https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:47:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed/page/2#post-1180823 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:08:02 +0000 rachylou 1180823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're definitely still an hourglass. You haven't lost your waist... but did you say you've been lifting weights? Because I do think you look more solid in the upper and lower body. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed/page/2#post-1180788 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:22:43 +0000 Mo 1180788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for all the nice comments, everyone! &nbsp;This hourglass is going to continue to watch my vessel ha ha. &nbsp;Maybe gaining in the middle is just something that happens mid life, no matter your body shape? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1180701 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:28:37 +0000 Golden 1180701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hourglass </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1180601 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 08:01:53 +0000 Gigi 1180601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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?</p> <p>As far as the comments go that you should throw away your clothes, I would not recommend that, because then&nbsp;you won't be able to have fun with fashion! :^) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1180461 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 03:43:54 +0000 CocoLion 1180461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see X not 8 hourglass and very, very little difference in body type over 11 years. &nbsp;You look fantastic, your skin tone is still amazing! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1180458 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 03:40:08 +0000 Echo 1180458@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1180423 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 03:12:02 +0000 anne 1180423@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just wrote an answer here and it got lost... ok here goes again</p> <p>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. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1180389 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:36:22 +0000 Laurie 1180389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely an hourglass and not an 8.&nbsp; I'm an 8, and trust me, if you're an 8 you know it!&nbsp; Anything remotely fitted (skirts, pants, sheath dresses) always stresses at that point in the high hip.&nbsp; The bane of my existence since high school.&nbsp; Anyway, it doesn't look to me like you've changed at all, and I was surprised when you said you were relatively petite.&nbsp; In your pictures, I always thought you read tall and long-limbed </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1180342 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:05:38 +0000 abc 1180342@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What peri and viva said! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1180336 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:00:03 +0000 catgirl 1180336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish mine would change to yours! Don't see much change... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1180324 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 01:53:16 +0000 kerry 1180324@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I vote Amazing body type </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179928 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:33:31 +0000 viva 1179928@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just throw away your clothes, Mo. You look fantastic.</p> <p>:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179920 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:28:39 +0000 Peri 1179920@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just going to award you the title Bravest Ever.</p> <p>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! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179909 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:21:20 +0000 gardenchick 1179909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Mo,<br />Good to hear that the group still thinks you're an hourglass! &nbsp;Of all the frequent posters on YLF, you seem to be closest to my body proportions. So I'm following your posts with interest.&nbsp;I'm a runner too, and have some curves.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />(Thread hijack)--if you have any info about finding supportive bathing suits, I'd love to hear it.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179895 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:04:40 +0000 LACeleste 1179895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>and this is why you are one of my fitness idols Mo! &nbsp;Incredibly fit then and now. &nbsp;You look great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179863 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:42:43 +0000 Gigi 1179863@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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.</p> <p>You look really good, Mo...very fit! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179792 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:21:47 +0000 texstyle 1179792@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I still see hourglass. And I third Beth Ann's kudos.</p> <p></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179789 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:17:31 +0000 Suz 1179789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Same gorgeous hourglass, on the slim side of hourglass. And good for you for keeping it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179784 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:13:22 +0000 Mo 1179784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, I'm taking your word for it, Angie! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179782 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:09:32 +0000 Angie 1179782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not morphing. See the same&nbsp;beautiful hourglass.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179776 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:05:56 +0000 Mo 1179776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, Jenava, I'm the same overall size really but shifting shape ever so gradually. &nbsp;It's kind of disconcerting. &nbsp;I used to have to worry about pulling across the crotch/hip&nbsp;in pants; now it's muffin top. &nbsp;Weird. &nbsp; </p> <p>EDIT: excited to get back to the weights, myself. &nbsp;I also like feeling strong! &nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks to all commenting on my maintaining all the years. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179773 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:04:44 +0000 Alassë 1179773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You still look hourglass to me. I second Beth Ann's kudos. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179772 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:04:19 +0000 Jenava 1179772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>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. &nbsp;I just would so much rather do weight...I love how strong it makes me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179770 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:03:31 +0000 Catnip 1179770@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kudos for staying in such great shape!&nbsp; You are an inspiration to many of us.</p> <p>I think you are an hourglass with slight rectangle tendencies.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179768 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:03:02 +0000 Jenava 1179768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In the last photo it DOES look like your hip to waist ratio is not as large as in the first photo. &nbsp;You don't really look any bigger/smaller - 5 pounds on my people isn't really *that* noticeable, esp. in photos. &nbsp;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! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179766 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:59:11 +0000 Mo 1179766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm using both, Fuzzy. &nbsp;I like the cable pulleys on the universal best. &nbsp;Kind of the best of both worlds between free and machine &nbsp;Only been twice so far, much too early to see any results. &nbsp;Will compare in a month. &nbsp;<br />I'm wondering how much of the rectangular shift is mid 40's hormones and how much is just lazy bones lol. &nbsp;Guess I'll find out! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179763 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:56:51 +0000 fuzzylogic 1179763@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see hourglass, too! Do you use free weights or a machine? Have fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179759 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:53:36 +0000 rae 1179759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I still definitely see hourglass, but I know what you mean. I definitely veer toward rectangle the more I gain, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179756 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:50:59 +0000 Beth Ann 1179756@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pretty bikini pictures are mocking our 0F temps!&nbsp; </p> <p>I still vote hourglass.&nbsp; Perhaps your weight distribution has changed slightly, but not enough to change the overall effect.&nbsp; Kudos to you for keeping your weight stable for 11 years in face of a culture driving us toward couch spread!</p> <p>Gotta get off the couch now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-body-types---has-mine-changed#post-1179755 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:50:56 +0000 Mo 1179755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thx Sarah. &nbsp;I do feel as if I'm 'squaring off' some this last year. &nbsp;If I were brave, I'd show my rear view, but with a thong on NSFW. &nbsp;;) &nbsp;That's where I feel more squarish now. </p>