We all want gaps between our thighs, but we also love to eat pizza, burger or that garam garam samosa. Well, to gain something, you have to lose something, and if you want to lose your thigh fat, you have to give up on junk and unhealthy food. Of course, you can eat them sometimes, but don’t binge or eat them daily.
Also, keep in mind that you can focus on your thighs and legs, but losing fat is a complete body approach. When you start exercising and eating healthy food, and make a lifestyle change, you start losing inches and weight from your body. Depending upon your body, you can lose the fat from arms or thigh or belly first, but you can spot reduce the weight of your thighs.
Don’t get disheartened after reading this; you cannot lose fat on thigh specifically. But you can do some exercise, and follow some tips to tone your legs or de-bloat them, while also focusing on losing your whole body weight.
Here are some tips to tone your legs and thighs
1. Notice your salt intake
When you take too much salt in your food, you feel bloated. It is because salt makes the body retain excess water, which can make you feel bloated. When you eat too much salt, it retains water, which the body stores inside the body, instead of it getting filtered.
Thus, you need to cut back your salt intake, and you will immediately feel light, and you will also fit better into your clothes.
Also, cut back on processed food that has high sodium like sauces or canned soups.
2. Start the day with a cup of black coffee
Black coffee is one of the best things to start your morning with. Not only it helps you wake-up, but it also increases your metabolism rate, which helps you lose weight a bit faster. But keep in mind that your coffee doesn’t have sugar or milk as black coffee is best for increasing metabolism.
Also, don’t drink too much coffee as it will give you the jitters, and will make you overeat, so don’t drink more than two cups of coffee each day.
3. Include more electrolyte in your diet
When you eat more electrolyte-rich food, then your body retains less salt. Calcium, potassium, and magnesium make up the electrolyte, which you can take by eating green vegetables and healthy food.
Having food that has a balanced valued of electrolyte keeps the body fluid stabilized, which helps in de-bloating thighs and other body parts. Yogurt and bananas are also rich in electrolytes.
4. Drink lots of water
Since our childhood, we have been advised to drink lots of water, but not many of us follow this advice. But if you want to de-bloat and tone your thighs and lose overall weight and remain fit, you need to drink a lot of water.
Always, keep a bottle of water handy and make sure to sip water while sitting down often.
5. Cut back on carbs
We all love to eat carbs as they are full of taste and are yummy. But carbs turns into glycogen which makes your body retain water a lot. Thus, if you want to de-bloat or lose weight, you need to cut back on carbs. Most people who start a diet with less carbs in it, they lose weight immediately which was actually water weight.
Here are the carbs that you should avoid or cut back:
- Sugar
- Potato
- Rice
- White bread or pasta
You can have them once in a while and you certainly need to eat whole grain carbs as they are full of potassium, antioxidants and magnesium. Also, check with a dietician how much carbs you need as it differs from person to person.
6. Do cardio
Losing weight is 80% diet, but 20% is exercise too. Thus, make sure you include some form of exercise which is high in cardio to your schedule. Join a cycling class, go on a run, or join Aerobics and Zumba. Just keep moving and increase your heartbeat to lose water and salt weight and get your body moving.
7. Tone your legs by doing strength training
You can spot strengthen your legs muscles to make them stronger and toner. Include some lunges, goblet and sumo squats into your exercise routine. Also, do reverse leg curls or do hamstrings with bridges or so on. Stretching is also important for toning and making your legs flexible.
8. Do HIIT
High-intensity interval training or HIIT is a great form of exercise that helps you lose weight even faster. You can include them in your workout routine. They are 5-30 minutes long, but work your whole body, and make you sweat, which is what you need some days.
9. Include more fiber and protein in your diet
Fiber and protein helps you feel full even while eating fewer calories. Also, if you want strong and lean muscles, you should eat lots of proteins.
10. Be happy
When you take less stress and try your best to remain happy, you feel more positivity and motivated to work out and lose weight. So, work on your mental health too.
I suggest that you should maintain a diet planner. Also, share some of your secrets to lose thigh fat and get fitter with us.