Pear-shaped ladies, how long did it take for you to lose the inches around your hips?

I'm 5'2" & 47, also a pear. When I finally stuck to eating at maintenance consistently the inches came off steadily. I went from 137-118 in about a year ( I set loss to .5 lb a week).
At first I lost 9 lbs but went on vacation & gained some back, had to start over. I was at 130 lbs then. My hips were 40". In 5 months I got down to 116, hips 36.25".
I was strength training the whole time. The muscle I've built in my shoulders balances out my hips. I'm now maintaining at 120 lbs and hips are 36.5"

You can't change your bone structure if your hip bones are wide but you can lose excess fat from them. Also, building muscle in your shoulders can give you a more balance look, for sure.

Pear shaped here. Lost around 50lbs and went from size 14 jeans, to current size 4s. I had to get my bmi towards the lower end of the healthy range though, to finally get the 'oomph' in my lower half to move. Currently sitting at a bmi of around 20.

It depends on your starting weight but generally I've found fat loss is fairly evenly distributed. Looking at my measurements over the past year, I lost 5" in my hips, 4" in my stomach, and 4" in my bust.

I can relate to the feeling though, my hips are larger than the rest of my body so weight loss there doesn't seem as significant as weight loss in my waist and bust. I also think there's more size leeway in shirts than in pants, especially if you're a pear and your bust is proportionally smaller to begin with.

My recommendation would be to keep measurements so you can actually evaluate your overall loss. Eventually you can detect your rate and project when you might drop down a size.

Here's my spreadsheet if it's helpful:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17UY8h2iiWTVx2GUaeET3o4vPydJQBBk2Ne-IMBT1Ta8/edit?usp=sharing

Lol I'm much smaller up top than on the bottom. It takes like six months to lose an inch, if that.

I'm definitely a medium on the bottom but a small or extra small on top.

Pear shaped life haha

I'm 5'5, starting weight was 185, about 42-37-42.
Current weight is 142, and I'm down to 39.5-28.5-38.5 or so.
Yes, I lost over eight inches off my waist and only two and a half inches off my hips. Unfortunately, that's just the way I'm built. I have big wide hip bones and short legs, and I can't do anything about it.

My final goal is just under 140, I'm not really aiming to go much below that, as I don't think it would suit my shape.

MrsPinterest34 wrote: »

I know we lose weight around our hips and butts last. Also genetics plays such a huge factor. When you finally reached your target weight loss goal or before then, how long did it take for you to significantly reduce the inches around your hips? How many inches did you lose? Please share your height, starting weight and goal weight. Incase you are wondering if you are pear shaped this calculator is helpful http://www.calculator.net/body-type-calculator.html

Everyone keeps telling me I'm never losing my hips. I disagree, but so far I'm losing inches in my upper body but not much around the hips and butt were most of my fat is stored. I'm short 5'2' which I think makes it harder.

I lost about 50 pounds the first time around, and while I lost a pretty massive 10 inches off of my hips... They were still very wide, even though I could feel the bones on both sides and there was no way another inch was coming off. My height is 170ish cm (Around 5'6 if you work in feet), starting weight was around 95 kg and lowest weight was 61.8. (210 to 135ish pounds). I lost the inches very slowly, to the point that my month-to-month measurement changes seemed frustratingly slow, but unfortunately I deleted the excel sheet that I kept all my measurements in so I don't remember exact numbers.

I lost lots around my hips.I am 1m59 and my hips were 120cm in width I have thunderthighs :-)
I am now at 90cm in my hips.

It took a long long time. The first loss was reasonably fast and then it stalled for quite some time (at least it seemed to me that it stalled) Real inroads were made when I got close to the upper limit of healthy BMI. I am now nearing my goal weight (middle of my healthy BMI and started weight training and running in the last year. As said in the NSV thread - For the first time in my life I am looking at my hips and thighs and consider them to be in the normal range

rodwen89 wrote: »

gradchica27 wrote: »

My cheeky answer would be...when I lost all the boob I had, the fat *had* come off my hips!

I've lost 8" around my hips, but I went from 34B to training bra, so there's that. Still have plenty to lose in the hip/thigh, but not sure there's anything left to lose up top, so here's hoping it'll come off from down under.

my fear is i will lose all of the twins first before any fat leaves from the thunder thighs.
this is not encouraging

I had to get very, very lean to lose my bust. Since sub 20% body fat was difficult to maintain for me, the girls are back but I didn't gain any significant fat in my hips or anywhere else.

I never knew I was a pear until I went from obese to average. Suddenly I wasn't big all over, but had big hips...and for that reason, my big hips still kind of make me smile.

I agree though, losing a cup size = much easier than losing inches in my bottom half.