Oddly-shaped hips...Can I fix them?

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vasilissa

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Hey everybody, I'm new here and this is my first post. I've been following a workout plan that's basically alternating toning and cardio every other day for 3 weeks (and eating healthy of course!). I've dropped 8 pounds, and I'm really happy about it :D

But one thing about my body really bothers me. I'm not sure if it's something I can fix or if it's just how I'm built. My hips are kind of hourglass shaped, with an indent a couple inches below my belly button. Here are some pictures (I drew in the rest of me so it doesn't look so abstract):

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It looks just like my underwear is a little too tight, right? But when I flip it down...

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it's still the same shape!


Are these love-handles?

Whatever they are, they're pretty annoying:
1. When I wear pants/a skirt with a tight waistband, it looks like my hips are fat and are spilling out over them, when in actuallity they're really not. When I touch them, there is only about a quarter inch of padding and then I'm touching bone.
2. It's tough to find a good fitting pair of pants. Either the waistband will fit and the thighs will be too tight, or the thighs will fit and I'll have to wear a really tight belt.

Is anyone else shaped this way? Anybody have advice/comfort?
(I apologize if the pictures are too revealing. I'll take them down if they violate some sort of policy!)
 
I have the same thing! :(
I think it's a lack of the Tensor Fascia Lata muscle...I can't seem to find exercises to strengthen/build it, though.
 
i get that after i haven't worked out for awhile, then start my routine again and lose some weight...it's like the in between period of being fat and skinny for me. once i slim down some more, it flattens out and isn't indented anymore.

everyone's body is different though, so it's hard to say if you can fix them. according to all the other women that have replied though, it's normal, which i wasn't aware of...i thought it was only me!

good luck though...sorry i'm not much help, but just rambling... :)
 
How old are you? I have that as well, but it didn't start happening to me until I was in my 40's.. before than no matter how chunky I got it never went to my mid section.
I've seen it on younger women. Even the girls at Hooters in Hollywood ( the only Hooters I've been to) have it. I think it's all a matter of where your body stores fat.
 
I have this. I have pictures on my page too. This is where I only ever stored fat!!! (but now fatty everywhere in the last three years) Started at 14...I am now 24 (I guess they're just Obliques/love handles). It's much worse now. So I think it must just be fattiness. Me hopes. *crosses fingers*
 
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