your input please gentlemen...

Great thread. And to Stephanie I am kinda where you were now. I am in a new relationship with a triathalon participant and avid runner and although I am not "out of shape" I feel too soft in areas and want to tone up and be able to workout with him and feel like a match although he thinks I'm fine the way I am. I have curves and definitely don't want to lose them I just want to shed some pounds and tone up some of the jiggle lol. I love MFP

I enjoy having a bit of insight into what men really like because I think, as women, we think they all want Barbie dolls. Perhaps if we knew what REAL men want in a woman we wouldn't be so hard on ourselves?

You are probably 100 percent right!

but do you think the guys on here are being 100% honest or just being supportive or saying what they think we wanna hear out of fear of a bunch of angry women coming at them? LOL

The guys on here are probably a little biased as they most likely have weight to lose themselves which might naturally make them attracted more voluptuous women. But I don't doubt that they are being honest. I don't know many men even in real live that would find #1 or #2 attractive.

I'm probably going to wind up a "6", and i haven't seen any male votes for that particular model. Guess my hubby is the only one that likes muscular women.

So I showed my husband that scale posted earlier. He said "It's a trap!" and would have no more of it.

LOL!!! Thats hilarious!!!

That would be exactly my husband's response too.

I'm probably going to wind up a "6", and i haven't seen any male votes for that particular model. Guess my hubby is the only one that likes muscular women.

My husband and I both like muscular women but I just don't know how realistic / common 6 is. She must have some good genetics (or more likely fake boobs). I don't think I'd retain that many curves while having all that muscle...

I'm probably going to wind up a "6", and i haven't seen any male votes for that particular model. Guess my hubby is the only one that likes muscular women.

My husband and I both like muscular women but I just don't know how realistic / common 6 is. She must have some good genetics (or more likely fake boobs). I don't think I'd retain that many curves while having all that muscle...

I think 6 has a completely unnatural shape. The boobs are definitely fake, they are too high to be real, and her waist is tiny for those hips. Good genes, implants and lipo IMO.

I'll take mine just a little on the trashy side, thank you.

Haha, that made me laugh.

My boyfriend actually told me the reason he was initially attracted to me was my butt. I've got an athletic lower half, with muscular thighs and a bubble-butt, so those have always been my favorite parts that people tend to notice first. We met at a bar, and I was leaning over to get a beer from the bartender, and he noticed my butt. He then offered me a drink, and we got to know each other, but he was definitely into that extra "oomph" in the back initially.

After giving birth and having an extra 20lbs leftover thanks to breastfeeding, he preferred the extra squish. Actually, when I started losing weight, he kept grabbing for my love handles and saying things like "But they're going away! Why would you make them go away?" in a sad puppy voice. And he's pretty slender, never had a problem with weight in his life; he just prefers a bit extra to grab onto.

I would agree with most of the guys here that have said that most men would be attracted to a woman with confidence more than just a great body, just like a women is going to be more attracted to a guy who's not a douche-cake, even if he's not in the greatest shape. I've dated men who were anything from very slender to a tad chunky, and their body type was never the deciding factor. Who they were was always far more important than how they were built, so long as they were still healthy and able to keep up with me on a hike once in a while. I'm sure most men feel exactly the same way.

I can honestly say I've never judged a women based on her body weight/type. So many things can be the cause of someone's size not just because they chose to overeat, be unhealthy, and/or lazy.
Sounds cliche' but I base my preferences on personality rather than body type. Bad attitude is more of a turnoff than some extra pounds.

My husband liked "somewhere between 8 and 6". I'm nowhere near well-endowed enough to reach number 6 proportions, but interesting that he went for someone so muscular (I'm way nearer 8). He also asked if there was a male equivalent chart to go by (I think he wants me to choose a body now, having been put under pressure by me, lol).

I searched in vain, but was quite happy to find this:

I'll take one of the ones in the white bikini there.

Tyvm.