how can I lose weight off my thighs and make them look skinnier?
597415
I used to work with a personal trainer. He told me the best exercises for your thighs are lunges and squats. Make sure you are doing them correctly, your knee should never go past your toes on your lead off foot, or they wont do anygood.
303916
If your partner loves them, then why get rid of them?  It's up to you, though.  If you want to wear 'skinny' jeans, then you'll have to get rid of the handles then.... the old fashioned way.  Eat a healthy diet, workout and get plenty of cardio.  Cardio burns the fat.  Drink lots of water while dieting to remove the body of toxins while burning fat.\n\nOh, and BTW, you can't target one area of the body for fat loss.  When you lose fat, you lose it all over.
776693
First, you can't target weight loss in one area. Second, you really shouldn't be losing weight. You can do some light weights and that  should help you keep your legs toned as you lose muscle in your legs from Karate.
891340
You cannot slim down your butt and thighs only - you have to just try to lose weight from your whole body through doing cardio workouts - fast walking, running, biking, etc.\n\nYou can tone those areas, but it is generally not recommended to only focus on the toning of one area of the body - you don't want to have nice and toned legs with a really skinny chicken-like arms.  A whole body workout is necessary to slim down your trouble areas.  \n\nGenetics also plays a part.  If you've done a lot of cardio, and are losing weight in all areas of your body but not as much in your butt and thigh area, you make just be naturally inclined to gain weight in those areas and there is nothing non-surgical that you can do about that.
698958
diet and exercise. More of the latter though. \nRunning is really great for toning up, getting great legs and your tummy will look fabulous. You need to cut out all sodas, processed foods, typical junk foods, etc. Up your water intake, eat 6 SMALL  BALANCED meals a day and do at least an hour + of excerise each day.
1089805
Cut back on calories for starters, you cannot lose fat without cutting back on calories. Then take up some kind of aerobic activity. I would suggest an elliptical trainer. Excellent low impact workout that will definitely tone your legs.
1068584
i found this artical called "50 Habits of "Naturally Thin" People\nHow to get Started:Decide how much you want to loose and see how many calories a day it will take to make it happen by year's end.Then, work into your routines however many of these eating tweaks and exercises you need to achieve your goal.\nSlash 250 cal.s a day to lose about 25 lbs. in a year, Slash 500 cal.s to loose 50 pounds.\nThis is based on a 150-pound person: you may need to cut more/ fewer calories depending on ur weight, age & gender. It also assumes your normal calorie intake essentially stays the same and your weight is stable.\n* I'm only going to give you the ones that are most helpful and burn calories. If you want more then email me*\n1.Wake-up Workout - When your eyes open, sit up slwoly w/out using ur hands. W/ legs straight out, lean forward until u feel a gentle stretch in ur back & hamstrings. Hold. Then, Using ur abs, lower urself flat. Rest & repeat 2 more times. BURNS 10\n2. Balance Booster - While u brush ur teeth, alternate standing on 1 leg as u switch mouth quadrants(every 30 seconds). BURNS 10\n3.Be a Ballerina - As ur coffee drips, stand sideways, put 1 hand on the counter, and lift the outside leg straigh out in front of u, keeping it extended. With upper body straight, hold for a few sec.s and move it to the side: hold and extend it behind u. Do 5x on each leg. BURNS 10\n4. Talk It UP - Every time u grab the phone, stand up & pace around. BURNS 50\n5. Carry Some Weight - When ur grocery Shopping/ running erands, wear a backpack with 5-10 lbs bag of sugar inside to increase resistance & burn more calories. Add purchases to ur load as it becomes easier. BURNS 20 (FOR AN HOUR OF ERRANDS)\n6.Pump at the Pump - While ur getting gas, With 1 hand on ur car, Stand on the balls of ur feet & slowly rise up & down for as long as it takes to fill ur tank. BURNS 10\n7. Shop till the Pounds Drop - at the mall try on at least 10 outfits- pants and shirts.BURNS 60\n8. Jog for Junk Mail - For every piece of junk mail u get each day, do 1 lap around ur house/ building, / up & down a flight of stairs. BURNS 35-140\n9. Play Footsie - After Dinner, while u are sitting at the table, extend your right leg out & slowly bend it up & down, squeezing & holding in the up position for at least 5 sec.s. Repeat 5x for each leg. BURNS 10\n10.Ease into Evening - sitting with feet uncrossed, grab ur wrists & raise ur hands above ur head to lengthen the spine. Take a deep breath in as u reach & hold the position, breathing slowly in & out for 20 sec.s, taking longer on the exhale. BURNS 5\n11. Sing a Song - Spend sunday morning belting it out in the church choir. BURNS 70 PER SERVICE\n12. Catch This! -\nSpend 30 min tossing a ball or a frisbee with ur kid/dog BURNS 90\n13. Make Whoopee - Instead of a bowl of ice cream as a bedtime snack, have a robust tussle with your spouse. BURNS 300\n\nGood Luck!!
