Dears pls help the Pears!

Totally going to have to go back through here and read the advice when I'm not so busy working...but am definitely a pear! Currently 23 years old, 5'5" and 145-146 lbs., 36", 28", 41". I've been trying to watch what I eat more strictly (you can tone those muscles, but what's the point if they're covered in fat!), and also trying to tone up, so that my body burns fat faster when I get a little more muscle : ) I'm going to try to get into running (thinking c25k), but haven't started yet!

I am a pear shaped.. with a weight of 169lbs & a height of 5 2". I have been on & off exercise & diet. But for the past 1.5 month, I have been regularly going to the gym & eating healthy. Even though I haven't seen any reduction in my weight, my friends & family have been saying that I look like I have lost some weight from the top half. No luck with the bottom half though. I have lost around a total of 3 inches from my body.
This is my current measurements ( measured from the largest area): 37-37-44.5. So you can see, I have lots to lose. & being short makes a pear shape worse. I have been thinking of changing my work-out routine.

I'm a definite pear shaped, with my top half usually fitting into a small or extra small and my bottom half being a size 11 (almost!) at my largest and a 7 at my smallest (so far). I'm 163cm tall (5'4'').

When I joined MFP I didn't think I could possibly lose weight from anywhere except my bottom half since the top was already so skinny, but I was wrong. My boobs have definitely deflated and I'm nearing a six pack on my abs, but my thighs have barely decreased. I now think my original goal weight of 54kg (about 119lbs) was not ambitious enough and have set my new goal as less than 52kg. I've consigned myself to the fact that while it might not be possible to ever be an hourglass figure, it might be possible to be a banana, so that's what I'm heading for now.

I used to do ballet at a level above merely recreational and I still have pretty big muscles in my thighs and butt underneath the fat. I definitely DON'T want to do any strength training exercises that target the butt or thighs as building muscle in that area would only accentuate the imbalance. Some people recommend pears build muscle in the upper body to even out the difference in size, but I'd rather just lose so much weight that it has to come off the thighs eventually.

I only do cardio (running mostly). I really think that's the best workout for a pear so your idea of doing C25K is perfect, I think. That's just my opinion though. (;

Its for pear shaped ladies only!

I know pear shape is feminine but only if it is slender, gigantic can not be an adjective for feminity :laugh: I know very well that we cant spot reduce but there are so many workout dvds in the market related to lower body.

1) Share your height, weight, before and after measurements.

2) What workouts have you done to reduce the inches and what do you suggest as effective ones. If this thread goes succesful we shall start a motivational challenge soon!

1= I`m 5foot 5inches (last weight was 177 but I have removed my scale until the 15th of next months so I could be less by now) will post before messurements in a bit my starting weight was 213 and a tight size 16 DKNY jeans and now I`m 177 or less and a comfy size 10 DKNY jeans and I can get 8`s on and zipped but still not comfy to wear out 2= 30day shred was awesome , and strength training lift heavy (it works and you can not build up musal mass on a calorie deficit ) , and jogging running ( I`m currently on week 5 of C25K only I am doing 40min sessions 3 times aweek instead of the programs 20 so tenicaly I`m going further than 5K already but am loving it )

I'm a pear too Too it’s a nightmare on top I’m an eight on the bottom I’m a 10 normally but over the last few months gained over a stone and a half and a 12/14

Also, I don't own a TV, DVD player or VHS player, so I can't do any videos!

^^^^
you can download them to your computer or iphone just as an option