What is your shape?
 

I thought this was cool :cool:

http://www.shopyourshape.com/calcula...ody-shape.html

I'm a pear but I knew that already, I was hoping it would tell me I'm suddenly an hourglass or something haha

I'm not sure. I'm either a spoon or a pear, cuz I have traits of both, and when I got to the end I couldn't decide which one was me.

Cool.

That page won't load properly on my iPad, but by ratio and size I am an hourglass, tending toward a ruler (my waist/bust to hip ratio is enough for me to qualify as an hourglass, but just barely). I shop accordingly, as well as shopping with what flatters my waist length, height, and complexion.

There's a lot to consider when shopping :)

Some of those shapes were new to me. I always thought there were 3 shapes, not 8. Alas, I am something else than I thought. I am "straight" which I had affectionately called Sponge Bob :D

ETA I have been playing "what if" game here...hehe...so if I go down to 38/29/38 I will get to be hourglass :)

Apparently I'm a spoon. :D This was fun!

this was fun!

Im A SPOON lol thats new

I always thought I was an apple, but according to this I'm an oval. Sounds about right either way. :lol:

:lol: LOL!

Im 40-33-40. I thought I was an Apple, but this says I´m straight....very interesting. If it took my shoulders into account I would be a carrot because I´m so wide..haha

Straight here too. Pre-children, I used to be more of an hourglass, but while my ribcage and hipbones managed to go more or less back to normal post-pregnancy, my abdomen has never recovered.

You and I have exactly same stats. Except I have small shoulders; no carrot here; hehe!

I got a pear; usually on these things I'm either a pear or an hourglass. I guess that means I'm in the middle, unless there's a special name for busty pear-shapes.

I thought my 36-28-38 shape would make me hour glass but apparently I'm a spoon?? Hahahaha that's awesome! :lol:

I think I'm a pear. Need to find my measuring thing.
Heck. All I know is my hips are wide and I feel like my shoulders are just as 'bad'. Lol

Measuring is good :) When I was not dropping pounds but inches, it helped me to focus on goal. -- Now I am dropping pounds but not inches. :dizzy:

Agreed ^^^^

I'm a pear and a weird looking one! I have tiny ankles supporting humongous thunder thighs and a mondo arse.

I've only been brave enough to measure my largest circumference (the mondo arse) and I've lost 1.5 inches of it already. :)

I wasn't surprised. :) I got top hourglass.

I do like the suggestions that it gave me: accentuate my waist and fill out my bottom half.

I'm an hourglass normally but I am all bloated right now so I am straight lol

This is really cool! at 31.5-26-32 I'm a straight, they were also fairly accurate in my body description as well :)

im a pear... :( should have known.... my a** is gigantic... lol, i was hoping for hourglass. oh well, we will see where it is in a year.

I'm a pear, I already knew.

My boobs keep shrinking and my arse can't keep up :D.

Straight for me!

measurement wise...it says hourglass, but other websites say I am a banana/straight shape. My hips/bust are even and there is a 9 inch difference between my bust-waist-hips. out of shape ruler? soon to be in-shape ruler? hahaha

It says I'm a pear but I'm really not a pear. I think the best description of my shape was from this site: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...ypes--you.html

"Skittle" - big thighs but not big hips or butt

OMG!!
It is so funny you posted this!
I looked at this site last night without knowing you had posted this thread!
:rofl:
We are connected from birth, I tell you!
& you're really 36!! ;)

So, I was online last night and thought-"Surely there is a calculator to tell me which shape I am, since me and a nursing degree can't figure it out!" :lol:

{{It's the blonde}}

Anyway, according to this calculator, I'm a "Spooner" :lol:

Go to this site to learn more about which exercises accentuate your assets for each type.....Identify Your Body Type

Hehe. Love it! I think I am goblet.

Ok, I did a bikini shot of me beside these models & I can't determine my shape--still!!
I think there is something seriously wrong w/me!
Perhaps it was all those years of doing puzzles where you compare 2 side by side and pick out the differences :rofl:

It's all made up to make people feel insecure about "problem areas" anyway. Just another moneymaker for the fashion industry. Every magazine has "dressing for your shape" articles that are all about hiding big boobs or making tiny ones look bigger.

I kinda giggled at the link you posted, K9, which told me to avoid all strenuous lower body exercises since they would perpetuate my spoon shape.

:love: you just don't want to be 44

I found this comical too, esp. since my lower body weigh lifting includes (used to include before I became unmotivated and unconditioned) lunges, squats, and various leg strengthening exercises!

:rofl:
Yeah, the problem areas they target for us---butt, hips, thighs, I find most people consider an asset for me!

It said I was a spion but I didn't know my bust so I think I put that in there I have big boobies

Agreed!

I laughed out loud on reading "Best Exercises for Escaping Your Hourglass Shape."

Wait, what?? Now you must escape whatever shape you are!! It's all wrong!!!

I would like to know exactly how to do deadlifts with 'little or no weight', also ;). And, only do squats if you're not overweight!!! We all know that doing squats when you're overweight will only make you bulky :D.

I should just nail my feet to the floor ;)

It must be done!!! ESCAPE your shape!!! :dizzy:

Huh I'm a "Straight" and a "ruler", and for years I was always told I was an apple. According to the other site, I'm a brick.... house. fitting.

I think 90% of the weight I've lost so far as been in my torso and back. The other 10% was in my fingers and face :)

Its funny though, most of the clothes they suggest contradict what I've been told my overweight/obese life.

Crap, well I spose there's no excuse for that. I do love the fact that they mention lower back pain for rulers, as I do get that from time to time.