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.

I'm ectomorph as well

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.