Am I an Apple or an Hourglass?

I just checked mine. I always thought I was an apple, but nope, I am a banana.

I agree with the others who stated that diets based on body shapes or blood types are BS.

I'm not trying to change my figure but there are real recommendations on what to do to support a certain body type, not spot workouts but some people only need cardio and others may need less cardio more strength training. That's all I meant by it. I've already lost 21 kilos, I love my curves and want to lose weight in the best way to support my curvy figure.

The above idea is merely an idea set forth to market a type of diet and making up classifications of body types to sell it to people. There is no body shape = x y or z type of exercise or diet, just like there are no polar bears drinking Coca Cola, and no Geckos selling us insurance, but they do make you think of and pay for their ideas and product. Yes, I know you don't want to hear that, but that's the truth.

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I want to know because there's certain foods to eat and avoid and better exercises depending on body shapes apparently. Thanks in advance.

this is utter rubbish!

That's your opinion and wasn't the opinion that was asked for.

Not everything is an opinion, sometimes things are just wrong. Like how body shape determines what you should eat and how you should exercise.

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I want to know because there's certain foods to eat and avoid and better exercises depending on body shapes apparently. Thanks in advance.

this is utter rubbish!

I agree. There are no foods or exercises that will change the type of figure we have. The only thing we can do is eat at a calorie deficit to lose the body fat that seems to stay in certain areas the longest. Exercise is a plus because it helps us grow strong and lean, but we all still have those problem areas we need to work on, and some fatty parts are the last to go.

Just eat at a calorie deficit, start doing some serious lifting, and you will see results, thought your basic figure makeup will probably stay the same (in other words, once an hourglass, always an hourglass). I'm curvy as well and love it.

I'm not trying to change my figure but there are real recommendations on what to do to support a certain body type, not spot workouts but some people only need cardio and others may need less cardio more strength training. That's all I meant by it. I've already lost 21 kilos, I love my curves and want to lose weight in the best way to support my curvy figure.

No matter what you eat or how you exercise your body, you cannot choose where you lose.

I'll repeat that:

You Cannot Choose Where You Lose

If you've always had that ratio, it's not going to really change. You'll always be you just a smaller you.

Women who say they do not want to diet because they might loose their boobs or booty ("curves") are just making excuses not to change their diet and exercise habits. If you do not want to change, don't. But there's no magic diet or exercise plan to only burn fat from certain areas and keep it in others. It's genetics.

You can exercise to build up places that are weak or flabby though, which is a good idea, and it's why so many of us exercise while we lose to avoid the 'skinny fat' look.

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I'm not trying to change my figure but there are real recommendations on what to do to support a certain body type, not spot workouts but some people only need cardio and others may need less cardio more strength training. That's all I meant by it. I've already lost 21 kilos, I love my curves and want to lose weight in the best way to support my curvy figure.

The above idea is merely an idea set forth to market a type of diet and making up classifications of body types to sell it to people. There is no body shape = x y or z type of exercise or diet, just like there are no polar bears drinking Coca Cola, and no Geckos selling us insurance, but they do make you think of and pay for their ideas and product. Yes, I know you don't want to hear that, but that's the truth.

I understand what your saying, but what am I buying into? I just meant it as in maybe as an apple I should avoid carbs to reduce bloat etc.

You are buying into a stupid idea that certain body shapes should be restricted to certain types of diet.

It's idiotic really.

Learn about how your body actually uses food (calories are a measurement of energy) and find out what macronutrient intake is appropriate for your goals, NOT YOUR BODY TYPE, and eat any food that allows you to stay within your allotted calories as well as meet macronutrient goals.

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I'm not trying to change my figure but there are real recommendations on what to do to support a certain body type, not spot workouts but some people only need cardio and others may need less cardio more strength training. That's all I meant by it. I've already lost 21 kilos, I love my curves and want to lose weight in the best way to support my curvy figure.

