Need help discovering body type

Hello everyone! This is my first post here, but I've been reading Angie's site for 2 months now. I've only recently begun to feel comfortable in my body and am interested in learning to dress it better. I'll be 30 in August and I've heard this is the time when woman start to feel more comfortable with themselves.

So I figure first things first - figure out my body type! I'm hoping you'll be able to help me out. I'm almost 5'5", and have been fluctuating between 125lbs to 135lbs. When I gain weight, it normally all goes to the gut, thighs, butt and sometimes boobs. I noticed this better when I lost weight, because those areas would become smaller. I don't know if this helps determining body type or not, but I figured when I gain weight, my lower half gets it more than my upper so I might be a pear? Not sure so I need your help please!

Here are photos I just took. Thanks for all your help!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4.....574947467/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4.....574947535/

15 years ago

Kristine

Veteran

Hi Jill! I'll leave the body type to someone more knowledgeable, but I just wanted to say hello and welcome.

Queen Mum

hmmm, you actually appear to have broader shoulders in proportion to your hips. I'm going to take a stab at it and say inverted triangle.....

Itari

(website)

Active Member

Hello Jill!

You're not a pear, at least in my opinion. Your strong shoulder line seems to indicate that you're an inverted triangle.

chewyspaghetti

Welcome to the board Jill!

You look like an inverted triangle to me, too.

Jill

Oh, I forgot to mention too that I have scoliosis and had surgery for it back when I was 12, so sometimes a shoulder or hip will look elevated and one of my shoulderblades sticks out more than the other. (It makes trying on bras a real treat with all the strap reconfiguring. Ha!)

And thank you so much for the quick replies and welcome! Now I need to read up on inverted triangles.

malcontent

I believe you are an inverted triangle. If you look again at your photograph, you'll see that your hips are narrow and your shoulders broad. That's the easiest way to make the determination. Also, you have slim limbs.

Dashrashi

I'm seeing an inverted triangle, too.

Louise

I'm no good with bodyshapes but wanted to give you a big YLF welcome. I'm 30 soon too are you looking forward to it? x

Louise: I am looking forward to it! I always look forward to my birthday though because it means I get to eat cake. I love cake! It doesn't feel real though. When I was younger, 30 seemed so "old." Now that I'm approaching it, it still feels young. Haha!

And I can't believe how much sense this is making now. I feel like my eyes have been opened, and why didn't I see it before. No wonder I have a deep love for boot-cut jeans, and my husband tells me I'm cute in my more U-shaped shirts. I can see now that I got my shoulders from my dad, and the slim limbs from my mom. It's amazing that I didn't see this all before. Thank you all for your help.

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