How do you describe your body type?

SusanleeBee
SusanleeBee Posts: 144 Member
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There's a pretty heated discussion going on about what "curvy" means on another thread. How do you describe your body type?

I could be called "curvy" based on my measurements. I'm an hourglass, but a very full hourglass, so I much prefer the terms zaftig or roundy.


ETA: I hate "plus size" and "thick."
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  • zooblflot
    zooblflot Posts: 131
    Sorry for the hatred but I consider myself "thick".
  • amycool
    amycool Posts: 57 Member
    I haven't seen this other thread, but I have been referred to as curvy quite alot. I've got big boobs, big hips and small waist, I tend not to personnaly describe my body type, like I can't think of a situation where I would have to do that, I'd probably just say "girl" or something.
  • SweetNaughtyLips
    SweetNaughtyLips Posts: 374 Member
    I have an hourglass figure...

    Love, love, love my curves!

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  • Toddrific
    Toddrific Posts: 1,114 Member
    I call myself curvy on dating sites =P
    In person I call myself a stud.
    MAUAHAHAAHHAAH

    I've got dikidoo, my belly sticks out further than my dikidoo!
  • stephc0711
    stephc0711 Posts: 1,022 Member
    I have an hourglass figure, though it's slightly pear shaped. There's about 2 inches difference between my hips and bust. there's 10 inches btwn my hips and my waist.
  • LilRedRooster
    LilRedRooster Posts: 1,421 Member
    Athletic. I've got pretty broad shoulders, narrow hips, and muscular thighs and arms. I actually had a doctor ask me once if I was a swimmer, because his niece was, and she had shoulders like mine.

    My body type gets the job done.
  • tross0924
    tross0924 Posts: 909 Member
    borderline athletic with a bit of husky thrown in there
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    I'm an anemic apple.
  • aliciagetshealthy
    aliciagetshealthy Posts: 946 Member
    Lumpy but getting better :smile:
  • SusanleeBee
    SusanleeBee Posts: 144 Member
    Sorry for the hatred but I consider myself "thick".

    Thick is OK for other people! Just not me. :tongue:
  • annafonte
    annafonte Posts: 82 Member
    I'm an hourglass shape and I wouldn't want any other shape. I love my curves, very proud of them. I have 'thick' thighs, I find nothing wrong with being "thick" - i think its nice....thats just my opinion :D
  • SusanleeBee
    SusanleeBee Posts: 144 Member
    borderline athletic with a bit of husky thrown in there


    From your pic, I'm pretty sure you can drop the "husky." Nom.
  • skinnylove00
    skinnylove00 Posts: 662 Member
    i am skinny curvy....kind if trim but curvy because of my muscles! *flex*flex*
  • Toddrific
    Toddrific Posts: 1,114 Member
    borderline athletic with a bit of husky thrown in there

    Husky brings back nightmares from childhood. Husky jeans...HUSKY
    Overweight people need better marketing for their clothing.
  • mdj1501
    mdj1501 Posts: 388 Member
    Lumpy but getting better :smile:

    This^^ :laugh:
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    :sad:



    :indifferent: no really, that is how I would describe it:grumble:



    :wink:
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    I like the descriptions that have been around for decades. Apple, Pear, and Hour Glass. Almost anyone fits in one of the categories. To describe a woman as 'thick" is offensive. To me, it just sounds bad.. maybe because thick can also be used to describe someone who is mentally challenged.

