Really interesting website (Body image)

[ElizabethBennet]

www.marisota.co.uk/shop/page?pageId=7758

You're supposed to choose a body that you think most closely represents yours and then put in your measurements to see where you actually fall on the scale.

I thought I was 5 body sizes bigger than I actually am. It just proves, to me at least, that we are our own worst critics.

[anlo]

Wow, I was 2 bodies (10%) smaller than I thought I was. I was prepared for the exact opposite.

[HiC]

I'm 2.5% smaller than I thought I was.

[lilybug]

Holy cow! I thought I was pretty realistic, and I'm actually 22.5% smaller. Nice ego boost, thanks

[rugbywife]

I don't know what it means but I was essentially spot on, lol.

[juliagoulia]

That's so weird, I am 25% smaller than the one I picked. Huh.

[bananapancakes]

Interesting! I am 12.5% smaller than I think I am.

[daisybuchannan]

I'm not surprised with the results of mine, but the celebs with bodies "like mine" listed on the right are way off.

Scarlett Johanssan makes me look like a 14 year old boy, lol.

[Kore]

I picked one size bigger than I am, apparently. I think these are inaccurate, though. I've seen enough full body pics in a similar outfit to know I don't look that small.

[sarabi]

Interesting. I was pretty close. Their region poll is going to be all screwy since you had to pick a UK region. I think I had the most fun picking what region I wanted to be from.

[daisyheadmaizie]

I was 17.5% smaller (4 bodies) smaller. I thought I picked accurately. Huh.

[ElizabethBennet]

I don't think it's perfect by any means and I do think height should be included. However, I think it is a good basic exercise to show that we usually don't see ourselves as we actually are.

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

I am 22.5% smaller than I thought. It thinks I have the body of ScarJo and Rachel Weisz.

Go home, internet. You're drunk and have beer goggles on.

[balletofangels]

Supposedly I'm 20% smaller than I thought. I'm not sold on the accuracy.

[fuckyourcouch]

This is making me sort of emotional. It says I'm 28% smaller than I think I am.

[spk926]

Wow. I am 27.5% smaller than I thought I was.

[overture]

I'm 7.5% smaller than I thought. Huh.

[daisybuchannan]

Jul 31, 2013 21:58:59 GMT -5 Ohhmm(bligo) said:

I am 22.5% smaller than I thought. It thinks I have the body of ScarJo and Rachel Weisz.

Go home, internet. You're drunk and have beer goggles on.

I got the same celebs!!

[Kore]

Jul 31, 2013 22:01:49 GMT -5 daisybuchannan said:

Jul 31, 2013 21:58:59 GMT -5 Ohhmm(bligo) said:

I am 22.5% smaller than I thought. It thinks I have the body of ScarJo and Rachel Weisz.

Go home, internet. You're drunk and have beer goggles on.

I got the same celebs!!

Me too. And I'm a size 20. Lol.

[clseale]

Jul 31, 2013 21:56:57 GMT -5 daisybuchannan said:

I'm not surprised with the results of mine, but the celebs with bodies "like mine" listed on the right are way off.

Scarlett Johanssan makes me look like a 14 year old boy, lol.

I think it's just the shape & not your actual body. My celebs were Katie Holmes.....& Beyonce. Lol! I mean, how the fuck is that possible?? Apparently we're all pear shapes. 

[softspot]

I'm 10% smaller than I guessed & I think it's accurate. I've always thought of myself as a square, but maybe there is a pretty hourglass under all this weight I need to lose.

[ElizabethBennet]

Ya, the celebrities are those with similar body types, not the same size.

[rachem266]

I...guessed my body size/type right. :^) I'm surprised by that.

[zoidberg]

7.5% smaller than I thought.


But...there was no leg measurement.

[Deleted]

I am 25% smaller than I thought I was. 

[litebright]

I thought I was pretty honest, but I'm 17.5% smaller than I think. Ego boost!

The celeb names amused me. Katie Holmes! I went to high school with her. I wouldn't call her a pear-shape, but according to them we're both similarly shaped Midwestern girls, lol.

[clseale]

Jul 31, 2013 22:07:53 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Jul 31, 2013 22:05:33 GMT -5 ElizabethBennet said:

Ya, the celebrities are those with similar body types, not the same size.

I don't think Katie Holmes and Beyonce have similar body types at all, lol.

No, but they're both pears. I'm guessing the options were pear, apple, & hourglass. While Beyonce is curvy, they both have bottoms that are bigger than their chests. This explanation brought to you by a fellow pear. 

[zoidberg]

I have bigger cans than Katie Holmes, but otherwise I think we have a fairly similar build.

[poisonkisses]

I guessed the right size. I was hoping for a "Wow, I'm actually a little thinner than I thought I was!" Nope, instead I actually am the size I think I am, boo.

[zoidberg]

Her chest measurement is smaller than her hips and is a little bottom-heavy. She is a slim pear, but a pear.