How can I improve my body? love handles and a small butt!

Question

Well I don't have ''the perfect body '' indeed..so I wanna work on it and perhaps id feel better about how I look.

I'm a vegetarian, on what I can call a healthy diet and I work out almost everyday. I have major noticeable love handles and the smallest butt ever.

Ive read articles about everything, they all seem to be very ''commercial like'' and nothing really works, whether its certain food or specific workouts. Also am not willing to go through any surgeries. so my questions are:

1. How can I get rid of my love handles?

2. How can I make my butt bigger?

3. Do you know any good vegetarian diets that actually works?

* Please answer the questions based on your own experience and real facts, Thank you.

nicky360 · Accepted Answer

NUTRITION IS KEY!

---eat foods rich in omega 3 fatty acids...almonds, olive oil, avocado, etc. these good fats are essential in the way your body stores fat.

---don't eat anything white, meaning no sugar & no white breads. the fiber in whole wheat is good for your bowel movements and gives you longer energy because it doesn't make your blood sugar spike like white flour. makes you fuller too.

---if you're doing as much excercise as you say, you may need to eat more. if you don't eat enough, your body will take the energy it needs from your muscles. and muscle is important because it increases your metabolism (muscle burns the most calories).

so...

---weight lift to build muscle.

---do cardio but make sure you keep your heartrate between 135--150 to burn fat. anything under 135 burns sugar, and over 150 burns muscle...not good.

---eat more protein, omega 3 fatty acids, & food high in fiber... tofu, beans, eggs for protein. whole wheat, brown rice for fiber, etc

Happyfeet · Accepted Answer

1. Cardio(aerobic exercise), strength training, and eating healthy. Combination of them will lean you up in no time. No more love handles.

2. Leg exercises. Try squats! They're the freak'n BEST! Best butt exercise hands down.

I've actually noticed results from leg exercises on my butt. I do leg exercises about 3 days a week. I do squats, lunges, hamstring curls, leg extenstions, calf raises, steps, donkey kicks, pelvic raises, leg press and cardio(sprints). The heavier the weight, the bigger the butt.

3. Sorry, I just don't know how anyone could give up meat.

Also try getting ivolved in sports and doing more outdoor activities(swimming, hiking, etc).

luvLloyd · Accepted Answer

Love handles, cardio at least 30 mins per day. Running is the best for the mid section. I would also do ab exercise. Get that tummy toned and the love handles will go down a bit.

Small butt, I would do squads and lunges. Try yoga. Combine cardio with strength training.

Aside from all that. Because your hips expanded due to development, your love handles are just normal fat covering the hips, but because you have a small butt, it just makes your love handles bigger. They are probably not that big.

WeaponZero · Accepted Answer

Honestly I can't think of a way you can get what you need on a purely vegetarian diet without eating lots of vitamins/supplements. The most basic diet formula for building muscle and losing fat is low carbohydrates, and high protein. The problem with that is that anything that comes from plants or grains is naturally very very high in carbohydrates, and meats are naturally high in protein.

We are omnivores, meaning our bodies depend on nutrients that you need a steady diet of all the food groups to get. There are supplements you can take to make up for the protein you're not getting, but there's nothing you can take to make up for the fact that, as a vegetarian, you're overloading yourself with carbohydrates which are detrimental to fat burning/muscle building.

As far as making your butt bigger goes, the only way to add SIZE to a muscle group is to do lots of weight lifting with heavy weights. For butts it would be like the squat.

Cartiphilus · Accepted Answer

At 5'4" and 127lbs you're just about at a perfect weight.  You can't possibly have appreciably big love handles.  You're resting (sitting down and still for at least 10 minutes) heart rate should not be more than 72 beats per minute.  If you've been sitting down for at least 15 minutes and your heart rate is 100 beats per minute than you need to start doing aerobic exercises to strengthen your heart and thus lower your heart rate.   The lower your heart rate the higher your metabolism will be.  You will be burning more energy and lose weight depending on what and how much you eat.  Try to get your resting heart rate down to at least 64 beats per minute.  If you haven't been physically active all day do not eat anything more than enough to satisfy your hunger no matter how hungry you feel or you will gain weight.

glitterberryalisa · Answer

First off. no one has "the perfect body."

Second, it just sounds like maybe you're not doing the right type of work-outs. I have "love-handles" too, and the best work-put I've found is the pilates videos, because they tone your body, and toning makes you get abs! well if you work on if for a long time lol. But pilates, for me, slims that down, and might work better than running, jogging, lifting weights, etc. or whatever you were doing beforehand. Also, just a thought, make sure you're wearing the right size jeans. Some people have no "lovehandles" at all, and might be wearing too small of jeans.

