Hello everyone and welcome back to peace’s perspective and today i’ll be giving you tips on how to find your body shape. This is something that I’ve always wondered to myself, every time I got the mirror I always think to myself, “Am I pear shaped or hourglass”. I’ve tried looking at countless websites and blogs on how to know my body type and it seems like I always get hourglass but when I look in the mirror I look like a rectangle(lol). I’ve finally found the different factors that could help find your body type and trust me you might get an hourglass but everyone has different features under the hourglass category. LET’S DO THIS!!!

MEASURE YOURSELF

Obviously, the first step would be finding your measurement to know the different ratios between certain areas of your body. This could place you in the general categories such as hourglass, pear, rectangle, oval etc.

Measure your bust

To measure your bust, pick up the closest measuring tape near you and wrap the tape around the fullest part of your bust while wearing a comfortable bra that has very little padding. This is to make the measurement more accurate.( Make sure the tape is a perfect shape and isn’t slanting as this could affect the result)

Measure you waist

Measure the smallest part of your waist, and do not suck in your waist as this is not the actual circumference of your waist.

Measure your shoulder

This one is very difficult to do on your own, so it’ll be nice to have a friend help out for accuracy. Now put the beginning of the tape at the beginning of your shoulder and not your upper arm. The result you get would be multiplied by 2 (x2)

Measure your hips

Get that tape once again and measure the fullest part of your hips. Now I have a very low hip that when I was measuring my hips the tape didn’t go around my butt but below it. Now once you have all this measurement we’ll get into the categories

FINDING YOUR SHAPE

If you find that the largest part of your body is your shoulders, then you’re said to be an inverted triangle. This body type could be seen as masculine but it’s absolutely gorgeous in my opinion.

If you find that you waist is the smallest part of your body and your shoulders and hips are very similar in length then you are said to have the hourglass body type. This the body type that is the most praised in media and a lot of people desire. It is a very beautiful shape.

If you find that your hips is larger than your shoulder by 1.5 inches or greater then you have a pear body type. A lot of celebrities are known to have this shape, such as beyonce.

If you find that your shoulders, hips, and waist are the same size, then you are said to be a rectangle. This shape is also being put down in media and it’s very pretty to me

VERTICAL SHAPE

I recently just learnt what this is but It’s basically how your body looks vertical and the size of your torso versus your legs.

MEASURE YOUR BODY LENGTH

You’ll need the help of a friend or a wall and try a measure from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet in a straight line.

MEASURE YOUR TORSO LENGHT

Now measure from the top of your head to your lower waist also in a straight line and write down your measurement

MEASURE YOUR LEGS

Measure from your lower waist to the bottom of your feet in a straight line and make sure it’s in a straight line.

CALCULATION

Subtract either your torso or leg length from your body length

If you find that your torso is longer than your legs then you have a long torso and short legged

If you find that your torso is shorter than your legs then you have a short torso and long legged

If you find that your torso and legs are relatively the same size then you have a balanced body

Now that you know what your vertical shape is, you can see that it can also be a factor why you don’t look like the standard body type you got. In my example, I am pear shaped but I have a very long torso and short legs and this makes my body look stretched and I appear as a rectangle.

OTHER FACTORS

Personally I have very large arms and It can also make me appear as an inverted triangle sometimes because my arms elongate my shoulders. I’m personally insecure about it and I’m learning to accept them as they are genetics.

I hope you’ve been able to find your body type and identify why your body might not appear as how your standard category is. Remember every body shape is beautiful and you shouldn’t be ashamed of how you look as this is genetics. I remember when I’ll always be going on YouTube to search how to get lean arms but I worked them out and I got no change and realized that it’s genetics. I hoped you liked this tutorial and remember I love you and I’ll see you on my next post. God bless you.