by Carolina Dream Chapman

Created on: February 13, 2007   Last Updated: November 13, 2008

Resize Your Hips and Thighs

It is possible to resize your hips and thighs. While you cannot choose where you burn fat you can concentrate your shaping and toning efforts to a specific area while burning fat from your entire body.

In order to do this you will have to burn the fat off while also concentrating on toning your muscles. To burn the fat you will need to increase the calories, you burn per day through exercise and decrease the amount of calories you take in through food and drink.

To burn calories you will need to do some form of aerobic activity each day in order to get rid of the fat. You will also need to do strength-building workouts to strengthen and tone the muscles.

It is possible to get thin by doing only aerobics; however, you will not have muscle tone. Which will leave you as a skinny/flabby person and that is not attractive or healthy. If you only do strength building such as Pilate's, weightlifting etc you will have great muscle tone but no one will see it due to the layer of fat covering the muscle.

Therefore, you need a combination of aerobic and strength building if you really want to achieve a beautiful balanced body. By doing a combination of aerobic exercise along with strength building you will be ridding your body of excess fat while also improving muscle tone.

I personally recommend concentrating the strength building or toning moves to the area you are concerned about, however, don't limit your strength-building and toning to only those area's. It is important to tone your entire body even if you are concentrating on a specific area.

My personal favorite moves that are excellent for concentrated toning of the hips and thighs are:

Wall Sit

The wall sit is an easy yet very effective exercise for this area. In order to do the wall sit you will need to back up against a wall, and then walk your feet out until you look like you are sitting in a chair. Hold this position as long as possible.

You can also add some arm toning with lightweights if you want while in this position. This is great to insure you also work your upper body.

Lunges and Squats

When doing lunges and squats it is important to keep your knees even with your ankles. Your knees should never jut out over your toes. In order to learn to do a lunge or a squat correctly it is wise to practice in front of a mirror if possible so you can keep an eye on your form. When learning squats, it is sometimes beneficial to practice with a chair, so that you can mimic the sitting motion you use

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