Define a Curvy Woman PLEASE!

DesiraeDoll11
DesiraeDoll11 Posts: 48
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Okay, I hear women all the time say that they're not overweight but "got curves." Some women who say this are so unhealthy. So, I thought to myself if women seem to think that being overweight is actually them being curvy what do guys think about a curvy woman? As in what do guys consider to be curves.

I happen to think curves are women who have an hourglass shape and are "thick" but not overweight. The actress "Scarlett Johansson" quickly comes to mind when I think of curves.

I know guys say a confident woman makes them sexy, is that the case when an overweight woman thinks she's sexy and doesn't try to start being healthy?

And what do the women on MFP think?

I don't mean to offend anyone on here whatsoever, I am overweight and working towards my healthy lifestyle. I don't call myself curvy because I don't consider my extra weight curves. So, I feel comfortable thinking out loud with this thought.
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  • rebeccalee1986
    rebeccalee1986 Posts: 338
    I guess my definition of a curvy woman is a Kelly brook type big boobs wide hips small waist but beauty is in the eye of the beholder
  • Stump_Likker
    Stump_Likker Posts: 2,059 Member
    How about 5'8", 42D-33-40.
  • DesiraeDoll11
    DesiraeDoll11 Posts: 48
    I guess my definition of a curvy woman is a Kelly brook type big boobs wide hips small waist but beauty is in the eye of the beholder

    You are so right about "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"! I didn't mean to sound so vain in my post! I'm just very curious about the topic.
  • DesiraeDoll11
    DesiraeDoll11 Posts: 48
    How about 5'8", 42D-33-40.

    Oh my! There's an image! :happy:
  • chubaway
    chubaway Posts: 1,645 Member
    I found this on the internet, and couldn't say it better . . .

    "Curvy does not mean fat, obese, thick, overweight, plus size or full figure. It just means there is a curve definition and healthy."
  • shutupandlift13
    shutupandlift13 Posts: 727 Member
    Okay, I hear women all the time say that they're not overweight but "got curves." Some women who say this are so unhealthy. So, I thought to myself if women seem to think that being overweight is actually them being curvy what do guys think about a curvy woman? As in what do guys consider to be curves.

    I happen to think curves are women who have an hourglass shape and are "thick" but not overweight. The actress "Scarlett Johansson" quickly comes to mind when I think of curves.

    I know guys say a confident woman makes them sexy, is that the case when an overweight woman thinks she's sexy and doesn't try to start being healthy?

    And what do the women on MFP think?

    I don't mean to offend anyone on here whatsoever, I am overweight and working towards my healthy lifestyle. I don't call myself curvy because I don't consider my extra weight curves. So, I feel comfortable thinking out loud with this thought.

    Curvy is a type of body frame that I read as being hour glass or pear shaped. Curvy is not a definition of body composition.
  • Skeletor666
    Skeletor666 Posts: 41 Member
    These days it seems like fat women use this term to try to justify there lazy/sedentary lifestyles.
  • Adrianachiarato
    Adrianachiarato Posts: 362 Member
    To me, curvy = chubby
  • learnerdriver
    learnerdriver Posts: 298 Member
    Curvy is a body shape- some athletic/model shapes are not curvy.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Curvy =/= overweight. You can be "not overweight" and still curvy.
  • DesiraeDoll11
    DesiraeDoll11 Posts: 48
    These days it seems like fat women use this term to try to justify there lazy/sedentary lifestyles.

    I have to agree with you on that. It's an excuse.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    To me, curvy = chubby

    :noway: :noway: :noway:

    I am curvy and not chubby...38-32-40...those are curves...and this girl has a butt (thank you squatts)

    Marylin Monroe...need I say more...
  • SoViLicious
    SoViLicious Posts: 2,633 Member
    Does this matter?
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    To me, curvy is this:

    142285669447421881_JkGWSIVI_c.jpg
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    There are all different ways to be curvy. I'm tiny, but I have a curvy figure. Other woman are bigger than me and very curvy. Curvy can apply to the breasts, the hips, the booty, and a small waist. Usually a 10 plus inch difference between the waist and the curves. But, curvy can be hourglass or pear shaped. I'm sure some big boobed women with straight body types are curvy also (not sure what that body type is, maybe apple).

