Reducing fat in the thighs?
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if you go to the gym they have tons of weight machines or use a bike. I heard when a person is dieting and exercising that the thighs are the last place u would see results. the arms are first then the abs and stomach then the thighs and legs.
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a serious answer from TOUCHY.\n\ncardio and toning (firming) exercises is best. by toning, i mean using light weight or your own body weight in doing squats, lunges, etc. you may have heavy thighs due to genetics. can't do much if this is the case.
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Well - sometimes extra squats and lunges can enlarge the thighs - initially fat will be burned off, but you build up muscle in it's place and they end up strong but big. Play it safe by running and swimming. Losing weight all around is much better than focusing on one area. If you have 30 minutes after work, go running in your neighborhood or do laps in the pool. Do weights for arms, crunches, and push ups. You will make an improvement all around - your body will be toned and thighs will shrink along with everything else. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables and drink lots of water - eating healthily is most important. Before you start out, get a BMI ratio from the site below. If you're weight is underweight or normal, you don't NEED to work out but you should to keep your state of health. It doesn't hurt to tone those thighs, though!\nGood Luck
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There is only one way, and that is to burn more calories than you take in. Additionally, there is no such thing as spot reduction. Your body will decide which fat cells come off first, so just burn those calories. Both diet and exercise will work, and they both work best together. Since everyone is different, I suggest that you see a professional personal trainer and let him/her put a program together for you. Be sure to run this by your doctor before you start no matter how healthy you think you are. He will probably have some warnings or advise for you based upon your personal health. Goodluck!
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try lowering your carbs
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You must maintain a healthy lower calorie diet.Eat less carbohydrates and more whole foods and protein.Protein is helpful because it's the highest thermic food.Spread meals out to 5-6 per day rather than 3.\n Diong crunches,sit ups,lying leg raises will help tone but they do not burn fat in a specific area.Do a search for spot reduction myth.\n\nOne of the ways this works is by stimulating new muscle growth thus metabolizing more calories even at rest(about 50 cal per pound of muscle).\nThe fact of the matter is you MUST just stick with it.Following some of the guidelines here will help.\nIt is also unnecessary to drink 8 8 ounce glasses of water per day.\nSearch medical myths 8 8 ounce glasses per day.\n\nCalculate you BMR and consume less calories than you burn.\nDo a search for basal metabolic rate\n\nConsider some low carb protein bars.Stay away from granola and those type snacks.\nThis will dispel that stupid cabbage nonsense among other things.This is excerpted from a Yahoo! Health e mail.\n\nThe following diet myths come up over and over again at my nutrition center. My next two blog entries will help set the record straight. Hope you find this helpful! \n\nIf you eat late at night, the food turns straight into fat.\n\nNot true.If your overall calories are appropriate for weight loss, you certainly can eat something after dinner. Late night calories will ultimately get used the next day (and even while you sleep). \n\nHowever, for the sake of energy, it is always better to eat your calories during the day when your body needs the fuel. Plus, eating consistently throughout the day will stabilize blood sugar levels -- so you’ll feel energized and experience fewer cravings. If you are going to snack after dinner, I suggest choosing something 250 calories or less.\n\n\n\nFresh fruits and vegetables are more nutritious than frozen.\n\nNot necessarily. Frozen can be a great produce option (just avoid varieties with added salt, sugar, and sauce). Frozen foods are picked in the peak of ripeness, then frozen. You can eat them as you need them -- and most of the nutrients are locked in. On the other hand, fresh fruit and vegetables are typically harvested before they ripen, and can have nutrient variability. Also, the longer fresh produce sits around in your fridge, the less nutrients it will contain. \n\nBottom line: Buy both fresh and frozen and eat as much as you can.\n\nCravings are your body's way of telling you it needs something.\n\nThis has never been proven. You normally crave what you like to eat (or smell or see someone else eating). Also, hormonal changes are sometimes responsible for food cravings. Ice cream and pickles anyone?\n\nAny type of water is always better than soda.\n\nNo. There are a few caloric waters with sexy marketing ploys. In fact, some brands have quite a bit of sugar. Always check labels.\n\nCertain foods, like grapefruit, celery, or cabbage soup can burn fat and make you lose weight. \n\nThese are anecdotal stories that have no scientific back up. It’s true these foods are low in calories, but they do NOT actually burn fat .\n\n\nI would love to paste the links here for you but Yahoo! considers that spam and advertising.
