Apple shape vs pear shape?
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I'm human shaped. And all this time I had no idea I was interacting with so many fruit.0
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The formulas listed here are pretty interesting.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_body_shapeTiffanyR71 wrote: »
You are right. I tend to lump them together in my mind because I think of them as one big mega called "curvy in the ideal places." It was interesting to see that the Wikipedia article noted a study that found far more rectangular shaped women than hourglass and spoon (pear) combined.0 -
I'm a rectangle. Bust and hips are the same but waist is only about 5 inches smaller. I become more hourglass the thinner I get, but still a banana or rectangle. That's what ia lot of women are I think. If I got really, really overweight I would probably turn into an apple eventually.0
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girlviernes wrote: »I think the only advantage to the apple shape is we can pass for pregnant if we so choose.
Unless we're 62 . . .0 -
Aw. I used to measure 34, 29, 44. Serious pear. I've definitely lost some of my pearness.0
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Yes, you can change shape! I used to be somewhat of a pear. Now I'm still slightly pearish but my shoulders are wider than my hips, but I don't have big breast. Some kind of mix-shape I guess0
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I don't think we can all change shapes. If fat was giving you most of your shape, then yeah. But from 140 lbs to 305 lbs my shape has remained the same.... I have an inverted triangle/apple shape that becomes more pronounced the more I lose weight.0
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mamapeach910 wrote: »No love for the old-fashioned hourglass? Why is no fruit shaped like one? I want to be a fruit, dammit! My hips and chest measure the same, and I have a relatively (12 inches smaller) waist. No appreciable belly fat. Just a small had-a-baby-at-40 pooch.
I saw it referred to as butternut shaped. Butternuts must look different in other countries.0 -
The formulas listed here are pretty interesting.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_body_shapeTiffanyR71 wrote: »
You are right. I tend to lump them together in my mind because I think of them as one big mega called "curvy in the ideal places." It was interesting to see that the Wikipedia article noted a study that found far more rectangular shaped women than hourglass and spoon (pear) combined.
Yup, us hourglasses are actually rare, and therefore more special (just jokes, we're all special). A lot of people think they are hourglass when they are not, comes down to waist to hips/bust ratio (as I imagine Wikipedia already told you!).0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »girlviernes wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »No love for the old-fashioned hourglass? Why is no fruit shaped like one? I want to be a fruit, dammit! My hips and chest measure the same, relatively (12 inches smaller) waist.
Gourd shaped?
It's like looking in the mirror.
I just scared my dog laughing so loud and hard. You made my night. Gourds unite!
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Apples tend to have killer legs and boobs.
I'm a pear/ruler, more of a ruler when thinner. Have a bit of podge around the middle at the moment. Age changes your distribution too, I think, via hormones - stomach used to be flat at this weight. Or it could be because of the weight I carried in the past, I dunno.
I don't know about pears feeling curvy in the "right" places. Many dislike both their lower and upper halves - hard to lose enough fat to get sleek or athletic legs, can't be buxom without assistance - lots of people get down about their parts (on a part by part basis) because they're the opposite of most contemporary feminine beauty ideals. It's a pretty overall silhouette, imo (as is true for all the shapes/fruits!), but I've had to do a bit of work to see it that way.
The 1920s were our time
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Nony_Mouse wrote: »The formulas listed here are pretty interesting.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_body_shapeTiffanyR71 wrote: »
You are right. I tend to lump them together in my mind because I think of them as one big mega called "curvy in the ideal places." It was interesting to see that the Wikipedia article noted a study that found far more rectangular shaped women than hourglass and spoon (pear) combined.
Yup, us hourglasses are actually rare, and therefore more special (just jokes, we're all special). A lot of people think they are hourglass when they are not, comes down to waist to hips/bust ratio (as I imagine Wikipedia already told you!).
I tried to figure out my shape based on that wiki link and it seems I'm what I thought I was: an hourglass (though possibly leaning toward a bottom hourglass; I have ~2 in difference between bust-hips, 13 in between waist-hips). When people tell me they're jealous of my shape/waist-hip ratio, I tell them finding trousers that fit is a massive headache. I have big thighs, so any trousers that fit them inevitably have like four inches of extra fabric in the waist.
Also? Thanks to @girlviernes, I'm now going to start referring to myself as gourd shaped in any apple/pear discussions.0 -
At my biggest, I was an apple. As I started losing… then I became more banana. But I feel like I've become more like a pine tree these days! Tall… Smaller on top and just gradually tapering outward! What do they call that?0
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So I carry all my weight in my belly, but it's pretty low so I have a waist too.
WTF fruit, define me!
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The formulas listed here are pretty interesting.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_body_shapeTiffanyR71 wrote: »
You are right. I tend to lump them together in my mind because I think of them as one big mega called "curvy in the ideal places." It was interesting to see that the Wikipedia article noted a study that found far more rectangular shaped women than hourglass and spoon (pear) combined.
That was a really interesting read! I was surprised by the prevalence of rectangles and the relative rarity of hourglasses... particularly given how many women like to consider themselves hourglass. I think most of them probably aren't.
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crazyjerseygirl wrote: »So I carry all my weight in my belly, but it's pretty low so I have a waist too.
WTF fruit, define me!
My weight has gotten lower in my belly as I've lost fat. Now it's a lovely sag, lol.0 -
I am pear-shaped and I blame my mother HAHAAHHAA - but there's a huge benefit to it - pear-shaped fat distribution means lack of visceral fat - as all the internal organs of the body are located hips and above (ones that can accumulate visceral fat). So if you have a small waist, that's a real blessing - leads to a longer life span.0
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