Fat =/= curvy

twiztid_princess

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I have a question then. Are only hour glass shapes considered curvy then? Or pears too?
I'm a bit curious if I fit this "curvy" definition. A little clueless on the topic.
I usually classify most as athletic, average, overweight, obese since that is all i talk about in nutrition courses xD Mixing in shapes confuses me. I just learned that there is such a thing as a banana shape the other day!

seriously a banana shape?? wow.. curvy really means that you are not a straight board.. do you have hips? an *kitten*? Breasts? all or any of the above? then yes you are curvy.. That is just my opinion of course.

Oh you didn't know either then? Glad im not alone! Banana is very narrow hips, and not too much of a shape I guess. Never really waid attention enough xD

Looking at some of the pictures in this thread I can't tell if I have an *kitten* or not anymore! xD
Interesting to see a whole group's point of view on a subject i think ^-^

yea i so didn't know about banana

SergeantSunshine_reused

Whoa! If i measured my hips right I got a .69 lol

aquasw16

Who cares. Call yourself what you want to. Why do you care what other people consider curvy? To each their own.

FitBlitz

Whoa! If i measured my hips right I got a .69 lol

*Giggles like a third grader*

shammxo

Whoa! If i measured my hips right I got a .69 lol

.68 here. DAMN! so close.

scinamon1

My friends who are guys use 'curvy' as a synonym of 'fat'. Also 'bubbly'. It really annoys me. Surely curvy should mean... not straight up/down... not fat'.

Natihilator

Why is anyone offended if someone who is fat but doesn't have the "ideal" hip-to-waist ratio wants to call themselves curvy? Who cares? Enough with the body shaming, lets all just love our body SHAPE (which can't be changed as opposed to SIZE) whether it's curvy or straight up and down!

Carl01

I am not wasting my time to read 10 pages...simple and sweet,curvy does not mean fat and to suggest it does is just effing stupid.

SergeantSunshine_reused

Why is anyone offended if someone who is fat but doesn't have the "ideal" hip-to-waist ratio wants to call themselves curvy? Who cares? Enough with the body shaming, lets all just love our body SHAPE (which can't be changed as opposed to SIZE) whether it's curvy or straight up and down!

No one is offended. Once again jumping to ridiculous conclusions. SO body shaming either. Just stating personal definitions of what "curvy" is. Curvy looks great, and so does the opposite!

Vegetablearian

I think people should be called curvy if they have curves.

If they have a boyish figure, an apple shape or generally no shape, no matter what the weight this is not curvy.

Curvy is an hourglass shape usually, pears can be nice and curvy too.

Now obese people just saying they are curvy just because they are obese is wrong, some obese people have nice curvy shapes, some do not just the same as slim people. Saying curvy is not an excuse to be morbidly obese.

13519485

If you're basing your definition of "curvy" strictly on WHR then technically anything anything <,>, but ≠ 1.0 would be "curvy", unless there's more to the definition like, for example, "curvy" means hip measurement > waist measurement. Then only a ratio <1.0 would be "curvy". My last waist and hip measurements were 51.5'' and 61'' respectively, This gives me a WHR of 0.844 which would make me curvy according to this definition, but certainly not according to "curvy" being any WHR < 0.70.

I don't think I'll ever have a WHR < 0.70 The lowest WHR I think I'd even want is around 0.75, which is definitely a healthy WHR, but not curvy by the restrictive "< 0.70" definition. I personally think that those with WHR <0.70 look kind of silly. I wouldn't want my hips to be that big.

ShaeSweetie

curvy and valuptuous (excuse the spelling lmao!) are terms used for girls who have a nice body..it can be thick or thin but curvy means like you have hips and a smaller waist usually. I have hips and a butt and im a little thicker..and im technically curvy...i dont consider curvy people who are 500 pounds..thats jus overweight to a point where help should be seeked! When people call women that big curvy they are just trying to be nice

InnerFatGirl

If you're basing your definition of "curvy" strictly on WHR then technically anything anything <,>, but ≠ 1.0 would be "curvy", unless there's more to the definition like, for example, "curvy" means hip measurement > waist measurement. Then only a ratio <1.0 would be "curvy". My last waist and hip measurements were 51.5'' and 61'' respectively, This gives me a WHR of 0.844 which would make me curvy according to this definition, but certainly not according to "curvy" being any WHR < 0.70.

