Too much fat.

How is it crapping all over someone's post? She gave the OP poor advice, meant with the best of intentions, but poor advice nonetheless. Should the OP have followed this advice, she would have been treading water to a far greater extent than if she followed my advice.

So by attempting to help, I am somehow being a bad person? I would suggest you grow up somewhat and learn to accept criticism (or criticism of others, as in this instance) without resorting to immature and personal insults.

Like Squelchy said, the way to improve those areas is to lose fat from all over the body. This should be done with a good diet and exercise. Cardio and weights are important in an exercise regime. Your diet should contain lean protein, complex carbs and lots of veggies. Remember that to lose weight you will need to create a calorie deficit of about 500 calories per day (this can be done through reducing calories by 250 and doing 250 cals worth of extra exercise).

However, don't expect to be able to completely transform your body shape. You say that you have an hour glass figure which is obviously your natural shape so it is likely that you will always carry most of your weight on your stomach and hips but a good diet and exercise can really help to enhance the appearance!

So i have to lose weight everywhere else before i start to notice the change with my hips and my stomach?

What kind of exercise could i do at the gym to start losing weight?

Why the hostility? I didn't say I don't care about your opinions, I was just pointing out that your limited knowledge of fitness might be misdirecting the OP, when her time could be better spent with a better knowledge of what she should be doing.

See my previous post for a more detailed explanation of how to define muscles.

why does everyone hate squelchy? it seems like you people came in here with some kind of hate pact i can't actaully understand what kicked it all off