Is your body shape (i.e. pear, hourglass, apple) dependent o

2011EP

I guess my question is if your body shape depens on your weight and how you choose to work out or are you inherently one shape? I've been apple all my life but I hate my belly. Is it possible for someone like me to become an hourglass figure?

ciberg13

I agree. I've been an apple my while entire life. Even when I was "skinny", I still had no waist. My dad used to say I was built "thick". Nice, huh?

Lsng4good

Like you, I'm apple and want hourglass. (who doesn't?!) I'm no pro, but I know that you can change your figure by just working out extra hard on your "trouble spots". Like maybe we should be doing my ab exercises in addition to cardio. But remember that when you lose weight it comes from basically everywhere. You can't Only lose weight from one body part.

Best of luck in this adventure!

EbonyGemstoneHealth

I'm an hourglass I think,but my hips seem smaller the more athletic I become,if that sounds wierd,maybe I just view my body wierdly,but I'm not too bothered if it changes,as long as I get slim lean and toned lol!

fantm

I've always been a pear, and think I am destined to remain a pear. Even at my lowest weight, fittest body, my hips were big and I'm talking bones, not padding on top of bones.

SarahR1984

I think you are what you are. I'm an apple too and when I was my thinnist My stomach was slim from the side but still wide from the front. You'll always have that boy shape if your an apple. I would give anything to be an hourglass, but I'd also have to grow some hips!

ChelDM

It is based on bone structure so I don't think there is any changing it...

scagneti

I'm determined to go from a rectangle to an hourglass. So far it's working (just need to lose a couple of inches on my waist). To go from apple to an hourglass might be hard though because you can't determine where you lose fat from, but might as well give it all you have to try! Worse case is you become a super hot apple! :flowerforyou:

HeatherShrinking

Ohh, I've always wondered that (Bumping!)

I'm an apple now. I think when I was thin I was kind of a rectangle...or maybe more like a bottle of water (mostly tubular with bumps at the top and bottom?) I never quite fit into the pear, hourglass, inverted triangle guidelines.

nerdyandilikeit

thats where fashion comes in! im in the same boat as an apple shape. its all about optical illusions created with accessories and dressing for your body.

lordofultima

All dudes want that Y or V shape I suppose, but my ribcage and pelvic bone stick out pretty far, so I'm just cursed with more of an X shape.

SarahNicole317

The best way to 'change' your body to an hourglass shape is through heavy lifting and clean eating...

Work on widening your back and shoulders, increase the size of your quads and utilize cardio to burn fat which is going to bring your waist in.

pftjill

Strength train in those areas where you are lacking to give a little added bulk. You don't need to gain fat in there, just bulk the muscle.

thecanface

I'm determined to go from a rectangle to an hourglass. So far it's working (just need to lose a couple of inches on my waist). To go from apple to an hourglass might be hard though because you can't determine where you lose fat from, but might as well give it all you have to try! Worse case is you become a super hot apple! :flowerforyou:

OMG me too!!

Sara1978

I recently discovered that there is a fourth category called banana, and I am it. For we girls who aren't quite curvy enough to call ourselves an hourglass. http://www.mybodygallery.com/body-types.html

I think a lot of it is bone structure. I am large boned, and my rib cage and hips are pretty much just always going to be right where they are. If I could shave a few more inches off my waist, I *might* be able to call myself an hourglass instead of a banana, but I think that would be a stretch-- I doubt I'd be able to lose much more than one or two more inches while staying healthy.

SarahNicole317

All dudes want that Y or V shape I suppose, but my ribcage and pelvic bone stick out pretty far, so I'm just cursed with more of an X shape.

I don't know about the general population, but I think male and female bodybuilders go for the 'X' shape... hence, Tony "The X-Man" Freeman.

debbn2011

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loxleys

I'm top heavy with no waist, i gain weight on my boobs first and if i lose weight it comes off my legs and my hips first. When i drop below 135lbs my boobs finally disappear but i never get a waist line.

I'd love to be toned all over with some curves in the right places.

sweetheart03622

You're pretty much stuck what with you've got. Granted, as you lose weight it might be less prominent, but you get what you get. For me, when I'm higher in weight I'm a pear (all goes to my butt, thighs, and chubs up my tummy) and then when I'm thinner I'm an hourglass (stomach thins out, butt things, thighs/hips don't budge). For me, my hips aren't going anywhere. Just focus on toning yourself and as you lose fat you won't notice the typical "apple shape" quite as much.

jerseyshorenurse

For the most part, the common info says that you will maintain your general shape/proportions, just with different dimensions. I have hourglass proportions, but the distribution definitely changed a little at different weights. At my heaviest, about 175lbs, my measurements were somewhere around 38.5/32/40 and I had a little more pear-shape. At my middle ground of 115-120, I'm around 35/25/35 and undeniably hourglass. At my lowest, which is really too skinny for me, I was 105-107 and my measurements were something like 34/24/33 and I was starting to lean toward inverted triangle. My body shape is hourglass, but as I exceed or undershoot my ideal weights, I *do* carry the weight in different places. I hope that makes sense and helps a little bit.