I don't think I'll ever have a WHR < 0.70 The lowest WHR I think I'd even want is around 0.75, which is definitely a healthy WHR, but not curvy by the restrictive "< 0.70" definition. I personally think that those with WHR <0.70 look kind of silly. I wouldn't want my hips to be that big.

LOL, my WHR is 0.68. Do I look silly?

And I thought 7.0 and below was the standard for curvy WHR. You won't get that without a pretty big difference between your hips and your waist, in which case, you would look curvy, no?

InnerFatGirl

Why is anyone offended if someone who is fat but doesn't have the "ideal" hip-to-waist ratio wants to call themselves curvy? Who cares? Enough with the body shaming, lets all just love our body SHAPE (which can't be changed as opposed to SIZE) whether it's curvy or straight up and down!

No one is offended. Once again jumping to ridiculous conclusions. SO body shaming either. Just stating personal definitions of what "curvy" is. Curvy looks great, and so does the opposite!

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InnerFatGirl

I am not wasting my time to read 10 pages...simple and sweet,curvy does not mean fat and to suggest it does is just effing stupid.

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InnerFatGirl

Why is anyone offended if someone who is fat but doesn't have the "ideal" hip-to-waist ratio wants to call themselves curvy? Who cares? Enough with the body shaming, lets all just love our body SHAPE (which can't be changed as opposed to SIZE) whether it's curvy or straight up and down!

Le sigh.

InnerFatGirl

My friends who are guys use 'curvy' as a synonym of 'fat'. Also 'bubbly'. It really annoys me. Surely curvy should mean... not straight up/down... not fat'.

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InnerFatGirl

Whoa! If i measured my hips right I got a .69 lol

.68 here. DAMN! so close.

.68 here too!

InnerFatGirl

Who cares. Call yourself what you want to. Why do you care what other people consider curvy? To each their own.

Is there an echo in here?

InnerFatGirl

I think people should be called curvy if they have curves.

If they have a boyish figure, an apple shape or generally no shape, no matter what the weight this is not curvy.

Curvy is an hourglass shape usually, pears can be nice and curvy too.

Now obese people just saying they are curvy just because they are obese is wrong, some obese people have nice curvy shapes, some do not just the same as slim people. Saying curvy is not an excuse to be morbidly obese.

^^

13519485

If you're basing your definition of "curvy" strictly on WHR then technically anything anything <,>, but ≠ 1.0 would be "curvy", unless there's more to the definition like, for example, "curvy" means hip measurement > waist measurement. Then only a ratio <1.0 would be "curvy". My last waist and hip measurements were 51.5'' and 61'' respectively, This gives me a WHR of 0.844 which would make me curvy according to this definition, but certainly not according to "curvy" being any WHR < 0.70.

I don't think I'll ever have a WHR < 0.70 The lowest WHR I think I'd even want is around 0.75, which is definitely a healthy WHR, but not curvy by the restrictive "< 0.70" definition. I personally think that those with WHR <0.70 look kind of silly. I wouldn't want my hips to be that big.

LOL, my WHR is 0.68. Do I look silly?

And I thought 7.0 and below was the standard for curvy WHR. You won't get that without a pretty big difference between your hips and your waist, in which case, you would look curvy, no?

No, love. You're quite gorgeous actually. Perhaps I could adjust my definition of "silly". Let's make "silly" mean a WHR < 0.63.

braign

I also did not read all 10 pages, but I read the first page and got the gist that people dislike using <blank> as a descriptor for something they consider bad because they would rather <blank> be applied to them as a compliment instead. Which seems like... "Oh no! Someone fat took our word and now we can't use it to feed our ego!" and I guess my pity doesn't extend that far.

I wish the media would do more to celebrate bodily diversity, rather than just fat > curvy > perfect & some cellulite thrown in for flavour, but I'm frankly okay with fat people calling themselves whatever they wish if they're happy with themselves.

kandyjo

I totally agree with the OP .... I hate it when someone refers to someone really overweight as curvy... To me, they really don't have a shape... They're just rolly... So, when I consider myself curvy, I don't like being put in the same category as "rolly".

