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makedah said:
Agreed. She's gotta work with what she's got. You can't change genetics.
Please help her get smaller legs.
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Agreed. She's gotta work with what she's got. You can't change genetics.
SteelWeaver
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Ooh la la. Very nice legs. Head-turning calves. I say work the shoulders & lats to even things out, if proportion's the issue. And have clothes tailored 
bigguns15
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asiansINC said:
Oh no, I wasn't saying they were just fat. I said a little fat over muscle looks bulky and can look like fat because they aren't as defined.
Took a look at the pic, and her legs look great to me. Nature blesses us with different gifts, and IMO we should be thankful and work with what we have.
Never fails, those that have don't want, and those that want can't have.
She says, indignantly:
"I'm not a bodybuilder! I don't do anything for my legs! My calves are too big to wear the knee-high boots that I love! I can't fit into jeans if I work out my legs! I'd have to wear sweatpants! I don't do anything for my legs other than running!"
I have clients with neuromuscular disease. Their concern is when they'll be in a wheelchair or leg braces, not because their calves are too big for a f***ing pair of boots or jeans. You can buy custom boots and tailored jeans, but you can't change the course of incurable disease.
Better not wish for something you don't want. Like the client I had that used to complain about her boobs being too big when she was young, that was until she had one removed for breast cancer. Now the thought of having two big boobs versus one really wasn’t so bad after all.
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She says, indignantly:
"I'm not a bodybuilder! I don't do anything for my legs! My calves are too big to wear the knee-high boots that I love! I can't fit into jeans if I work out my legs! I'd have to wear sweatpants! I don't do anything for my legs other than running!"
I have clients with neuromuscular disease. Their concern is when they'll be in a wheelchair or leg braces, not because their calves are too big for a f***ing pair of boots or jeans. You can buy custom boots and tailored jeans, but you can't change the course of incurable disease.
Better not wish for something you don't want. Like the client I had that used to complain about her boobs being too big when she was young, that was until she had one removed for breast cancer. Now the thought of having two big boobs versus one really wasn’t so bad after all.
W6
As for being insulted, if there is no picture and she isn't here to actually tell us firsthand what they are like and her specific problems, then people can only assume. Nobody was trying to say she IS FAT, we were just going off what is the case 99% of the time.
Now that there is a picture, that helps!
I think the general consensus will be that she has awesome legs. But that doesn't help HER feel better. Genetics is a funny thing - we can only work with what was given us. Her calves will always be "big". She may never fit into the zip-up over-the-calf leather boots. But she WILL fit into the stretchy ones!
We have to accept our stengths and our limitations. I will never be over 5'4". Ain't nothing will change that. I can sit around and whine and blame my height for all the bad in the world, but that gets me no closer to my goals. She has to learn to accept what she was given and work with it.
Maybe running, especially high intensity running, could be the issue. Why doesn't she try fast walking/high incline, the elliptical, or something else. Gaining the body you want requires a lot of trial and error. If something isn't giving the results you want, change it. Try something new. It doesn't happen overnight.
Keep in mind that cardio isn't the only tool against fat loss. Diet modification is a MUCH stronger agent in fat loss and body sculpting.
Now that there is a picture, that helps!
I think the general consensus will be that she has awesome legs. But that doesn't help HER feel better. Genetics is a funny thing - we can only work with what was given us. Her calves will always be "big". She may never fit into the zip-up over-the-calf leather boots. But she WILL fit into the stretchy ones!
We have to accept our stengths and our limitations. I will never be over 5'4". Ain't nothing will change that. I can sit around and whine and blame my height for all the bad in the world, but that gets me no closer to my goals. She has to learn to accept what she was given and work with it.
Maybe running, especially high intensity running, could be the issue. Why doesn't she try fast walking/high incline, the elliptical, or something else. Gaining the body you want requires a lot of trial and error. If something isn't giving the results you want, change it. Try something new. It doesn't happen overnight.
Keep in mind that cardio isn't the only tool against fat loss. Diet modification is a MUCH stronger agent in fat loss and body sculpting.
What kind of legs does she want? The really skinny kind that look like a pelvis on stilts? Yuck - that just makes a woman look like a giant crotch. Even on that show "Are You Hot", every time a woman with those straight skinny legs with a wide crotch came on, Lorenzo Lamas would shine his laser pointer on her and say that legs with no curve and that didn't touch somewhere between the crotch and the floor were NOT sexy.
Even when I starved myself to 80 pounds, my legs still looked "fat" compared to the rest of my body. It wasn't until I started training them hard and heavy and doing interval sprints for cardio that they really changed. They got lean and defined and I actually dropped 2 pant sizes.
Your girl is lucky to have the legs she does. Who cares about boots? They'll be out of fashion in another season or two. Rather than torture your body to be a second-rate imitation of something it's not and have to fight it every step of the way, take what you DO have and work WITH it to make it really outstanding for what it is.
Even when I starved myself to 80 pounds, my legs still looked "fat" compared to the rest of my body. It wasn't until I started training them hard and heavy and doing interval sprints for cardio that they really changed. They got lean and defined and I actually dropped 2 pant sizes.
Your girl is lucky to have the legs she does. Who cares about boots? They'll be out of fashion in another season or two. Rather than torture your body to be a second-rate imitation of something it's not and have to fight it every step of the way, take what you DO have and work WITH it to make it really outstanding for what it is.
SouthernBell
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She has beautiful legs, hopefully one day she will have a change of heart. She just needs to take what she has and work with it she can build a beautiful body to match.....
I also thought at one time my legs were too large for my body but after alot of time on these board realized that I was lucky and most people kill thereselves in the gym to get what came natural to me. She will appreciate them one day, hopefully.
SB
well I was gonna insert a pic but I can figure out how :confused
I also thought at one time my legs were too large for my body but after alot of time on these board realized that I was lucky and most people kill thereselves in the gym to get what came natural to me. She will appreciate them one day, hopefully.SB
well I was gonna insert a pic but I can figure out how :confused
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Candi Barr
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