https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:20:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1676669 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 21:18:27 +0000 Chris987 1676669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beth Ann love your statement </p> <p>" Now that my ovaries have retired, I'm carrying a life supply of estrogen around my middle! My hips and booty are still there, but now they balance by hormonal life preserver and make me look feminine." </p> <p></p> <p>Too funny!!! That has happened to me too....my much younger self had a tiny waist but not it's a bit more balanced against the booty/hip measurement.&nbsp; </p> <p>One of the "wonderful" surprises of the retiring ovary syndrome (I like these words of yours MUCH better than&nbsp; "menopause") &nbsp;is how ones body fat gets built up in some new places and shrunk in other areas. Mother Nature is such a joker! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1676248 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 06:45:19 +0000 Jane 1676248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beth Ann, thank you, your encouragement is appreciated. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1676101 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:43:35 +0000 Beth Ann 1676101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice to meet you, Jane! &nbsp;I always associate a pretty pear shape with youth --- and great paintings!</p> <p>You are quite petite overall, and your hips serve to make your waist look tiny. &nbsp;I speak from experience. &nbsp;I'm an hourglass by bone structure, but my weight distribution used to favor my hips and thighs. &nbsp;Now that my ovaries have retired, I'm carrying a life supply of estrogen around my middle! &nbsp;My hips and booty are still there, but now they balance by hormonal life preserver and make me look feminine.</p> <p>May I encourage you to highlight what you love more than you try to disguise what you think are your flaws? &nbsp;It's so much more fun!</p> <p>I love to cycle, and am glad to see others on the forum. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675924 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 20:59:10 +0000 Jane 1675924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wise words ladies indeed! </p> <p>Such a good thing to have shared it with you. I feel so much better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675893 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 20:05:38 +0000 jill58 1675893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look great! Another pear here. As others have said, you look very fit which is the main thing. One of the many benefits of exercise, I think, is that it makes us feel better about our bodies by shifting the focus onto the activity and goals within that activity--rather than it being all about making our bodies thinner, more muscular or losing weight--it becomes an enjoyable end in itself.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675855 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 19:03:52 +0000 JAileen 1675855@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>30 miles! You're obviously very fit. Congratulations! I'm a pear, too. I wouldn't care except it's so hard finding pants that fit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675853 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 18:59:05 +0000 Sheila 1675853@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your curves Jane ! They are unique - truly ! If I had curves like that I would be showing them off every which way.</p> <p>Great for you on your fitness level as well !</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675848 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 18:37:53 +0000 Diana 1675848@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you look great too! I'm another pear who is more pear shaped when thinner. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675838 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 18:02:07 +0000 Jane 1675838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you a so much ladies. I so appreciate it.</p> <p>I'm overwhelmed with the very kind words and compliments. Thank you all very much. </p> <p>I feel so much better to have heard your views. I feel as if it has released my anxiety. </p> <p>It is good to keep in the very front of my mind "fit and healthy". It is a great place to be! </p> <p>Thank you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675776 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:36:51 +0000 SandyG 1675776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome Jane! I'm almost 5'1" and happy you've arrived here! There's lots of style ideas ... and it's a comfortable place for all bodies :)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675774 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:35:03 +0000 Summer 1675774@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look fit and healthy to me, Jane, and have an enviable figure.&nbsp; Go ahead and celebrate those curvy hips. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675772 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:29:46 +0000 Astrid 1675772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I struggle with my pear shape too sometimes, it comes and goes. Often I don't feel like my bum and hips are that big, just to see a picture where I'm standing just so... But I know that loosing weight doesn't change anything, even at my thinnest I still am noticeably pear shaped. So I try not to worry about it. I think it's way more difficult to dress my shape in summer, because the difference in size from bottom to top half is so much more obvious. I love dressing for winter in comparison, so much easier to reach a visual balance I'm happy with! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675765 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:18:32 +0000 Chris987 1675765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jane you look great to me, and kudos to you for focusing on fitness and health. We all seem to be critical of our bodies, but for me participating in this blog has made me focus a lot more on finding looks that work for me and less on self-criticism. Hope you have a similar experience!