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Speaking of body types - has mine changed?

Mo

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#1 - Here I am in 2003. Yes, the suit is colors I don't really wear well. go figure. I think I was hoping they'd show off a tan. Anyway. Back then I thought I was a pear.
#2 - Here is my first YLF bodytype shot around 2010. Declared an hourglass which surprised me to no end.
#3 - Then the discussion of X or 8 shape. Toss up. Lean more toward 8 I think.
#4 - A pic from when I was getting lean again early last winter back at work, running around a lot. Down maybe 5 lbs, wondering if my inherent shape was still the same.
#5 - Yesterday, after getting started back with lifting weights, as a kind of 'before' shot I guess.

I've been feeling more thick through the middle, like I'm morphing out of hourglass, but am I off base?

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Sarah A

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I still see a slim hourglass, maybe with a secondary rectangle.

Mo

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Thx Sarah. I do feel as if I'm 'squaring off' some this last year. If I were brave, I'd show my rear view, but with a thong on NSFW. That's where I feel more squarish now.

Beth Ann

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Pretty bikini pictures are mocking our 0F temps!

I still vote hourglass. Perhaps your weight distribution has changed slightly, but not enough to change the overall effect. Kudos to you for keeping your weight stable for 11 years in face of a culture driving us toward couch spread!

Gotta get off the couch now!

rae

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I still definitely see hourglass, but I know what you mean. I definitely veer toward rectangle the more I gain, too.

fuzzylogic

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I see hourglass, too! Do you use free weights or a machine? Have fun!

Mo

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I'm using both, Fuzzy. I like the cable pulleys on the universal best. Kind of the best of both worlds between free and machine Only been twice so far, much too early to see any results. Will compare in a month.
I'm wondering how much of the rectangular shift is mid 40's hormones and how much is just lazy bones lol. Guess I'll find out!

Jenava

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In the last photo it DOES look like your hip to waist ratio is not as large as in the first photo. You don't really look any bigger/smaller - 5 pounds on my people isn't really *that* noticeable, esp. in photos. I don't think it's enough of a difference to have a whole new body type, but I know how it can feel disorienting to have your proportions start to feel different, even just slightly!

Catnip

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Kudos for staying in such great shape! You are an inspiration to many of us.

I think you are an hourglass with slight rectangle tendencies.

Jenava

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PS, I LOVE lifting weights...It's almost all I do now, although I need to hit the cardio and watch my diet so I can get the last 10 pounds off. I just would so much rather do weight...I love how strong it makes me!

Alassë

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You still look hourglass to me. I second Beth Ann's kudos.

Mo

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Yes, Jenava, I'm the same overall size really but shifting shape ever so gradually. It's kind of disconcerting. I used to have to worry about pulling across the crotch/hip in pants; now it's muffin top. Weird.

EDIT: excited to get back to the weights, myself. I also like feeling strong!

Thanks to all commenting on my maintaining all the years. I bounce around 5 lbs but it's important to me to make sure my clothes still fit so I really try to keep in range.

Angie

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Not morphing. See the same beautiful hourglass.

Mo

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Okay, I'm taking your word for it, Angie!

Suz

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Same gorgeous hourglass, on the slim side of hourglass. And good for you for keeping it.

texstyle

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I still see hourglass. And I third Beth Ann's kudos.

Gigi

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I think that you're still an hourglass. I think that if you're an 8, since 8's tend to gain in the upper hip, that would make any weight gain feel like you're veering toward rectangle and less waist definition. But I still think you're clearly an hourglass.

You look really good, Mo...very fit!

LACeleste

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and this is why you are one of my fitness idols Mo! Incredibly fit then and now. You look great!

gardenchick

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Hi Mo,
Good to hear that the group still thinks you're an hourglass! Of all the frequent posters on YLF, you seem to be closest to my body proportions. So I'm following your posts with interest. I'm a runner too, and have some curves.
(Thread hijack)--if you have any info about finding supportive bathing suits, I'd love to hear it.

Peri

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Just going to award you the title Bravest Ever.

I have a hard time posting WIWs...never ever will I be brave enough to post any bikini pictures. Not even if I looked as good as you do in one!

viva

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Just throw away your clothes, Mo. You look fantastic.

kerry

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I vote Amazing body type

catgirl

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I wish mine would change to yours! Don't see much change...

abc

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What peri and viva said!

Laurie

Definitely an hourglass and not an 8. I'm an 8, and trust me, if you're an 8 you know it! Anything remotely fitted (skirts, pants, sheath dresses) always stresses at that point in the high hip. The bane of my existence since high school. Anyway, it doesn't look to me like you've changed at all, and I was surprised when you said you were relatively petite. In your pictures, I always thought you read tall and long-limbed

anne

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I just wrote an answer here and it got lost... ok here goes again

I think the difference in your type over those years is fairly minimal. And I have never felt that you were really an 8 shape. Also I am clearly in the X shape when it comes to hips and yet I still find that any weight gain (or loss) is first evident to me around the waist and high hip. Like you have said elsewhere, my waist (as in narrowest point) will rise with weight gain and lower with weight loss.

Echo

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Nope. There is no question to me that you are an hourglass both in the current and previous pics. I don't think you are morphing into anything else at all. And I'm with viva - at least I'd throw away all of my clothes if I looked like you do in a bikini!

CocoLion

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I see X not 8 hourglass and very, very little difference in body type over 11 years. You look fantastic, your skin tone is still amazing!

Gigi

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Anne, interesting what you said about how you gain/lose weight in the upper hip first, even though you are an X on bottom. Mo, I will admit that I think you veer more toward hourglass than 8. I have to laugh at Laurie's comment that if you're an 8, you know it! I think in some ways that's true. My hips have caused me problems with getting dressed my whole life because of the shelf. You seem to be cut a little smoother in the hip area than many 8's. Maybe you are a hybrid of hourglass and 8, with a smaller hip shelf?

As far as the comments go that you should throw away your clothes, I would not recommend that, because then you won't be able to have fun with fashion! :^)

Golden

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