Trying to Lose Hips

Guy11

Guy11

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Hello all :)

Very new at posting, but have been looking at this forum for a while and you are all quite amazing.

Anyway, i'm a guy as my name suggests...but for some reason from an early age, my biggest prob has been my hips and thigh area. Everything below my waist, basically.

I do have a belly, i need to shed about 30 pounds right now, but that's not my main problem. What are the best and most promising methods to look more like a guy, and not like a typical hot momma with over-sized hips? I admit, that's exactly what ive been compared to. Its depressing and enough is enough.

Right now im focusing a lot on jogging/sprinting and some light intervals...though anything else would be appreciated, such as the amount of time i should run for, how many times, and anything else at all. Id love to hear from someone especially if they come from the same situation or been there before...

Thanks!
 
Unfortunately, you can't spot reduce. Your body will lose fat where it wants, when it wants. To lose at certain spots on your body, you need to lose weight overall, and eventually it will be in the places you want it to be.

Personally, I have a similar problem, the upper part of me is slowly starting to look okay, but everything below waistline still needs a lot of work. I put weight on at my belly/thighs/hips first, and lose it there last. :/

The best thing to do is look at your diet and stick with your exercise. If you lose those 30 lbs you mentioned, I am sure you will start to see a difference in your hips as well, and with some patience and determination, you'll turn from hot mama to hot papa, you'll see. ;)
 
Thank you San, makes sense.
Guess i knew the answer all along but....just wanna make sure i really lose fat everywhere and not keep any certain areas needing work....because i often look thinner on top and then get wider at the bottom....thats just ugly...lol.
 
I agree with San. Losing the weight, eventually your shape will change. Doing it with exercise is even better. I have the apple shape, and my stomach is always the last to go, but it does go, provided I get down to my preferred weight.
 
Guy1 said:
because i often look thinner on top and then get wider at the bottom....thats just ugly...lol.
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It's not ugly, it's you. This is something you will need to accept, but that's not to say you can't look how you want to. Either way it's true you can't lose weight in one area, but that's good because it means you need to do exercise that utilises your whole body which is so much more fun than working out just one area, and also this makes your whole body look good. My advice is make sure you are doing weight training (if possible), plenty of leg work (because that's where your biggest muscles are). With your weights, make sure you do exercises that include more than one joint. This more muscles than are contracting, the more energy you are using. For example, instead of doing bicep curls, do lat pull down or something like that.

Plus you said you have been doing some running which is super good, I'm in fact a track and field coach so I can help you out here. It's good to mix it up, because trying to lose weight is not as much about what you do when you train, it's about getting to training consistently every week. Consistency is the key, and that will help if your training sessions are more interesting.

Okay well I'm sure what your fitness level is like, but this session is pretty fun. Just try it out see how it feels, just make sure you listen to your body. You'll basically be running continuously (if you can) two minutes hard, two minutes easy. If you aren't fit then you may see that you'll need to walk, but if you can run the whole time and go hard in the hard two minutes then that's fantastic. But see how you go, aim to go for just 15 minutes at first, then increase it when you can. Don't be afraid to push your boundaries. In fact losing weight requires you to. Just don't push yourself too hard, and your body will tell you when you are. Make sure you warm up properly, and if you aren't sure what I mean let me know and I'll give you a warm up to do.

That's just the running stuff, you'll want to get into other cardio exercise too, like getting on a bike, going swimming, whatever keeps your heart rate up for prolonged periods of time. The key is to have fun. If you're doing something and you don't like it, try something else. If you like the running the most, I'd be careful of overuse injuries, which can occur very easily if you haven't run much before. Baby steps. However that's why cycling and swimming are great because they aren't weight bearing and you are much less likely to get injured initially.

Okay I'm not sure if I was very helpful, but like I said, let me know if you want to know more running sessions to do, I can give you pointers for technique, and good gym sessions to do if you've got access to a gym, or other strength exercises to help lose weight too. I am a personal trainer, so I do know what I'm talking about in case you were worried about that.
 
Thats awesome steven! thanks for taking the time to type such a long post. You are actually spot on about everything; i read a lot about fitness and all things healthy, so im somewhat familiar with some of the things you said, which is good :)

I believe they refer to the running part you mentioned as intervals? HIIT? i must say, its hard as hell, but it sure delivers results. Last summer i was stuck in a plateau where i burned over 600 cals daily but never lost any weight. Then i realized it was because i never gave it my all, i was simply going with the flow. Riding a bike or the elliptical, i wouldnt go past a level 2 intensity, for example. Then i learned about High intensity int. training and started to do it. By the end of the first week i had finally dropped two pounds--finally breaking out of my plateau.

Thanks a lot, right now i do both running (not a lot but some) and then step on the bike and burn about 150 cals on level 7, about four times a week, along with some light weight lifting/crunches and a good controlled diet. Since the time of my first post, i have lost about 5 pounds :)
 
They say you can't "spot reduce" but there does seem to be a relationship between the types of activities people do and where they retain fat. Avid bikers tend to have really great butts (I know this because I am a slow biker that gets passed by a lot of bikers in spandex). Runners eventually get skinny and stringy all over, assuming they run enough. Swimmers supposedly retain more subcutaneous fat than dry-land athletes (presumably for protection from the cold).

Slow and out-of-shape as I am, when I started doing a lot of biking and ice skating I lost inches off my hips and thighs without (sadly) losing fat from anywhere else. I don't think it's a coincidence.
 
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Thanks yaar... Really useful tips...

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