Skinny or Curvy?
 

I've been on this forum for a while, and I've seen some pretty low goals! Of course it's up to yourselves what you have your goal as, you know your own body and what will look best, but I was just wondering what the general opinion was on this forum...

At the end of your diet, do you aim to be skinny, or curvy??


Don't get me wrong, thin is better than fat. (I would not be here if I felt otherwise) But I definitely hope to keep my curves. I still want a bum. I still want boobs. If that means I have a little thicker arms and legs, or a tiny bulge of the belly, then so be it.

My boobs left at 160lbs so...that's out! LOL I aim to be fit. I aim for muscle tone to show through and I won't stop til almost all of my body fat percentage is gone enough for every muscle I've worked so hard on that past year to show.

Had I kept my boobs I'd be 160 and still have a gut!

I aim for what I can maintain without driving myself or anyone around me crazy.

I have no rearend at 191 lbs so there are no curves on my body. If I had an hourglass shape I would probably increase my goal to 150 or so. Good observation cant.

Both- they're not mutually exclusive, after all.

I have an hour glass figure that tends to get straighter as I lose weight and boobs that start to look less attractive as my weight gets lower, so this is a question I really struggle with. Unfortunately, I can't keep certain parts of my body and trade in the others (but wouldn't that be great?!) So I've decided that I want my legs to look good more than breasts. I can wear a push-up bra, but there's nothing I can do to fool people into thinking I have great legs.

I'll never be totally happy with my body, but then again, my ideas about the "perfect body" change depending on my mood. Sometimes I wish I was tall, sometimes I'm happy to be short. Sometimes curvy seems good, sometimes I wish I was flat and stick thin so I could wear those cute, flowy clothes without looking like a beach ball. Anyway, glad someone else has some similar thoughts about weight loss. :)

Even at 121lbs I had curves, its just my shape...my calves were still 14.5in!

I will say I enjoy this site: http://www.skinnyvscurvy.com/

It often showcases bodies that are distinctly different shapes and sizes (from plus size models, to typical skinny models, to short curvy girls, to tall curvy girls).

To be perfectly honest, I want to get to a weight where I can be described as slender or slim. I doubt my splendid hips will be going anywhere though..lol

Both. Like xty, that's how I'm built. I actually get less curvy as I gain weight, because my waist gets thicker in proportion to the rest of me. When I started at 168 lbs, my measurements were something like 42/35/44.5; now at 126 I'm at 36-25-37.5.

If I had to make a choice, though, I would opt for a lower body fat percentage and fewer "curves." Which tells me how much my preferred aesthetic has changed over the last year--a year ago, I would've told you that I'd prefer curves with a little softness (if it was necessary).

Well I'd aim to be skinny but that's never going to happen - I accept that. That's just not something that would be healthy for me. I will always carry a little 'softness' around my lower half.

The best I can hope for is to have good even muscle definition. But it would be awesome to have a bod like this:-

http://www.ab-core-and-stomach-exerc...ness-model.jpg

slender & healthy, but not "hard" bodied.

I definitely have child-bearing hips. I couldn't be skinny if I wanted to be. [And I secretly do]
But all the guys I know like curvy, and when I admire other females bodies, I tend to agree with the men that the curves are nice.

An Ideal Body:
http://images2.fanpop.com/image/phot...42-500-340.jpg

Curvy and skinny but not stick skinny.

I also choose both! :) I have a small waist, wide hips and a booty so that's probably never going to change, but I'd like to get down to where I feel very toned and lean or what some may call "skinny." ;)

"Compact," "petite," "svelte," "small." I like eating a LOT so I don't think "skinny" is in the cards, and I'm rocking AAs and a flat butt so "curvy" is impossible as well.

I'm not really sure about the definition of curvy, I see it used for so many different types of body and although I've always considered myself to be curvy (26 inch waist and 35 inch hips), I know some would have a completely different interpretation of that.

In terms of losing my breasts and hips at my goal, I don't think that will happen. I'd describe myself as a pear with breasts and I always have been, even when I was at my thinnest I was still a C-D cup. In all the weight that I've lost so far, I haven't had to change any of my bras (although I've got a little bit more space in there, it's not noticable). Same goes for my butt and my damn thighs.

I'd love to be slender in theory, but I think if I reach a point where I'm more comfortable and confident in my thighs then I'll be happy. Goal weight is only an 'ideal' and it's subject to change as I get closer to it.

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).

Originally Posted by MariaMaria:
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!

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. :o 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.