What is curvy?

ferdi · 24-10-2005 8:10pm

i got 13% body fat apparently

by the way, this iswhat i think a curvy women looks like, mmmm. (minus the airbrush :rolleyes: )

OSiriS · 24-10-2005 9:44pm

Nightwish wrote:

going by a lot of the opinions of the guys on this thread, I'd be deemed "fat". This is something I've NEVER been called by anyone. WTF is wrong with you people?

The only people who's opinion should matter to you are your own and your boyfriend, not strangers who think all women should have the figure of supermodels.

Nightwish · 24-10-2005 10:01pm

OSiriS wrote:

The only people who's opinion should matter to you are your own and your boyfriend, not strangers who think all women should have the figure of supermodels.

i know that, I really dont care what some internet nerds think, I really dont but, I just found some of the comments posted, completely absurd.

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 24-10-2005 10:30pm

Nightwish wrote:

i know that, I really dont care what some internet nerds think, I really dont but, I just found some of the comments posted, completely absurd.

I have to agree with you, some of the comments on this topic have been completely absurd

dundalk cailin · 24-10-2005 10:31pm

goes to show the differences in opinion, that pic of charlotte church posted by endurance man, think she looks fab, fair play to her.. though i think she has crumbled under media pressure to loose weight, i think she looks great, and is a good role model to young girls

Blondie86Star · 24-10-2005 10:33pm

It took me a lot of hard work to get to where I am today (a size 8), after dropping from a 12/14. But i was NEVER called fat or even considered myself fat when I was that size. I was a healthy weight for my height, but I was in hospital for a while a couple of years back and lost a fair bit of wieight. When I got out I started taking care of myself, exercising, eating healthily etc and I came to a weight that I am now very happy with. Although I sometimes would like to have some extra meat on my bones, dunno why, just to feel more feminine:o

Blondie86Star · 24-10-2005 10:35pm

dundalk cailin wrote:

goes to show the differences in opinion, that pic of charlotte church posted by endurance man, think she looks fab, fair play to her.. though i think she has crumbled under media pressure to loose weight, i think she looks great, and is a good role model to young girls

Sh'es the perfect body I think... real womanly shape.

When I lost the weigh, my boobs disappeared:(

dundalk cailin · 24-10-2005 10:39pm

aw! thats often what people say tho when they lose weight, cant have the best of both worlds! well im a 12 on top, and 14 on bottom, id like to be an all over 12, just lazy i guess, but im smaller than i was when i 14 or so. but iv friends who are bigger than me (16-18) and smaller (8-10) i dont usually get complaints, but id like to lose weight as a confidence thing

Blondie86Star · 24-10-2005 10:45pm

dundalk cailin wrote:

aw! thats often what people say tho when they lose weight, cant have the best of both worlds! well im a 12 on top, and 14 on bottom, id like to be an all over 12, just lazy i guess, but im smaller than i was when i 14 or so. but iv friends who are bigger than me (16-18) and smaller (8-10) i dont usually get complaints, but id like to lose weight as a confidence thing

I think that as you get older you feel good in your own skin, and it really shows. I don't think guys know how much comments about figures affect girls, anything can trigger something. I think as long as your happy it shouldnt matter what others say. sometimes people call me skinny, which is just as bad as being called fat

Nightwish · 24-10-2005 10:47pm

Curvy should mean that you're not a stick insect with the body of a prepubescent boy a-la many models strutting the catwalks.
Curves mean that your not the same all over. I'm an 8 on top and a 10 around my waist so I think I'm curvy. But for me weight isnt anything I lose sleep over, as I'm a complete pig when it comes to food and a total couch potato. I digress, Charlotte Church's figure in that pic looks a lot like my figure and I'm just appalled that anyone could deem that fat. I think some of the stuff said here could really insult people if they were sensitive about their weight.

CathyMoran · 24-10-2005 10:58pm

I went down from a 10-12 (healthy for my height) to a size 8-10, though luckily I kept most of my chest, they were getting too big in any case. I would consider myself to be more defined at this weight even though I was perfectly happy 14 lb heavier. My dad is saying that I need to put on some weight though. I just wish that I had a smaller posterior but no amount of exercise or dieting seems to do that for me.

dundalk cailin · 24-10-2005 11:15pm

Nightwish wrote:

. I'm an 8 on top and a 10 around my waist so I think I'm curvy.

i would definitely not call u fat, :eek:

Blondie86Star wrote:

. I think that as you get older you feel good in your own skin, and it really shows.

yes i agree, i dont get as bothered bout my figure, im more interested in having a laugh, as i say this is me, take me or leave me, if you dont like me, somebody else will

Blondie86Star · 24-10-2005 11:17pm

yes i agree, i dont get as bothered bout my figure, im more interested in having a laugh, as i say this is me, take me or leave me, if you dont like me, somebody else will[/QUOTE]

YOU GO GIRL!!!!

dundalk cailin · 24-10-2005 11:28pm

Blondie86Star wrote:

YOU GO GIRL!!!!

