To think being an "apple" is the worst of all the shapes

[Temporaryname137]

Like lots of people, I've started the NY with the intention of losing weight. The health/fitness benefits go without saying.

BUT even if I shrank to nothing, like mrs pepperpot, I would still have enormous massive horrible boobs and gunt perched on top of skinny legs and no bum. It's less healthy to be this shape and it's virtually impossible to dress, because trousers are all saggy around the arse and hips whilst cutting into the waist, and by the time you've got a top that is big enough to cover the tits and gut, you look three sizes bigger than you really are (or "like a block" as my helpful DP once said when telling me that one oversized top was too oversized!).

If you are a pear, with a nice slinky waist, you can either celebrate your big bum or disguise it with something that makes you look all nipped in at the waist and slim. If you are a rectangle, or an hourglass, you're alright anyway. But being an apple? Awful!

[ElspethFlashman]

So any jeans recommendations, ladies?

For those of us broad of waist/lacking of any hips or arse?

Anything that doesn't fall down and gives me pert little cheeks?

[FrankensteinsSister]

I'm a small boob apple.
Essentially a sturdy hobbit/dwarf (strong legs, broad back and shoulders, about as feminine as a brick), but with long legs that tone up really easily.

Long layers and jeans do it for me (currently living in next jeans). Shift dresses can look ok if I'm not too heavy, but mostly make me look like an overstuffed sausage.

Interestingly, when I lost weight in my mid twenties, a v small hourglass appeared! Currently buried under layers, though I'm progressing pretty well.

If any apples want to experience the magic of a waist, may I suggest trying on a corset?

[BabychamSocialist]

What's the nickname for the shape of those dolls your grandma used to put over the loo roll to hide it? Because that's me!

[Revealall]

There is also the problem of skin. As an apple I notice that the skin on the smaller bits of my body- tops of arms, knees etc have gone crinkly and aged badly.The weight I have lost from my tummy has also resulted in slack skin.
My hourglass best friend who looks amazing a bit overweight has fantastic skin. My theory is that she puts on weight evenly so none of it gets over stretched but the weight also helps skin look youthful.
My thin rectangle friends seem to have the worse condition skin although with clothes on they look amazing.

[formerbabe]

I think this is one of the saddest threads I have read for ages

It really isn't! I suggest you head over to the relationships board....

[spidey66]

I hear you. All my weight goes on my boobs and stomach and even if I lose weight I'm still apparently at the risk of diabetes. Thanks Dad for that genetic disposition (though he of course didn't have the boobs problem-but my nan and aunts did/do).
The one consolation is that my bum and legs aren't too bad. (Especially when I've less weight on me than I do now lol.)

[Revealall]

nelipotter - it's a moan on the forum. I don't think that many MNetters s are so self obsessed that it's ruining lives or anything.

I have always been an apple whether a size 10 ( for 5 months ) 12,14 or 16.
However I have been low sugar/carb dieting and doing the 30 day Shred. I am still bigger around the waist but I have definition, it's flatter and I have lost the gunt completely!

[nelipotter]

I think this is one of the saddest threads I have read for ages. Nearly cried reading about how much so many of us don't like ourselves. I won't faff on about self-love and self-esteem, but hell, ladies, I wish this was a thread about strength and sensuality and survival and great big delicious bellies and hearty appetites and swimming in inappropriate togs....

[singleandfabulous]

I hear you quimreaper

Nowhere for the organs to go in us short waited ones. If I want a flat stomach I have to skip a few meals. The curse of the 'high-hipped' among us.

Exercise wise, I find the folliwing effective.

• standing /squating punching
  
• planking
  
• mountain climbers
  
• bicycle crunches

[QuimReaper]

Mind sharing your exercise tips to tone up the middle noeffing and single? I've lost about 15lbs and am slowly getting my shape back, but the tummy fat is very stubborn. I'm actually a really low weight now but still look ghastly with my kit off, and still can't wear clingy dresses without Spanx holding it all in. I've got about 2-2.5kg left to lose, and then I think Phase Two will be to start really focusing on my core.