    Edit: this topic usually causes a lot of drama on mfp. People have strong opinions and arguments on the word curvy and some people are possessive over it. It doesn't matter to me how people use the word.
  • Stump_Likker
    Stump_Likker Posts: 2,059 Member
    To me, curvy = chubby

    I'm 5'8", 42D-33-40, and I wear a size 8. How is that chubby?
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Why on earth do you care so much to where you need strangers to define what a curvy woman is?
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    sweet. yet another thread where people try to get 100% agreement on a definition of a body type even though it's completely and utterly meaningless. if you're happy with your shape, who gives a damn what other people call it? if you're unhappy, start controlling your calories and exercising, change yourself, not the label.

    pears, apples, hourglasses, curvy, whatevs. out.
  • DesiraeDoll11
    DesiraeDoll11 Posts: 48
    To me, curvy = chubby

    :noway: :noway: :noway:

    I am curvy and not chubby...38-32-40...those are curves...and this girl has a butt (thank you squatts)

    Marylin Monroe...need I say more...

    LORD HAVE MERCY! lol
  • Keto_T
    Keto_T Posts: 673 Member
    To me, curvy is this:

    142285669447421881_JkGWSIVI_c.jpg

    i want that body :ohwell:
  • FarAway02
    FarAway02 Posts: 211
    I consider myself to be curvy and at 155 pounds & 5 ft 11 tall I'm not even remotely overweight. I could weigh an extra 20 pounds and still be classed in the healthy range.

    I have wide hips and a set of boobs. I go in and out. I have curves. I'm not unhealthy, I'm not overweight and I'm certainly not obese/lazy/making excuses for my body shape.

    My body is HOT...and it becomes more so every day :)
  • jbwilliams888
    jbwilliams888 Posts: 96
    I love THICK women! Something that I can hold on to. I have dated all shapes and sizes of women but there is nothing like a beautiful, full figured woman, that knows how to own her body shape and plays into it. Media has brain washed us into believing that overweight women are not sexy. I think it's a crock of poop! I do believe that we should strive to live healthy lives but baby gotta have back..lol!

    To me, CONFIDNECE is the sexiest thing that a woman could ever wear. I have met women that are overweight and were the sexiest beings I have ever encountered. They were sexy because no one on this earth could tell them that they weren't. Not only did they believed it but they carried themselves accordingly.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    sweet. yet another thread where people try to get 100% agreement on a definition of a body type even though it's completely and utterly meaningless. if you're happy with your shape, who gives a damn what other people call it? if you're unhappy, start controlling your calories and exercising, change yourself, not the label.

    pears, apples, hourglasses, curvy, whatevs. out.

    :flowerforyou:
  • Tiffa0909
    Tiffa0909 Posts: 191 Member
    I think is more of the proportion of the body , I would consider a Hour Glass and Pear shape women curvy.
  • angelams1019
    angelams1019 Posts: 1,102 Member
    These days it seems like fat women use this term to try to justify there lazy/sedentary lifestyles.

    I have to agree with you on that. It's an excuse.

    This is a silly AND ignorant statement.

    My suggestion to OP is to worry about yourself. What do YOU consider curvy? Thats really all that matters.
  • CaliforniaBarbie
    CaliforniaBarbie Posts: 346 Member
    These days it seems like fat women use this term to try to justify there lazy/sedentary lifestyles.

    Thats pretty much what i was going to say.
  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    These days it seems like fat women use this term to try to justify there lazy/sedentary lifestyles.

    If you think, after posting that comment, that your six pack will make you immune to the attack of MFP's women, you are in for a a big surprise!
  • DesiraeDoll11
    DesiraeDoll11 Posts: 48
    sweet. yet another thread where people try to get 100% agreement on a definition of a body type even though it's completely and utterly meaningless. if you're happy with your shape, who gives a damn what other people call it? if you're unhappy, start controlling your calories and exercising, change yourself, not the label.

    pears, apples, hourglasses, curvy, whatevs. out.

    I understand what you're saying, it's just that I'm insecure with myself. So it is very hard to roll with the flow. I'm just curious that's all. I don't mean to offend, like I said in my first post. Thank you for your response! I agree with changing yourself and not "labeling".
  • toutmonpossible
    toutmonpossible Posts: 1,580 Member


    Curvy is a type of body [shape] that I read as being hour glass or pear shaped.

    That's how I think of it. I'm normal/low weight, but curvy, which I don't like, in part because it makes it difficult to find clothes that fit. Although I try to exercise and maintain my weight, my body shape has gotten even more curvy because of hormonal changes that occur as one gets older.

    I'm not "thick," which is an expression I hate, I'm petite. But I definitely store more fat in my lower body. Per my scale, my overall body fat percentage is average or low-average. One day I hope to get a scan in order to have a more accurate idea.
  • SoViLicious
    SoViLicious Posts: 2,633 Member
    These days it seems like fat women use this term to try to justify there lazy/sedentary lifestyles.

    So what do you call a fat girl who is eating right and working out 6 days a week? I mean is she still lazy or is she just "Curvy"?

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