How to tell what your "firgure" is

Mveler
Mveler Posts: 274 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I believe I am hourglass but how can you tell for sure?
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  • Sunshine_Girlie
    Sunshine_Girlie Posts: 618 Member
    I have no idea what I am. I went to this store and a lady working there told me I was curvy.

    Sweet! I've got curves! And all along, I thought I was just misshaped. Haha.
  • Mveler
    Mveler Posts: 274 Member
    I have no idea what I am. I went to this store and a lady working there told me I was curvy.

    Sweet! I've got curves! And all along, I thought I was just misshaped. Haha.

    Love it! I get the your Thick all the time or stout!
  • Hype
    Hype Posts: 349
    Stand infront of a mirror, put your arms out and draw your outline - then see what shape you drew :)
  • sharidiane
    sharidiane Posts: 212 Member
    Well ... when you were at your 'fittest' where was your trouble zone?

    hips/tush - pear
    tummy - apple
    nowhere - I carry my weight well - hourglass

    That's clearly not scientific. But maybe it will help.

    Edited to add: when I am more fit, I am definitely an hourglass, btw. But I've added quite a bit of belly fat, which gave me the look of an apple. As I get my waist back, I am starting to see the hourglass again. Your shape can change over time. Good luck!
  • Baker0821
    Baker0821 Posts: 40
    I don't know but if anyone else tells me I'm "short and stocky" I may punch them in the face. Short and stocky is NOT what a girl wants to hear! LOL! :huh:
  • Mveler
    Mveler Posts: 274 Member
    I carry my weight really well Noone can believe I am over 200
  • HoopFire5602
    HoopFire5602 Posts: 423 Member
    http://bodyshapestyle.com/2008/04/26/what-body-shape-am-i/

    I am a pear because my hips are wider than my upper body...I am a small up top and large on bottom. For a good example of what real women look like at certain weights and body shapes, go here:

    http://www.mybodygallery.com/
  • millymoozie
    millymoozie Posts: 150
    Well ... when you were at your 'fittest' where was your trouble zone?

    hips/tush - pear
    tummy - apple
    nowhere - I carry my weight well - hourglass

    That's clearly not scientific. But maybe it will help.

    Edited to add: when I am more fit, I am definitely an hourglass, btw. But I've added quite a bit of belly fat, which gave me the look of an apple. As I get my waist back, I am starting to see the hourglass again. Your shape can change over time. Good luck!
    ok so that makes me an apple !!! why cant it be peach -sounds nicer
  • arielian
    arielian Posts: 200
    try this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-488236/Trinny-Susannah-reveal-12-womens-body-types--you.html
  • xxx_Pink_Princess_xxx
    xxx_Pink_Princess_xxx Posts: 875 Member
    All mine is in my shoulders and boobs! no one ever says what that is? lol x
  • VickiMitkins
    VickiMitkins Posts: 249 Member
    Houglass usually means your hips and chest measurements are no more than an inch different. and 10 inches different between waist and hips. So 36/25/37 is traditional hourglass. A pear would be mor like 36/27/38.
  • Angela_MA
    Angela_MA Posts: 260
    I have read that an hourglass has a 9 inch difference waist measurments to that of their bust and hips . Their waist being significantly smaller then their busts and hips. Bust and hips are similar (within an inch or 2 difference). Weight is evenly distributed with hourglass shapes too. Apples are top heavy, pears are bottom heavy.
  • sharidiane
    sharidiane Posts: 212 Member
    All mine is in my shoulders and boobs! no one ever says what that is? lol x

    That body shape is: Lucky. Haha.
  • nitashagarcia
    nitashagarcia Posts: 88
    well to be an hourglass your hips and chest must be the same or almost the same...for example 42 inches chest and 42 inches hips...your waist is at least 10 inches smaller than the top and bottom which would then be in this case 32 inches :) it all can depend tho lol im an apple figure at the moment and im 42 inches chest, 41 inches hips and 37 inches waist :)
  • VickiMitkins
    VickiMitkins Posts: 249 Member
    I don't know but if anyone else tells me I'm "short and stocky" I may punch them in the face. Short and stocky is NOT what a girl wants to hear! LOL! :huh:

    I wit you on that one.
  • Meglm1117
    Meglm1117 Posts: 70
    There is a lot of info online as to how to calculate it. You may need to measure to figure it out.... I used to think I was apple shape because I carry my weight in my midsection and have small legs but reading a lot about the apple body shape I have found that it wasn't just the middle section but the entire upper body. I def did not match that. My upper body matches my lower as far as measurements go. It took forever to really figure out what I was. I just didn't match any of the ones that are usually talked about. I researched more and found out I am actually a banana shape. :)
  • threeringedgirl
    threeringedgirl Posts: 61
    there are four general body types: straight/flute, apple, pear/dewdrop, hourglass.


