We are pleased to announce that on March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor will be introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the upcoming changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

Apple shape vs pear shape?

2»

Replies

  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    edited May 2015
    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 :/

    metro220.jpg
  • Russandol
    Russandol Posts: 71 Member
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    The formulas listed here are pretty interesting.

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_body_shape
    TiffanyR71 wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    I think of the hourglass and pear as pretty much the same.

    Hourglass has similar bust & hip measurements; pear is smaller bust and bigger hips...

    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). :D 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. :smiley:
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
    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?
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    So I carry all my weight in my belly, but it's pretty low so I have a waist too.

    WTF fruit, define me!
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    The formulas listed here are pretty interesting.

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_body_shape
    TiffanyR71 wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    I think of the hourglass and pear as pretty much the same.

    Hourglass has similar bust & hip measurements; pear is smaller bust and bigger hips...

    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.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    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.
  • Hollywood_Porky
    Hollywood_Porky Posts: 491 Member
    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.
This discussion has been closed.

Categories