InnerFatGirl

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I have a question then. Are only hour glass shapes considered curvy then? Or pears too?
I'm a bit curious if I fit this "curvy" definition. A little clueless on the topic.
I usually classify most as athletic, average, overweight, obese since that is all i talk about in nutrition courses xD Mixing in shapes confuses me. I just learned that there is such a thing as a banana shape the other day!

I personally would consider pear shapes curvy. I think it's more to do with hip/waist ratio than anything...at least for me. For instance, my sister has DD's, but no real defined waist and no hips/butt to speak of. I'm not sure how I'd describe her, but it wouldn't be "curvy". Voluptuous maybe?

^^^^^!!!!!

InnerFatGirl

I don't get irritated by it... possibly because I have more important things in my life than what "society" views as CURVY.. who cares? If you know what YOU are, that's really all that should matter to you.

Le sigh.

Natihilator

Why is anyone offended if someone who is fat but doesn't have the "ideal" hip-to-waist ratio wants to call themselves curvy? Who cares? Enough with the body shaming, lets all just love our body SHAPE (which can't be changed as opposed to SIZE) whether it's curvy or straight up and down!

No one is offended. Once again jumping to ridiculous conclusions. SO body shaming either. Just stating personal definitions of what "curvy" is. Curvy looks great, and so does the opposite!

Did you read the original post? The OP said they were annoyed when the term curvy was applied to overweight people in general, I hardly think it's a stretch to assume they were offended if they were annoyed. That's great if you think curvy and the opposite look great, but I didn't read any posts on here praising ruler shaped bodies with undefined waists because let's be real, it's not a desired body type by most of the population (again, not talking body fat %, just natural body shapes).

All I'm saying in, why is it of such concern what other people want to label their body shape as, whether it's accurate or not?

shanahan_09

Agree with you totally. In today's society we have to sugarcoat everything with nice-nice words to remain PC. Frankly if one is fat, get on board with themself and see it for what it is--especially when the body fat percentage backs up the claim. To me someone who was curvy was Marilyn Monroe, and she was in fantastic shape. Myself, I'm fat...my measurements equal to that of Spongebob Squarpants even tho I don't look like I'm that much overweight. But I still call it by how the numbers are...yeppers, F-A-T!!

InnerFatGirl

I also did not read all 10 pages, but I read the first page and got the gist that people dislike using <blank> as a descriptor for something they consider bad because they would rather <blank> be applied to them as a compliment instead. Which seems like... "Oh no! Someone fat took our word and now we can't use it to feed our ego!" and I guess my pity doesn't extend that far.

I wish the media would do more to celebrate bodily diversity, rather than just fat > curvy > perfect & some cellulite thrown in for flavour, but I'm frankly okay with fat people calling themselves whatever they wish if they're happy with themselves.

I know I'm curvy, so I don't need non-curvy people to not be called curvy because I wish I was being called it instead (awkward grammar, but never mind).

AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ABOUT FAT PEOPLE.

One more time - THIS IS NOT ABOUT FAT PEOPLE.

It's about shapes.

Sigh.

InnerFatGirl

If you're basing your definition of "curvy" strictly on WHR then technically anything anything <,>, but ≠ 1.0 would be "curvy", unless there's more to the definition like, for example, "curvy" means hip measurement > waist measurement. Then only a ratio <1.0 would be "curvy". My last waist and hip measurements were 51.5'' and 61'' respectively, This gives me a WHR of 0.844 which would make me curvy according to this definition, but certainly not according to "curvy" being any WHR < 0.70.

I don't think I'll ever have a WHR < 0.70 The lowest WHR I think I'd even want is around 0.75, which is definitely a healthy WHR, but not curvy by the restrictive "< 0.70" definition. I personally think that those with WHR <0.70 look kind of silly. I wouldn't want my hips to be that big.

LOL, my WHR is 0.68. Do I look silly?

And I thought 7.0 and below was the standard for curvy WHR. You won't get that without a pretty big difference between your hips and your waist, in which case, you would look curvy, no?

No, love. You're quite gorgeous actually. Perhaps I could adjust my definition of "silly". Let's make "silly" mean a WHR < 0.63.

haha, thanks.

I'd love to see what a ratio of .63 looks like, though. I'd imagine it's lovely. The smaller the better, in my eyes.

InnerFatGirl

To me curvy is the typical hourglass body shape with a small waist in proportion to the chest & hips. You can be 'curvy' at any size, its more about proportion than size.

Someone who gets it. Take note, people.