Hips and Thighs... Lose Inches and Shed Pounds

Day in and day out we worry about the same things  and we ask the same question? "Does my butt look fat in these jeans?" Men are terrified to respond in any way because they don't want to say the wrong thing and end up in the dog house. Our hips and thighs are a great problem, at least for many of us. I've worried about these issues all of my life. When my hips and thighs expand, my ass gets bigger. There are ways to make changes that will allow you to feel like a 'better you.' Every woman dreams of having a perfect figure. For this, she will try almost anything that may help her achieve her dream. However, not all women find time to obtain a well-toned body. Thighs and hips are the first places which will accumulate fat, with the additional effect of cellulite.So, watching what you eat and exercising will fix this if you take action now.

For the vast majority of women, shapeless hips and thighs with excess fat are a major complaint. Thanks to female physiology, women’s bodies are simply designed to retain fat in the hip/thigh area to assist with childbearing and be available for energy in case of famine.

 Where do you start?

Begin by assessing your diet – do you eat a lot of junk food or dine out frequently? Oftentimes a busy schedule can prevent people from eating as healthy as they would like, especially since it can difficult to get away from work for a real meal. What about cravings? Women especially are prone to cravings for high-fat, high-calorie foods that have no real nutritional value. Premenstrual syndrome can be responsible for many of those cravings but often emotional eating is a factor as well. You should take an honest look at your diet and keep a food diary for a few days.  

Write everything you eat and how you felt at the time.

 Sounds like a pain in the neck to do this, but there is reason behind it. This can provide insight into your choices for nourishment. If you’re dealing with stressful situations at home or work, that can reflect itself in your daily diet. Make a commitment to yourself to change your eating habits and take care of your body by providing yourself with healthy, nutritious foods that give you the right kind of fuel to make it through the day. Eating a properly balanced diet can actually help to alleviate many symptoms of stress and may help you deal with your situation more effectively. When you know how to use it properly, food is a powerful tool. 

As part of your program, you should keep a food journal to track your eating and also motivate yourself to eat better every day. Knowing that you will have to write down two chocolate bars or an entire bag of miniature Reese's Cups will make you think twice before you put them in your mouth, including the amount of calories and fat can deter you from eating them in the first place – this being one of the reasons that food journals are so powerful. Being able to track your feelings at the time you ate can help you identify emotional issues and encourage you to eat because you want to, not because your boss yelled at you. Consider also using your food journal to keep track of your weight and measurements once a week to provide yourself with an accurate record of your progress over the weeks.

Consider your exercise program – do you have one? I didn't for a long time.Now I do yoga booty ballet and I love it! You should try it too! When the hips and thighs are chubby and out of shape, that’s typically a situation that will require a lot of fat-burning. The issue is not so much that the muscles aren’t in shape but that there’s too much fat over the muscles to show any real definition. Fat-burning activities will be a vital part of reshaping your lower body and you should plan to work out at least four times every week for about thirty to forty-five minutes each time. 

The good news is that you don’t have to work out all at once – Can you three 10-minute workouts into your day? If so, you’ve made time for your exercise. Increase it as you get more and more used to doing it. You never want to over do it as that can create even bigger health risks and issues if you are out of shape and try to do too much too fast. Recent studies show that short, intense spurts of exercise can be just as effective as longer workouts. That’s good news for everyone with busy days and busier nights. The best choices for fat-burning are swimming, power-walking, and high-intensity aerobics. All three of these options will blast calories from your body and help torch the fat from your body. Burning the fat off is your first priority in order to see the true shape of your body underneath. In between your fat-blasting workouts, make time to strengthen your hip and thigh area by doing squats and lunges as well as lateral raises to tone the outer thighs. You may want to wait to focus on the strengthening exercises until you have lost fat from the hips and thighs, but fortunately this is an area that builds muscle fairly quickly. Squats are an especially powerful move to tone up the buttocks and increase the power of your workouts. 

Shaping up the hips and thighs is by no means impossible. Make your plan, keep a daily food record, and burn fat through cardiovascular exercise – your lower body will start to reshape itself within a few weeks. There’s nothing better than looking in the mirror and knowing that the strong, beautiful lower body is thanks to your hard work and effort.

My advice? 

 1. Diet:
Diet is un-arguably a quintessential part of any weight loss regime. To reduce fat, you need to follow the below-mentioned measures:The most effective methods of reducing fat is not just by following a great diet, but by altering the way you think. You need to learn to differentiate between your cravings for food and real hunger. Never binge even if you are feeling sad or guilty. It is always good to chew your food well before swallowing it, since it not only helps in digestion, but slows down your eating as well.

2. Exercise:
The next attack on your flabby thighs is exercise. The best way to reduce fat is by including cardio as well as strength training exercises to your workout. Here are some good exercises that can help you in your attack against flabby thighs.

The outer thigh blaster: it firms the outside of your thighs and hips and strengthens your lower body. Lying on your side, rest your head on your left arm, which should be stretched out above your head. Put your right arm on your right hip. Keeping your legs straight, use your outer thigh muscle to lift the right leg six inches off the floor. Keeping your heel out (opposite of pointing toe) will help you get a better stretch. Slowly lower your leg and repeat 8-12 times on your left side, flat against the floor.
• The inner thigh lifts: it works wonders for the most difficult part to tone in the lower body, the inner thighs. Lie on your left side, flat against the floor. Rest your head on your left upper arm. Bend your right (top) leg at the knee and cross over in front of left leg. Rest your right arm on your right hip. Keep your left leg straight. Using inner thigh muscle (adductor), lift left leg 6 inches off floor. Keep left toe in flexed position (not a pointed position). Exhale (breathe out) as you lift your leg. Using resistance with the inner thigh muscle (not gravity), slowly lower your leg. Inhale (breathe in) as you lower your leg. Repeat exercise for a set of 8. Repeat entire sequence on your right side, step 1-9 (working right adductor muscle). By practicing these exercises regularly, you can tighten and tone down your thighs. 

Before long your be looking and feeling great and the inches and pounds will be dropping off!

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