Hey Everyone!
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I was looking on here for a pear shaped group teeehee and only found 1 without anything really on it. I know there are a lot of us out there with specific things we've had challenges with and I definitely think supporting each other is the best way to work what we got! No bashing allowed. Feel free to post tips, questions, challenges or even clothing lines that have worked for you!
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I'm excited about this group. I'm a wife and mother of 6 and have had a pear shape most of my life. I look forward to tips and suggestions from everyone.0
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I have learned to love my pear shape curvy body! But I have a hard time finding jeans that fit good because of the gap in the bag and the crouch area hangs down.0
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I am also pear shaped. I find it so hard to find trousers that fit - I have to get ones that fasten around my waist rather than my hips, but then I get that horrible gap at the back - grrr! Dresses are just impossible - they're always way too tight around my hips and dangerously baggy on top! So frustrating...!0
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I am a TALL PEAR.. Tougher yet to find clothes that don't gap and are long enough!!
My biggest problem with this shape though, is that my chest and torso are starting to look a bit emaciated while my lower portion could still stand to tone up and shrink down!!! I have been working out with the hopes that I will build mass in the top and shape/slim the bottom... What are the best exercises for leg slimming?0 -
Hey everyone!,
I am also pear shaped and have a hard time with my jeans fitting my thighs. :< As for dresses, an A-line skirt always works for me! It flatters bodies that are bigger on the bottom. Another problem I have is that my back is wide( and store's a decent amount of fat), it's hard to find anything that stretches across my shoulders. Any ideas to tone up that area?0 -
I'm a TALL pear too. 5'11 and a 36' inseam. Finding pants literally gives me sweats. Low Rise pants, forget it.
But I love my curves and since we have the most heart healthy shape, I think we should all rejoice! I also have a larger chest (34DD), so clothes in general (even though I love to shop) are hard to find.0 -
i just had to join this group. My jeans always sag at the back lol
I'm a short pear (5'0"), meaning it's virtually impossible for me to find clothes that fit well.
I have the added bonus/disadvantage? of having extra chunky legs, which means I have to buy a size bigger than I am so they'll pull over my thighs!0 -
I am super tiny on top...narrow shoulders, small chest and waist, but I got booty. Ladies, finding a fabulous tailor has radically transformed my wardrobe and drastically improved my self image. Those gaps at the back of pants are such an easy fix. Moving the shoulders seams can be expensive but for the right blazer or blouse it is soooo worth it.0
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Good to meet you all fellow pears! Dresses are just a disaster for me - far to grippy round the hips. It all seems to accentuate the area that I cant stand!!
I appreciate that you can love yourself and so on, but it sure does get frustrating at times dont you think?
I find Wallis trousers quite good for work and I tend to stick to two piece outfits rather than dresses x0 -
Tall pear here too. 5'10' with short legs and a long trunk! Low rise pants are just plain indecent on me, and high rise pants give me "the gap".
I've just started working out, but I'm doing mostly cardio right now. My goal is to get my weight down to a managable level and THEN start weight training to hopefully put on some "girth" up top,
As far as tips go. Apparently building up your pecs can help make your breasts look perkier and fuller. For those of us who have junk in the trunk but are also members of IBTC
(Now if only I could manage a single push up...) 0 -
Hello all! I am little short pear (5'3), hehe. I have always had small a small upper body and never really had problems in the tummy area, but my hips and butt are way bigger than I would like :[. Trying to work that off right now by doing lots of cardio! Glad I found a group where I can meet fellow "pears".
Feel free to add me, I always love making new friends! 0 -
I am a TALL PEAR.. Tougher yet to find clothes that don't gap and are long enough!!
My biggest problem with this shape though, is that my chest and torso are starting to look a bit emaciated while my lower portion could still stand to tone up and shrink down!!! I have been working out with the hopes that I will build mass in the top and shape/slim the bottom... What are the best exercises for leg slimming?
I am EXACTLY like you, though perhaps 5ft 7" isn't that tall, but when I get the scales where I want them to be my chest and torso look very boney. At my preferred weight my poor boobs resemble empty sacks (and fried eggs when lying down!!). This time round I have reduced from 154lb and on a downwards trend, currently 144.5lb. I want to reach at least 140lb but I know my legs will still look too big compared to the rest of me so will probably continue down to 136lb if I can. I know I will mourn the loss of my boobs which were wonderful when I weighed more - it was the only thing I liked about myself being overweight, Despite the fact that being 49 doesn't help as everything is starting to droop a bit, the extra fat helped to fill them out and perk them up. But aside from surgery I don't think there is anything I can do about my bust and I don't want to do that.
