A woman’s figure tops her weight any day

madisonsteelex

Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe owned the hourglass figure in the '60s and has made it the universal symbol of femininity and sexuality. She had an incredible body ratio of 36-23-35. (Even Dolly Parton would be proud!) At 5 feet, 5 inches tall, Marilyn’s size 8 figure (not size 16, contrary to popular belief), made her the original curvaceous American icon.

yes marilyn's figure was curvaceous.. But she had the waist size of Kate Moss! I am someone who has Marilyn posters covering every inch of my room and the "monroe" piercing on my upper lip. I love this woman.. but she was TINY. very tiny. 35 inch hips is quite small, and her waist is TEENY.
As a woman of 5'2" and a size 6.. I have 36 inch breasts, 27-28 inch waist, and 39 inch inch hips. I would say I am curvaceous.

ronadams52

Attention BMI disciples ……

I feel it is also necessary to comment about BMI. It is even more useless then weight. Why? BMI does not consider bone structure for one thing. People can be small, medium, large or X-large. Another reason can be found looking into my results. Because I have worked out with weights for a number of years I have more muscle then most other people my gender, age, height and weight. So when my BMI is calculated it registers 25.1 or over weight. For my age, height and weight people at the health club say I look exceptional but my BMI says I am considered over weight.

That is why I recommend and take my clients body fat percentage and tape measurements. While still not extremely accurate it is a far better measurement of your overall body composition and improvements. It is also a great tool to use for recording historical progress. You can usually find and buy an analyzer for less than $50 and how much is a cloth tape measure ladies?

angela828

This is great... no one can see my scale or the number but they see my waist getting smaller, my thighs getting smaller, and my cute figure when I was 135 pounds before college, I wore a size 8 jean... now I'm 149.5 and in size 6s. Losing inches is so great haha

ronadams52

Hi Angela,

Thanks for commenting on my post about measurements vs. the scale. Your comments are exactly what I am talking about. I have trained plenty of women and I know they all feel the same way you do. No one is going to say wow you look like you lost 5 pounds accept for those you may tell who then agree. However, many people will notice changes to a person even before they do. The first places to show change are usually located away from the core. Cheeks, ankle bones, shoulder blades and wrists will look more toned and noticeably different. The rest of the body follows along with the last places on women being their lower abs, upper thighs and gluts.

Ron

Beeps2011

It would be great to see other mfp persons indicate their success with dropping SIZES (regardless of what their scale says).