Why do I have HUGE hips?

Posts: 318 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am so annoyed. I feel like I have ginormous hips. Even when I weighed 125 pounds I still wore a size 11 pants b/c my hips were so flipping big....

Okay so here I am now, I am 155 pounds, 5'2, and my hips are 42".. I have lost 34 pounds, but still have big hips, I plan on losing more weight and getting back to 125 but I am confused b/c my older sister is my same exact height and weighs 125, yet is a size 5 juniors and when I weighed 125 I was 11 juniors. WTF????

Can I fix my big hips?

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  • Posts: 528 Member
    You have them because of genetics; it's just the way you're built.

    By getting to your goal weight, you can make them smaller, but they will likely always be proportionately larger.
  • Posts: 3,685 Member
    "Winning the battle of learning to love myself....."

    I think that includes your hips.....:wink:
  • Posts: 6,294 Member
    1. Stop shopping in the juniors section. It's not made for people with hips.

    2. No, your hips bones so they probably can't be "fixed". IF your body chooses to store it's excess fat on your lower body (like mine does) it make take getting to an unhealthy level of body fat to remove all of it.

    3. Hips are sexy! Embrace them. Learn to love them. I know a lot of women with narrow hips who would gladly trade you for your big ones.

    4. Large hips are good for birthing babies.
  • Posts: 6,998 Member
    Ha ha ha, the juniors section will only make most of us feel bad. Get used to 'em. They won't go away.
  • Posts: 614 Member
    I love my wide hips!
  • Posts: 578 Member
    Unfortunately it is genetics. I'm 5'10.5" and got down to 167 last year (goal is 154). I was a little demotivated to continue because my lower body still needed to lose those pounds but my collarbones were starting to freak me out. I decided to give it another go, because I'm hoping my upper body won't get any skinnier than that and I'll lose the last 13 on my hips, butt, and thighs, but genetically I carry weight lower.
  • Posts: 326 Member
    Embrace your hips, I don't have them and wish I did. I would have a waist if I had hips instead of looking like a board or rectangle, urgh.
  • Posts: 46 Member
    It can always be worse! I was weighed and measured by my trainer yesterday and the tape measure wasn't long enough to measure my hips. Be happy with the JR section :)
  • Posts: 984 Member
    Psssst - a big bottom is IN, girlfriend! <snap> I mean, look at J Lo, Kim K, Nicki Minaj. Men LIKE curves! :bigsmile:


    P.S. my hips used to be bigger around than I am tall - think about THAT for a sec - I'm five foot one - 61 inches - my hips at 290 lbs were 65 inches!

    P.P.S. when I weighed 135 pounds, I took a size 10 jeans. We're built the same way, short lil hourglass figure - with a little extra sand in the bottom! :wink:
  • Posts: 491 Member
    I sympathise. I am the same height as you and also have massive hips which have always been proportionately larger no matter what my weight. I've actually planned my funeral to have a private family burial before a thanksgiving service for all...because I don't want my coffin to be seen publicly as I would be ashamed of how wide it was!!!!!!!!
  • Posts: 2,674 Member
    So do you mean that your body is shaped that way, or that you have fat there that is the last to go?
  • Posts: 933 Member
    Embrace what you have kiddo...there is no fixing genetics. Lots of people would love to have hips and are envious of you.
  • Posts: 2,603 Member
    The amish find birthing hips attractive
  • Posts: 1,073 Member
    The juniors section is for juniors. Adolescents. They're not made for women with hips. Shop in stores that are designed for women with curves.

    That said, when I weighed 108 lbs. at 5'2", I have never worn smaller than a size 5/6 jeans and a medium top. I have broad shoulders and wide hips. It's how I'm built. Not everyone is capable of looking like Twiggy. Not everyone should strive to.
  • Posts: 1,978 Member
    I have big hips too! It's how you're built, and only serves to make your waist look tinier.

    I'm 5'1, 110 pounds and have 37" hips. At 125 they were over 40.


    Also agree that you need to stop shopping in the junior's section. Especially for pants. You'll find better cuts in women's jeans.
  • Posts: 465 Member
    Dude, me too. but i LOOOVE my hips. i actually wudnt mind being 125lbs with some 42inc hips. my hips and thighs barly shirink no matter how much weight i loose. i dnt mind tho because im one of the few black grls without a gigantic booty.
    ( #teamsmallbooty) :laugh:
  • Posts: 2,097 Member
    The good news is wide hips make your waist look smaller!

    I had a sad moment earlier looking a sizing chart. My waist (25.5") qualified as XS but my hips (37") were medium and thighs (21") were a large!
  • Posts: 441 Member
    Psssst - a big bottom is IN, girlfriend! <snap> I mean, look at J Lo, Kim K, Nicki Minaj. Men LIKE curves! :bigsmile:


    Mmmmmhhhmmmmm you know she right! I love my hips! Better recognize.
  • Posts: 1,907 Member
    You are lucky! I have man-hips and at the age of 42 I still have to shop in the Jr.'s section because real-woman pants are all droopy in the butt on me. And, trust me, having to wear the styles of youth at my age is NOT flattering. Otherwise I have to buy regular women's and have them altered. Either way, it's a pain.
  • Posts: 715
    ohh but i love my hips...! 42!!! maybe couse im latina... but i love them!
  • Posts: 46 Member
    I'm a member of the big hips family and to be honest, I'd prefer to have big hips over no hips - some of the girls out there who are thin as thin can be just look like sticks, whereas if their hips were a little wider and they had a bit of meat they would look a lot healthier :) My sister doesn't have hips and she is envious of mine!
  • Posts: 1,156 Member
    I wish I stored my weight in my hips! I store all of my fat in my stomach, and I can't tell you how many times people asked if I was pregnant when I was really just fat :(
  • Posts: 318 Member
    So do you mean that your body is shaped that way, or that you have fat there that is the last to go?

    Well currently, yes I do have some extra fat there, right now am a size 13 juniors, but when I was 125 I was still a size 11 and that doesn't make sense to me being that my sister is the same exact height at 125 is a size 5.
  • Posts: 123 Member
    Big hips here... one advaantage is that your waist looks smaller and you will age "shaplier". I've grown to love my hips!
  • Posts: 1,103 Member
    Look on the bright side, wider-hipped girls tend to have more thigh gap!
  • Posts: 511 Member
    Same reason I have massive thighs, genetics! F*** 'em!
  • Posts: 377 Member
    whoa now hips not all bad
  • Posts: 213 Member
    Plus size doesn't matter anyway. I'm 5'9 and a size 10 (mainly because I have big thighs and a booty) and weight 155lbs and I look fabulous. The way I'm built I doubt I will get much smaller. People are shocked when I tell them I'm a size 10 ("You look like a size 2!") What matters is how you LOOK in your clothes. Like others have said you also should probably not shop in the juniors section. It's intended for adolescents and women who have much smaller hips. You will probably find things that fit you much better in the regular women's section.
  • Posts: 328 Member
    I feel your pain....But I like big hips! They look feminine. Child bearing hips, as they say :P
  • Posts: 26 Member
    Reduce your body fat percentage by strength training in addition to cardio if you are not already.
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