by Lynn Chua

Created on: July 22, 2008

Fat thighs is one of the major problem that a lot of women have, because they are programmed by Nature to store fat on the lower part of
their body in order to protect our reproductive organs, that is why they typically carry excess weight on their thighs and hips. Every year after the age of 25, the average woman will gain one pound of body fat but at the same time will lose one third of a pound of muscle tissue. Thus these results in a decrease in their metabolism, when they are no longer able to reproduce; their weight distribution changes and they accumulate more fat, and it may be difficult for them to lose weight in these areas even if they have tried various thigh exercises before.

Cause of fat thigh:

It's may be genes that influence where we store our excess fat. For example, if the female members of our family have tended to store fat on their hips, we may do the same.

It's because what we eat. Most of us eat far more than we realize, fat can be very sneaky and real fat bombs and it turns up in all sorts of foods without us noticing it. No one stores fat anywhere, unless they consume more energy than they expend.

It can be a lack of exercise and overeating or a combination of these two. Exercising will increase blood circulation to your thighs, helping to keep the connective tissue healthy.

Poor blood circulation can be the cause because poor blood circulation to your connective tissue tends to cause swelling. These swelling stretch the connective tissue apart, allowing the fat to bulge through.

Fluid Retention can actually occur all over your body, including your thighs. If you've ever tried pulling on a pair of pants and found them tight in the thighs one day and loose the next, you may have fluid retention.

Prevention:

Exercising is an excellent way to keep you loose fat thigh slim. A 20-30 minutes exercise per day can do wonders. Exercise itself won't reduce fat from your thighs, so do not over exercise your thighs. Exercise like running/jogging, biking, or lane swimming, about 5 times a week, and for at least 20 minutes each time. The more you do, the more you burn. When you lose fat, you'll lose it from all over though. If you aren't really all that big to begin with, and just want to tone your thighs, you can do crunches and pilates for your stomach, and do squats, lunges and leg lifts for your thighs.

Do lots of stretching because the more range of motion you muscle can move, the more you can exercise it! Without stretching your thigh muscles after

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