The above idea is merely an idea set forth to market a type of diet and making up classifications of body types to sell it to people. There is no body shape = x y or z type of exercise or diet, just like there are no polar bears drinking Coca Cola, and no Geckos selling us insurance, but they do make you think of and pay for their ideas and product. Yes, I know you don't want to hear that, but that's the truth.

I understand what your saying, but what am I buying into? I just meant it as in maybe as an apple I should avoid carbs to reduce bloat etc.

Wouldn't you want to avoid bloat regardless of shape?

If carbs are bloating you, especially to the point where it makes a visible difference, it's likely a food intolerance which has nothing to do with your shape.

Your measurements are the Banana body type. But, these labels are very misleading.

Apple means ten inches or more difference from bust to waist, but less than ten from hips to waist.

Pear means ten inches or more from hips to waist, but less than ten inches from bust to waist technically, I think (but a person can have shoulders that are the same as the hips, and a small rib cage).

Banana means less than a ten inch difference between waist and the bust and hips, and close to the same bust and hip measurements.

You don't understand the simple science then... or you were tracking inaccurately when you were eating "less". You do need a certain number of calories for your body to function properly before you even start moving for your job, hobbies or workouts, it's called your BMR. If you truly were undereating for an extended period of time, it can cause a stall.

Outside of medical conditions/hormonal disorders the science works. People are often underestimating how much they eat and overestimating how much they burn with their lifestyle and their exercise.

Also, if you're not weighing your food as much as possible the chances that you are mislogging the quantity you eat is very likely. And unless you're logging consistently aka everyday then you can't expect much success.

*Edited for fat fingering and hands getting ahead of my brain.

Traditional hourglass has the same bust and hip measurement. Apple is larger bust than hip. So I would say neither... I would say pear.

to be a pear, it is said the ratio between waist and hips should be smaller than 0.7..I don't think OP's ratio is within that range...

Yes, yes. Calories in vs calories out. I KNOW this. But for some people the simple science just doesn't work. A fact about me; I lost all my 21kgs when I started eating MORE. I now eat about 1200-1500 and burn about 1700-2000 (when wearing a hrm all day). Maybe I have some other underlying issue I don't know about? Who knows. Who cares lol I'm happy with the way I am now. I'm not skinny but I'm happy.

Not a pear, apple, hourglass. You are a special snowflake. Nothing will work for you, not science, not common sense, just unicorn pixie dust. Or maybe whatever Dr Oz is touting today.

I'm not familiar with any of these ideas for diet based on fruit body labels, but keywords like 'central adiposity' and 'sagittal abdominal diameter' will certainly lead folks to research about insulin disorders and cardiovascular risks based on body fat distribution. There are, in fact, dietary and exercise interventions for those health concerns.

I don't know what the fruit people say but the overall idea is not crazy at all. Not in the least.

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I want to know because there's certain foods to eat and avoid and better exercises depending on body shapes apparently. Thanks in advance.

this is utter rubbish!

That's your opinion and wasn't the opinion that was asked for.

you are joking, arent you?

Get off troll.

There are not certain foods to avoid depending on your shape. I also don't think you know what troll means.

Trolls are people who are just looking to stir trouble. I wasn't asking for the opinion on foods or exercises. So therefore people need to bite their tongue. I meant it as in some girls can eat carbs and do zero exercise and gain no weight, whereas other girls eat carbs and walk daily and still balloon. Some people say where you are genetically predisposed to carry weight can contribute to how you process certain foods. But this is besides the point because that wasn't the question at hand.

Um, no. No no no. It's not the fact that people eat carbs, it's the AMOUNT. If you eat more calories than you burn, you gain weight. Period. I can eat whatever I want, do no exercise, and gain no weight as long as I eat with my calorie limit, and so can you. It has nothing to do with body shape.

DING DING DING! THIS

Do me, too

Bust: 41
Waist: 31 (for now!)
Hips: 40.5

My 'pinch an inch' spots are definitely still my love handles/waist. The rest I could totally live with.