Am I the only woman who likes being curvy?

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Anonymous wrote:Pre-pregnancy, I liked being curvy. My "skinny" was a size 10 and I looked awesome, but even at a size 14/16 I was proportional. Now I'm a post-baby size 12/14 and don't like it: the curves are in the wrong place, and there are too many of them.

Curvy does not mean fat. Why has that suddenly become what curvy means? Curvy is Beyoncé or someone else with an hourglass shape. It does not mean the woman in that first photo above, who is very overweight.

On another note PP, I feel your pain. Things seemed to have moved around post babies for me too. Much flabbier at the same weight and lumpy.

I'm smaller than the woman in the first photo, but I think she looks, beautiful, sexy, and confident. Please share your photo, PP.

Not PP, but one can be very overweight and considered by others to be beautiful, sexy, confident. Consider the entire Renaissance Art period.

Actually, no, one cannot be very overweight and considered beautiful or sexy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually like my curvy womanly body. I look hot in a wrap dress and heels and I like that I am not rail thin!

Yes you are. You are the only one.

On a serious note, "curvy" has come to mean any variation of bodies with extra flesh. The problem is that an aspirational meaning of curvy is a woman with large firm breasts, small waist, and pronounced hips and bottom. This woman is also assumed to have slender arms and legs, a flat stomach and a slim back. Furthermore, it is also assumed that this extra flesh, where she has it, will be very firmly attached to the bone, not subjected to gravity, will have a very firm consistency and no noticeable cellulite.

Very few women are built this way in real life, and when they are, they are this way only for a few years while they are young. If this describes you, rejoice, you are one of the 1% women on the planet. Enjoy it while it lasts.

The majority of women who describe themselves as curvy are indeed fat. The glamorized version of "curvy", read "fat" models you see in photos ("see! this fat woman is beautiful, sexy and confident!") have been airbrushed within the inch of their lives to remove all signs of gravity and cellulite. Ergo, you do not see that their arms jiggle, that their bum and thighs are ripply and covered in cellulite, and that their stomach rolls move with them, usually with a 2-second delay. That type of curvy is not attractive at all. Unfortunately, it will account for the majority of women who title themselves "curvy" and will be better served by the harsh but true assessment that they do in fact have extra weight, and that they will in fact look better and be healthier if they lose it. No it's not your breasts.

[Anonymous]

Funny how everybody assumes slim woman have flat bellies. That is rarely true. They may be skinny but have the post baby bump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny how everybody assumes slim woman have flat bellies. That is rarely true. They may be skinny but have the post baby bump.

Slim women are more likely to have flat bellies than fat women.

[Anonymous]

Now, If only all of you could learn to love your body without putting down other body types.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pre-pregnancy, I liked being curvy. My "skinny" was a size 10 and I looked awesome, but even at a size 14/16 I was proportional. Now I'm a post-baby size 12/14 and don't like it: the curves are in the wrong place, and there are too many of them.

Curvy does not mean fat. Why has that suddenly become what curvy means? Curvy is Beyoncé or someone else with an hourglass shape. It does not mean the woman in that first photo above, who is very overweight.

On another note PP, I feel your pain. Things seemed to have moved around post babies for me too. Much flabbier at the same weight and lumpy.

I'm smaller than the woman in the first photo, but I think she looks, beautiful, sexy, and confident. Please share your photo, PP.

Not PP, but one can be very overweight and considered by others to be beautiful, sexy, confident. Consider the entire Renaissance Art period.

Actually, no, one cannot be very overweight and considered beautiful or sexy.

I would like to hear from the men. So many times, women are commenting on what is or is not attractive to men based on their own insecurities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now, If only all of you could learn to love your body without putting down other body types.

+1000
It is ridiculous...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now, If only all of you could learn to love your body without putting down other body types.

+1000
It is ridiculous...

That's right. Plus, why does anyone need to hear from "the men"? Like everyone is hetero? The coolest thing is to be cool with yourself and nor GAF what other people are doing.

[Anonymous]

I'm also curvy and a sz4. It's great!

[Anonymous]

LOL @ all the self congratulary posts in this thread. Insecure much?

[Anonymous]

I'm otherwise slim, but have a really big butt. Exercise just makes it more toned, but no smaller. I really want to love it and sometimes I do...other times I'm terribly self-conscious about it.

[Anonymous]

I don’t mind being curvy at all!

However, I wish my boobs were a couple sizes smaller. From a DDD to a D, or even C.

I have a really thin waist and it just gets lost. After this, final, round of BF a baby, I’m hoping for smaller boobs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The thinner the better unless you are less than a size zero.
I hate being curvy. It is not what people aspire to.

You clearly have no understanding of the vast amounts of research regarding preferred waist hip ratios (hint: if you want to appeal to men, you should have some curve)

+1

That poster also doesn't seem to understand that there is no universal "size zero" & that, even if there were, a tall women who wearing that size would likely have a much lower BMI than a short person wearing that size. A 5'10" woman who wears a size zero in most brands likely looks emaciated while a 4'10" woman who wears a size zero in the same brands probably doesn't look too skinny (& may even look a bit chubby).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pre-pregnancy, I liked being curvy. My "skinny" was a size 10 and I looked awesome, but even at a size 14/16 I was proportional. Now I'm a post-baby size 12/14 and don't like it: the curves are in the wrong place, and there are too many of them.

Curvy does not mean fat. Why has that suddenly become what curvy means? Curvy is Beyoncé or someone else with an hourglass shape. It does not mean the woman in that first photo above, who is very overweight.

On another note PP, I feel your pain. Things seemed to have moved around post babies for me too. Much flabbier at the same weight and lumpy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Funny how everybody assumes slim woman have flat bellies. That is rarely true. They may be skinny but have the post baby bump.

Slim women are more likely to have flat bellies than fat women.

Nobody is talking about fat women, this thread is about curvy women.

At the bottom of my healthy BMI I have size B boobs and a flat a$$. At the top of my healthy BMI I have D boobs and a boodie to match. My stomach is not flat in either situation. It's not fat nor is it flat.

Most my slim womencan't wear a tight dress because of flabby stomachs.