"Thin Fatties" ~ so typical in the gym.
Their bodies are not set up hormonally to build muscle in the legs. The legs are designed to hold fat (which turns to cottage cheese fat after childbirth) this fat is built when pregnant to assist in feeding the baby and in lactation.
She can exercise all she wants. As long as her hormones are set as that of a woman (which many are NOT nowdays) she will just burn up what little muscle tissue she has in her legs as energy for the rest of her exercise program.
Calories have everything and nothing to do with this female phenomenon.
She would have to change her hormonal protocol and add fat burners that target these stubborn areas. Unfortunately, the hormones and drugs needed do have long-term side effects, not to mention the fact that she will realize that unless she has these drugs in her protocol she will always have that skinny-fatty look.
Now her priorities change. Motherhood becomes second nature, if that.
Down the road her thyroid shuts down. Eventually she looks as if she has never worked out at all.
If her bodyfat gets low enough, her period stops. Now her whole system is upside-down and out of kelter.
It's too bad, it's a curse and a blessing, deciding which road you choose.
In order for a woman to be fit like a competitor, she must defy everything that her genetic makeup has delt her.
She has a right to be muscular and fit, but I've said it a million times before. At what cost? Her cost far surpasses that of a man who just wants to be bigger, more muscular with less bodyfat.
Many of her side effects to drug usage will be irreversible.
Receding hair line, possibly even premature balding, deeper voice, thyroid shutdown, stopped period, clit bigger than her son's wanker....
the list goes on....
for what? A plastic trophy? Attention? More selfies on IG and FB?
Oh wait, she just wants to "look good'... that's what they all say... in the beginning.