No idea what my body type is...help?

Tricia

I always thought I was an hourglass. I'm small boned but I'm busty for my frame, and my waist is smaller than my hips and bust. Since I had kids, though, I have some extra around the middle that I never had before. I took these pictures this week and they don't look the way I see myself in the mirror - I could swear my waist is smaller than this, but maybe I'm imagining it?

What would you say my body type is? Excuse the bathing suit - I haven't bought a new one since my youngest was born last year and I know it doesn't fit that well anymore.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_GkbfDyw7.....G_2767.JPG

Here's one in clothes, if that helps:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_GkbfDyw7.....G_2737.JPG

16 years ago

Body Type

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Queen Mum

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I"m thinking apple or inverted triangle. would you say that your shoulders are wider than your hips?

16 years ago

Tricia

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I don't think they are - I think they're about the same.

I'm just confused because I look much more apple-like in these pictures than I usually do. They were taken a couple of days ago, but here's one where my waist looks much smaller - this was taken on Halloween, obviously!

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/h.....1300_n.jpg

16 years ago

Queen Mum

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I"m inclined to say apple still, but I could be wrong.

16 years ago

fathenry

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I wish I could help but I'm not an expert on the body shapes at all. I had to comment though because I love your halloween pic and the pic of the outfit that you posted! Very cute, love that belt!

16 years ago

Tricia

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Queenie, no, I think you're right - I think I've just been in denial. No wonder I've been having so much trouble with clothes since my kids were born - I've been dressing for the wrong body shape. When I looked again, I realized it's not my waist that's small - it's above my waist, the top of my rib cage, that's the smallest part of my midsection. I wonder if there's a way to emphasize that or if it just looks like you're trying to fake a waist in a different spot?

Fathenry, thanks! We had a blast on Halloween. My husband and I both work in technology-related jobs, so our crowd got the LOLcat joke immediately.

16 years ago

Angie

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Thanks for posting pics, Tricia. It’s hard to say because your pics are taken from the side and not straight-on. But I was going to go with inverted triangle and apple before hourglass.

16 years ago

Tricia

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Would it help to take one even more straight on than that? I'd really welcome your input.

16 years ago

Maya

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Tricia, the best way to take a body type picture is straight on, arms at your sides, with form-fitting clothes (personally I find it hard to determine when the person is wearing black, as you can't see any detail in the picture, but it's no big deal if that's all you have).

16 years ago

Tricia

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Try this (sorry Maya, took it before I saw your post)

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_GkbfDyw7.....G_2778.JPG

You're right, definitely not an hourglass...I guess I didn't realize how much my body has changed.

16 years ago

Angie

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Inverted triangle to me, Tricia. Thanks for the picture!

16 years ago

Tricia

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Thanks, everyone! I would never have guessed inverted triangle, since I've never thought my shoulders were that broad, but it makes sense - I'm about a size 8 on top and a size 4-6 on the bottom. I also thought the little extra around the middle made me more of an apple.

Thanks again - this site is such a huge help!

16 years ago

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