Body shape

Since my shape is kind of a pear shape, will I stay like that the rest of my life? I really dont want to have a pear shape, cause even though my thighs are thinner than they were before, they are still big. I heard that some people have a lot of fat in their thighs and it will stay like that for them because they were created that way, is that true or not?? Is it also possible to change your body shape??

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Ignoring the previous poster, I think that we will stay the shape we are, just have a slimmer version of that shape. I'm a huge pear shape too and as I am losing weight, I'm definitely getting slimmer, but I'm maintaining the same shape. I guess you could do some target exercises like squats or something to make them slim down faster...or would that make them tone up and get fatter? 

I think Tabby is right, loosing to a healthy weight will get you slimmer and slimmer but if your body is a pear shape it will remain a pear shape. Sorry

I was a pear shape when I was overweight as a teenager, but when I lost weight (also as a teenager), I was slim and was no longer an obvious pear shape.

When I got older and was again overweight, I was an apple shape.  It is common for older women to change from carrying extra weight in the hips and thighs, and to begin carrying that extra weight in their belly instead.

So your body shape can change as you grow older.  AND by losing weight at any age you can minimize a pear or an apple shape.

I think I am the product of an apple family and a pear family.  I mostly look like a pear....when I was heavier I definitely had wide hips and thighs.  Now that I've lost some weight, my waist is slimmer as are my hips and thighs.  I am still technically a pear if you check my measurements (hips bigger than bust) but it is a much smaller difference.  If you glance at me I look kind of hour glassy.  But yeah, your shape is your shape...you can't change it but you can slim it down.

Wow, so sorry. That post wasn't inteaded for this thread at all. It wasn't even meant to be taken seriously in context. Lol sorry

Your body shape is like your eye color. You're stuck with it. Losing weight however will draw less attention to your trouble spots especially if you're excercising to tone those areas. I've been told I'm an apple shape, but I swear I'm some kind of weird pear/apple hybrid, perhaps a "Papple".