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Do thighs stop rubbing together when you walk after you lose a certain amount?



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I've always hated thigh chafe. I try to walk around, like in a museum, in a shirt or dress and I end up with sores on my thighs from the way they rub together. Do the thighs stop rubbing against each other when walking after one looses a certain amount of weight? How much weight?

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When I was a kid I always used to wear out my pants at the inner thigh before anywhere else. Only jeans could hold up to the force of nature sometimes called "my thighs." Boy scouts used to learn how to make fires in the wilderness using my things for an example.

It's not so bad now, I'm not sure why. Maybe because I wear looser pants in general.

Anyway, I do hope that your thigh theory is correct. I've already stopped inadvertantly steering my car with my stomach (look mom, no hands) so I imagine the thighs are next.

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This is the frist time in my adult life that my thighs aren't rubbing and my jeans aren't wearing out in the crotch. And...I can stand with my feet together comfortably and my knees aren't even smashed together anymore. It's amazing.

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My thighs are no longer saying, "excuse me, pardon me, excuse me, pardon me......."

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Yes, I not sure when or how much weight though. I love not having to pull the legs of my shorts down now. I remember that uncomfortable feeling. It will happen and its wonderful.

edie

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I guess it all depends on how you are built, but I would say around the 200 mark you should notice a big difference.

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yes, they do ... i wasnt even thinking about it one day and WHAM ... my thighs arent rubbing together ... :faint:

i think it was about 50 pounds into it

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Funny, one day at my desk it occurred to me that I didn't feel my belly resting on the top of my thighs. Then it suddenly became easier to cross my legs. The other day I tried on some jeans and--gasp--saw light between my thighs when I stood in front of the mirror.

What's next--no shadow of my belly fat apron on profile?

This journey is intoxicating!!!!!

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HI!!!

Well it looks to me like we started out pretty much the same I am 5'8" and 3/4 lol and I was 286 on my first weigh in with my surgeon and 270 the day of... and I can tell you I have no rubbing anymore!! I am down 53 lbs since the middle of October and I finally have "space" between my thighs!! So YES this will end!! Good Luck!!

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It depends on your build. I havent had a bad case of fat rash since I was a teenager, I always sat on around 84kg as a teen, and I used to suffer badly. But then I havent tried to wear a tight denim skirt in the height of summer since I was a teen either, I dont generally wear skirts if I"m going to be active or if its very hot.

I did have a skirt that I wore this past summer and didnt get any chafing, and I'm 80kg so not a lot lighter than when I used to suffer. I suspect if I wore what I wore back in 1985 and tried to walk kilometres in a skirt I woudl get it as my thighs still touch. I know my thighs still touch at 70kg, its jsut the way I'm built.

But they just brush past each other now, not fight to get around one another, lol. I dont wear out the legs of my pants and I dont find shorts climbing up my legs either.

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Yes, I not sure when or how much weight though. I love not having to pull the legs of my shorts down now. I remember that uncomfortable feeling. It will happen and its wonderful.

edie

Ha! I used to do this funny sidestep thing to fix my shorts that would run up to the crotch! My mother used to laugh at me for it. Then she started doing it too. I have't worn shorts in years because of that. (Capris in summer.)

I can't wait to have legs that look good in shorts again...that won't ride up!

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