How do I know if I have wide hips or not?

IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym

I would definitely NOT say you had wide hips. You look awesome!

Not that there's anything wrong with wide hips.

I didn't at all say there was anything wrong with wide hips. I just answered OP's original question.

I didn't say you did?

it appeared that way to me, because you quoted me and said "not that there is anything wrong with that..."

:huh: It was a general statement that, while it may be piggybacking off of your comment, was in no way meant to imply that you felt one way or anther about hips and the size of them. As far as the piggybacking goes it was simply a convenient place to make a statement, as simply stating out of nowhere with no context that there is nothing wrong with wide hips would be odd.

hence the reason I said "appeared that way to me..." calm down. I was just clarifying I see nothing wrong with it.

where did all of this come from?

more importantly, mind if i watch?

from me answering the OP's question, lol.

PikaKnight

to me you dont have big hips at all but if you want to know enter your measurements here http://www.calculator.net/body-type-calculator.html to find out what type of body you have

That calculator told me I'm a banana even though my bust and hips measurement are exactly the same and my waist is 8 inches less (ie your standard hourglass).

I'm confuuuuuused!! :huh:

Does it really matter?

honeysprinkles

I don't think you have wide hips, but your hips do have a curve to them, they just don't seem wide. I wouldn't worry too much about what shape you are, classifying it is irrelevant.

I am pear shaped, my waist is 25" and my hips are 37" but I wouldn't mind losing an inch or two off that measurement!

EmmaOnTrack

to me you dont have big hips at all but if you want to know enter your measurements here http://www.calculator.net/body-type-calculator.html to find out what type of body you have

That calculator told me I'm a banana even though my bust and hips measurement are exactly the same and my waist is 8 inches less (ie your standard hourglass).

I'm confuuuuuused!! :huh:

Does it really matter?

No, not in the slightest. Bananas are cool.

Achrya

I would definitely NOT say you had wide hips. You look awesome!

Not that there's anything wrong with wide hips.

I didn't at all say there was anything wrong with wide hips. I just answered OP's original question.

I didn't say you did?

it appeared that way to me, because you quoted me and said "not that there is anything wrong with that..."

:huh: It was a general statement that, while it may be piggybacking off of your comment, was in no way meant to imply that you felt one way or anther about hips and the size of them. As far as the piggybacking goes it was simply a convenient place to make a statement, as simply stating out of nowhere with no context that there is nothing wrong with wide hips would be odd.

hence the reason I said "appeared that way to me..." calm down. I was just clarifying I see nothing wrong with it.

where did all of this come from?

more importantly, mind if i watch?

I like to think this is an experiment on how lack of tone/voice shapes the internet and what other people take from text.

Also no.

EmilyEmpowered

to me you dont have big hips at all but if you want to know enter your measurements here http://www.calculator.net/body-type-calculator.html to find out what type of body you have

That calculator told me I'm a banana even though my bust and hips measurement are exactly the same and my waist is 8 inches less (ie your standard hourglass).

I'm confuuuuuused!! :huh:

Does it really matter?

No, not in the slightest. Bananas are cool.

After your comment I decided to try that calculatorm, even though I already know what shape I am :laugh: ... I am 37-27-37, and it told me "Sorry your body does not fit in the 4 types we calculate" or something like that :huh:

birdiecs

to me you dont have big hips at all but if you want to know enter your measurements here http://www.calculator.net/body-type-calculator.html to find out what type of body you have

That calculator told me I'm a banana even though my bust and hips measurement are exactly the same and my waist is 8 inches less (ie your standard hourglass).

I'm confuuuuuused!! :huh:

Standard hourglass is 10" or more difference

Ideal362433

I'm nearly 20. Why?

And yeah when I look in the mirror they look wider to me

I'm not a ruler. Rulers don't have D cups or C's for that matter.

As far as how I dress. I actually dress to eccentuate having an inverted triangle shape. But also emphasize waist. I have been trying to look for jeans that emphasize my narrow hips but emphasize my butt sometimes I just dress like how pears do's and dont's.

