Thigh measurements - I am confused!!!!!! Mine don't look that big, but according to the measuring tape

Thigh measurements - I am confused!!!!!! Mine don't look that big, but according to the measuring tape - they are!		gurlywurly
		Jul 20 2008 14:10
I had always thought that I had a smaller bottom half that the rest of me, as that is what many tell me. Yet, I recently measured my thighs - and they were 21''. I know this isn't huge or anything, but I mean there are people on here who are overweight by BMI standards, have weight measurements that are 4'' greater than mine, but yet they have 19'' thighs?? Am I measuring wrong??? I measure at the widest part of them, which is about an inch down from where my thighs begin. I am not too worried about this matter, just a little confused!

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#1	spirochete	Jul 20 2008 14:56
Oh good Lord don't do this to yourself. You can't pick one body part and analyze it to death on its own. People with my thigh and hip measurements wear several sizes smaller than I do because I have the dreaded apple shape and nothing fits me right. I do mean several, not just like one size smaller. You're not doing anything wrong other than obsessing over nothing, so don't do that to yourself.
#2	katydid_007	Jul 20 2008 18:36
do you have long legs? 21 inches on your thigh probably doesn't make you look like you have big thighs if your legs are long. my thighs are 20 inches, but i have short legs (and inseam of 30") and my thighs look big in comparison to the rest of my body. because i have less height, my legs can be smaller and look larger. if i had, say, a 34" inseam, my thighs would look a lot smaller because the weight would be distributed differently. make sense? 21 inches on your thigh isn't that big, by the way.
#3	mkculs	Jul 21 2008 00:14
Why worry if they look ok? Mine are 28, if that's any consolation. Lots of people have a waist that size!! :)
#4	doedoebird	Jul 21 2008 03:18
welcome to the pear-club. (: the good news is, you're probably going to be at low risk of cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol and high blood pressure when you hit 50. congrats.
#5	white_rabbit_	Jul 21 2008 06:41
Don't sweat it. My thighs are 22" at the widest part, and I'm definitely not a pear shape. I'm 5'4" and 135 by the way, and I've never had too many issues about my thighs. Maybe a lot of people are measuring them closer to the middle? (Like you said, the thickest part of my thighs is really close to where they begin)
#6	diane4394	Jul 21 2008 17:04
Original Post by spirochete: Oh good Lord don't do this to yourself. You can't pick one body part and analyze it to death on its own. People with my thigh and hip measurements wear several sizes smaller than I do because I have the dreaded apple shape and nothing fits me right. I do mean several, not just like one size smaller. You're not doing anything wrong other than obsessing over nothing, so don't do that to yourself. I was wondering about that! I'm not an apple, I'm not a pear. I am in search of a waistline. Last week some cc'ers were talking about having 22" thighs & fitting into a size 4...I sure couldn't fit into my teenagers' clothes.
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