[sumire]

Super endomorphic! EmmaD, I think you and I have basically the same body. I've been estimating my bf% during my weight loss; I started out at 168 pounds and well over 40%; I was 28% at 132 pounds; now I'm at 126 and 22-23% body fat. I'd like to get down to 18% bf; assuming I lose purely fat, that means I'll need to get to around 119 lbs.

I used to think that I built muscle easily. Don't know how I managed to get that impression. I guess I wanted to blame my fat bulk in my legs on muscles. I estimate that I've built 2 pounds of lean body mass (if that) over the last year... and I've worked hard.

[Magalo]

I'm ectomorph as well

[Magrat]

Fitmom and Magalo, you are both so lucky to be ectomorphs. I'm a mesomorph and I hate it. It wouldn't be so bad, except that I'm also short and large-boned and when you add everything up the only way to describe my body is "stocky". Doesn't matter what I weigh or what size I wear, I will never ever truly look thin, and that blows.

I see nothing good about my body type. So I can lift and carry heavy objects.
Big whoop.

[Precious Little]

I was quite surprised after doing one of the quick quizzes that I am closest to a Mesomorph. I am a pear shape though (hate that I can't change my shape!) but I am now starting to get some good muscle definition in my arms and legs which, now some of the weight has dropped off, is easier to see! Yay!

[Jubilee]

According to the quiz I am a mesomorph. That is what I would have guessed. As a kid I was fat but had some muscle definition. I'm fairly slim now but do have acceptable muscle tone. I guess in terms of body shape I am a pear because my upper thighs are my fattest region but I have very broad shoulders so I am not sure.

[Magalo]

Don't say that Magrat! My shape is maybe close to what society define as beauty (being slim), but I'm as weak as a mosquitoe. I have a hard time lifting anything! I always need help haha. People laugh at me at my student job when I'm trying to push or lift things x)

I NEVER built muscle. I swam vigorously 2-3 hours per weeks during 3 months at school and stayed the same. I did 1-2 hour of bicycling per day during 3-4 months when I was heavier and my thighs and calves stayed the same. There's nothing to do haha. I'm an eternal skinny-fat! I'm a bag of bones covered with a thin layer of fat. NO MUSCLES BETWEEN! XD I guess I'm gonna survive this haha.

[fitmom]

Magrat: I will gladly trade you my ecto for your meso, lol. I agree with what a lot of Magalo said. Our shape is what the modeling agencies look for and all that but it's not all that it's cracked up to be. I can lift things now after being conditioned with carrying my two kids when they were younger. But that's just recently.

I never built any sort of muscle before I started running a few months ago. My thighs are better than I've ever seen them (still a work-in-progress, though) and calves are improved too. But my upper body - arms and shoulders? That's another story entirely. I used to be skinny-fat my whole life actually until I cut out the sugar and ran like crazy, lol.

BTW, I would not describe your current weight and height as 'stocky'. No way. You are fit by my estimates.

I guess we always want what we don't have.