Your profile says 35. Just wondered if there were was a reason it was brought up. When women have children, some of the hips get wide so I wondered if that was what you were thinking.

And I'm a ruler and I have D's.

thank you I need to change that

my shoulders are 39 inches thank you very much
http://i44.tinypic.com/2gv77zk.jpg


http://i43.tinypic.com/f23fxg.jpg
This was before I took biotin at 100 lbs
http://i42.tinypic.com/311ugxt.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/33birnr.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2a0kpbq.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/5z0f0o.jpg
This is how I looked originally like at 84-94 lbs
http://i39.tinypic.com/nlr8zp.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/1z1hhkk.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/aw6pz.jpg
this is how I look completely not a ruler. But I guess you're right never will be an hourglass. I'm good with that as long as inverted triangles DO have defined waists

also when I lose weight I lose it in my hips I was a 35-23.8-32 before at my smallest. My bust stays large but my but goes down. I was thinking if I build it up with muscle and flatten my stomach then I could be 36-23-33.

Oh.

Welll.

I'm gonna say you look like a ruler/borderline inverted triangle. But I might be swaying more towards ruler/banana. Sorry.


But anyway. Back to my revolution!

Going to agree with this ^

And if you are a ruler, there is nothing wrong with that. Rulers do have hip definition, just not as much as say someone who is pear shaped.

Like I said, I am a ruler and minus the fat and flab right now, I love my shape and I'm enjoying seeing it as I lose the body fat. :bigsmile:

I don't like the ruler shape it seems boring. And rulers don't have 40' shoulders. I have a ruler lower half if inverted triangles don't have defined waists. Then I guess I'm half rectangle half inverted triangle

tigerblue

Somewhere online I once found a site that used about 6 or 8 shapes instead of just 3. It included a cello ( a larger hourgalss), and a lollipop ( a slighltly topheavy hourglass with long thin legs). I would love to find these descriptions again, since they seem to give more options. I seemed to be a lollipop, which made much more sense than the hourglass.

Not that any of it really matters!!

Ideal362433

You're an inverted triangle, and you don't appear to have much of a defined waist. Edited to say: looking at your pictures including your bust and shoulders, you definitely taper from top to bottom.

If my waist wasn't defined I wouldn't have a 25 or like usual a 24' waist.

My waist is smaller than my hips. But I don't think in my case the waist really matters tbh.

aetzkorn14

I'm nearly 20. Why?

And yeah when I look in the mirror they look wider to me

I'm not a ruler. Rulers don't have D cups or C's for that matter.

As far as how I dress. I actually dress to eccentuate having an inverted triangle shape. But also emphasize waist. I have been trying to look for jeans that emphasize my narrow hips but emphasize my butt sometimes I just dress like how pears do's and dont's.

Yeah you look like a triangle. your hips are really small compared to your shoulders. Im closer to a ruler shape and I have DD's so yeah you can have boobs and still not be an hourglass.

Your profile says 35. Just wondered if there were was a reason it was brought up. When women have children, some of the hips get wide so I wondered if that was what you were thinking.

And I'm a ruler and I have D's.

thank you I need to change that

my shoulders are 39 inches thank you very much
http://i44.tinypic.com/2gv77zk.jpg


http://i43.tinypic.com/f23fxg.jpg
This was before I took biotin at 100 lbs
http://i42.tinypic.com/311ugxt.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/33birnr.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2a0kpbq.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/5z0f0o.jpg
This is how I looked originally like at 84-94 lbs
http://i39.tinypic.com/nlr8zp.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/1z1hhkk.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/aw6pz.jpg
this is how I look completely not a ruler. But I guess you're right never will be an hourglass. I'm good with that as long as inverted triangles DO have defined waists

also when I lose weight I lose it in my hips I was a 35-23.8-32 before at my smallest. My bust stays large but my but goes down. I was thinking if I build it up with muscle and flatten my stomach then I could be 36-23-33.

You look like a triangle to me. I have DD's and I look more like a ruler so you can still have boobs and a smaller but and no be an hourglass. I have some cushion in both areas and I don't have big hips so that make s me a ruler.

