Can I Lose Weight In My Thighs Quickly?

Women often want to lose weight in several places. The most frequent areas are the belly, hips, and thighs. You’ll get some benefits from exercise, but if you lose weight, it comes off the entire body. There’s no such thing as spot-reducing. There is, however, spot-toning. Toning your muscles and building more muscle won’t take pounds off, but it will compact the area and make the thighs look thinner. That’s the real goal most people want. It also helps eliminate the puckery, grapefruit-skin appearance that comes from cellulite.

Start by changing your diet.

You don’t have to go on a crash diet, just focus on eating healthier. Eliminate highly processed foods and foods with added sugar. These types of food often provide calories without additional nutrition. You’ll lose weight all over your body, including your thighs. If cellulite is a problem, besides adding exercise and cutting out starch, sugar, and other processed food, drinking more water can help. Massage can also help improve the lymphatic drainage that gives your thighs a cottage cheese appearance.

Burning calories with exercise helps.

When you do full-body workouts, it torches calories to help you lose weight on your entire body. It also builds more muscle tissue. The more muscle tissue you have, the more calories you burn since muscle tissue needs more calories to maintain than fat tissue. Some full-body workouts also focus on toning the thighs. Walking lunges, jumping jacks, squats, or squat jumps work the thighs. A difficult exercise that gets results fast is a mountain climber. Start in a plank position and do a running motion with your feet.

Tone your thighs with a variety of exercises.

Make sure you work all muscles of the thigh on all planes. Some exercises work only the front, inside, outside, or back muscles. Side lunges work the inner and outer thighs and forward and backward lunges work the front and back. Adjust your foot position and width when you’re doing squats to address all muscles in your thighs. Laying on your side and lifting both legs can work both the inner and outer thighs.

• A wide stance plie, also called a plie squat can work the inner thighs, while a step-out squat using resistance bands can tone the hamstrings at the back of your thighs.
• An excellent toning activity is walking up and down the stairs. Take every opportunity to use the stairs. Athletic training drills often involve running up and down steps to strengthen leg muscles.
• Walk more and ride a bike. If you have joint issues or balance problems, ride a stationary bike. You can adjust the tension to make it easier to pedal and put less pressure on the joints.
• Hold weights while you do squats or other leg exercises. The extra weight can help you tone your legs faster. You can create makeshift weights at home with empty detergent bottles or water bottles filled with sand or water until you reach a comfortable weight.

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