I also hate exercise but do think that if I get to 136lb-140lb the only thing left to do to improve my legs will be exercise. Will worry about that when the time comes but at the moment I am doing fine on 1500 calories a day with no structured exercise to achieve weight loss.
I also hate shopping for jeans as so difficult to find anything that fits around the hips and waist. Jeans with lycra in help a little bit around the legs but there is still the problem of the waist. My current jeans are starting to get baggy around the stomach and I have to tighten the belt to 5 notches now rather than the previous 3, which is making them start to gather too much around the waist although they still fit nicely around my hips.
I am glad I'm not straight up and down though.
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I am a 5'3 pear shaped woman with a specific problem: fat knees.
I have always had them.... Even when I weighed 106lbs. I have accepted the fact that my large calves prevent me from buying rain boots. Why my knees are an inch larger than my calves.... That's weird. A plastic surgeon offered to get rid of them for $4000.
I've opted to wear below the knee dresses only. They hide my cellulite as well.0 -
I a not sure if I am Pear shaped. 39-27-39...with big *kitten* butt and saddle bags...my hips arent a problem...think I am a Hourglass/Pear mix...with DD/E boobs x 0
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I a not sure if I am Pear shaped. 39-27-39...with big *kitten* butt and saddle bags...my hips arent a problem...think I am a Hourglass/Pear mix...with DD/E boobs x
I'm very similar (45-41-51), huge *kitten*, thighs and belly and same with me boobs lol. I have just started a few days ago and have decided to do Zumba (No coordination whatsoever at the mo tho hehehe).
Jeans, forget them lol, get strechy ones hehehe. I have found a pair of maternity ones that have an adjustable elastic waist that I find pulls the back it a bit so it doesnt gape so much. My work trousers are tight at the front with a 2inch gap on the back but I cannot get a smaller pair as I cant do them up lol.
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Hello! Just got an invite on a post of mine, and said: That's the group for me! I have always been a pear, even when I was in HS, racing 10-speeds, and my body was fit and rock hard! I call my butt the J-Lo, cause even when I weighed 135lbs (I'm 5'6") I still had the booty!
Which I don't mind, so much, probably cause I can't see it! LOL But I DO wanna get rid of the upper thigh thickness<That I can see~and my belly, especially the lower belly. Feel free to look me up! I love encouraging, and being encouraged! Hah! 0 -
Hello,
I'm pear-shaped. I've always hated the shape of my body. Now that I'm a bit older, I've gained some weight and I'm even more pear-shaped than ever. I hate it. I know I will have this shape no matter how much I lose. So, I've mostly accepted it. I just really need to lose the excess weight.
Height: 5"8
Weight: 167
35 bust
29 waist
33 belly button
43 hips
25 thighs
15 calf
I feel like a giant. Tall and big.0 -
I am pear shaped. If someone can tell me what your favorite jeans are that do not have that huge space in the back. I can pull my size 20 jeans off without unzipping them so I need to bump to a size 18.0
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None of my jeans have that gap in the back because I take them to a tailor!!!!0
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Hi i'm pear shape, 5'3 , mother of 4 and i am getting smaller on top and not getting smaller on the bottom half, reading all the other reply i don't no if i will never get ride of my fat knees and the fat at the top of my legs but i will still keep trying. I ride my bike to work sometimes which is 4;4miles there and back again lots of up hills so that has helped, the bit between my knees and the top half of my leg but in a way it makes my legs look bigger. I do zumba too when i can fit it in my busy lifestyle. My weight goes up and down all the time and i cann't go as low as i want it to i get close to it and then my husband comes home with wine and a takeaway at the wked nitemare 0
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I'm a true pear - a size 18/20 on the bottom, and a size 12 top. Forget shopping for pants - imagine how hard it is for me to find 1 dress that fits both my top & bottom.
For pants, I recommend the JC Penny "curvy" cuts - but that's just in trousers/work pants. They come in petite, regular & tall, the price is good and I find that they last for years. That's really all I've worn to work for the past 15 years. But for blue jeans, the only blue jeans that JC Penny has that fit are the Gloria Vanderbuilt "Amanda" ones, and people tell me that those are unstylish mom jeans.
Jones NY also has pants, and jeans, both long & capri, with a smaller waist/larger hip, but you can't tell from the label - just have to order them and return what doesn't fit, or try the Jones NY outlets.
Anyone here who knows where to find a curvy fashionable pair of jeans in size 18 - please post!
