What I love about this: Real women, real bodies.
What I like a whole lot less: the assumption that there is something "wrong" with the bodies and that these women need to disguise "flaws."
I know they are speaking (in an imaginative way) in the women's voices. And heaven knows we are all our own worst critics. Yet I still wish there had been more celebration and less "how to hide it."
That's why I prefer Angie's guidelines -- they're more inclusive, more generous. It's true they are also a bit more general (since she only lists 5 main types). And this kind of breakdown (Trinny & Susannah's) can be really useful I think if you are focusing on a perceived problem and how to deal with it. So...not saying I am against this. Just that it needs to be viewed together with others.
Ruby, are you coming closer to a sense of your own body type following the weight loss? In my own experience, it can be a bit of a shock and isn't always easy to figure out; we sometimes do not see ourselves as we are.
This is a gross generalization, but here goes: Several of us here on the forum saw ourselves as "pretty pears." In some cases weight loss has been the catalyst to a new self-visioning; in other cases there was no weight loss involved but photos and forum feedback revealed the rectangle who thought she was a pear, the hourglass who assumed she was a pear, and so on. I don't know why we always focus on our thighs, but many of us seem to! (Said by one who is so, so guilty of that!)
