For women trying to lose weight one of the usual focal points is trying to get smaller thighs or reduce the size of their hips. When trying to accomplish this goal it becomes important to avoid activities that can actually increase the size and thickness of your lower body.
Avoid Increasing Muscle Mass
Some women have naturally thick and muscular thighs because of genetics. It's not uncommon for your lower legs to be larger than desired even if there isn't a great deal of excess fat on them. Women who participate in sports often develop large quadriceps due to repetitive movements. If your goal is to reduce the overall circumference of your legs you'll want to avoid further activities that increase muscle mass.
Activities that require bursts of power for short durations will stimulate new muscle tissue to compensate for your behavior. You'll want to avoid sports that require heavy lifting like heavy resistance training. If you do incorporate resistance training into your exercise routine try to avoid power movements, and focus more on building endurance through high repetitions.
Get Smaller Thighs Through Dieting
Everyone has their problem areas which leads to the belief that you can target specific areas of your body to start burning fat. Unlike building muscle, where you can concentrate on particular muscle groups to reshape specific areas, your body fat works as a system. It's not possible to target one area of your body fat, without influencing other areas. If your primary goal is to reduce the size of your legs, you'll need to focus on lowering your overall body fat to start seeing results.
Adopting a diet with large portions of your calories coming from protein and whole grain foods will influence your body to start burning through excess body fat for energy. Switching to foods with whole grain, and reducing the amount of high sugar foods in your diet can also help reduce your overall body fat.About the Author:
For more tips, articles and advice to get back into shape and reduce your body fat please visit the Fat Burning Furnace.