I would love to be curvy, but it's not gonna happen for me unless there's some plastic involved. I'm almost 50 now, and I was never curvy but with age I've become more apple shaped. Since my weight is primarily in my abdomen (and *inner* thighs), it gets better as I get thinner. Yes, my boobs and hips also shrink, but the belly is a priority.
Interesting question that made me think for a bit. Decades ago when I was at my goal weight, I would've described myself as skinny with a decent rack.
After having two kids, though, I have no idea what my body will look like when I get back to goal. So... I actually have no idea what I'm even capable of. I know my hips are (a little) bigger, though I'll never be a hippy girl. I know my boobs are a little saggier (woo hoo). My butt has always been (and will always be) flat as a pancake. And post c-section, I may never have the flat tummy I used to flaunt.
I guess, at my advanced age (I'm 37 lol), I'm really just looking to be trim, toned and fit. Personally, my favorite body shape is Tosca Reno. But Hubby hates that look (he prefers women to be soft), and I'm lazy, so that probably will never happen.
Sad to say, I probably can't beat genetics and age to a certain extent. So when I reach goal, I am likely to be skinny with saggy boobs and a flat butt. lol Not my first choice, but without surgical intervention, it's what I'm stuck with.
My boobs have never been huge and I've lost 5" from them since losing weight, so being curvy was never achievable! Instead,my top half looks skinny and my bottom half needs some toning. My original goal was to be slim and healthy.
I think it really depends on what people use as the definition of 'curvy.' I am a naturally curvy girl. I'm somewhere between a pear and an hourglass in that I gain weight in my bottom half (currently 38 inches, holding steady even after 10lbs weight loss) but I have a sizeable top half to begin with (36D). Nowadays people use the word 'curvy' as a catch-all for women who carry extra weight, no matter how much. It's not bad to carry a little bit of extra weight, of course, so long as you're healthy.
I want to be healthy, and not carry a little bit of extra weight if I can help it (i.e. be within an ideal/athletic weight range according to BMI), but I know that I will always be curvy in that curvy is my body type. I'd like to get down to 20% body fat, which I consider 'skinny' compared to the 25-28% I'm at now, but I don't expect my butt and hips to disappear! It ain't gonna happen!
I'm unlikely to lose the curves unless I become completely emaciated. I daydream about getting down to a nice slim 32DD again, and ponder the possibilities of even going as far as a D cup (unlikely).
I aim for what I can maintain without driving myself or anyone around me crazy.
Agreed. Healthy, womanly, and happy are my goals.
Another posted mentioned http://www.skinnyvscurvy.com - a site I look at every once and a while too. BUT the attitudes in the comments are totally infuriating. There is a lot of body-hate and nasty comments about celebrity figures... very opposite from 3FC.
Just so you ladies have a visual here because I have no photos posted of me - okay, imagine if you morphed Kate Gosselin with Gwyneth Paltrow - that's pretty close to what I currently look like. They are both ectomorphs like myself so definitely not curvy by my estimates. Skinny? Maybe but lean is what I prefer, lol.
I asked a personal trainer once what I could do to develop more curves and he said I should work on my glutes. NOT!! That would equal my jeans not fitting. I've come to the conclusion that I can diet, run and lift weights until I'm blue in the face and at the end of the day, I will NEVER EVER BE CURVY. It's just not the way God designed me, lol.
It's interesting to me because the media portrays the picture of these super-slim women but men all say they prefer curvy. So by the media's standards, I'm the ideal body type. According to guys, I'm a little light on the curves. What's that about?
I remember the first time I figured out I didn't really have much of a waist. I saw Valerie Bertinelli in the blue bikini in that Jenny Craig commerical. I was floored when I saw how cinched in her waist was compared to her bust and hips. Up until that point, I thought (stupidly) that most women had waists similiar to mine: slightly cinched in. I'm not kidding (I so need to get out more). I went into the bathroom, stripped down to my underwear and bra and almost cried. I, in no way, shape or form looked like Valerie - not by a long-shot. It was disheartening to say the very least.
But in all honesty, how curvy could I expect to be with my current measurements which are: 33-25.5-32? Not exactly the stuff a guys dreams are made of, lol. I would be seriously kidding myself.
Thank God my husband doesn't expect me to look like Kim Kardashian because he would be seriously disappointed, lol. He always tells me that he loves me just the way I am and says I'm perfect for him.
How's this for a short answer? I just want to look like me only fitter and healthier. Sorry for the long-winded post.
My definition of curvy being: thin with a great difference between the waist and the hips/boobs, this is my answer:
Actually I'm curvier when I'm at a lower weight. When I lose weight, I lose from my waist and sides, and my boobs/hips stay almost the same. I look way more curvier than with the large waist I had!
To give you an idea: In almost 20 pounds lost, I've lost 5 inches from my waist, 2 from my boobs and only one inch from my hips !
If your definition of curvy is big boobs and big ***/hips, it will never happen to me anyway; at my starting weight I wore the same bra I wear now (34b) and my bottom is nothing impressive. I guess we can't change our shape!
Sure I'd love to be more toned like the girl on the photo in the post before, but I know it's really not likely to happen as I'm a pure ectomorph!
Last edited by Magalo; 08-07-2011 at 09:42 PM.
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I don't really have any choice. I'm going to be curvy no matter what weight I choose (I'm currently wearing something like a 34G/H and my hips are even bigger than my bust!), it's what genetics gave me. I'm never going to be thin and wispy but I've long since accepted that. I can pull off the fit, muscular look when I'm at a low weight so that's what I'm looking forward to. I can see it already to some extent, except for my lower waist, which just wants to stick WAY out after having a kid. Hopefully by the time I reach goal that won't be as bad!
I think I will always be curvy as I am so short. I am still wearing my same size 12 jeans(granted they are looser and I wash them in really hot water) after losing 24 lbs. I get discouraged everyday that even at my goal of 112 I will be a size 8. It is scaring me a lot actually. I have lost all my weight at the top(a whole cup size) and hardly anything at the bottom. I'm not too sure what I am doing wrong. I want to keep curves but I dream of being thin at the same time.
Neither. Athletic. I can't be curvy unless I suddenly get breast implants (although I have a decent ***, I was not blessed with the chest!), so I need to turn my skinny into athletic.
I'm never going to be thin and wispy but I've long since accepted that. I can pull off the fit, muscular look when I'm at a low weight so that's what I'm looking forward to. I can see it already to some extent, except for my lower waist, which just wants to stick WAY out after having a kid. 
Hopefully by the time I reach goal that won't be as bad! 
