The main reason why women have fat thighs, fat hips or a fat butt is because of what they eat. Normally women store fat on the lower part of their body in order to protect their reproductive organs. Thus, after menopause, when they are no longer able to reproduce, the weight distribution changes and fat is then accumulated above the waist - just like men. Secondly this phenomenon is also hereditary and depends largely upon the genes.

A Few Facts About Fat Thighs

• There are NO special 'hip and thigh' diets, which can reduce, fat from your hips and thighs. The ONLY way to get back in shape is to follow a proper balanced diet.
• There is NO exercise, which can reduce, fat from a specific area of your body like your hips, thighs or butt. All that exercises can do is try to maintain your figure once you have reduced the fat deposit by eating sensible weight loss diet.
• Exercise can improve the shape of a particular part of your body, by tightening muscles, but it can't reduce the fat in these areas. The only way to lose fat off your thighs, hips & butt is by changing your eating habits
• Although each of us has a unique bone structure and basic body shape, which we can't change, we can change our weight and fat. All you have to do is be patient and follow a sensible diet, which is a balanced low-fat eating-plan, which is high in vegetables, fruit, and other complex carbohydrates, and LOW in fat.
  

Exercise for Fat Thighs

• To exercise thighs & butt
  1. Stand with feet apart, toes pointed outwards, and hands on the outside of your thighs. Keeping your back straight, at right angles to the floor, bend knees and allow your hands to slide down your thighs until they reach your knees. (Keep back straight!) Hold your knees for a count of 5, and then slowly return to start position. Repeat 10-20 times.
  
  2. Stand with feet slightly apart. Stretch your arms straight out ahead of you. Slowly bend your knees, until your thighs are roughly parallel with the floor. Slowly raise yourself back to the starting position. The slower you do this, the better. Start with 10 real slow ones. But please don't strain yourself. Go at your own pace.
• To exercise the inside of your thighs
  Sit down on the floor in front of an ordinary straight back chair. Stretch your legs straight out in front of you, with your feet on either side of the chair. Keeping your back straight, place your palms on the floor on either side of you. Clasp the legs of the chair with the soles of your feet as though trying to push both chair legs together. Press hard and hold for a count of 50.
• To exercise the back of your thighs
  Stand with feet apart. Bend forward from the waist. Reach to your right with both hands and clasp your ankle with both hands. Push your upper body downwards towards the floor. Count to 20. Return to start position and repeat exercise on the left-hand side.
• To exercise the front of your thighs
  Kneel upright on the floor, with knees together. Lean backwards and clasp your right ankle with your left hand. Do not sit on your ankles. Hold this position for a count of 20. Return to start position and repeat exercise on the left-hand side.