Waist is getting smaller, butt bigger

fitniknik
fitniknik Posts: 713 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Is that normal? Ive been lifting heavy weights since the first of the year. My pants all have extra room in the waist now and tight as hell in the butt... Humm... tiny bit peeved....
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  • gchutson
    gchutson Posts: 657
    Is that normal? Ive been lifting heavy weights since the first of the year. My pants all have extra room in the waist now and tight as hell in the butt... Humm... tiny bit peeved....

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  • dawson555
    dawson555 Posts: 26
    Unless you've added muscle to you glutes by squating,lunges etc?
  • bizgirl26
    bizgirl26 Posts: 1,795 Member
    Why is this a problem lol?? I hate that I'm losing my booty ! We are never happy lol
  • TJtastic
    TJtastic Posts: 97 Member
    OH how I feel the same frustration. Don't know if it's from lifting or if I'm actually just gaining my weight back in just that area.
    May the battle continue! :ohwell:
  • NNAhuja
    NNAhuja Posts: 669 Member
    I'd LOVE to have that problem.
  • sugarandspice27
    sugarandspice27 Posts: 521 Member
    OMG... this is not a problem! Count your blessings! Flat butts are so OUT.
  • zsaoosh
    zsaoosh Posts: 402 Member
    I want to know your work out cause I want mine to GROW :laugh:
  • karensoxfan
    karensoxfan Posts: 902 Member
    What are your old & new measurements? Could there be a silver lining if your new proportions make your waist look even SMALLER than it has already become? I'd be OK with that.
  • savvystephy
    savvystephy Posts: 4,151 Member
    Is that normal? Ive been lifting heavy weights since the first of the year. My pants all have extra room in the waist now and tight as hell in the butt... Humm... tiny bit peeved....

    Totally normal. Glutes / hamstrings are getting strong. Wait until your shirts don't fit because of broad shoulders. :laugh:
  • Spanaval
    Spanaval Posts: 1,200 Member
    Another reason I really need to start lifting heavy.
    Totally normal. Glutes / hamstrings are getting strong. Wait until your shirts don't fit because of broad shoulders. :laugh:

    That, I don't need. I'm already built broad across the shoulders.
  • shammxo
    shammxo Posts: 1,432 Member
    Story of my life.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    makes sense. your butt is probably being reshaped higher and tighter.

    are you doing squats and deadlifts? ive been doing those as well and my normally low pancake booty is turning into a high wanna be badakadonk :laugh:

    i wouldnt worry about it. in the end (no pun intended) it'll en up making your body look more balanced if you keep up the upper body work and start developing a shapely back and shoulders
  • faefaith
    faefaith Posts: 433 Member
    are you little in the middle bur you got much back? That, my dear lady, is awesome!
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Your butt is full of muscle. Guessing as you're doing heavy weights, that muscle is swollen and re-shaping gradually to adapt to your exercise.

    And since when was a bigger butt a bad thing?!
  • secondchance82
    secondchance82 Posts: 66
    As a white girl with a pancake butt, I don't see a problem with this. I have the opposite problem.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    Is this a joke? What is the problem??
  • africaa
    africaa Posts: 228
    I checked my measurements last week...and the same thing is happening to me lol I'm not complaining though b/c it's not affecting the scale!
  • unluckyIrish
    unluckyIrish Posts: 121 Member
    Is that normal? Ive been lifting heavy weights since the first of the year. My pants all have extra room in the waist now and tight as hell in the butt... Humm... tiny bit peeved....

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    This!
  • dlwyatt82
    dlwyatt82 Posts: 1,077 Member
    Sounds like great results to me! :smile:
  • p0pr0cksnc0ke
    p0pr0cksnc0ke Posts: 1,283 Member
    I have always had a bigger butt. I have began toning it up and its not getting bigger... but with my waist trimming down it looks bigger.

    And I ♥ my booty :)
  • TexanThom
    TexanThom Posts: 778
    i don't know about your waist and butt, but that ankle in you pics looks nasty!!!
  • happypath101
    happypath101 Posts: 534
    I've definitely got booty. I've noticed when I work out old school (lunges, bicycles etc.) my butt will often be bigger (by the measuring tape) because those muscles are lifting it up. If I keep going, it'll shrink down from weight loss and tightening muscles.

    But, bigger and lifted is way better than smaller and heading south. ;o)
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    Is this a joke? What is the problem??

    This. ;)

    But really your butt will start to shrink again as you keep losing. And it will stay nice and round and high while shrinking if you keep lifting.
  • calalily77
    calalily77 Posts: 240 Member
    I must say i am jealous. i only wish my butt would get bigger. So far no luck!
  • sisi1887
    sisi1887 Posts: 2 Member
    As some others have mentioned, if You are doing Squats and dead lifts in your workout routine, that's bound to happen lol
  • Foodaholic4Life
    Foodaholic4Life Posts: 15
    As a male, it "appears" that "other things" appear "larger" while it's just that the surrounding things have gotten a little smalller. Perhaps the same thing applies in this case. But (no pun intended) in any case, it is an ASSet (pun intended).
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    Normal. This has happened to me, I love it! Only thing I'm annoyed about is finding decent jeans to fit me.
  • p0pr0cksnc0ke
    p0pr0cksnc0ke Posts: 1,283 Member
    Normal. This has happened to me, I love it! Only thing I'm annoyed about is finding decent jeans to fit me.

    Look for ones that specifically say "curvy" fit. They are usually more forgiving in the hips/butt area and smaller in the waist. I found a brand called Airya that I LOOOOVE!
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    This happened to me, and I love it. My butt deflated as a lost weight. Strength training lifted it and turned back the clock. :heart:

    It does make shopping in the juniors' department a little more difficult, since they're cut straighter in the hips, but I can't see being curvier as a bad thing.
  • JoseH75
    JoseH75 Posts: 2
    do kettle bell exercises to lift your butt

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