Wide Hips – Are you happy with yours?
Wide hips are something that is very common with women. The problem seems to be that a lot of women can’t decide if having big wide hips is something that they are happy with or not. On the one hand, some men prefer wide hips and compliment women so they feel good about having bigger hips. On the other hand having wide hips makes can fitting into clothing a difficult task especially jeans and skirts.
What Causes Wide Hips in Women
Your hips and butt are mostly fat and well wide hips simply occur in most women because of excessive fat. It could just be something that is common in your family but it still comes down to too much fat storage. Now this doesn’t mean that a woman with wide hips is actually fat it just means that this could be where she tends to store most of her fat.
Everyone carries and stores fat in different regions of their body however in a lot of women the fat deposits tend to go straight to the hips and thighs. I have seen a lot of women who are really small everywhere else but they have really big hips. These two areas along with the mid-section seem to be the hardest part to get rid of.
Spot Reduction for Hips Doesn’t Work
Before you go looking for the next hips exercise to burn off those hips (if you aren’t happy with them) you need to understand something. Your wide hips are no different than any other part of your body and you cannot spot reduce fat.
Losing weight in your hips require you to lose weight all over your body. When you go on a diet, workout, or both you are actually losing weight from you entire body and not just one spot. Don’t be fooled by programs offering to help you lose your wide hips simply from doing hip specific exercises because it won’t work.
Tips on How to Lose Wide Hips
Women are looking just for the cause of their wide hips they want a solution. If you are tired of your wide hips and are looking to get them smaller here are some tips that will help you. Keep in mind losing the fat from your hips takes time and effort.
Avoid Working out the Thighs
If you are trying to get rid of your wide hips then you should avoid doing exercises that will make your hips and thighs bigger. Exercises like squats and leg presses have their place in helping to tone but don’t want to build muscle in those areas. At this point building muscle near your hips area will only make it look bigger than they already do.
Do HIIT for your Cardio
By doing the regular old steady state cardio you will only burn calories while you are on the treadmill. The thing is that once you step off almost instantly you stop burning calories however this is not the case with high intensity interval training.
In just 15-20mins you can not only burn more calories than you would have doing regular cardio but you will be burning calories for up to 24 hours after your workout. This is a killer method for burning calories and you can find a great cardio workout in Visual Impact for Women.
Enjoy the Food but Eat Less of it
The key to losing your wide hips most importantly comes down to you simply eating fewer calories. This doesn’t mean you can’t eat the foods you want when you want. It just means that if you are going to eat some Oreo cookies you should only have 2-3 instead of a dozen. Or maybe instead of four slices of pizza you should only have 1 or 2.
The key to any diet or weight loss program for women is the fact that you are going to eat fewer calories than you were eating before. When you couple this with exercise you body will start to burn fat for fuel causing you to lose fat.
Final Thoughts on Losing Wide Hips
Additional weight in your hips and thighs can make getting into your much loved denims a challenge. Every woman can reduce wide hips by lessening their body fat percentage. A great workout program and diet are the keys to getting rid of those wide hips.
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I think running is a great way to manage thigh size. It actually goes too far, most female runners have no butt at all.
@ Darren – Running and sprints are a great way to have tone legs with the excessive muscle that women don’t really care for in the first place. But the runners you speak of with no butts are usually the long distance runners. When you look at the sprinters most if not all have nice tone bodies with nice thighs and butts to match.
@ Fergster – Hey you don’t want to run or walk too much. Look at the marathon runners, most are really lean with not muscle or butts. This is because the go way beyond whats needed. If you increase your sprints and walking you should be okay however with sprinting intervals you want make sure you give your body enough time to recover. Smaller waist and larger hips are common in women but is looks like you have done a great job so far going from 22 to 16. Summer is almost here but you should have plenty of time to get to a 10. What have you been doing to get from a 22 to a 16?
@ TD – Yeah we men to tend to like the smaller waist and nice butt and hips. However women are the ones looking to make the change. If you are a 5 with a nice butt that can present problems depend on the designer since everyone has their own idea of the perfect model for their clothing. Have you tried the new spandex jeans?