*takes a bow*

but seriously its sad to see the amount of young girls puttin themselves thru hell for a better figure. personally i love my chocolate too much

Blondie86Star · 24-10-2005 11:31pm

dundalk cailin wrote:

*takes a bow*

but seriously its sad to see the amount of young girls puttin themselves thru hell for a better figure. personally i love my chocolate too much

MMM...Chocolate...that reminds me my mom got Ben & Jerry's Phish Food!!!:D

Nightwish · 24-10-2005 11:38pm

dundalk cailin wrote:

i would definitely not call u fat, :eek:

thank you. I know I'm not. but going by endurance mans standards I'm Pudgy:rolleyes:

now who mentioned Phish Food....mmmmmmmmm *drools*

dundalk cailin · 24-10-2005 11:38pm

havent tasted that??? i must be deprived!! ill tell u what im am deprived of is CADBURYS..i am goin crazy, 8 weeks without the stuff, xcept when my BEST FRIEND (she really is...) sent me over 2 big bars of dairy milk!! of course i shared it round with my french classmates, got them all converted to cadburysaholics..im doin well

Blondie86Star · 24-10-2005 11:39pm

Well i definately wouldnt consider you fat! most girls would kill fo a figure like that!!

dundalk cailin · 24-10-2005 11:39pm

Nightwish wrote:

thank you. I know I'm not. but going by endurance mans standards I'm Pudgy:rolleyes:

who does endurance man think he is calling u pudgy?? he prob just jealous cos he knows u got it going on!!

Blondie86Star · 24-10-2005 11:42pm

I see rb_ie thinks charlotte chuch is pudgy...the nerve!:mad:

Nightwish · 24-10-2005 11:48pm

Blondie86Star wrote:

I see rb_ie thinks charlotte chuch is pudgy...the nerve!:mad:

ah well I'm not going to waste any more of my time complaining about other peoples opinions. Its not like I care. anyway, Its nice to see that some celebrities dont listen to the editors of Heat or to fashion and beauty magazines criticising them for every burger they eat or so help them God, if they are seen in McDonalds.

dundalk cailin · 24-10-2005 11:51pm

hear hear

Tar.Aldarion · 25-10-2005 12:51am

Well God help anybody that is seen in McDonalds!
Now I havn't read all of this but come on,some guys are ridiculous...pudgy my ass....well that's a different matter.....

18-11-2005 4:23pm

lindsay lohan in mean girls has the perfect gir l figure!yes i di watch chick flicks!

Love · 21-11-2005 1:35am

nesf wrote:

Ok, in reality...
On a seperate issue, this tendency of women to label any thin woman as anorexic is beyond contempt. You'd swear there were no naturally thin people in the world. Anorexia is a term that's bandied about far far too easily these days. Some women are "bony". That's life. Same as some men are. But do they get labelled as anorexic because they are so thin? No, it's just brushed off as them just being naturally thin.

There are naturally thin people out there obviously, but to be fair, an awful lot of women in the media are unhealthily thin, and a higher proportion *ARE* anorexic. Having said that, I myself was very thin a few years back and when some of the guys in my class started a rumour that I was anorexic, I was very angry about it.

About curvy girls: Girls who are not stick-thin, but are still fairly thin and have bigger bums and breasts. Usually. That seems to be the general opinion I've come across.

Curvy celebrities - Women who actually need a bra.

EDIT: Also, about those 5 models in that link... none of them are "curvy" they're all wearing push up bras. Which I actually think looks horrible, it's so unnatural looking! Admittedly though, they all have great legs.

Nightwish: A size 8 on top? That is NOT fat!!! I'd hate to think what some people would think of me then, I'm a 12, 12-14 on top (I'm 5'9)

soph · 22-11-2005 5:03pm

i always thought that the the term "skinny or slim" meant girls that are skinny and weigh little, (big boobs or no big boobs !)
and the word "curvy" meant a figure that has an average amount of weight regarldless of boob size or ass size !

and "fat" is obviously overweight people!
i would call myself curvy, because i am not skinny nor am i any way fat ! but that doesnt mean ive a big ass or big boobs

spiderlegs · 22-11-2005 5:55pm

Curvy is when you have Curves!
Y'know, a small waist hips that are visible and stuff that gives you shape, why do people always give the word "curves" a negative side??
Curves are lovely...every woman has them some are just less obvious.

Sangre · 22-11-2005 6:14pm

Charlotte Church did hit a very pudgy stage when she went on a bender..

Pigman II · 22-11-2005 6:18pm

Sangre wrote:

Charlotte Church did hit a very pudgy stage when she went on a bender..

I know his haircut and fake-tan suggest otherwise but I reckon Gavin Henson is straight.

Sangre · 22-11-2005 7:11pm

Bravo Pigman...bravo

Sangre · 22-11-2005 7:11pm

Blondie86Star wrote:

I see rb_ie thinks charlotte chuch is pudgy...the nerve!:mad:

How dare he have an opinion...THE NERVE!!

NikNik · 23-11-2005 3:17pm

Why is it that we've had a gazillion and a half threads like this ? We're always asking what constitutes a "curvy" or slim woman. Everyone is different so what's curvy to me may be not be to someone else. It only strengthens womens insecurities and make them want to change the way they look or feel depressed about what they do/don't have. Women and men constantly compare women to each other and in turn women try to live up to what some guys deem a suitable enough for their liking and it's ridiculous.

This thread could go on and on and on. It'd be like me saying "I wouldn't go for a guy who doesn't have the following:
1) a washboard stomach
2) at least 6ft in height
3) Blue eyes (could possibly be green)
4) a doctrate(sp?)
5) size 9 feet
6) a strong jaw
7) large penis
8)etc....etc...

But then another girl going "Nah, I prefer a real man with loadsa hair on his back and I don't mind about the size of his manhood or if he has a bit of a beer belly as long as he his face good looking

Then another comes along and says "I like blah-de-blah..." then another and another and so on and so forth.

Scarinae · 23-11-2005 4:28pm

According to Metro (yeah probably not the most reliable source) there are four main female body types - the rectangle, the inverted triangle, the spoon and the hourglass. The hourglass figure is what I would consider curvy - hips and boobs but a small waist. However, less than one in ten women have this figure. Most fit into the rectangular bracket - pretty much the same size the whole way down. Spoon shapes are large hipped and inverted triangles have big boobs and small hips. Anyway, the rectangle shape is what I would consider to be definitely not curvy

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