Mind you, even at a low weight I too am a rectangle: straight up and down. There's about an inch between the bottom of my rib cage and my hips, which is probably why. The slightest amount of food or the shortest period of overindulgence and my tummy pokes out a mile. It's never really "flat" either, even when you can see my hip bones - I guess that's my actual organs having nowhere to go?

[MissVictoria]

I have no idea what "shape" i am, other than one i dislike!
I carry my weight worst on my stomach and my face/neck. I actually don't have a neck, just a massive double (or quadruple!) chin. I'm like a snowman, a big round blob on top of another big round blob, with very small (and massively uneven sized/shaped) breasts. Bum pretty flat, chunky thighs, and i can't do up regular width boots over my calves.
My ideal would be a size 12. At the moment i'm an 18 in jeans and i wear stretch cami tops in an 18 but if i were to try to buy a proper button up shirt i'd be a 24 just because of my huge stupid belly.

[Thegirlinthefireplace]

Not sure why massive arse and no tits is preferrable to small arse and massive tits. Think your making a classic mistake of seeing grass as greener on the other side.

[Temporaryname137]

Oh and apparently a fruity rectangle is a banana 🍌

[Temporaryname137]

I have a friend who has the most amazing hourglass figure. When we were about 14 onwards, any boy who was chatting you up in a bar would stop dead when he saw her and say, "phwoar, who's your Indian mate??"

FOUR kids later and her stomach is still like a washboard. It might even be concave. I have no idea why we are friends 😵

[MrsMattBomer]

I was once told I'm an example of a "generous rectangle" - I mean... what the hell is that?

[ElspethFlashman]

Welp, another trip to town...and home with yet another pair of leggings.

Yet no tops suitably long or thick or disguising enough for over them except the dreaded plaid lumberjack shirts. I don't want to look like a lumberjack! I don't care if I have the figure of one!

[noeffingidea]

Another apple here.
When I'm not overweight (and I have been tiny) I am a rectangle ie I don't go in at the waist much, no matter how much I exercise. Thats just something I've had to accept. On the plus side my body seems to respond well to exercise and tone up quite nicely.
When I was a teenager (in the 70's) clothes were much more standard in size and usually had a tiny fitted waist. I'm personally quite thankful that isn't the case anymore.

[Andylion]

I'm a fat hourglass.

You mean "voluptuous"?

[Andylion]

The only fruit I can think of with a vaguely rectangular shape is a pineapple chunk! Will that do?!

I love pineapple. Sure,, let's go with that.

[singleandfabulous]

It's a sod isn't it. I have to keep my weight low and exercise like a demon to keep my middle in shape.

I envy my pear shaped and hourglass friends with thier tiny waists so much but to be fair, I do have a cracking arse and a fine pair of legs.

[Temporaryname137]

Even if I set myself on fire, I bet I'd still have a massive stomach. Plus all that fat would keep it burning for days!

[DangerousBeanz]

I'm a fat hourglass. Currently I have massive boobs and hips but small waist. I have to say that I get away with murder being this shape, fitted clothes/tailored clothes are my friend and I can get away with carrying an extra stone or more. However I can't wear anything loose waisted and spend a fortune having all my clothes altered so they fit on my waist.

[user1471461752]

Ooh I wonder if I'm an apple as well then? My legs and bum are ok but my belly is big. Any weight I put on goes directly onto my belly. Arms and face are bigger than id like too. Boobs aren't big tho?

[QuimReaper]

This is really one of the wittiest threads I've read in ages, you guys are on fire

[BlueFolly]

I think it's partly that the apple shape is one that a lot of people tend towards as they get older. I'm an hourglass but now in my late 40s any extra weight goes onto my belly and I look ten years older.