You know this website has allowed me to work out for the first time ever what body shape I am! I thought I was hourglass for ages (I really don't have a Marilyn body, but just because when I put on weight it seemed to go everywhere equally), then recently I thought I was apple shaped, however from looking at the pics I've realised I'm pear shaped!
More of a subtle pear though, because I only carry the weight in thighs/bum/hips a bit more than other places. It's odd though, because back when I was 8.7, I was fine with my bum, fine with my legs (except in some pairs of jeans when I didn't like my thighs, but very few), fine with my hips, it was my stomach I hated because it wasn't washboard flat! Ridiculous though, cos it virtually was flat.
I can't believe how stupid I was back then, but then again I think about who I was comparing myself too - beautiful celebrities and models, a very small handful of gorgeous girls my age with impossibly perfect figures. And because I wasn't like that, I was "fat" - a size 8/10. It makes me really angry that I had to feel like that. I'm glad I was healthy etc, better than being overweight, but I feel I could have just as easily gone underweight as I did go overweight. And it's not just me, friends at sixth form I had all seemed to think they were fat, these size 8 girls. I wish someone could just shake them and let them know it's ok to be NORMAL - if you're overweight, its ok to do something about it, if you're underweight, you should put weight on, but when you are healthy you shouldn't strive to lose weight. At one point I dropped to 8 stone - another 7lbs, and I would have been underweight. I wish I'd had someone telling me I looked OK and that I didn't need to lose any weight, but then anyone who did say something about me being slim, I would just think "yeah well thats because you haven't seen me without the clothes covering up all my fat". Ridiculous.
Sorry, that turned into a rant, and an entirely pointless one, think I just needed to vent!