Pear shaped girl diellema!!

If anyone would know of an exercise to bulk up arms or shoulders or chest, this is the thread to find that person! Since I'm always going to be shaped like a Christmas tree, alas, maybe someone can tell me how to make the tree a little wider-looking at the top? I'm always a little sad when I hear that women can't bulk up, even with weights, as I would give anything to do that above the waist...

Grab some hand weights and do a few sets of these every other night....

Thanks; I'll check it out!

who says thick thighs cannot wear shorts?? there is a body type for everyone out there, some men like skinny legs and some men like thick legs and butt and same for women, some like skinny six packs, some like a teddy bear. I just get in where I fit in and love what I have. lol . I wear shorts and leggings with pride and if someone doesn't like my type, they can look away because I think thick is sexy.:blushing:

If anyone would know of an exercise to bulk up arms or shoulders or chest, this is the thread to find that person! Since I'm always going to be shaped like a Christmas tree, alas, maybe someone can tell me how to make the tree a little wider-looking at the top? I'm always a little sad when I hear that women can't bulk up, even with weights, as I would give anything to do that above the waist...

Grab some hand weights and do a few sets of these every other night.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/DBBentOverRow.html
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Subscapularis/DBInternalRotationFloor.html
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/DeltoidLateral/DBLateralRaise.html
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/DeltoidPosterior/DBRearDeltRow.html
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/DeltoidLateral/DBLyingLateralRaise.html
(some of these you can do both arms at the same time)

This is a good bodyweight move for upper body and core strength:
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2010/12/28/dive-bomber-exercise/

This is great - thanks for posting!

Just found this so bumping so I can find it again later! :happy:

What you can and cant wear is all in your head. My thighs are almost twice your size but I got so tired of letting what other people think dictate my life that I just decided not to care. And know I rock short skirts, dresses etc and I feel fabolous cause I know how much hard work Ive put down to make my legs look the way they do.

Ladies, I'll also be taking a look at these bits of pear-shaped-specific advice too, so thought I'd share!

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/best-workout-for-a-pear-shaped-body/

http://befitandstrong.com/exercise-for-pear-shaped-body/

http://www.brainyweightloss.com/pear-shape-body.html

And I do agree with all of you who said this before - we're gorgeous as we are! I know that my OH would be very unhappy if my bottom, hips and thighs were to disappear.

OK, the guy perspective here.

Definitely don't want to throw anyone off of their goals so by all means chase the body you want.

First of all, what some of you girls are calling "pear shaped" is not pear shaped at all. You just have wide hips. And guess what, ladies? Guys love those.

The closest lady in this thread that I have seen so far that came close to looking pear shaped was Rachel6503, and she really isn't, either. She's very fit and has very nice hips.

I know everyone wants the super-skinny model look where you can stand with your knees together and see daylight between your thighs, and it does look awesome, but it's not super necessary to looking awesome. The biggest thing is a nice proportion from bust to waist to hips, and no rolls. If you've got that going on, you've got it going on!

I fall into the "pear shape" category and for the life of my I can't understand you women who hate your womanly features. Your thighs are huge? In comparison to what??? Women are supposed to have fat in the lower region for bearing children...do you want your thighs to be the same size as your calves? Help me understand!

I don't think it's your body that needs adjusting but your MIND. You really need to be more open-minded about what you consider "attractive" so that you include yourself and your body into that category. I hope we are not comparing ourselves to celebs who are air-brushed to death and have really good plastic surgeons!

^^^ This!

Sadly, there is so much negative rhetoric everywhere about being pear shaped. I suppose the ideal shapes we’re presented with in the media is either the athletic slender type or the "curvy" hourglass.

In Britain, "it's all gone pear shaped" is a phrase that's used a lot for when something goes wrong.

For those of you who don’t use or hear this that often, Wikipedia describes this as "a situation that went awry, perhaps horribly wrong. A failed bank robbery, for example, could be said to have "gone pear-shaped". Less well known in the US it generated some media interest when British politician Margaret Thatcher apparently used the phrase in front of the world's press at one of her first meetings with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, with many reporters being unsure of the meaning of the term. The origin for this use of the term is in dispute. The OED cites its origin as within the Royal Air Force; as of 2003 the earliest citation there is a quote in the 1983 book Air War South Atlantic. Others date it to the RAF in the 1940s, from pilots attempting to perform aerial manoeuvres such as loops. These are difficult to form perfectly, and are usually noticeably distorted—i.e., pear-shaped."

It's silly, but my insecure and nervous teenage logic once rationalised that if something going pear shaped is wrong, then surely my pear shaped figure was too!

I first remember hearing negativity about a pear shaped figure during the coverage of the Royal Wedding of Edward and Sophie (the Queen's youngest son) in 1999 (when I was 13). One of the commentators muttered something in a very catty and patronising tone about Sophie Rhys-Jones having a "typically British pear shape". "But she dresses it so well, but it must be a struggle" or something to that effect was also said. I remember looking down at my big legs and wide hips in horror. Yes, it's sad that I remember this!

Then in my late teens, I remember an episode of The OC (don't hate me!) when Marissa's mother Julie spoke of another woman as "pear shaped" with a sneer and a nasty smug eyebrow raise. Isn't it awful how the mind can hold onto the negative things we hear and then irrationally apply these words to how we look?

It's little wonder that so many women don't want to celebrate their shape with all this nastiness floating about!

I'd love to be a "perfect" hourglass - but it's very unlikely my body will change into one! Now that I’m no longer the neurotic teenager I'm happier to work with and try to improve what I've got by looking after my body instead of hating it!

I like curves just fine, but my thighs are lumpy and unattractive. They are also huge compared to my upper half. I'm 1-2 sizes larger on the bottom and look disproportinal. I definitely am pear-shaped. I don't want to look like one of those stick-like supermodels. I want to have legs that look smooth and toned, not jiggly and lumpy with visible fat pockets and cellulite. I want to be able to wear a swim suit without being self-conscious about my huge thighs. My thighs are 25.5" around, down from 29. So they are bigger than my waist was when I was thin. My current waist is 29". Thighs only a bit smaller than my waist are too big and fat. I need to take another pic to demonstrate the problem. Losing weight has made my legs smaller, but now the loose skin makes them more jiggly than ever. :grumble:

The other problem is my legs are short, while I have a long torso. So that just makes me look even more out of proportion. Gah.

Continue with fat reduction and eventually the legs have to follow suit. The body loses fat as it sees fit... Often, for women, this will mean that buttocks and thighs are the last to go and first to come... (This is a good thing since pear shapes tend to carry less fat around the middle which means less likelihood of metabolic disorders and heart problems...) Men (and some women) tend to gain first in the belly and of course, that is the last to go. Best wishes on achieving your goals

At my HW I was very pear shaped, and now I'm not at all. For some people, like me, it's just a matter of getting rid of the fat stored in your lower body. You can't spot reduce. Just keep to a deficit and you'll see your measurements shrinking over time.