One moment we’re just boys and girls romping in a play yard. Skinny, straight-up-and-down androgynous bodies rolling and jumping in pure glee. And in a flash, that kid becomes an adolescent. While the boys usually morph into taller, leaner, muscular warriors complete with six pack abs, girls transform from tomboy toothpicks to curvy young women. Fat deposits gift each woman with breasts, as well as hips, thighs and buttocks. These bountiful curves arm women with precious fat supplies to support reproduction.
As is always the case, some women are well-endowed upstairs with bodacious bosoms, while others are piling extra fat on their outer thighs. Instead of looking like an hour glass, these women take on the appearance of a pear, with a disproportionate amount of fat on the lower part of the body. Staring in the mirror, these pockets of fat look like the bags that hang off a horse’s saddle or dangle off the sides of a motorcycle. Thus the term “saddlebags” to describe this extra abundance of outer thigh fat.
Saddlebags can turn fitting into a pair of jeans mission impossible. Thank heavens for the new stretchy pants fabrics. Is it possible to completely remove your saddlebag fat? Some women can whittle most of it away, while others will minimize but not completely remove these pockets of fat. Genetics plays a powerful role here. Look at the other women in your family tree. Who do you look like? If she’s got saddlebags, you’ve got the genes. Regardless, everyone needs to do the work to trim those thighs. Here’s what to do.
Saddlebag Slimming Secrets:
1) What You Overeat, You Carry in the Saddlebag: If you’ve got saddlebags, it’s clear your body has very active fat storage enzymes in your thighs. Those extra calories are headed right to your thighs, so let’s put a halt to your overeating right now. Click onto WebMD’s wonderful Food and Fitness Planner and map out a strategy for reining in calories while eating tasty and satisfying foods you love.
2) Carve Your Curves with Cardio: If you want to shake up that saddlebag fat, you need to get up and get your cardio going. Infuse it with intervals of intensity to show your thigh fat who’s boss. You’re not going to get those fat cells to cough up their fat fuel by walking like a zombie on a treadmill. Crank up the music and dance all over the house, take a Zumba class and stomp out those saddlebags with Latin music and lots of swaying hips. Or, pick up the fat-burning pace and do some walk-jogging. Biking and spin classes nail your bottom half. That elliptical is just waiting for you to hop on and take a ride. Five times a week burning 400 calories each session is your goal. If you’re a novice, no problem. Just pop a patience pill and build up gradually.
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