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If you wish to try there are some simple yoga exercises which can help reduce fat. \nSit in a cross-legged position (Padmasana) with your left foot over your right thigh. Do deep breathing exercise for the first ten minutes. Then take one deep breath and try to throw out breath in small parts by giving an inward jerk to your abdomen muscles. The stomach should move in and out while you do this. Do this for around 10 mins in the beginning and increase the duration as you grow perfect in it. This exercise in yoga is called Kapala-bhanti which should be done empty stomach preferably in the morning hours.  It helps reduce the fat as well as tone the abdomen muscles. Good luck.
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Pushups with extra weight in a backpack.  Eat lots of steak and few carbs.  Get plenty of aerobic to reduce the body fat.
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Cadio is critical in weight reduction-along with proper diet and PLENTY of water. I would eliminate sodas-even diet sodas.  Another necessary element is weights-it doesn't have to be excessive. Just a light weight regimen would help tone or maybe even build a little muscle-which helps burn the fat.
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keep your reps in the 15-25 range per set \n\ndo squats - 4 sets , lunges 4 sets, side lunges 4 sets - 3 times a week \n\nand walk steps/hills  - 3 times a week \n\ndo some additional aerobic activity of your choice 3 times a week for at least 30 min\n\nwatch those thighs tone!
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Try fast paced walking.  It works very well.  Anything cardio is very good for fat burning.
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Exercise may help, according to wikipedia.  Most people want to get rid of it on their thighs, and a great way to improve thigh muscle is biking long distances, 10-15 miles a day.
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You can't spot-reduce. Cardiovascular exercise will help you lose body fat all over the body. But there is no way to target fat loss on one area of the body (except liposuction.)\n\nLunges are a great toning exercise for the butt. Also try one-legged squats
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Check out the link on the web page below ... lots of thigh exercises.  Squats are definitely the king of all leg exercises.
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any good cardio work out is gonna help you burn fat.you can do some targeted weight training for the butt, legs and hips.remember the more muscle you have the more fat you burn so even if you feel the weight trainng isnt targeting your hips work on other areas of large muscles to help with your metabolism to help burn the fat off of your hips.(a stationary bike works well if you set the resistance high and remain seated, you will feel your upper thighs and hips "burn")
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Congratulations on your great progress so far!  \n\nAs far as "fine-tuning," what the medical experts say about there being no such thing as spot reduction is true. If you, like most women, tend to store most of your body fat in your thigh and hip area, then continued reduction of overall body fat combined with resistance training is the only thing that will lean out those trouble spots.\n\nIf you are already working out five times a week, hopefully you are doing both cardio and weight lifting.  If you are not lifting yet, start to integrate it into your workouts.  A very basic split would be:\n\nM: Weights - Lower body\nT: Cardio - 30-45 minutes\nW: Weights - Upper body\nTh: Cardio - 30-45 minutes\nF: Weights - Lower body\nS: Cardio - 30-45 minutes\n\nTo accelerate fat loss, increase cardio to 5-7 days a week.   Incorporate lunges, leg presses, squats, leg curls, and sprints in your workouts if they aren't already in there to firm up the muscles in your lower body so it will look great when you do shed those last few pounds of fat. \n\nAt this point, diet is probably more important than the workouts.  Eating 5-6 small, balanced meals a day at a caloric deficit instead of 3 large ones will boost your fat burning.  \n\nAn easy to understand nutrition plan in this style is Body for Life - http://bodyforlife.com/nutrition/guidelines.asp
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Proper nutrition is the best way to remove fat from anywhere on your body.  However, the best exercises to give your butt, hips, and thighs great shape and muscle tone are LOTS and LOTS of squats and lunges, done in every direction:  front, side, and walking lunges; and regular, wide, and plie squats.  Running (or walking, if you can't run) stairs or hills is also great.