The tailor is a good idea. For those of you who know someone with a sewing machine, here's a cheap quick fix. Look at the back of one of your pairs of pants. Start at the waist, above each butt cheek. See a little seam that starts at the waist, and goes down a few inches & stops? That's a "dart," Turn your pants inside out, fold the dart in just a little bigger, and run a seam down it with the sewing machine. Do this equally on each of the 2 darts. Now you have pants with a smaller waist but same size hip & theighs. If your new stitches are an inch away from the fold you made in the fabric, then you'll have a new waistband that's 4 inches small - keep this in mind, because you should probably start out with 1/4 to 1/2 inch between the fold and the line of stitches. You can always make a 2nd line of stitches if the pants are still too big or you're still losing weight. You can ultimately make the waist 2 sizes smaller - like you can take a size 14 pair of pants and turn them into a size 10 waist with size 14 hips. You can't go any farther than that, though, because the pants proportions will start looking really wierd. I have done this on my own pants (but I am a pretty good sewer). Remember to use matching thread and test the sewing machine tension on a fabric scrap 1st.
This also works with skirts.
You can always have a tailor stich a strip of elastic into the back of your pant's waists. It will show on the inside - it's way too much work to hide the elastic once the pants are already sewn at the factory - but it can at least keep people from being able to see down into your pants! You can get elastic in black, too, to make it less noticible.0 -
hey everyone! this group is amazing! it's hard for me (and you all) to just find jeans that fit. And then your top is so small. i feel like i'm dressing for two different people.
But my personal opinion, we have the best body shape!0 -
Hi, another pear here!
I've lost more than 50 pounds in the last year and decided to take some measurements the other night. I lost a lot of inches EXCEPT in my thighs and calves. Haven't lost any size at all there! My legs have always been a problem for me. Embarassing to show them so I never do. Wish there was a solution for it that didn't involve expensive surgery!0 -
For those of you who know someone with a sewing machine, here's a cheap quick fix. Look at the back of one of your pairs of pants. Start at the waist, above each butt cheek. See a little seam that starts at the waist, and goes down a few inches & stops? That's a "dart," Turn your pants inside out, fold the dart in just a little bigger, and run a seam down it with the sewing machine. Do this equally on each of the 2 darts. Now you have pants with a smaller waist but same size hip & theighs. If your new stitches are an inch away from the fold you made in the fabric, then you'll have a new waistband that's 4 inches small - keep this in mind, because you should probably start out with 1/4 to 1/2 inch between the fold and the line of stitches. You can always make a 2nd line of stitches if the pants are still too big or you're still losing weight. You can ultimately make the waist 2 sizes smaller - like you can take a size 14 pair of pants and turn them into a size 10 waist with size 14 hips.
Tried this but waist with zip open is now too small to go over butt! ARGH! =(0 -
Thought id BUMP this to see if there are still any pear shapes out there or whether they have all slimmed down to nothing lol0
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Hello,
I found a great brand of jeans that I love. They are called American Rag jeans, and they are the curvy boot style. I found them at Macy's for about $40. I loved the way they fit my hips and thighs without gaping in the back or being to long in the crotch. I do not fit in the ones I have anymore, but I plan on buying some more when I get back stateside again. They are plain jeans with a darker wash that tends to be more flattering on pear shapes so I hope you guys like them.0 -
I am around here too would love to get this group up and running more.
For jeans I have a few.
Ann Taylor Curvy Trouser / Bootcut
Old Navy Dreamer (there curvy line)
I am right now 31 wait, 48 hips, 28 thigh and I fit a 14 in both of those brands tight, 16 is very loose.0 -
Hello all!
Just joined the group, and I know it's not super active, but I figured I'd throw a post in there anyway.
I know people like to share their size, so where I was in measurements at the beginning of the month was:
Height: 5'8.5"
Weight: 158
Bust: 36
Waist: 29
Low Waist: 33
Hips: 43
Thighs: 25
Calves: 16
Also, a note to the people trying to find pants, I almost only find success with wide leg trousers. Because they allow so much cushion in the cut of the legs, you can actually find waists that are closer to your actual size with less gapping! I've had success with Banana Republic jeans (you can find them on sale sometimes for as low as $10-$30.) I've also found some work trousers at Express and New York & Company on occasion.
As for exercises, I do a LOT of running, but have recently added a butt/thigh specific aerobic workout 2-4 times per week to see if I can get specific toning in that area. I must admit, I think it's starting to work! I'll check back in in a couple weeks and let everyone know how it went.
Much love to everyone!0
