I have wide hips but my waist is really small. What's wrong with me?

Question

I'm 5'5 and I just turned 13. I weigh around 120 but it's mostly cuz I have a lot of muscle on my legs.

thing is I have really wide hips (28 inches) but my waist is only like 22. I have a flat stomach but having wide hips makes my butt look big and makes my thighs look hideous. i don't know if it's genetics but none of my parents are fat and my mom didn't have wide hips until she had me. i've got an hourglass figure and I want to have like a model figure like my friends and they always say they want an hourglass figure.

i tried working out like bouncing up and down an exercise ball and jogging but it doesn't help. and now I'm always crying now because I don't want to be fat. how can I get smaller hips? I want it down to like 24 inches

Answer 1

You are crazy!  I would kill to have wide hips and a tiny waist.  That's a womanly figure that most would die for.  Believe me, you'll love it.

You can't shrink your hips because they are bones.  And wide hips don't make you fat - they make you s**y.  Seriously... you'll soon notice that all of the boys will be interested.  And 120 is a good weight.  If you're afraid of being fat, excercise and do cardio.  It won't shrink your hips, but it'll guarantee that you wont be fat.

I hope you'll realise how crazy you're being.

Answer 2

I just cannot believe at 120lb you have a 22 inch waist and 28 inch hips.

Anyway I have a feeling you aren't measuring your hips in the right place. You have to measure around the butt and thighs to get the correct measurement. The only people that have 28 inch hips are 8 year olds.....even a size 00 is at least 32 inch hip measurement!

Answer 3

Hourglass shapes are the most attractive to most people.

Your hips are not huge, btw. Not in any way, shape or form. They're small and well-proportioned to your small waist.  

Answer 4

i'm a pitcher and i have the exact same problem.  i can't even buy jeans because my waist is a size 0 but my legs are like a size 5.  i also have a 22" waist.  it takes me FOREVER  to find jeans.  i have yet to find one pair that fits me this year.  =(

Answer 5

First of all, 28" hips are NOT that wide.  Secondly, I'm quite positive that you're neither fat nor hideous!

Third, women's hips spread as the mature; this is to accommodate a baby that will eventually grow in your lower abdomen, and the spreading of the pelvis is so that you can birth it easier.  

What you have is a typical "hourglass" shape, and women would kill or die (and some literally do!) to have what you've got.

Learn to enjoy it...I promise you, you're going to be getting PLENTY of attention as you get older.

Answer 6

Nothing is wrong with you! You are lucky to have such a nice figure. I know having wide hips at a young age makes you feel kind of weird, but when you hit high school everyone will be SO jelous of you and guys will love how you look. It sounds like the only one who needs to get comfortable with it is YOU! Just do regular exercize, and your body to shape to the way it's supposed to be. Model stick-thin figures may look nice in a magazine, but I know a lot of girls who look like that and wish they had more curves.

Answer 7

You should be very happy! Most women would love to have an hourglass figure! Just because you have big hips doesn't mean you're fat. I have wide hips myself and I'm thin and I get compliments on my figure. You'll get compliments too :)

Be happy with who you are!

Answer 8

i am the excact same way! and i hate it!

i actully work out alot and so squats and i tie a resistance band that i got at target in the exercise isle, and lay on the floor with my feet in the air and open and close my legs for about 15 minutes a day, and it makes me feel better, and also helps me look better.

Answer 9

most women would kill to have ur figure. u better appreciate that coke bottle figure. guys luv that!