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Weight Loss and Muscle

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I've recently lost a lot of weight without trying - which I'm not complaining about, obviously.

However, my body seems to develop muscle very easily. I barely do anything but I build up muscle somehow; 20 crunches can really start to tone my stomach, and I get strong leg muscles just from walking into town every now and again.

My problem is, now that I've lost the weight, my muscles are really obvious. I'm female, and my legs have taken on a shape I hate now - with the muscles very strong and pronounced, which I don't think looks feminine at all.

My calves and thighs look huge, and I'm hating it. I can't put the weight back on without forcing myself to eat loads, because it's natural weight loss (not on a diet), and I'm happy with how my stomach is, but I'd like to change how my legs look now.

Does anyone know how I can get more femine legs, is there any real way of stopping the muscles showing so much, or somehow getting rid of some of the muscle?

Reply 1

muscle's just muscle; if you exercise it, it grows - nothing you can do about it afaik.

try asking in the fitness forum.

Reply 2

If you've lost enough weight to make a noticable change to your physique without trying to at all, your first stop should be to a doctor. If there's nothing wrong with you, you could try yoga to stretch your muscles into a more feminine shape.

Reply 3

No there's definitely nothing wrong, just that I naturally eat less when at home, and had put weight on whilst staying with family.
I might try yoga then if that will have an effect.