Apple shaped people (again) Please post Before and After Pix

Wow, that is amazing!

I'm also an apple and have a lot of trouble with my stomach, I never really lost weight there but more along the lines of my shoulders and legs.

Thank you! My stomach is still a work in progress. Ugh lol. I have a bit of a pooch going on. Although, I'm pretty sure with enough time, patience, and work, I can get it to be pretty flat. My tough spot is love handles (lower back). They don't seem to want to go away. It makes finding dresses that are tight hard since I have no rear end and a muffin top without even wearing pants lol. However, this dress seemed to help minimize it.

I think I'm a combination hourglass and apple. Is that possible? Anyone else? My belly and back have always been a big problem area for me (32+ inch waist), but I also have a nice bust and butt that's proportional. I gain weight in my belly first, but my upper body and lower body are very quick to shape up with diet and exercise. *sigh*

I think I am, too! I gain weight in my stomach, back, thighs, bum, and chest. I have a defined waist, so I'm not the typical apple shape, but I do gain in the middle (chest down to thighs). I look proportional--no large stomach and tiny calves for me! Hopefully I'll show some loss soonish to see if my extremities shape up more than my tummy/middle area.

Bumpity bump :flowerforyou:

I haven't even really thought about what kind of shape my body is...so I wasn't even sure what kind of body shape mine would be called. So I read up on it:

Determining Your Body Shape http://365voice.com/fitness-friday-knowing-your-body-type/

Before you can perform the right exercises for your body, you need to determine which type of body shape you have.

Hourglass: Women with an hourglass shape are often envied by all of their friends. This is because hourglasses have well-proportioned upper and lower bodies, with a distinctively narrow waist. However, if you are an hourglass, you may find that you tend to gain weight all over your body, particularly in your hips and chest area. Hourglasses tend to be endomorphs or mesomorphs.

Pear: Pear-shaped women tend to have larger lower bodies and smaller upper bodies. If you are a pear, you will find that your hips are slightly wider than your shoulders and that you tend to gain weight below your waist. Pears usually have small chests and flat stomachs. Most pears are mesomorphs.

Apple: Apples are generally bigger on the top half of their bodies than on the bottom half. They commonly have slim hips and a large chest and stomach. Apples tend to gain weight above the waist or along the backside. The majority of apples are mesomorphs or endomorphs.

Ruler: Women with a ruler shape tend to be waif-like and slim. Rulers have no large differences between the size of their hips, waists, and shoulders. Rulers tend to put on weight in their stomach and backside, while maintaining slender arms and legs. Most rulers are ectomorphs.

Looking at all the photos posted so far and reading the different descriptions, I have an apple-shaped body as well. I hate my wide hips and my belly. I have had so much difficulty getting rid of fat around my belly...what have been some of the things you've tried my apple-shaped friends?

I'm an apple, and I only have pictures half nakie, that I took for myself so I can look when I lose all this weight and go... EWWWW

I was a big ol' apple - partly poor diet, partly sitting on my bum, partly PCOS.



Not quite there yet (and I'm now surprisingly something of a rectangle!) but we can bet the apple

you look great! congrats!

On the bright side Most Sports Illustrated swimsuit models are APPLE shaped..some Runway models too..although some are ruler shaped when the are really tiny....FAmous Apple shaped women are Jennifer Hudson,Katherine Zeta Jones,TYra Banks and Kim Catrall and they look FAB!!!!!

bump

Thanks so much everyone for sharing your pics. I have always been an apple shape, as well.

i know!!

I can't seem to find my "before" pics in the bathing suit... but this gives you an idea of how round I am in the tummy/waist, upper body (while staying pretty lean in the legs) when I gain weight. In the Before pic I weigh 137 pounds and in the After pic I weigh 122 pounds. I'm not trying to lose more weight, but am focusing on dropping a little more body fat while keeping my weight the same :-)

You seem to be more of an "8" or a high-hipped hourglass. I always thought I was an apple too (and 8s can transform into apples at higher weights), but your bone structure suggests more evenness than an apple has. Here's a great link to check out: http://www.insideoutstyleblog.com/2010/05/real-life-body-shapes-8.html

Thanks for posting this. I looked it up and I'm a "V" shape :-) Although, it seems like the "V" shape is just another term for "apple"... both tend to be wider in the upper half with no real defined waist and slimmer in the hips and thighs.