The Best Ways to Lose Thigh Weight

Losing weight in a specific area of your body takes will, determination, a healthy diet and knowledge of the correct exercises that target that area. There are specific exercises to help you lose weight from and tone your thighs, and you can do them without workout equipment.

Diet

• Exercise can only get you so far with toning and weight loss, but a healthy diet will help you achieve your goals much more quickly. To lose weight, body fat and inches you should start a low-fat diet, lower your carbohydrate intake, and eat more protein and low-fat foods. Fresh fruits and raw vegetables are a healthy alternative to sugary and salty snacks. And drinking plenty of water helps to flush toxins out of the body as well as help keep you hydrated. Drinking plenty of water also helps with water-retention problems. You can also take a multivitamin to help give you energy and replenish any vitamin that you may be deficient in. Another trick to losing thigh weight is to eat six smaller, healthier meals each day instead of six. This will help to keep your metabolism up and help you burn more calories more efficiently.

Thigh Split

• Losing weight in the thighs seems to be one of the biggest concerns for many people. As you age, weight gets distributed over the body and especially for women, the thighs seem to collect a lot of the excess weight. There are exercises that can help get rid of thigh weight and trim and tone them. One exercise is called the hip or thigh split. This exercise requires you to get on the floor in a push-up position. Your hands should be chest-width apart, with your head up, your butt down, and your feet together to start. Holding your hands still, jump your legs out to the side, then jump them back in to the center of your body. Repeat this over again until you have completed 30 repetitions.

Lunges and Squats

• Lunges have long been recognized as good thigh exercises. Many body builders use lunges in their daily workouts to gain bulk and keep their thighs trim. This exercise not only burns fat but shapes the thigh. You can either do lunges with or without light weights to increase your workout. Lunges require you to stand straight with your feet spread slightly apart. One at a time, lunge forward on one leg. Bring it back then lunge forward with your other leg. When each leg goes forward, bend at the waist so that your weight is distributed through each thigh.
  For squats, you can either use light weights or not use weights at all. With legs spread slightly apart, squat down, hold the position to a count of ten, then with your quad muscles push yourself back up to standing position. You may find that you have better balance if when you go down, you stretch your arms out in front of you. This can help stabilize you, as well as make you rely more on your leg muscles to squat and return to the standing position.