Whats your idea of the perfect body?

All personal feelings aside; I have to say that Kim Kardashian has the ideal figure, in my opinion. (Again, this is my personal goal as I have extremely wide hips and am pretty busty)...

Her recorded measurements are as follows:

34-26-39

and I'm just a few inches away from that goal. This is something that is realistic for my body type, but it doesn't mean that it's right for everyone else.

All personal feelings aside; I have to say that Kim Kardashian has the ideal figure, in my opinion. (Again, this is my personal goal as I have extremely wide hips and am pretty busty)...

Her recorded measurements are as follows:

34-26-39

and I'm just a few inches away from that goal. This is something that is realistic for my body type, but it doesn't mean that it's right for everyone else.

not knocking her at ALL, but I NEVER would have guessed she was 34-26-39. I am 34-25-24 with 15% body fat. Not saying she doesn't have a banging body, because she does, but I am almost certain her rear has a little more junk in the trunk than mine and I do believe she has a little more midsection than I do, too.

All personal feelings aside; I have to say that Kim Kardashian has the ideal figure, in my opinion. (Again, this is my personal goal as I have extremely wide hips and am pretty busty)...

Her recorded measurements are as follows:

34-26-39

and I'm just a few inches away from that goal. This is something that is realistic for my body type, but it doesn't mean that it's right for everyone else.

not knocking her at ALL, but I NEVER would have guessed she was 34-26-39. I am 34-25-24 with 15% body fat. Not saying she doesn't have a banging body, because she does, but I am almost certain her rear has a little more junk in the trunk than mine and I do believe she has a little more midsection than I do, too.

You look great. As far as for Kim K's measurements, I had that doubt too then I heard she's extremely short and weighs like 115 lbs? As little as I care for her look or anything else, I think her midsection is very tiny as well.

Beautiful!!

I think she looks a little too thin..u can see her ribs! Id like to be near this but not quite as thin x

I don't think that she is too thin to be healthy or attractive. She is way thinner than I ever would want to be, but that's just because I know how little I would be able to eat to maintain that size (and I think that I would have to lose muscle).

For women this:


For guys this:

This is my first attempt here at pics, so I hope I get this right.

I personally aspire to this:

My ideal. She's my height, and I don't want a popping six pack, just a defined tummy, but her arms! would kill for those! I have always had big arms! even when I was swimming 5-6 days a week competitively.

This is the type of girl I go for. slim and toned but not ripped.

pretty sure she's underweight or nearing it. but everyone has their preferences.

This girl is not underweight or unhealthy. Not my ideal body, because I want more definition, but she looks really good and healthy.

Do you see the size of her thighs? There isn't that much definition either so she's not likely to weigh much despite being rather tall. Think what you want--I know enough about body comp to know when someone's weight is nearing the underweight category. She's probably...5'7, 5'8 and 120 pounds??

5'7 and 120 is a BMI of 18.8, that is pretty close to underweight.

5'8 and 120 is a BMI of 18.2 which IS underweight.

The angle make it's difficult though--if she's 5'5 I'd guess her weight closer to 115

5'5 and 115 = BMI of 19.1, which is much closer to being underweight than well within the "healthy" category. For many women anything under a BMI of 20 is actually too thin. Unless they are of Asian descent which is another discussion altogether.

Who cares about BMI?? Is anyone taking into consideration her actual muscle mass?
I'm 5'7.5" and 118 lbs with a clean bill of health, and can LIFT. The BMI BS chart never factors in your frame size, either.
You could be 5'8" and 120lbs and RIPPED with a decent LBM, or you could be 5'8'' 120 lbs and a couch potato with 40% BF

ETA: Every doctor, nutritionist and PT I've ever been to laughs at the BMI chart

oh gosh. do not get me started. AGAIN. You continue with your thought that being underweight is okay. Is that what you're trying to rationalize? That it's sometimes okay? Hmmm...no. I'd say yeah it's pointless for a bodybuilder/weightlifter who's classified as OVERweight because their muscle mass puts them over a BMI of 24.9 but on the lower end, yeah it matters...especially for women. I don't care if you're 18 or 25% bodyfat...if you're UNDERWEIGHT and not of Asian descent then MOST LIKELY you are causing some degree of harm to your body. (notice i said most likely--there are exceptions but they are rare)

Love her look:

This is what I'm aiming for. I have a fairly broad frame so I will never look frail or skinny. I also haven't been blessed by the boob fairy. I've always been fairly small chested, so as much as I may like to chose a curvy women as my ultimate goal...I know I can't GAIN curves while losing weight,

I think this is probably the most realistic body type I could aim for without going to see a plastic surgeon. I want a flatter stomach with slightly defined abs. Also, since I'm a drummer my arms have alway been pretty strong. I've been working on making them even stronger.

Aaaannnddddd, Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft in the tomb raider has the best set of legs around. Won't stop 'til I achieve those legs. I definitely thinks it's an achievable goal.

My idea is.......

A spine thats not all broken......

Ribs not broken.........................

No Arthritis...........................

No Fibromyalgia.................

At my goal weight...............

And my body would be getting off a ski lift, ready to ski down some ski run somewhere in Hawaii.... Or Colorado ... Or the Swiss Alps...

Based on the posts I've read I don't think my opinion will be very popular, but I love bones. My ideal body would have prominent collarbones and noticeable hipbones. I hate having thighs that touch so I would want a large gap in the middle of my thighs. I prefer people who are a little bit underweight (not overly so). I look best with my BMI is 18-19 for sure. But that's just my opinion.

I can relate to this pic. We have similar body types. I hope to look like this when i lose some more. I have the big booty, thick thighs and big ta-tas. I just want a smaller and flatter waist like her!
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Who is this?

I'm super pear shaped. My chest is small compared to the rest of me, and I have a BIG butt, so I'd like to hope that when I lose weight that I'd look like Jennifer Lopez. Hey! We can all dream, right?

The first girl's picture has a NORMAL HEALTHY BMI. The 2 other pictures posted here are girls with BMIs that are UNDERWEIGHT. The last picture (that a guy posted) is BORDERLINE on the healthy/underweight spectrum.
Its sad to think that you ladies think that the ideal look is underweight
Its even sadder to think that healthy might be considered overweight.
Media has really messed up our ideas on body image.

I find these types of threads very interesting. All the images posted are obviously photoshopped. Even the women in them don't look like that. And it isn't just fat that is cut off, some of them are obviously missing where their bones would be. Almost every image has at least 5 inches that have been cut off if not more! And even the models who are super unhealthy underweight are photoshopped to look fuller in the right places, and yet they still get parts of their pelvises hacked off. It is unreal what we consider to be the "ideal" or "normal". For anyone interested, there is a website that promotes what real women look like, in all shapes and sizes. Granted there are bound to be a couple images also photoshopped, but it is much more realistic than the rubbish the media gives us.

http://www.mybodygallery.com/

No one is perfect

They only way a majority of our celebrities can get their "perfect" bodies is through Photoshop.

Have a look below

Is that eva longoria? her body looks the same...the hair and eyes are different but her body is bangin in both haha

^^^ This! I've taken enough anatomy/figure drawing classes to know that all these are soooo fake. It drives me crazy to see how hacked up they are. They look so unnatural, like aliens almost.