If wearing shorts makes you conscious because your thighs jiggle while you walk or they have a lumpy, dimpled look, read on. This blog's for you.
What's causing Flabby Thighs?
1. Sagging skin - loss of elasticity due to weight loss, pregnancy or ageing
2. Untoned muscles - loss of muscle mass, increased fat accumulation, poor protein intake
3. Excess fat deposit - increase in fat cells can cause an uneven surface or dimpling, often referred to as cellulite. Cellulite is a very common, harmless skin condition that causes lumpy, dimpled flesh on the thighs, hips, buttocks and abdomen. This gives a flabby appearance.
4. "Skin-Muscle-Fat" The notorious trio : Most commonly, its a combination of all the above that causes flabby, jiggly thighs for a huge population.
While fat and lean muscle weighs the same pound for pound, their composition varies immensely. Muscle has a leaner appearance due to its high density, whereas free-floating, jelly-like, fatty tissue needs more space to jiggle around, due to its low volume. Sagging skin, adds insult to injury in this combination.
This doesn't just look unsightly and pulls down your self confidence, it more importantly makes you feel unfit. So having identified that you don't enjoy flabby thighs, let's understand how to get it right.
5 Ways to Firm Up Flabby Thighs.
1. Avoid mindless eating
- replace white starches (breads and other maida products) with complex carbohydrates (jowar, bajra, oats, etc)
- consuming freshly cooked meals reduces preservatives and sodium intake.
- reduce added sugars
- increase protein intake
- increase fibre
2. Exercise
While it isn't possible to spot reduce fat with exercise, you can tone the thigh muscles with the right exercises.
Squats, lunges, plank leg lifts & step-ups are some of the most effective exercises to tone your muscles.
Now this can help you with spot reduction as it involves use of machines at the areas of interest. These machines are non invasive, painless and effective. They are US-FDA approved hence they're safe and trusted. These procedures are lunchtime procedures and have no downtime (healing period)
These machines help in this manner :
- Sagging Skin is firmed up with the help of an electromagnetic device that generates heat to stimulate the production of collagem, elastin and new skin cells. This nonsurgical treatment firms and lifts sagging skin.
eg : Radio Frequency (RF)
- Untoned Muscles
Machines like EMS tones muscles by a process whereby small electrical impulses stimulate the nerves that control your muscles, causing the muscles to contract and relax rhythmically. This also causes reduction of fat accumulation between muscles.
- Fat reduction by machines which breaking down the fat cell which leaves the body through urine and motion. These fat cells are permanently lost and results can last really long with the help of a moderate diet.
- Lipotropic injections contain vitamins and nutrients like vitamin B-12 , vitamin B-6. vitamin B complex, Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs), L-carnitine, phentermine, MIC (a combination of methionine, inositol, and choline). These are intended to complement other aspects of a weight loss regimen, including exercise and a low-calorie diet. The results start showing typically from one week to eight weeks after administering it.
5. Surgical Slimming Treatment.
Fat reduction can be done with the help of surgical treatments like liposuction and sagging skin can be corrected with surgeries like thighplasty. These treatments are safe and effective but have downtime and minimal scarring (stitch marks) which should be considered.
Any method you select must vibe with your lifestyle and convenience. And most importantly, self love is the most important ingredient to a happy life with or without firmer thighs. Stay happy, stay gorgeous!
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