Where are my PEAR shaped ladies?? Question....
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You're so not alone!! I too am very pear shaped. Even at my slimmest I'm still very pear shaped (hips, butt, thighs much bigger than waist and chest). Running is and has been great for my butt and thighs. Also, lunges, squats, leg lifts, those types of exercises work best. I feel your pain...hang in there!0
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yeah I'm pear shaped too.I'm an Australian size 8 on top and 9-10 on the bottom and weigh around 130lbs (60kg). I'm more focused on toning and strength now than fat loss. I'll never be skinny and will always have this shape, so may aswell embrase it.
Fat bottomed girls they make the rockin world go round!0 -
I'm pear shaped. I lose my weight last on the bottom. No magic tricks. Just continued fatloss. It's annoying.
Yup!
It's your structure. Kind of just stuck with it0 -
agree with everyone else. i'm pear shaped and it's the last place to go. elliptical helps though.0
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My body goals are:
- Get to 19-20% body fat. Any less and I'll be skeletal up top. Or, I'd have to eat a metric crap ton of protein, cut & bulk, THINK about cutting and bulking and programming etc etc.
Which is cool for those who want to do that, but I spent a year getting down to this weight, and another consciously maintaining. I have to focus on other things. I think I can achieve a reasonably athletic look with my new emphasis on strength & awareness of macros, though.
- Improve leg shape/contour with strength training. There'll still be more fat than I think is ideal over it, but it'll look better.
- Accept my natural limitations and find more ways to think of this shape as beautiful. It is.
I find the disgust that the pear shape often evokes kind of interesting.0 -
I am pear shaped. I've taken off 139 pounds and I'm doing calisthenics that target my legs and now that I've only got 40 to 45 pounds to go, it is finally coming off of my butt, thighs and calves and upper arms. The butt finally started going first, then the thighs and the arms at about the same time. Finally first one calf and now the other is loosing, too. I've put on a good bit of muscle in those areas and that seemed to be the key for me.0
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You can re-shape though, like others have stated in this thread, by lifting heavy with the arms to build up arms and shoulders. This makes a pear-shaped woman look better proportioned without "sacrificing" our curvy hips. :bigsmile:0
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I've found running takes the weight off my hips, thighs and legs best. Running coupled with squats will give you nice legs and bum. At least it did for me.0
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I've found running takes the weight off my hips, thighs and legs best. Running coupled with squats will give you nice legs and bum. At least it did for me.
I've read repeatedly that women who are pear-shaped should not do squats, but whatever works for you.0 -
You can re-shape though, like others have stated in this thread, by lifting heavy with the arms to build up arms and shoulders.
You can, to a degree. But pear-shaped women usually have slender upper bodies which means that putting on a lot of muscle takes a lot of work, if it's possible at all.0 -
Yeah I'm a pear as well. I've just come to terms that I will always have big hips. I do lunges but I can just imaging my hips and butt saying to me...."lunge and squat all you want b!tch you cant fight genetics"!!
Seriously though at least my waist is smaller so it all aint so bad. Just do the best you can and learn to dress for your shape!0 -
I'm pear shaped. I lose my weight last on the bottom. No magic tricks. Just continued fatloss. It's annoying.
Yup!
It's your structure. Kind of just stuck with it
Exactly. I was reading a recent piece in the New York Times by a woman who had been doing triceps dips since she was 20 to avoid developing flabby arms. Her doctor, upon hearing that the woman's mother and grandmother had also had flabby arms, told her that she would develop them, too. And despite all her exercise, for decades, she did.
Exercise can only do so much.0 -
I've found running takes the weight off my hips, thighs and legs best. Running coupled with squats will give you nice legs and bum. At least it did for me.
I've read repeatedly that women who are pear-shaped should not do squats, but whatever works for you.
Odd. Where did you read that, and what reason did they give? I do 200 squats 5 days a week. I just started the 200 squat challenge. My legs and bum look better than they have in decades (I'm 51) and I am definitely pear shaped.0 -
Yeah I'm a pear as well. I've just come to terms that I will always have big hips. I do lunges but I can just imaging my hips and butt saying to me...."lunge and squat all you want b!tch you cant fight genetics"!!
This is true. You can't change the fact that you are and always will be pear shaped. But you can make sure that those big hips are firm and shapely, instead of fat and giggley.0 -
You can re-shape though, like others have stated in this thread, by lifting heavy with the arms to build up arms and shoulders.
You can, to a degree. But pear-shaped women usually have slender upper bodies which means that putting on a lot of muscle takes a lot of work, if it's possible at all.
Yeah I had to build up my back and shoulders to compensate for my wide hips and behind0 -
I feel your pain. To a certain extent I've made peace with the butt and thunder thighs They do get smaller but like you it's the last thing to go.0
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I don't really have anything help-wise, but I've had the same problem and it's so frustrating. I have seen progress everywhere but there and it's kind of killing my motivation cos that's what I'm trying to change the most.
Just got to keep at it, right?0 -
I've lost 40 pounds and have about another 20 to go and it's almost all thighs and hips, including some lovely saddle bags! I know it will come of eventually and I just need to be patient, but I hear you! It's so hard to see progress in those zones when the inches came off my stomach so much more quickly.0
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I've found running takes the weight off my hips, thighs and legs best. Running coupled with squats will give you nice legs and bum. At least it did for me.
I've read repeatedly that women who are pear-shaped should not do squats, but whatever works for you.
Odd. Where did you read that, and what reason did they give? I do 200 squats 5 days a week. I just started the 200 squat challenge. My legs and bum look better than they have in decades (I'm 51) and I am definitely pear shaped.
"Escape Your Shape" and "Visual Impact for Women," among others and personal observation. If you build up muscle in an area in which you are predisposed to deposit fat you will look bigger.0
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