&nbsp; And cheers to you for posting pics of yourself in workout gear, not all of us are quite brave enough to do that :-)&nbsp;</p> <p>Go ahead and post some outfits when you are ready, it's fun and you'll get lots of great feedback! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675760 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:08:16 +0000 Maneera 1675760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Jane,</p> <p>You're enviably fit!!!! I don't think you need to lose any weight...you've got the pretty pear's body with just the right curves. </p> <p>Angie has a lot of advice on dressing the pear shape on the blog. That's a good place to start. Also - look for forum member Ginger's WIWs. She's also a pear shape and rocks a flared dress &amp; skirt. </p> <p>You're fit and you're healthy. And you're also really cute! So if you choose to dress to flatter your curves, you're going to look like dynamite! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675756 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 15:59:55 +0000 BlondeAmbition 1675756@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you look great. Don't put so much pressure on yourself to lose weight or spot reduce, as a pear shape myself if I lose too much weight I get scrawny on top and my hips stay the same. Sometimes I think I have the worlds smallest shoulders and the worlds biggest hips. Wear what you want and have fun with it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675696 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 14:21:07 +0000 Suz 1675696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your pear shape is beautiful, Jane. You look fit, healthy, and just the right weight, actually! It's all a question of finding the manufacturers who "get" your body and dressing to play up its strengths rather than worrying about hiding its supposed weaknesses. Curves are lovely. And stretch is a girl's best friend! :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675684 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 14:07:28 +0000 RobinF 1675684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that you look very fit. I think you should continue to focus on exercise and eating healthy and dressing your body as it is. Maybe when you feel like you are dressing the best you can you will stop focusing on your hips and weight. I love that here at YLF we all have different body shapes and sizes and we all care about dressing nicely. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675678 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 14:00:55 +0000 Angie 1675678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your pear shape is luscious, Jane. You look fit, healthy and gorgeous. Rock on.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675539 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 09:50:22 +0000 Style Fan 1675539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome Jane!&nbsp; Great that you exercise regularly.&nbsp; You look lovely.&nbsp; Angie has some blog posts on dressing a pear shape if you want to check them out.&nbsp; I am also a pear/hourglass.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675490 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 08:57:16 +0000 Sal 1675490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome to the forum! &nbsp;I also love exercising and being fit and healthy... You look in terrific shape. &nbsp;</p> <p>There are lots of ideas for pears in Angie's blog posts, and there are some forum members who are pear shaped too that will help you with new ideas. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675485 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 08:48:58 +0000 rachylou 1675485@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think you have any fat to lose... So you'd be losing muscle!! You're cute as a button - you remind me of one of my best friends. I agree with Tina. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675483 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 08:45:22 +0000 Anonymous 1675483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well having met you IRL I think you look great Jane. It's&nbsp;that you're fit and eat healthily too. Dress to make yourself&nbsp; feel good and if that happens to be for figure flattery purposes then so be it. Good on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675449 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 06:36:51 +0000 Jane 1675449@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you delurked and Tina. It's good to have shared it and I'm grateful for your thoughts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675437 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 05:54:59 +0000 Tina 1675437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have an enviable shape! I would encourage you to dress in a way that you feel good and not worry about extra pounds. If you are active and in good physical condition then your body is likely at a the weight it needs to be. Sometimes the trade off for losing a few pounds ends up costing energy and stamina needed to lead a healthy active life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675436 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 05:54:07 +0000 Anonymous 1675436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Jane. I am quite new here, although like most, I did lurk a bit first too. You look like you are in great shape. I look forward to seeing some of your outfits if you share them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-pear-shaped-body#post-1675434 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 05:49:43 +0000 Jane 1675434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Fabbers! I've stayed away from the forum, although I have been lurking.</p> <p>Here are photos of me in leggings and vest, after a 30 mile bike ride, hence the sweaty appearance. My hips measure 41 to 42" and I really struggle with completely worrying about my size. I am 5ft 1" and weigh about 136lbs.&nbsp;</p> <p>I exercise regularly, cycle and lots of walking, so I'm fit, but to loose a few pounds would be good.</p> <p>I'm learning to dress around it and would like it to be something that I don't think about too often.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you for looking.</p>