1089111
Try Pilates. They just tone the tummy and the thigh area. Plus you get the body of a dancer, lean and tall. rather then bulking up with heavy muscle.
817249
lie on your side and do straight leg raises in the air.  That will tighten the thigh muslces and work generally on the legs.   Squats work well too.\nIf your wanting to lose the fat, also while doing this- be on a diet.  Instead of eating 3 big meals a day, eat 4-5 smaller portioned meals a day.  Reason for this is because 4-5 small meals/day helps to increase your metabloism and escentially help you lose weight.  \n\nGood luck!
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The way a body places fat stores in the body is mainly decided by your genes and body type. You can't really target fat loss to the exact area you want to lose it by normal means (normal means is without pills, without an operation etc).\n\nWhat you can do is, do some light exercises for muscle toning that will firm up your thighs and bum muscles. Making it look more shapely and less "saggy". Go one step further and do some muscle conditioning for the upper body to make your whole body look proportional to your thighs and bum.
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I'm assuming you mean "legs."  There is no way that you can make your legs grow fatter.  If you eat a lot, all of you will probably get fatter.  Although some people have very skinny legs no matter how fat they are.\n\nYou can, however, make your legs more muscular by exercising.  Bike riding, stair climbing, leg lifts. Go to GOOGLE.COM, enter "leg excercise". You will find many.\n\nAs for the making them smoother part:  Exfoliate them with a wash cloth when you bathe. You can even use a soft brush.  This will take off the dead skin cells. These dead skin cells is what makes your legs look ashy.  Always put lotion on your legs.  If you can stand it, put baby oil on them at night if you don't want to look greasy all day.  You can also use oils that contain vitamins.   Any type of oil will do; you can even use cooking oil.  As a matter of fact, petroleum jelly also works.
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Whenever you want to "reduce" you'll have to do some exercise.  Walking is the best for this!  If you can walk at a brisk pace for 25-30 minutes starting out, this will burn fat and sculpt your body very nice.  Walking is excellent.  I wouldn't suggest any exercises targeted specifically for your thighs, as you're wanting to "reduce" not to build.  Walking will do this for you, but you'll need to commit to 5-6 days a week for it.  You'll look and feel better too. \n   If you can't or don't want to walk there are many dvd's available too that you can look at on line, just find something aerobic, like tae bo, kickboxing, step, anything that makes you move, and that you enjoy and start doing it at home, it 's really fun.  Hope this helps some...
606856
same deal here! All you can do is tone them up! You must strength train in addition to your jogging-works wonders! I have lost about 5 inches toal from thighs since I incorporated weights!
1025036
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.
1020337
take a photo of yourself in your underwear, stick it on the fridge next to a picture of a celebrity who you think has a stunning figure.\nAlso eat in your underwear so as your eating that fat you can stare at the fat you've got already!\nIt Does Work!
729989
Skin has some elastic qualities that allows it to stretch to conform to your weight without tearing. However when you are overweight for an extended period of time the skin will stretch and it is going to stay like that. The only way to correct the problem is with surgery. The cottage cheese flab in your thighs is fat. It is usually referred to as cellulite, but it is still fat. Losing more weight might get rid of it, but everybody has some fat that they cannot get rid off. It might be that your only option is liposuction.
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I think you have to lose weight in general, Spot reduction doesnt work. Diet & exercise.\nYou can tone that area, the muscle tone will be much more evident once the extra weight is lost. Lunges, stair climbing (which is also good for cardio when you are trying to lose weight) Kickboxing, ballet, these all tone your behind.