- Thomas
I’m working on my hips & thighs…I’ve been doing running & walking intervals with sprints. Is it possible to run longer & keep your butt? Example, I want to do more 5K’s…
My hips are 49 – waist 29, huge difference right? My waist has always been way smaller than my hips. My hips have actually gone down. I’m a 16 now in jeans…I was a 22.
Would love to be a 10/12 by summer.
Trying to get the measurements down on my hips asap!
I have to agree with fergster, my waist has always been much smaller than my butt. I have had issues with finding the perfect fitting jeans. Actually, jeans just don’t fit well unless there is some spandex in the material. This can be very frustrating but many men like the small waist big butt shapes. By the way, my waist is size 5………
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In the beginning, I shrunk my meals tremendously. For example: Instead of eating 3-4 slices of pizza. I only ate one and drank plenty of water with it. If I wanted another piece, I could always get a piece later…is what I told myself, I normally didn’t. I would have something healthier later. I also cut out sodas totally. Even now I’m strictly water & green tea. I may have juice or a sprite on the weekends.
I worked out did cardio 4-5 days a week. At that time I didn’t do much with strength training, just push ups and planks.
I would always workout after work, and I’d eat something small before like oatmeal or a small portion of dinner, then work out…but I wouldn’t dare eat anything after.
I tried this system for awhile and stuck with it, since it was working for me, at my heaviest. As time passed of course my routine changed, life changed…so I stuck with my cardio, fitting it in 3-4 days week, at this time I was a 18. It took me awhile to drop down to a 16, because I wasn’t as consistant as I had been. It was like my 18′s were too big, but I still couldn’t fit into a 16. 1 yr or so ago, I went hard with my workouts, started running outside…and cut out sugar. I still had a treat one day, mainly weekends. I started eating more natural foods…incorporating avocados, almond milk and yogurts, more cleaner foods…and I got down to a 16…It’s like now…my 16′s are too big, but a 14 doesn’t fit totally, and it’s because of my hips. My thighs are still huge, but I my hips are the widest and hardest part to lose (along with the thighs).
I said I was going to get back onto what worked. Eating cleaner. I don’t eat bad, but my sugar intake has been horrible lately. So I started today to cut out sweets, and do more strength training, lunges, squats, sprints, planks, arm exercises, etc… getting back on my green tea…I’ve slaked on it the past few months.
I know there’s an awesome body underneath this fat, I can feel my muscle and see how much thinner and smaller my waist can be…it’s like the fat is showing me, “hey, you only have this much of us left” lol
Sorry so long! =0)
@ Fergster – You have to do both strength training and have a better diet plan in place. I am not the biggest when it comes to what to eat I simply eat what I like and stay under my calorie intake. 4-5 days of cardio is ok just don’t kill yourself, as I find calorie restriction to work much better. I guess for women it really is hard to find clothes that fit your hips and thighs. Just stick with it in time you will see the results. Everyone truly has an awesome body you just have to get to where you are happy.
@ Sophy – You can do so much inside of your home in a room. Things like planks, burpees, mountain climbers are all thing that can be done at home. Take a look at http://www.bodyrock.tv all her workouts are done inside.
@ Thick Chic – Sorry but to be honest your body decides when and where its going to lose weight. For some women its the hips and thighs first and for others its the last place. When you have a your calories in place you will get smaller but your shape should remain almost the same.
@ SexyFlyer – Stay motivated but you have to remember your weight loss is not just won in the gym. Are you making the changes in your eating as well? I was ask by a female a few days ago whether 5,000 calories was too much to lose weight. You may need a lot less calories than you think.
@ Sexy Abigail – You are right some men prefer women with wide hips. However its really up to what the women herself wants. If you are happy with your hips then by all means stay the way you are. Your happiness is the most important thing. Many women are looking for a solution because they are not happy.
@ Susie – That just comes with time there is no way for you to even it out. Just keep doing what you are doing and in time you will achieve your goals.
