So... was poking round this morning and came across what is apparently the - is there such a thing?
I mean everyone has issues with their bodies regardless of the size and shape, I have friends who I think have a figure to die for yet they're not happy either. I've been overweight most of my adult life and I've finally started doing something about it but people are now starting to ask me when I'm going to stop. I don't really have a target weight, I don't really care what I weigh, I worry more about what I look like.
Initially I was thinking it would be nice to be a size 14 but now I'm almost there I just want to keep going. I'll never be skinny, I like my curves but I'm absolutely loving being able to fit into smaller clothes and feel great.
I think the lady in the link has a nice figure and I think it's much healthier to have some curves rather than skin and bone but the article says it's hard to maintain a figure like that unless you're naturally gifted with curves.
So, do you have the perfect figure for you or are there bits you want to change? Are we all obssessed with our shape?
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I'm a bit wary of holding anyone up as 'perfect' to be honest.
I'd love to have the figure I had in sixth form. I was a 12/14 with tits and, thanks to years of riding, great legs. Alas my accident put paid to that and then subsequent years of inactivity & not looking after myself means I still have the boobs but I'm fat! But years of working in fashion retail have convinced me that no matter what size they are, women can have issues with their body image. And equally that no matter what size you are, you can look good if you dress to suit your shape.
I also now work with some young women who are starving and exercising themselves to death to look 'perfect' so I think there's a fine line needs treading.
Happy in their own skin, I reckon that should be the aim!
Problems with the link, but I get the message.
Everyone should be "what's right for them" - don't go too far with the slimming.
Plim
I have a perfectly normal figure (for someone who loves bread and chocolate) does that count?
Perfect figure? Well, obviously I could do to lose weight but the thing I'd most like to change if I could? My short legs - long body combo. It's an absolute bugger trying to get dresses or longer coats to look anything but stupid.
Decent personality will outweigh a perfect figure any day.
Emmmm, this is difficult because what I would class now as the perfect figure, is not the same as I would have done a few years ago, and is probably completely different from what others would say was perfect.
I think curves are essential and I ladies which go straight up and down (possibly due to being underweight) so nothing what so ever for me, but a lady with curves, boobs and hips, who are confident in their bodies always do it for me.
If could go out and purchase the perfect body, a few years ago it would have to be either Hallie Berry (in catwoman gear) or Catherine Zeta Jones (in any outfit)
I'm not sure that there is any such thing as 'the perfect figure' as it depends so much on the actual person. I'm sure that Sappho won't mind me saying that she is very much a 'straight up and down' body shape, indeed she says as much in her own profile. However, I have always found her irresistably sexy - and I still do. That is very largely to do with her personality (I am on record as saying that it is individual people I find sexy rather than particular body types), but also that her body really suits her. The only way Sappho would ever have curves is if she went down the silicone route - and I'm afraid I don't find fake boobs particularly attractive. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't like curves - I just prefer them to be natural.
In short, if I like the woman as a person and I find her personality engaging and attractive, then she will be sexy.
I have to say NWC, that Halle Berry, Catherine Zeta Jones and Holly Willoughby are all women that I lust over (and I don't normally do the 'celebrity' thing), but they are all beautiful, feminine and talented - and not stupid either!
Amuse me and intrigue me and you are already more than half way there, regardless of your dress size.
Will
I'd say curves are essential too, as long as they're not all heading in the same direction. I'm not into stick thin personally. I'm with Bloke on the piercings ( I came very close to getting one stuck in my teeth a while back ( dont ask lol )). But whilst a figure is nice nothing is sexier than a woman who knows she is sexy, and I'm thinking this is the thing about burlesque, empowerment and all that.
Rough rule of thumb for me is ideal 12-14 but I am sooo flexible on that. Mainly cos I think character is more important.
