hourglass figure help please

clairelindy
clairelindy Posts: 68 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
so I am a classic hourglass figure I have size 12-14 boobs size 8-10 waist and size 12-14 hips I alos have a huge bum always have done I cant seem to shift that!!!!
I am getting married soon my stomach seems to flattish no problem there I just cant seem to lose the muffin top on my hips I weigh 149lbs at the minute I want to get down to 139lbs
I am on the 5:2 diet I started today
I also do 30ds every morning and walk the dog every night for around 30mins to 1 hour

I sit a desk all day and I normal work though lunch so I grab something easy to eat

I have to eat little and often as my sugar levels drop if I don't so I tend to eat fruit

is there any thing I can do to lose weight on my hips I have you tube and googled hips exercise but they seem to come up with cross sit ups 7is there any one here that is a hourglass figure and is losing weight on you hips

any help would be great I have a lovely wedding dress its very fitted

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  • katedevall
    katedevall Posts: 240 Member
    You can't really choose an area to lose weight.
    Just exercising in general will take off weight where ever your body feels it should come off of first. Cardio burns a lot of calories and That's honestly how lost a lot of weight. If you want an area to slim down you can also try lifting some weights and have a calorie deficit.
  • mich1902
    mich1902 Posts: 182
    I can sympathise with you as i'm the same shape. i always have muffin top and I hate it. I have come to terms with not being able to change my bodyshape. all I can say is even when i got to 9 stone from 11st 11 pounds a few years ago, I was still never happy with it. The fact that your stomach is flat helps but you will likely always look curvy, a flat stomach makes it look better though. I'm sure it will reduce if you concentrate on losing bodyfat but apparently you cannot spot reduce the fat from there. I was also doing resistance work at the time I lost weight first time round. It will decrease, I think its more noticable the higher the fat %
  • emergencytennis
    emergencytennis Posts: 864 Member
    What Kate said.

    You need a calorie deficit to lose weight, and you get that from what you eat. I don't know what cross sit ups are but they sound angry

    Lucky you being an hourglass, from all the pears out there! No, but I have got over wishing for boobs. Really.
  • clairelindy
    clairelindy Posts: 68 Member
    wow your pics are a mazing how did you get to 9 stone from 11st 11lbs?

    what exercise did you do?


    I can sympathise with you as i'm the same shape. i always have muffin top and I hate it. I have come to terms with not being able to change my bodyshape. all I can say is even when i got to 9 stone from 11st 11 pounds a few years ago, I was still never happy with it. The fact that your stomach is flat helps but you will likely always look curvy, a flat stomach makes it look better though. I'm sure it will reduce if you concentrate on losing bodyfat but apparently you cannot spot reduce the fat from there. I was also doing resistance work at the time I lost weight first time round. It will decrease, I think its more noticable the higher the fat %
  • ShreddedTweet
    ShreddedTweet Posts: 1,326 Member
    I have an hourglass figure but that's not really relevant because you cannot spot-reduce, as in you cannot lose weight in one area without losing all over. Just get your body fat percentage down all over and it will come off your hips too, that is genuinely the only way.
    I am going to be one of those people who tell you to lift heavy weights and you probably won't take my advice but believe me when I tell you it is what made the most and best difference to my hourglass body. * It doesn't make you get huge bulky man-muscles*, it changes your body, tones it, strengthens it, helps it effectively burn more calories. I hardly ever do any cardio at all and my body is looking great.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    sorry but you can't spot reduce ...

    fat will come off from where it wants..

    eat in deficit and work out ..it will come off, eventually...
  • clairelindy
    clairelindy Posts: 68 Member
    weights ooo I have never really tried using weights what exercise can I do?

    thanks
    I have an hourglass figure but that's not really relevant because you cannot spot-reduce, as in you cannot lose weight in one area without losing all over. Just get your body fat percentage down all over and it will come off your hips too, that is genuinely the only way.
    I am going to be one of those people who tell you to lift heavy weights and you probably won't take my advice but believe me when I tell you it is what made the most and best difference to my hourglass body. * It doesn't make you get huge bulky man-muscles*, it changes your body, tones it, strengthens it, helps it effectively burn more calories. I hardly ever do any cardio at all and my body is looking great.
  • knitwit0704
    knitwit0704 Posts: 376
    Lucky you being an hourglass, from all the pears out there! No, but I have got over wishing for boobs. Really.

    Same here. My friend is an hourglass, and she looks amazing, even not yet at her goal... I, however, do not (as a super pear AND low-long waisted).
  • emergencytennis
    emergencytennis Posts: 864 Member
    Lucky you being an hourglass, from all the pears out there! No, but I have got over wishing for boobs. Really.

    Same here. My friend is an hourglass, and she looks amazing, even not yet at her goal... I, however, do not (as a super pear AND low-long waisted).

    We will prevail, friend. And if we don't, we will just wear awesome bras and flipOUR NOSES AT THOSE HOURGLASS WENCHEs hmm and embrace cowl necks and other flattering necklines
  • mich1902
    mich1902 Posts: 182
    I have amended my profile as that pic is my fitspiration! I did get a really good shape doing resistance work at the time though. I was a member of curves womens gym. i got to goal and didn't introduce myself to a good maintainence programme, instead I got back into old habits and put a stone back on. The hard work really does begin after goal to keep it off. This time around I'm at a regular gym and trying my hand at some weights. I felt last time that by doing strength it helped my body fat reduce while keeping lean muscle. The weight this time doesn't seem to want to come off nor does the inches! I'll keep at it though and i'm messing around with my calorie figures too as I think my bmr is calc too high.
  • LauraDotts
    LauraDotts Posts: 732 Member
    The only way my sister reduced the size of her hips was by walking 8 hours a day delivering mail for several years. Building the muscle around her hips pulled in and tightened her pelvic bones. I suppose you could replicate that somehow through heavy weight training.
  • emergencytennis
    emergencytennis Posts: 864 Member
    The only way my sister reduced the size of her hips was by walking 8 hours a day delivering mail for several years. Building the muscle around her hips pulled in and tightened her pelvic bones. I suppose you could replicate that somehow through heavy weight training.

    Do you mean that your sister changed the shape of the bones of her pelvis through exercise?
  • LauraDotts
    LauraDotts Posts: 732 Member
    The only way my sister reduced the size of her hips was by walking 8 hours a day delivering mail for several years. Building the muscle around her hips pulled in and tightened her pelvic bones. I suppose you could replicate that somehow through heavy weight training.

    Do you mean that your sister changed the shape of the bones of her pelvis through exercise?
    Not so much the shape as the width. She always had a very wide pelvis. Her pelvis became narrower due to her job delivering mail. It was still wide but not as wide. The muscle she built around her hips and pelvis pulled the bones in. But, like I said, that involved walking 8 hours a day, 5-6 days a week carrying a 50-70 pound mail bag. It was at least a year of that before her hips were noticeably narrower. The toll it took on her shoulders and back is a different story.
  • emergencytennis
    emergencytennis Posts: 864 Member
    Crikey, that's tough, Laura.
  • toaster6
    toaster6 Posts: 703 Member
    You can't really lose weight in one specific area but you can tone it up. I'm an hourglass too (40-30-40) and I found that doing pilates and weighted squats helped firm things up.
  • cwojo
    cwojo Posts: 156 Member
    Another great exercise is squats and lunges. Once you have the right form then add weight. Helps burn calories and tones in those hard to lose areas. I lost 4" off waist and 2" off hips in 6 weeks doing this workout with cardio as well. It does take time and hard work. Eat more protein and less carbs also helps the muffin top. Good luck

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