Ideal362433

Somewhere online I once found a site that used about 6 or 8 shapes instead of just 3. It included a cello ( a larger hourgalss), and a lollipop ( a slighltly topheavy hourglass with long thin legs). I would love to find these descriptions again, since they seem to give more options. I seemed to be a lollipop, which made much more sense than the hourglass.

Not that any of it really matters!!

lollipops aren't hourglass shaped. They're top heavy... I'm actually a lollipop but that's not one of the standard shapes which I prefer.

IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym

I like to think this is an experiment on how lack of tone/voice shapes the internet and what other people take from text.

Also no.

agreed, and that "also no" made me laugh so hard that I woke the dog, lol.

Achrya

Somewhere online I once found a site that used about 6 or 8 shapes instead of just 3. It included a cello ( a larger hourgalss), and a lollipop ( a slighltly topheavy hourglass with long thin legs). I would love to find these descriptions again, since they seem to give more options. I seemed to be a lollipop, which made much more sense than the hourglass.

Not that any of it really matters!!

http://www.bodyshapecalculator.co.uk/trinny-and-susannahs-12-body-shapes?

Apparently I'm a skittle and I should stay away from short cut jackets and should wear things that make my legs longer and slimmer. Which is funny because I'm already basically all leg. I'm like two legs with boobs and ahead stapled on. Sheesh.

Ideal362433

You're 20 years old and slender.

WTF is wrong with that?

Nothing I actually like my shape I just wanted a name for it. I guess I'm an inverted trectangle lol

PikaKnight

lmao. Ruler body shapes seem boring? Are you kidding me? LMAO. well..okay then. Best of luck OP.

Personally I think all body types are interesting and I can't believe how obsessed people are with labeling themselves. Does it make them happier to know they have an interesting body shape? Does it make them important? Does their shape translate to them being interesting even if they have a bad personality?

How does body shape define people as the person they are?

EmilyEmpowered

Somewhere online I once found a site that used about 6 or 8 shapes instead of just 3. It included a cello ( a larger hourgalss), and a lollipop ( a slighltly topheavy hourglass with long thin legs). I would love to find these descriptions again, since they seem to give more options. I seemed to be a lollipop, which made much more sense than the hourglass.

Not that any of it really matters!!

lollipops aren't hourglass shaped. They're top heavy... I'm actually a lollipop but that's not one of the standard shapes which I prefer.

I am not sure why you are making this so difficult. Your question has been answered. No, you do not have 10 inches or more difference between your bust-waist-hips. You are not hourglass. You do not have "wide hips." You look like an inverted triangle. The end.

EmilyEmpowered

lmao. Ruler body shapes seem boring? Are you kidding me? LMAO. well..okay then. Best of luck OP.

Personally I think all body types are interesting and I can't believe how obsessed people are with labeling themselves. Does it make them happier to know they have an interesting body shape? Does it make them important? Does their shape translate to them being interesting even if they have a bad personality?

How does body shape define people as the person they are?

Also, this.

Ideal362433

LOVE IT!!! I agree, curvy is beautiful!!! I have a big butt and hips, and tho I have pounds to lose, I like my booty and my curves!

I can't believe I just spent all this time reading about all this... REALLY??? IS IT THAT IMPORTANT??? I guess I just don't get it!

I'll really blow your mind because I think you are an upside down triangle.

thanks

LuckyFur

You should put on a bikini and ask us.

Ideal362433

lmao. Ruler body shapes seem boring? Are you kidding me? LMAO. well..okay then. Best of luck OP.

Personally I think all body types are interesting and I can't believe how obsessed people are with labeling themselves. Does it make them happier to know they have an interesting body shape? Does it make them important? Does their shape translate to them being interesting even if they have a bad personality?

How does body shape define people as the person they are?

well no you guys have smaller bodies which is nice. My mom's a banana she's beautiful. But she also doesn't have a pancake butt.

PikaKnight

lmao. Ruler body shapes seem boring? Are you kidding me? LMAO. well..okay then. Best of luck OP.