    Edit: Oh, I'm an apple..... right now.
  • mznisaelaine
    mznisaelaine Posts: 2,262 Member
    Reading the other thread gave me a headache :grumble: , I couldn't even go pass the second page :laugh: ...But I "use" to describe my body type as hourglass but yea I don't think so anymore..I think since I have gained weight, I have become more of a pear shaped.
  • TxAlpha
    TxAlpha Posts: 173 Member
    Chubby with muscles......
  • Emv79
    Emv79 Posts: 245 Member
    I have a swimmer's body type: broad shoulders, narrow hips and I was not blessed as much as I would have liked to as far as breast size.... but I've stopped comparing myself to the curvy ladies: I'm happy with "fit" me.
  • missym357
    missym357 Posts: 210 Member
    My measurements say I'm an hourglass, however, I look like a ruler. I would say skinny with muscles.
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    I like the descriptions that have been around for decades. Apple, Pear, and Hour Glass. Almost anyone fits in one of the categories. To describe a woman as 'thick" is offensive. To me, it just sounds bad.. maybe because thick can also be used to describe someone who is mentally challenged.

    Edit: Oh, I'm an apple.

    I don't know, I grew up with different cultures, and a lot of expressions that would make one angry, is readily used in another.

    I remember one friend yelling "OH YOU SO FAT!" when I returned for another season, after being gone for the summer and gaining 30 pounds. I cried.....she ran over and said "No, this is good thing-you RICH!! "

    I have been called thick in a complimentary tone from a few friends, and it doesn't bother me. Now FAT........that bothers me:laugh: :laugh:

    Oh and I am not sure of my 'shape'..............I am 36 32 36 right now :grumble: Even at my smallest, looking back, I always had that 4-6 inch difference in middle.
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    I think "plus-size" is also okay for describing an overweight woman. Years back, in the catalogs the sizes were "misses" and "women's", with women's sizes being plus-sizes.

    Anyway, I remember when I first started wearing "plus-size" I went to Macy's to buy some jeans. I asked the sales person "What does the W stand for in the sizes..." womens"?" I was flabbergasted when she said: "No, it stands for "WIDE". OMG.
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    I like the descriptions that have been around for decades. Apple, Pear, and Hour Glass. Almost anyone fits in one of the categories. To describe a woman as 'thick" is offensive. To me, it just sounds bad.. maybe because thick can also be used to describe someone who is mentally challenged.

    Edit: Oh, I'm an apple.

    I don't know, I grew up with different cultures, and a lot of expressions that would make one angry, is readily used in another.

    I remember one friend yelling "OH YOU SO FAT!" when I returned for another season, after being gone for the summer and gaining 30 pounds. I cried.....she ran over and said "No, this is good thing-you RICH!! "

    I have been called thick in a complimentary tone from a few friends, and it doesn't bother me. Now FAT........that bothers me:laugh: :laugh:

    Oh and I am not sure of my 'shape'..............I am 36 32 36 right now :grumble: Even at my smallest, looking back, I always had that 4-6 inch difference in middle.

    LOL.. maybe she meant "OH YOU SO PHAT!"
  • susanb573
    susanb573 Posts: 111 Member
    Right now I am lumpy and cottage-cheesish. It bites.
  • Saruman_w
    Saruman_w Posts: 1,531 Member
    Right now... probably skinny-fat. I'm working on that.
  • Jmstill300
    Jmstill300 Posts: 239 Member
    For the first time in my life, I consider myself "average", but still with a little extra thanks to the loose skin (Urrrrgh!).
  • SusanleeBee
    SusanleeBee Posts: 144 Member
    Reading the other thread gave me a headache :grumble: , I couldn't even go pass the second page :laugh: ...But I "use" to describe my body type as hourglass but yea I don't think so anymore..I think since I have gained weight, I have become more of a pear shaped.

    I just have to say, whatever your shape, you are -stunning!
  • mznisaelaine
    mznisaelaine Posts: 2,262 Member
    Reading the other thread gave me a headache :grumble: , I couldn't even go pass the second page :laugh: ...But I "use" to describe my body type as hourglass but yea I don't think so anymore..I think since I have gained weight, I have become more of a pear shaped.

    I just have to say, whatever your shape, you are -stunning!

    Aww thank you! :flowerforyou:
  • beduffbrickie
    beduffbrickie Posts: 642 Member
    90% mesomorphic body type I think is me

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