Am I really an hourglass?

Alecia

Or have I just been deluding myself? I'm beginning to think I have some pear in me, but just don't know. I'm hoping this exercise will be helpful because posting these pictures is kind of traumatic. Please excuse the pant length, the bra straps, and little peek of tummy, and the state of my house. Oy!

Full length - http://i508.photobucket.com/al.....0_9028.jpg
Close up of torso area - http://i508.photobucket.com/al.....0_9030.jpg
Side view - http://i508.photobucket.com/al.....0_9031.jpg

Thank you.

17 years ago

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Latest reply was from evergreen07

Tanya

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You definitely look like hourglass to me. I wouldn't say that you have even slight pear tendencies.

17 years ago

Anonymous

I'd guess you are an hourglass with a strong shoulder line.

17 years ago

Maya

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I agree completely with Tanya. Not a pear at all.

17 years ago

kellygirl

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Nice shoulders, girlfriend! You have a great figure--guessing hourglass since I can see a waist.

17 years ago

Amanda

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I'd definitely say you are an hourglass.

17 years ago

Angie

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Definitely an hourglass with a STRONG shoulder line. No pear tendencies at all.

17 years ago

shiny

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Yep, total hourglass. And nothing to get traumatic about: you have an adorable figure. What a teeny tiny waist you have!! Why do you think you were a pear?

When you gain weight, where does it go first? When you lose, where do you lose first?

I am hourglass- with strong leaning towards inverted triangle - and since having kids, my waist isn't that teeny tiny and never will be again no matter how much I exercise. When I gain weight, first it goes to my upper body and my tummy. The very last place I gain is my butt and hips and thighs. When I lose weight, it comes off my butt hips and thighs first, tummy next, upper body (arms, shoulders, back, underarm flab, chest) last.

That tells me I'm probably more of an apple/inverted triangle than an hourglass. But at this weight I'll stick with hourglass.

17 years ago

Becky

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I'm in total agreement...hourglass with absolutely no pear tendencies. I would have said possibly tending toward inverted triangle, if anything!

17 years ago

anne

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I agree with Becky et al.

17 years ago

Alecia

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Well, I did learn something. I don't know that I would have ever thought about the shoulder thing. That's food for thought.

Shiny, I'm not really sure where I gain/lose my weight. I have been around the same weight for many years. My body has shifted over the years but my weight hasn't really fluctuated. (Not sure if that makes sense. Same general shape but my clothes fit differently.) It's pretty interesting.

17 years ago

evergreen07

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Hello, you've got a strong shoulder line, they look wider than your hips therefore you look more like a triangle to me. It'd be very easy to draw a V shape over your picture. Definitely not a pear or an hourglass.

17 years ago

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