Val_from_OH

I used to be an hourglass, but 2 kids later, I am all apple! Hoping that by dropping 30-50 lbs, I will get my hourglass shape back. On the other hand... my boobs like to drop weight first, so I may end up as a pear!

shardown

I think a lot of that is dependent on your bone structure.. So unless you want to smash your bones and reconstruct them, I don't think its possible. At my smallest, I had an hourglass figure but now I'm more of a pear. I doubt I'll ever get the hourglass back lol.

InstantSunshine

I would guess I'm an "hourglass" in that I have broader shoulders, lots of T&A (aye!) and a smaller waist in relation to my bum & hips.

I can see a few people here saying they'd like this, I think - but would just like to say it's not all it's cracked up to be. I have to elasticate the back of the waistband of every single pair of trousers I own because if they're big enough to go over my bum, they're then at least 8-10 inches too big round the waist.

Oh and long-line tops ride up and settle on my bum, instead of hanging down to create that lovely long elegant shape they're supposed to.

Or maybe i've just got a huge bum... ! yeah i think that's what it is... :grumble:

lordofultima

All dudes want that Y or V shape I suppose, but my ribcage and pelvic bone stick out pretty far, so I'm just cursed with more of an X shape.

I don't know about the general population, but I think male and female bodybuilders go for the 'X' shape... hence, Tony "The X-Man" Freeman.

I see what you mean, I'm more speaking of upper body only. I suppose if I over-compensated by bulking up my obliques, it would fill in the gap between my pelvic bone and ribcage, so the V-taper would look better.

scagneti

I recently discovered that there is a fourth category called banana, and I am it. For we girls who aren't quite curvy enough to call ourselves an hourglass. http://www.mybodygallery.com/body-types.html

I think a lot of it is bone structure. I am large boned, and my rib cage and hips are pretty much just always going to be right where they are. If I could shave a few more inches off my waist, I *might* be able to call myself an hourglass instead of a banana, but I think that would be a stretch-- I doubt I'd be able to lose much more than one or two more inches while staying healthy.

I guess I'm a banana -- B.A.N.A.N.A!

I thought it was called rectangle when your chest & hips are the same measurements and your waist is under 9 inches smaller. I wish what she said about the toned arms was right. That's always the first place I gain and last place I lose. :grumble:

jerseyshorenurse

I would guess I'm an "hourglass" in that I have broader shoulders, lots of T&A (aye!) and a smaller waist in relation to my bum & hips.

I can see a few people here saying they'd like this, I think - but would just like to say it's not all it's cracked up to be. I have to elasticate the back of the waistband of every single pair of trousers I own because if they're big enough to go over my bum, they're then at least 8-10 inches too big round the waist.

Oh and long-line tops ride up and settle on my bum, instead of hanging down to create that lovely long elegant shape they're supposed to.

Or maybe i've just got a huge bum... ! yeah i think that's what it is... :grumble:

No, I agree. Clothing is made to fit the more common pear-shape. I find dress shopping a total pain the you-know-what. If it fits through the chest, it doesn't fit anywhere else. If it fits everywhere else, I find myself wishing for implants. Hourglass can be a tough shape to dress, even if it's considered 'an ideal.'

scagneti

I would guess I'm an "hourglass" in that I have broader shoulders, lots of T&A (aye!) and a smaller waist in relation to my bum & hips.

I can see a few people here saying they'd like this, I think - but would just like to say it's not all it's cracked up to be. I have to elasticate the back of the waistband of every single pair of trousers I own because if they're big enough to go over my bum, they're then at least 8-10 inches too big round the waist.

Oh and long-line tops ride up and settle on my bum, instead of hanging down to create that lovely long elegant shape they're supposed to.

Or maybe i've just got a huge bum... ! yeah i think that's what it is... :grumble:

No, I agree. Clothing is made to fit the more common pear-shape. I find dress shopping a total pain the you-know-what. If it fits through the chest, it doesn't fit anywhere else. If it fits everywhere else, I find myself wishing for implants. Hourglass can be a tough shape to dress, even if it's considered 'an ideal.'

With celebs like Kim Kardashian and Christina Hendricks being so popular, you'd think that they'd try to market to a group of people, and yet, they don't. I've heard KK say that she pretty much has to get everything tailored to fit her.

MrsSanthoff

A pear with an apple filling at least around the waist area...but not for long!

Bootzey

I am a pear. But I just found that out. I didn't know. I THOUGHT I was a hourglass because I have really big boobs and hips. But when I did my measurements around my chest sans the boobs it was a smaller measurement that my stomach by like an inch and a half. Who knew?

Supa817

I'm an hourglass... I agree with those that say it's hard to find clothes sometimes. My waist to hip ratio is kind of insane... (Like 32inch waist/40 something inch hips) so when I buy pants, they have to fit my hips and always gap at my waist. It's sooo frustrating, but I've always been curvy so it's not going anywhere no matter how much weight I lose. Overall I like myself this way though.

Sara1978

I thought it was called rectangle when your chest & hips are the same measurements and your waist is under 9 inches smaller. I wish what she said about the toned arms was right. That's always the first place I gain and last place I lose. :grumble:

Oh, I guess rectangle would work to describe it too-- but a banana sounds much more fun.