Do I have an apple body shape?

How to know you have an apple body shape?

Every woman can focus on the Most 4 common body shapes In general, every shape is a variation or combination of these four: 

1. The apple shape.
2. The pear shape. 
3. The straight shape.
4. The hourglass shape.

Remember that the more body shapes there are to know about, the harder it is to identify your unique body shape. So start with your dominant body shape, then seek a secondary.

Then borrow from those rules and guidelines as needed. If you don’t know where to start, look for the celebrity you identify with and who looks the same as your body shape the most, and start from there.

Do I have an apple body shape?

If you’ve been wondering whether you have an apple body shape, you’re not alone. The apple body shape is one of the most common body types among women. An apple-shaped woman typically carries the majority of her weight around the midsection, with her shoulders and hips being somehow more narrow.

Usually, apple-shaped bodies include a larger waistline, a lack of a defined waist, broad shoulders, and fullness in the breast and upper body. If these descriptions fit you, it’s likely that you have an apple body shape.

There are a few simple tips you can do to determine your body type. if you’re unsure of your body shape:

• Standing in front of a full-length mirror and examining your body. 
• Take mainly measurements of your body.  Like your shoulders, waist, bust, and hips. 
• Compare them to the measurements for an apple-shaped body.
• The key measurements are your shoulders are wider than your hips and your bust is the same as or larger than your shoulders or waist. Or  If your waist measurement is larger than your hip measurement, you may have an apple shape.

Sometimes it’s called O shaped too, the typical O-shaped is typically depicted with a full midsection, strong shoulders, a full bust, a flatter bottom and, very slender limbs almost shapely. 

It is necessary to distinguish after you know the main shape, between an inverted triangle shaped and an apple-shaped:

Although both of them have shoulders and busts that are also wider than hips and if they become slim down they can become an inverted triangle shape.

The most important information is that apples are the only body shape that transforms into a different body shape based on weight loss and weight gain.

The main differences between inverted triangles and apples are apples will gain weight in their midsection at the beginning, while an inverted triangle will gain weight there eventually

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Common myths about apple body shape:

1. Usually, stylists put the inverted triangle and apple body shapes in the same category, maybe it is disappointing to both who have those body shapes. Because they actually have different body shapes that need to be dressed differently. Maybe they think there is something wrong with their body. When they follow the same guidelines to dress up. 

   the inverted triangle and apple body shapes

2. Another myths related to that all O body shapes are plus size but they aren’t. There are many slim apple shapes but when they gain weight it shows up first in the midsection, so it fills out quickly. You can look more at celebrities with an apple body shape like Kate Upton she is a great example of a slender apple. 
3. It isn’t necessary to be fuller middle as full as the common definition of an apple, but you can note that is where they carry most of their weight.

Written By Rania Abu Jbarah