What's Your Body Shape?

nikkijoshua

I just took a quiz online that determined that I am a rectangle. I've never heard of that. I never really knew what I was, but I knew I was neither an apple nor a pear. Just somewhere in between I guess.

Bust: large (D cup)
Waist: not big, but not small either
Hips: not big, but not small either

mfpcopine

Many guides on how to dress for your shape take the hourglass shape as the implicit ideal. ( Whether it's the real ideal any more I don't know.) An hourglass is like two triangles of equal sizes whose apexes meet at the center, the waist.

For example, if you're a pear, your shape is treated like half the hourglass, and suggestions are made to create the illusion of the upper triangle. Hence the suggestions to draw attention to the upper half with lighter colors and to wear shoulder-broadening tops, etc. Of course, it's more complex than that because of individual variations.

honeysprinkles

I'm a pear. I did an online calculator a while back that had me put in my measurements and it told me I was a pear, which is exactly what I thought I was lol.

Thought this was interesting.

"Most common female body shapes
The following are the four most common female body shapes:

Apple (triangle downward)
Apple-shaped women have broader shoulders and bust, and narrower hips.

Banana, or straight (rectangular)
Banana-shaped women's waist measurement is less than 9 inches smaller than the hip or bust measurement.

Pear, Spoon, or Bell (triangle upward)
Pear-shaped women's hip measurements are greater than their bust measurements.

Hourglass Shape (triangles opposing, facing in)
Here, the hip and bust are almost of equal size, with a narrow waist.

A study of more than 6,000 women conducted at North Carolina State University in 2005 revealed that 46% of women were banana-shaped; just over 20% were pear-shaped; just under 14% were apple-shaped; and only 8% were hourglass-shaped. The hourglass is normally accepted as the "ideal" female shape in Western countries."

http://www.calculator.net/body-type-calculator.html?bustsize=39&bustsizeunit=inch&waistsize=30&waistsizeunit=inch&hipsize=43.5&hipsizeunit=inch&x=60&y=15

You can use your bust, waist, and hip measurements and it will tell you what you are.

There was a time when the pear was the most common shape for American women. Maybe the obesity epidemic has created an increase in the banana shape.

To be an hourglass, not only are your bust and hips about equal in size, your waist is at least 10 inches less than either your bust or hips.

Idk? I am overweight but my waist is still defined and my hips are larger, I think that's what makes me a pear. It's more about how each of your measurements compare to each other. I was a pear shape at a healthy weight too, and I have banana friends who are at healthy weights now.

mznisaelaine

I am a pear, a wop-sided mango, and a broken hour glass!


I am a work in progress! :grumble:

mfpcopine

I just took a quiz online that determined that I am a rectangle. I've never heard of that.

That's a shape I've seen used in the past. I've also seen the seen the use of "X" and "H" shapes, which is confusing to me. I'm an "A."
Although I think that the term "pear shape" is kind of insulting, I use it because it does evoke the three-dimensionality of shapes in a way "Triangle" or "A" shape does not do.

andivaclavicek

I'm hour glass... allbeit a large hour glass...

Same here. :drinker:

jjelizalde

I'm definitely an apple. Narrow shoulders, boobs, and then belly! Narrow hips and thighs....I think I'm an hourglass trying to get out though.

zukkiz

I'm a pear. No ifs, ands, or buts. Well okay there is a Butt!

ninaquelinda

I would like to say hourglass.... but def. a pear! I need to work on that lol

Erica002

Pear

jomiley23

Bust - 48
High waist - 45
Belt line - 42
Pooch - 46
Hips - 44

I'd be an hourglass if it weren't for that spare tire high waist measurement.

va_va_voom

I'm an hourglass. Yay curves!

I am currently attempting to do the following for exercise:

cardio (various forms) for at least 3 hours a week
strength/core training - variety, to include bicep curls, tricep kickbacks, bench press, overhead press, butterfly press, wall sits, squats, kick outs, lateral jumps.

bdwduck21

i feel like a pear

Kaheaki

I'm not sure what my shape is...i am big in the chest area...an embarrassing 30" in the waist and 34" in the hips if i remember correctly. i'm a lumpy breadstick i suppose.

That actually made me laugh out loud!!! A lumpy breadstick?? You are too silly

deanna_rosenbaum

I'm a 2-3 hourglass! LOL!

most recent yo-yo gain added a bit more to the belly but I'm still an hourglass.

Deanna

jedibunny

I'm an hourglass, even if heavier on the bottom. My shoulders and hips are about even in breadth. I have a mid-size bust and mid-size tummy... and once I work off more of the tummy (and some of the butt!) I'll look like I ought. I'm 5'7" and current weight is 153.4. Aiming for that "perfect" 126.

I need to focus on cardio to shed the extra fat, with a secondary focus on toning what should be a great midsection and firming the forever-noticeable posterior, then (long-term goal) toning the arms and shoulders for that ubersexy look. Could use some exercise suggestions myself.

Angelhurt

i always thought i was an apple.........apparently im 'busty' haha...but if i lose any of my chest i will become an hourglass...so that was a pleasant suprise

d2footballJRC

My body type is giant boulder. Pretty round all around.

sarahharmintx

Whats the one with small boobs and forever pregnant looking belly?

reshi11

Currently an apple (most my weight in my midsection) but when I am at a healthy weight, an hourglass.

msmindylee

I'm an hourglass, but it's a really large hourglass.

Mostly I walk and do crunches right now - at my current weight it's not easy to get too ambitious. But I've done some running/jogging and hope to get back to that again. In a previous life I used to be more of a dancer...

boggsmeister

Fat

CrazyGraciegirl

I have more of an hourglass shape- but that doesn't mean I don't have a gross stomach. lol

teagin2002

perfect hourglass (37" 36D, 25, 37) I am happy!!

AggieLu

BEAUTIFUL: it had taken me 30 years to accept myself

piscula

I'm an hourglass I think. Even when I was at my heaviest people never believed how much I weighed because my stomach was small compared to the rest of me. Now people have a hard time believing I am overweight, even if it's just a little bit because my body largely holds its weight very well.

InnerFatGirl

Actually, I'm not sure. I don't feel like I look like a pear, even though I love pear equally. But my shoulders are pretty proportioned to my hips. Shoulders are 44/45" and hips 46.5". Some places I have read that bust isn't really a reliable indicator of an hourglass shape, and that it's more to do with shoulders, visuals and balance *shrug*

FlyeredUp

I call my shape """ Under Construction"""

LiveLifeLogically

ACCORDING TO THIS WEBSITE: http://www.mybodygallery.com/body-types.html

I'm a BANANA with BOOBS, LOL! I'm still working on improving my backside....guess I need to do more squats!

thesmellofapples

pear shaped, i believe.

small chest, small waist in comparison to the rest of my body, and a slightly larger butt. and very large thighs.