Anyways, for your butt do core excersises or something like that, because those will help a lot!

And for being a vegitarian, I have no idea about any of that, but I hope I helped with the first 2 questions! =)

Anonymous · Answer

It is a question of your body shape, you are apple shaped, well I am pear shaped so I have the same problem but on my hips! I tried everything on this planet to get them thinner, I can tell you there is no solution. You want thin waist you have to lose a lot of weight in other parts (butt, boobs, arms, back, etc) because your waist will be the last to reduce. To be able to put a size 2 pants I got stick thin arms,  my ribs are visible, etc. Another solution is surgery. But for your butt problem, you have to built up muscles there. You have to use havy charges for that purpose and eat meat to provide proteins.

ihatecopcars · Answer

You don't need to worry with a face like that. It is important to drink a lot of water, steer clear of fast food, and cut out soda. Walk as much as you can too. Please though STOP COMPARING YOURSELF! P.S. I heard peanut butter makes your butt get tremendous.

Mcstarr · Answer

WELL WHAT I DO FOR MY LOVE HANDLES IS I GET IN THE FLOOR AND I TOUCH MY ANCKELS SIDE TO SIDE AND IT HELPS A LOT AND SIT UPS I TRY TO DO AS MANY AS I CAN AND WELL FOR THE BUT I REALLY DONT KNOW WAT TO TELL YOU JUST TO TONED IT. PPL SAY THAT I HAVE A BIG ASS AND THEY SAY ITS BECAUSE I EAT LOTS OF MASHPATATOS BUT ITS ALSO IN MY GENES

wild-tangent · Answer

Vegetarianism doesn't really work for me- it murdered my times in the races I'd be in. I liked being a vegetarian, but I couldn't hack it with my performance.

Personally, small butts are better. nothing wrong with one.

Love handles? I suggest walking or running. Jogging seems to do well for most of my friends who decided to get into shape, but a treadmill works too.

Dubfire · Answer

There are no magic foods that will make your butt bigger or make your body better in general. You'll need to exercise and intake food high in protein, since you are a vegetarian I would recommend a lot of milk and mushrooms. Your only other option is surgery, get a tummy tuck and tell them to relocate the fat to your butt.

Anonymous · Answer

eat every two hours to boost ur metabolism and blood sugar level

eat oatmeal in the AM and lean meats in the PM some fruit also

then do cardio everyday of the week for 30 minutes each session at like a 4.5 pace with a 5 incline on the treadmill have to get ur heartrate to 60% of ur maximum heart rate which is 220 minus ur age

then work out 3x a week do some upper body some lower body and some ab exercises do lots of reps with less weight to lose weight and get a define body

what do you think of my body?

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Anonymous · Answer

I have the same issues: my butt shape is flattish and small in proportion to my body and I have love handles

Getting rid of love handles means you have to do a lot of cardio since you lose fat all over your body, you can't spot reduce

And if you want to make your butt bigger do squats, lunges and bridges

GIntrovert · Answer

1. diet and exercise

2. Squats, lunges and sprint training. - don't get into sprint training unless you are already physically strong and fit.

3. No, I like eating meat, but I'm sure you could find some good vegetarian diets through google.

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xhelloxkittyx · Answer

I'm veg too!  I do Jillian Michaels 30 day shred, plus extra cardio and squats & such.  She's blown up now, but seriously, 30 Day shred is amazing.  I love it.  It worked for me!

ACSial · Answer

If that's your face on your avatar, you have nothing to worry about in the looks department.

Excercising your glutes is no problem. Try cycling--it doesn't beat the crap out of your knees and ligaments, like runing/walking. Excercise WILL bulk your butt up (look at speed skaters' butts).

lollipopgirl23 · Answer

just try to lose weight all over. you can't make your but bigger. but skinny girls look better with a small but.  look at most models thier skinny with a little but.

jacquesvol · Answer

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anaughtymouse · Answer

Do a lot of workouts that work out your but and abs. not just strait crunches but side-to-side ones. Don't be vegetarian. You need protein to grow muscle. Just eat regularly.

Maggie987 · Answer

Well wear small pants and your butt will look bigger.  You look sexy in that picture! A small butt only takes you 1 step forward! -Boob lady

Whoknows87 · Answer

do core exercises...and squats with  medicine ball...Your ass will be on fire after these workouts, but after a while you'll see results.  It's what you eat as well.

Botosaui617 · Answer

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sexi-eyes · Answer

my best advice to you is to go to slimming worl if ur looking to loose weight a girl I know lost 6 stone in 6 months I'm gonna join it myself because I have the same problem as you  good luck with it

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