My body tends to show results really fast. I forgot to add, so I know I can do it! Both of my parents are in good shape, so I have no excuse. I’m bigger than my mom! She’s a size 6/8 148lbs i think and walks daily…she’s 48. My dad is 50 and he goes up and down but not over the top. It’s always something he tends to lose fairly quickly, especially when he tries.
Fergster i must say lucky u. But 4 me i dont tink we ve space any where 4 out door exercise,so how do i start?
I guess I really love my hips! I don’t want them smaller but rather wish my stomach was a little flatter. Is there anyway to keep my hips while losing weight?
I’m with Fergster its takes so long to lose weight then my clothes don’t fit and its like i have to kill myself in the gym to see any progress. I want to lose weight be get unmotivated really quickly then when I finally lose weight nothing fits its like my body is weird.
Fergster since your mom and dad seems to be in good shape what do you think the problem is mostly for you?
Well I guess it depends on your culture as to whether or not wide hips is a bad thing. Where I am from men go crazy over the women with wide hips. I know women who try to find out how to get them not lose them.
It takes such a long time for me to see results in my hips. The more weight I loose in my stomach the bigger my hips tend to look. How can I even out?
I see soo many women wearing skinny jeans and they have wide hips or it seems that way. Do you think certain clothing makes a difference to how women look in the hips area no matter how big or small they are?
My problem is that I really need help with a plan of action. I had a trainer but after the sessions were over I felt lost. I just want to slim down a little and you know get rid of these stupid love handles. Smaller hips would be nice but will I lose my butt in the process?
@SexyFlyer I know my problem has been sugar & not enough strength training. And portion control with the sugar. More so candy than desserts. I’m doing better now, but those years of it are still left on my body lol. So now it’s just speeding up my metabolism and fighting the urge to go back for another piece of candy.
My mom says she thinks I just have a really slow metabolism, because I do have portion control on foods. I’ve been more consistant with my workouts…4-5 days a week, so we’ll see how things go.
@Thomas thanks again for the info on HIIT, I hope to hit 10.0 soon on the sprints. Did sprints outside for the first time yesterday morning at boot camp…definitely tougher. lol
@ Fergster – You are very welcome! Sprints outside are really a lot harder than they look you wait until you try wind sprints up hill those are really killer. Hope all is well and how is ATL?
-Thomas
I seem to have wide child bearing hips even though I’ve never had any children. This has been a problem for me all my life. No matter what I weigh they seem to never go away.
@ Tamekia – Would you say that your hips and butt are fat or could it be that you have a wide pelvic bone structure. Some women simply have a wide bone structure which if this is the case all you can do is lose the excess fat after that there isn’t much you can do to make that area smaller.
I want to lose my hips and thighs but want to keep my butt.
I don’t think I am fat but when I am around my friends who are skinny and eat like pigs i feel like a cow.
My hips and thighs just feel and look big for my height. How can I lose weight so my body could be the body I want?
Women have to understand that your hips are actually your bone. If you have a wide bone structure you can’t change it. You have to find a program or diet that allows you to slim down all over. You may still appear to have wide hips but you will be smaller.
@ Maria – That is correct some people just have a wide bone structure and there is not you can do if that is the case. Great point!
Is it true that a woman’s hips should be the same width as there shoulders to give the illusion of the hourglass shape? Also what is a good hip to waist ratio?
@ Shirley – I hear that its a great rule of thumb that your hips and shoulders should be close with your waist of course narrower than the both of them to give a woman a hourglass figure.
I have wide hips and one of the problems I have is that I have to wear things to try and hide my hips because they are so large.
Does anyone else have this problem? Just curious?
@ Mayli – You are not the only one with that problem I am in the same boat as you. My hips are about 10 inches bigger than my waist. I just want to lose a little bit but I seems like the more exercises I do the bigger they get.
Sorry couldn’t be more helpful!
Ladies looks like 2 a company but I have to add myself in as well. I wish I knew that answer because I have a size 26 waist and 37 hips. Some people want bigger hips but I can fit anything correctly makes shopping miserable.