How do I slim my hips?

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PamalaRenee

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I would like to slim my hips. Please advise me on the best way to do this. Also, is there any truth to the elliptical contributing to overdeveloped hips in pear-shapes?

Here are my stats:
Weight: 135.5 lbs Goal: 128 lbs
Height: 5'6
Chest: 30.5"
Hips: 36.75"
Waist: 27.25"

Cardio: 6 days/week, 30 min bike or elliptical
Weight-training: 5 days/week (mostly arms and chest), leg calisthenics
 
Most effective by far at least a 1 mile or more run (not jog), 6 days a week. Ellliptical's also good if at least 20 minutes continuous/daily; like running it will trim the front abdominal and back butt muscles rather than widen the hips.

Overall both will have a drastic effect on reducing the hip, butt and waist areas if done daily and rigorously, and if coupled with a good diet like Atkins, South Beach or something else that is proven to work for you.
 
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There's no such thing as "spot training" as far as losing fat is concerned. That is, there's no real way to train away the fat from a certain region of your body.

Eating right (sugars, I've read, tend to metabolize into fats around the waist), lose overall body weight, and toning the surrounding areas of the body (glutes, abdominals, and thighs) will minimize the appearance of your hips.
 
Diet's very important, but it's not true to suggest that it will be itself make all the difference. Continuous cardio or running makes a huge difference, coupled with diet.
 
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pumpster said:
Diet's very important, but it's not true to suggest that it will be itself make all the difference. Continuous cardio or running makes a huge difference, coupled with diet.
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I agree. However a 'good diet' is not Atkins or South Beach. Those are very much fad diets, with many flaws (Can you say "Ke-to-sis"?)
 
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Diet's very important, but it's not true to suggest that it will be itself make all the difference. Continuous cardio or running makes a huge difference, coupled with diet.
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If you're commenting on my post, I didn't mean diet alone. Of course, you have to take into account exercise - but usually diet is where people are lacking - and therein lies most of the problems. I also believe that fat loss is much more about nutrition than most people think.
 
Let's not get caught up with what constitutes a good diet. For many, the Atkins and South Beach diets do in fact work, which is all that matters. There are many other examples and diets, of which these are two examples.

Atkins is actually the opposite of a fad diet-it's recently become huge, but dates back several decades of proven effectiveness for many.
 
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Atkins is actually the opposite of a fad diet-it's recently become huge, but dates back several decades of proven effectiveness for many.
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Not true. Atkins disappeared in the late 70s because the lack of carbohydrates in people's systems (back when it was "no carb" rather than "low carb") was causing them to fall asleep at the wheel, causing accidents.

There was a lot of controversy surrounding it, and it faded from the public eye.
 
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