https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-shock---i-am-curvy Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:55:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-shock---i-am-curvy#post-812155 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:31:51 +0000 anne 812155@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting!!<br /> Mani - what sort of curves did you get from swimmingg</p> <p>I should point out that after I wrote on this thread last night and went to bed I took a quick look in the mirror and didn't look the same. I think the *gasp* look is just when I am wearing black bike pants!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-shock---i-am-curvy#post-812147 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:28:05 +0000 rholmes27 812147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yeah. I thought I was an apple, but then after actually taking measurements realized that I am shaped more like an hourglass (or really an "8"). </p> <p>When I had a consult with a personal stylist, she raved about my figure, which was a real surprise, &amp; talked me into trying on more clothes to show off my curves. I think I had focused solely on my stomach pooch &amp; was ignoring everything else. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-shock---i-am-curvy#post-811742 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:24:36 +0000 RunnerChick 811742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I started running seriously a few years ago but did not really keep track or notice how my body was changing,. One day, I put on my denim skirt with a pair of heels and was shocked to see my legs -- which I'd always been a little embarrassed about -- had a distinct shape and, actually, looked quite good. Pleasant surprise! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-shock---i-am-curvy#post-811734 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:14:19 +0000 ManidipaM 811734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I remember this happening most vividly when I started swimming. Largely because I did not EXPECT to build curves from that activity, but golly...!</p> <p>Now I feel this way when I encounter my bare upper arms and jowl in photos and mirrors. This is more straightforward body dysmorphia, though --- I just don't want them to be there! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-shock---i-am-curvy#post-811721 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:00:06 +0000 JuneBug 811721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I realized I was a proper hourglass just recently. I was more of a slim apple part hourglass all through my 20's and now at 32 I'm just hourglass. Works for me though! I found out because I noticed that my weighing scale was not reflecting what my clothes were! I thought I'd lost weight and could see it on the scales, yet my jeans and skirts fit the same! It took a measuring tape to confirm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-shock---i-am-curvy#post-811679 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:22:24 +0000 anne 811679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know that they are extra curves,. I think they have always been there and I just forget about them!<br /> Here is an old photo of me in workout gear (about a year old)<br /> And here is a recent photo with a straight silhouette </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-shock---i-am-curvy#post-811641 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:43:14 +0000 A.Kiernan 811641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Are you comfortable with the extra curves? Do you feel good about them? If you feel good about the way you look, then I don't think you need to worry. :)</p> <p>And post pics! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-shock---i-am-curvy#post-811635 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:41:52 +0000 anne 811635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i think the reason I got a shock was that I have a small bust and leanish upper torso. And I thought, slimish hips. If I just look at the top half ( say in the bathroom mirror) I look quite straight. Indeed I have identified my secondary body type as rectangle..</p> <p>And I look quite straight in many of my outfits</p> <p>I guess I had assumed that if I put on weight around the waist I would have got straighter still - but it seems that my lower half was keeping pace !</p> <p>This is not to say I am over my "weight range" - more about a sort of sense of body identity.</p> <p>I think it happened once last year too, when I was staying in a hotel room with mirrored section of wall and caught myself in tights and a close fitting top.</p> <p>I don't really know what the implications of it are though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-shock---i-am-curvy#post-811616 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:29:41 +0000 Astrid 811616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't feel as curvy as I am. I'm always a bit surprised when I see pictures of myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-shock---i-am-curvy#post-811615 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:26:36 +0000 A.Kiernan 811615@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Every day of my life. </p> <p>Followed by an "Oh crap, I need to go to the gym." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-shock---i-am-curvy#post-811614 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:24:49 +0000 anne 811614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Every so often I have a look at myself and suddenly get a shock. Today I was dressed in quite formfitting clothes to go the gym (bike shorts and a fitted long tank) and was struck on glancing in the mirror at how curvy I was on the bottom half.</p> <p>I have been pretty slack on the exercise front for a while, but I was only conscious that my waist has pushing the boundaries of some of my skirts - I always seem to not be aware that my hips etc may have increased as well. I can't find my tape measure so I don't objectively know. </p> <p>I would have taken a pic but can't find my camera!</p> <p>Anyway, do you ever get these shocks? </p>