How to lose fat from thighs and hips involves burning off the fat while firming up those thighs. The first step is to reduce your caloric intake and the best method is to avoid; or better yet, eliminate those sugary drinks which will reduce bloating and rid you of excess water weight. Aerobic exercise is essential to burn off fat and you don’t need to jar your frame out of whack by jogging or jumping all over the place.
Walking is a form of aerobic exercise that will suffice nicely if you’re a serious walker. A stiff-paced, thirty minute walk, will burn up calories and fat. A daily routine of walking and exercise will trim those hips and firm those thighs. Always do stretches before any kind of exercises and start off slowly doing only a few of each a day until you get your body in shape. Some good fat-burning, thigh-firming exercises include:
* Scissors:
Lying on your side, lift your legs into the air and move them back and forth in a scissor-like fashion. Turn to the other side and repeat. Do this for about two or three minutes each at first and increase each day. Then there’s the reverse scissor where you again lay on your side and instead of moving your legs back and forth, you lift the top leg and slowly lower it until it touches the other. This will really tighten those thigh muscles.
* Leg Weight Lifts:
Attach weights to your lower leg and sit in a straight-backed chair. Lift one leg, and then the other then both. This will not only tone your legs and thighs, it will also strengthen your stomach muscles. Do only a few at first and increase each day.
* Chair Crunches:
Holding onto the back of a chair, squat down as low as you can (slowly) and rise back up. This will tighten all of your leg muscles. Be sure to keep your back straight. Do only a few of these if you want to be able to get out of bed the next day. They are very effective and will leave you sore. Go slow and see how many you can handle.
* Upside Down Bicycle:
Lay flat on your back, hands beneath your thighs, elbows on the floor. Raise your thighs and pedal your legs as if you were riding an invisible bicycle upside down. This is a very good exercise for the thighs while burning calories at the same time. You can also use the leg weights with this exercise. If you have a bicycle, by all means do ride it because it is absolutely one of the best ways to firm those thighs while burning off calories.
Finally, a healthy, well-balanced diet is the key to overall fitness. Drink lots of water, green tea, cranberry juice and include fish in your diet. Nuts are healthy treats which are loaded with heart-healthy omega 3 acids and muscle building protein. And don’t forget the veggies for those important vitamins and minerals.