Personally I think all body types are interesting and I can't believe how obsessed people are with labeling themselves. Does it make them happier to know they have an interesting body shape? Does it make them important? Does their shape translate to them being interesting even if they have a bad personality?

How does body shape define people as the person they are?

well no you guys have smaller bodies which is nice. My mom's a banana she's beautiful. But she also doesn't have a pancake butt.

I have a bit of a flat butt going but I'm determined that when I reach my body fat % goal, it wont be that flat. Squats, lunges and deadlifts. Thank goodness for weight training!!! Body recomp ftw

Ideal362433

Somewhere online I once found a site that used about 6 or 8 shapes instead of just 3. It included a cello ( a larger hourgalss), and a lollipop ( a slighltly topheavy hourglass with long thin legs). I would love to find these descriptions again, since they seem to give more options. I seemed to be a lollipop, which made much more sense than the hourglass.

Not that any of it really matters!!

lollipops aren't hourglass shaped. They're top heavy... I'm actually a lollipop but that's not one of the standard shapes which I prefer.

I am not sure why you are making this so difficult. Your question has been answered. No, you do not have 10 inches or more difference between your bust-waist-hips. You are not hourglass. You do not have "wide hips." You look like an inverted triangle. The end.

lollipops are inverted triangles therefore I am both. What don't you understand?

Lollipops have broad shoulders narrow hips big breasts slight waists and slim legs everything I am. But it's not a popular shape. But I do like the name more than inverted triangle.

Look at a lollipop there's nothing hourglass about it at all.

Ideal362433

lmao. Ruler body shapes seem boring? Are you kidding me? LMAO. well..okay then. Best of luck OP.

Personally I think all body types are interesting and I can't believe how obsessed people are with labeling themselves. Does it make them happier to know they have an interesting body shape? Does it make them important? Does their shape translate to them being interesting even if they have a bad personality?

How does body shape define people as the person they are?

well no you guys have smaller bodies which is nice. My mom's a banana she's beautiful. But she also doesn't have a pancake butt.

I have a bit of a flat butt going but I'm determined that when I reach my body fat % goal, it wont be that flat. Squats, lunges and deadlifts. Thank goodness for weight training!!! Body recomp ftw

I personally like the double edge sword of an inverted triangle...

It is athletic and a powerful build yet it still possesses woman curves. By that I mean the boobs. You don't have to have a boy figure and have an athletic build when you're an inverted triangle. Rectangle works well on my mom because she's little like a china doll. So it's cute but just not really what my personality is not who I am. I think it describes me well my body shape if it makes sense lol. I do like the benefits of rectangle bottom halves though I like waist definition.

PikaKnight

lmao. Ruler body shapes seem boring? Are you kidding me? LMAO. well..okay then. Best of luck OP.

Personally I think all body types are interesting and I can't believe how obsessed people are with labeling themselves. Does it make them happier to know they have an interesting body shape? Does it make them important? Does their shape translate to them being interesting even if they have a bad personality?

How does body shape define people as the person they are?

well no you guys have smaller bodies which is nice. My mom's a banana she's beautiful. But she also doesn't have a pancake butt.

I have a bit of a flat butt going but I'm determined that when I reach my body fat % goal, it wont be that flat. Squats, lunges and deadlifts. Thank goodness for weight training!!! Body recomp ftw

I personally like the double edge sword of an inverted triangle...

It is athletic and a powerful build yet it still possesses woman curves. By that I mean the boobs. You don't have to have a boy figure and have an athletic build when you're an inverted triangle. Rectangle works well on my mom because she's little like a china doll. So it's cute but just not really what my personality is not who I am. I think it describes me well my body shape if it makes sense lol. I do like the benefits of rectangle bottom halves though I like waist definition.

Rulers/bananas/rectangles..whatever you want to call it..they do have waist definition btw. Some not as much as others. rulers aren't all the same..there are variances.

That's another reason I don't get the hype with the shape crap. And earlier you said rulers and such aren't top heavy. I think you have some skewed ideas about body shapes.