    straight/flute: no real difference between shoudlers and hips. lacks a defined waist. weight is evenly distributed.

    apple: weight is carried in the midsection. legs and arms are thinner in comparison. straight hips and shoulders.

    pear/dewdrop: carries weight in hips and thighs. should have a defined waist. hips are larger than shoulders. bust is average.

    hourglass: even distribution of weight. very defined waist. hips and shoulders are accentuated due to small waist and vice versa. may include large bust that balances out hips.

    these are based on info ive gained through the years but you can always google: body types youll get zillions of hits
  • xxx_Pink_Princess_xxx
    xxx_Pink_Princess_xxx Posts: 875 Member
    seroiusly isnt haha!! Strapless things are a big no no! and lots of others :( x
  • VeganGal84
    VeganGal84 Posts: 938 Member
    I had a big bust, a little waist, and wide hips, and considered myself an hourglass... When I lost the weight, though, my breasts got smaller than my hips, and now I think that I'm more pear-shaped. I'm not sure, either, I guess! ;-)
  • xxx_Pink_Princess_xxx
    xxx_Pink_Princess_xxx Posts: 875 Member
    I just did an online calculation wanna see the results??

    Body Type Calculator
    Results
    Sorry your body is not in the 4 shapes we calculate.

    hahaha xxx
  • joybell32
    joybell32 Posts: 252 Member
    i am a box! there is a 1" difference between my chest, waist and hips. I am considered an apple though, because all my fat is in my stomach! BOOOO!
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    My body shape is, and always has been, curvy (ok, for a while, it was lumpy!). For a long time, I was 36/24/36, right now I am 39/31/40.
  • Kalrez
    Kalrez Posts: 655 Member
    I'm rockin the 36-24-36 hourglass ... only ya gotta add 10 inches everywhere lol I look thinner than I am because of my height, which is nice. I'm actually a little scared to see how my body may change as I lose weight. I like my hourglassiness!
  • sharidiane
    sharidiane Posts: 212 Member
    I had a big bust, a little waist, and wide hips, and considered myself an hourglass... When I lost the weight, though, my breasts got smaller than my hips, and now I think that I'm more pear-shaped. I'm not sure, either, I guess! ;-)

    I'm REALLY afraid this is going to happen to me. When I was young, I always prided myself on my hourglass - it's a very forgiving shape, and clothes tend to look great, no matter what you put on. After having kids, though, the girls don't have the same umph. I might find myself cycling through ALL of the body shapes to get back to that hourglass. :( I hope I can get there.
  • Kekibird
    Kekibird Posts: 1,122 Member
    Stand infront of a mirror, put your arms out and draw your outline - then see what shape you drew :)

    That's a great suggestion.
  • Kekibird
    Kekibird Posts: 1,122 Member
    I've been an hour glass since I first developed in like 5th grade. I've always had a booty and I rock a really extreme hour glass: 40-33-41. But I'm also 5'9" and broad-built.

    I'd love to shave off a few inches overall which is my goal.
  • Baker0821
    Baker0821 Posts: 40
    I'm rockin the 36-24-36 hourglass ... only ya gotta add 10 inches everywhere lol I look thinner than I am because of my height, which is nice. I'm actually a little scared to see how my body may change as I lose weight. I like my hourglassiness!


    Only if she 5'3 :laugh: Ok, please tell me you got the baby got back reference so I don't sound weird! LOL!!!!!!! :blushing:
  • xreinvention
    xreinvention Posts: 82 Member
    Houglass usually means your hips and chest measurements are no more than an inch different. and 10 inches different between waist and hips. So 36/25/37 is traditional hourglass. A pear would be mor like 36/27/38.

    According to this, I'm probably an hourglass (sweet!) but with all the extra weight I'm probably an apple. (All of my weight is in my stomach, really.)
  • PersianFlower
    PersianFlower Posts: 27 Member
    When I was fit I was an hourglass, I carried weight well and had a small waist, now that I'm umm MUCH bigger I have a more of an oval shape lol XD
  • Kalrez
    Kalrez Posts: 655 Member
    I'm rockin the 36-24-36 hourglass ... only ya gotta add 10 inches everywhere lol I look thinner than I am because of my height, which is nice. I'm actually a little scared to see how my body may change as I lose weight. I like my hourglassiness!


    Only if she 5'3 :laugh: Ok, please tell me you got the baby got back reference so I don't sound weird! LOL!!!!!!! :blushing:

    Oh Sir Mix-A-Lot, how I love you! Much to his dismay, I'm 5'11" ... not even close to 5'3" lol
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