Apple shape vs pear shape?

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  • 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 :/

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  • 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.
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