EmmaOnTrack

to me you dont have big hips at all but if you want to know enter your measurements here http://www.calculator.net/body-type-calculator.html to find out what type of body you have

That calculator told me I'm a banana even though my bust and hips measurement are exactly the same and my waist is 8 inches less (ie your standard hourglass).

I'm confuuuuuused!! :huh:

Does it really matter?

No, not in the slightest. Bananas are cool.

After your comment I decided to try that calculatorm, even though I already know what shape I am :laugh: ... I am 37-27-37, and it told me "Sorry your body does not fit in the 4 types we calculate" or something like that :huh:

Funny! Well Mrs Emily No-Body, I'm Madame Emma Banana. Nice to meet you!

Ideal362433

I'm just curious in some clothing my hips look so dang flat in others they seem to curve somewhat. As I've gained more weight by taking biotin it hasn't been helping now I look more straight up and before when I didn't take biotin and while I was still a healthy weight of 100 lbs my hips actually curved in some clothing at least. I'm wondering is it possible at all that my lower half is curved? My hips are 33" my waist is 25 trying to get it back down to 24 though. When I was really skinny I was 24-32 waist to hip ratio though. It's not a perfect ratio but its not like .8 or anything. Do I have hips at all? What body shape would you say I was?


This is at my skinniest
http://i39.tinypic.com/10ic6xu.jpg
This is at my heaviest without biotin.
http://i40.tinypic.com/ih08pk.jpg
Also apart of my hips actually is included with my butt which is medium to large idk if its included.
http://i41.tinypic.com/9gzzls.jpg

Wait, are you saying that biotin makes the hips wider? OMG, I am dumping that sh%&!!!

I read that it can contribute to weight gain don't quote me on it though.

I gained 6 lbs on it in 6 months I've heard others had worst incidence with it. It's not that bad for me I'm still using it I'm just exercising with it.

Ideal362433

lmao. Ruler body shapes seem boring? Are you kidding me? LMAO. well..okay then. Best of luck OP.

Personally I think all body types are interesting and I can't believe how obsessed people are with labeling themselves. Does it make them happier to know they have an interesting body shape? Does it make them important? Does their shape translate to them being interesting even if they have a bad personality?

How does body shape define people as the person they are?

well no you guys have smaller bodies which is nice. My mom's a banana she's beautiful. But she also doesn't have a pancake butt.

I have a bit of a flat butt going but I'm determined that when I reach my body fat % goal, it wont be that flat. Squats, lunges and deadlifts. Thank goodness for weight training!!! Body recomp ftw

I personally like the double edge sword of an inverted triangle...

It is athletic and a powerful build yet it still possesses woman curves. By that I mean the boobs. You don't have to have a boy figure and have an athletic build when you're an inverted triangle. Rectangle works well on my mom because she's little like a china doll. So it's cute but just not really what my personality is not who I am. I think it describes me well my body shape if it makes sense lol. I do like the benefits of rectangle bottom halves though I like waist definition.

Rulers/bananas/rectangles..whatever you want to call it..they do have waist definition btw. Some not as much as others. rulers aren't all the same..there are variances.

That's another reason I don't get the hype with the shape crap. And earlier you said rulers and such aren't top heavy. I think you have some skewed ideas about body shapes.

calculators and other websites who describe the shape are skewed too I guess.

EmmaOnTrack

to me you dont have big hips at all but if you want to know enter your measurements here http://www.calculator.net/body-type-calculator.html to find out what type of body you have

That calculator told me I'm a banana even though my bust and hips measurement are exactly the same and my waist is 8 inches less (ie your standard hourglass).

I'm confuuuuuused!! :huh:

Standard hourglass is 10" or more difference

I'm TRYING!

Ideal362433

also when I lose weight I lose it in my hips I was a 35-23.8-32 before at my smallest. My bust stays large but my but goes down. I was thinking if I build it up with muscle and flatten my stomach then I could be 36-23-33.

There's no way to target loss, but if you know it's going away from a certain area.. since it has done so before... thank your genetics.

If I work out my abs and build up my glutes that doesn't work how not?