single exercise that you can do to spot reduce the fat from the area around your hips and thighs. Getting involved in something as vigorous and active as aerobics makes you work up a sweat and lose those excess pounds.
• Strength and weight training exercises like abdominal crunches, squats, leg lifts and lunges all help in defining the muscles around your buttocks, stomach and thighs. While these routines do not reduce your weight, they improve the tone of your body and make you look and feel better, which is your ultimate goal anyway. Muscles help do away with that flabby look which is a killer when you’re wearing tight jeans and a cute top to try and catch the attention of the new guy on the block.
• Eat sensibly, and by that I mean don’t go on a starvation diet that leaves you craving for food and giving in to binges. Never go hungry, instead, fill up with fruits and vegetables that are low on calories and filled with vitamins and nutrients. Limit your intake to a certain number of calories per day so that you don’t undo all the hard work you’ve done with your exercises by eating too much.
• And last, but not least of all, give yourself time to lose weight. It’s not magic that’s done with the snap of your fingers, so stick to your schedule and diet no matter how long it takes. Some people have a slower metabolism and tend to lose weight more slowly than others, so don’t get disheartened and give up. And even after you’ve lost weight, stay the course so you don’t end up putting it back on!
This article is contributed by Heather Johnson, who regularly writes on Louisiana nursing schools. She invites your questions and writing job opportunities at her personal email address: heatherjohnson2323 at gmail dot com.
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July 21st, 2008 at 6:16 am
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