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Perception

Machka9
Machka9 Posts: 25,926 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
This site was posted in the Success forum a while back, but I thought I'd mention it here.

Does your perception match reality ...

http://www.marisota.co.uk/shop/freeformat/page.action?pageId=7758
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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    you are 2.5% larger than you think you are...

    Your measurements place you at a larger size than the model pictured, although this doesn't take your body shape into account. Wearing the right size clothes can have a fantastic impact on your figure. Take a look at our guide below to find tips and advice for your body shape!
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    "you are 2.5% smaller than you think you are..."

    I need to look in the mirror more.
  • Kalici
    Kalici Posts: 685 Member
    "You are 30% smaller than you think you are..."

    Wee! I thought I might be a bit smaller than I thought I was, but not by that much.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Heh.
    You are the perfect strawberry

    Strawberry: You're broadest at your shoulders, with a smaller waist and hips.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,926 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    you are 2.5% larger than you think you are...

    Your measurements place you at a larger size than the model pictured, although this doesn't take your body shape into account. Wearing the right size clothes can have a fantastic impact on your figure. Take a look at our guide below to find tips and advice for your body shape!

    Same here.

    And I'm an hourglass.
  • k80flec
    k80flec Posts: 1,623 Member
    2.5% smaller - but! I mentally selected a shape, thought NAH! and went up a bit!!

    As for hourglass - that's not what I see in the mirror!!! I'm a uk A cup for heavens sake!!!
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    It says "you are10% smaller than you think you are"
  • MarcyKirkton
    MarcyKirkton Posts: 507 Member
    Wow, that's fascinating. I'm 20% smaller than I think I am and the perfect hourglass. I did always know that I gain weight symmetrically. That's a blessing and a curse, to me.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    7.5% smaller than I thought, but I couldn't find U.S. so I picked Cornwall.
  • Russandol
    Russandol Posts: 71 Member
    Huh. I tend to worry that I flatter myself and think I'm smaller than I am, and then the test gives me "you are 20% smaller than you think you are". (I knew I was an hourglass shape-wise, though, that wasn't news.)
  • Maxematics
    Maxematics Posts: 2,287 Member
    edited October 2015
    You are 2.5% smaller than you think you are...
    Your measurements indicate that you're actually smaller than the size you guessed on the sliding scale!
    You are the perfect pear.

    I rounded up all my measurements too since they don't have halves. If I round down I'm 5% smaller than I think I am. That was kind of cool to see that. I know I can be my own worst critic. It turns out my body isn't even on the sliding scale of bodies. I put it between the first and second body, but it says my actual body is all the way to the left before the first body. Go figure.

  • spiritlevel9
    spiritlevel9 Posts: 48 Member
    I was a little larger than I thought but would I think to guess accurately, the height of the women would need to be stated. A women with my statistics but taller would probably look slimmer and vice versa.
  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    I did this one before :)
    Some time ago and i thought i was 2 sizes bigger then....so my mind seems to catch up. Now i only think that i am one size bigger then i really am rofl

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    Fun test
    But i am fine the way i am and i am very happy with the result. Loose skin and all lol
    Focussing and working on getting more fit now.

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  • thankyou4thevenom
    thankyou4thevenom Posts: 1,581 Member
    Bump to try later
  • RainingintheSing
    RainingintheSing Posts: 21 Member
    Mine said I'm 17.5% smaller than the body size I picked... it's weird because I think I have a perception boss in the other direction. I always think I'm smaller than I am and then realize later I've gained 10 pounds.
  • soapsandropes
    soapsandropes Posts: 269 Member
    5% larger than I think that I am. I think that I look like the body that I picked but this doesn't' adjust for height, so my view is more zoomed out ;-)
  • Kaiorii
    Kaiorii Posts: 1 Member
    This was fun. lol I got:

    "you are exactly what you think you are...
    You guessed your own body size correctly, nice work!"

    I chose in between the two on the far left. Hourglass as well, but I pretty much already knew that. ...-goes back to lurking- ^_^
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
    edited October 2015
    I'm 17.5% smaller :blush: Perfect Pear. Funny because I always say I'm one of those people that think I'm smaller than I actually am haha. I also never thought of myself as pear shaped, more hourglass.
  • esaucier17
    esaucier17 Posts: 694 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    7.5% smaller than I thought, but I couldn't find U.S. so I picked Cornwall.

    Same for me! And didn't see US either.
  • TuffChixRule
    TuffChixRule Posts: 190 Member
    I got 17.5% smaller and Perfect Pear. I liked that quiz!
  • unrelentingminx
    unrelentingminx Posts: 231 Member
    I came out 7.5% smaller than I thought I was. Being a perfect pear surprised me as I used to be more hourglass. But then, since starting strength training my upper body has slimmed down a lot quicker than my bottom half so that's probably why.
  • jessicarobinson00
    jessicarobinson00 Posts: 414 Member
    I got "you are exactly what you think you are...
    You guessed your own body size correctly, nice work!"
    :wink: FUN QUIZ!
  • amillenium
    amillenium Posts: 281 Member
    I am so trying this when I get home today!
  • ohmyllama
    ohmyllama Posts: 161 Member
    Hey this is fun!!

    "you are 20% smaller than you think you are..."

    Well that's great :D but, strange, I always seem to think I look great and then when I see myself in a picture I can't believe how huge I am. Hmm...
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    Hmm 7.5% smaller than I think I am. Interesting.

    That being said, it said I'm an hourglass. My measurements are 35/31/36, that's not hourglass, that's rectangle.
  • MrsCaitlinBeltran
    MrsCaitlinBeltran Posts: 241 Member
    "20 Percent smaller than you think you are"
    The Perfect Pear!
    This was a lot of fun and SUPER eye opening!
  • emhunter
    emhunter Posts: 1,212 Member
    edited October 2015
    17.5 percent smaller. Wow- I always have heard im too critical of myself. Maybe I might believe it now :) .
  • tlems
    tlems Posts: 104 Member
    10% Smaller! Thank you for this. I am having perception issues these days, and this helped, A LOT!
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,926 Member
    esaucier17 wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    7.5% smaller than I thought, but I couldn't find U.S. so I picked Cornwall.

    Same for me! And didn't see US either.

    No, it's a UK site. Just pick a place in the UK where you'd like to visit. This time, I chose Cardiff. :)

  • Mouse_Potato
    Mouse_Potato Posts: 1,515 Member
    5% smaller and a perfect hourglass. I do not think that word means what you think it means! :smiley:
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