MBTI and body type

[Riva]

Most INFPs I've known are thin, not just thinner than average, but thin by most people's standards. I am thin also....and would be in pretty much any country. I'm 5'7 and the most I've ever weighed in my life was maybe 128 lbs, usually closer to 120. An INFP friend of mine is like size 0 skinny with a stereotypical Asian girl figure, after having two kids too. I know some plumper ones too, but I'd say the skinny ones outnumber them.

So I don't see any pattern at all, honestly.

I guess there isn't much of a pattern.

 

[Also]

I slouch, I'm slim, and I'm short.

 

[small.wonder]

Hmm. I'm 5'4.5 and thinner than I'd like to be (size 0/2). I don't think I realized my natural thinness growing up because I was much more muscular (via years and years of dance). Post dance years, I'm a total bean pole, though I did have a chubby phase at the end of High School.

I am of smaller bone structure though, longer torso and fingers.

A note on physical bearing (which I think can be type related): though I hate it, people comment often that I seem "delicate", or (less insulting) graceful. I tend to think that's just my dance background, but I've been argued with.

 

[INFPtheQuietOne]

No, the typical body type for an INFP is slim/average and light muscled. I'm a bit skinny and on the shorter side, but still average and doesn't stand out. It seems to be the same for the INTx types, not sure of INFJ though.

 

[Cygnus]

You could snap me in half like a pencil.

 

[Kensei]

I saw a chart online that pretty much threw Extraverted Sensors in the mesomorph category, Ne auxillaries were endomorph, and Ne doms and Ni users were closer to ectomorph.

 

[Ene]

I am still working on compiling the results of my observations and findings

I've been interviewing people for a job position all day long today, so I've not even had time to get online until now. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish typing up my notes by tomorrow.

 

[Ene]

I set out on a mission last week, to interview people in real life about type and upon establishing type, to note and observe body type. My findings are in no way scientific absolutes, but they are interesting. I approached people of both genders, from all age groups, diverse cultural backgrounds and a variety of walks of life. I did this to ensure that it was type, not cultural, gender or age differences that was the common denominator among subjects.

I will refer to subjects by false names to protect their identities. I am putting notes about the individuals I observed in spoiler tags. I believe that to have a more accurate reading I would have to observe and document hundreds of people from each type, but this is a starting place. I think that while no type has any ONE COMMON feature in body type I did find that some types seem to lean more toward striving to keep fit than others, but height, build, etc. are more dependent upon familial genetics than on cognitive type. Still, I found that Si-dominant types tend to lean toward moderation in both appearance and attitude towards being fit with ISFJs tending to care more about how they "looked" in the eyes of others than did ISTJs.

I found that ISTPs tended to be slightly more fit than ISFPs, but this is, by no means, a hard rule. I'm sure that many ISFPs are very fit, just not the two that I observed and talked to.


For now, I'm just posting introverted sensors. I haven't had time to type up the rest of my notes yet. If you disagree, that's fine. I'm not reporting this as iron-clad facts, just as real life observations.

INTROVERTED SENSORS

ISTJ:

Subject One: Ken
Ken is a White male in his early fifties. He is around 5'9" and looks to weigh about 175. He was wearing a brown Sonic Hedgehog T-Shirt, jeans, tennis shoes and a baseball cap. He has a short pony tail and wire rimmed glasses. His face has virtually no wrinkles, but his hair is salt and pepper. He tends to be "stiff" in his demeanor. He tells me he does not work out but maintains weight control through diet and regular life tasks such as walking to the mailbox, taking the dog out, mowing the yard, etc. I would not call Ken slouchy but neither would I say he has good posture. He tends to walk in a gander-like or lanky fashion.
Although he seems to have a small build, he has a gut. His limbs appear to be thin with some muscle tone, but not well-defined.




Subject Two: Emma
I spoke with Emma at a B-B-Q where she introduced me to her ENFP fiancé. Emma is in her early twenties. She is 5'7" but I'm unsure of her weight. She was wearing a flowered top and jeans. Emma is an obvious pear. She is very thin on top and in the face, but her hips are wide in comparison. She also appears slightly stiff in her movements. She is not fat but doesn't have well-defined muscle tone. Emma tells me she is a vegetarian and maintains weight through her diet and on the job duties where she works. She has pretty good posture but also has a "lankiness" about her.



ISFJ
Subject One: Storm
Storm is a 27 year old Native American female. She is 5'3" and very thin. She was wearing her black hair in a messy bun. She had on a turquoise top, capris and turquoise shoes. Her limbs are long, lean and well defined. She reminds me of a dancer. Her posture is perfect and she moves with grace. She tells me that she does yoga and Pilates. She also works out with dance videos she finds on YouTube. She is a perfect hour glass, howbeit, a thin one. Again, I think she looks like a ballerina. She says she eats whatever she wants to eat. She has really great posture.

Subject Two: Chad
Chad is a White male in his mid thirties. He works at a furniture factory by day and teaches martial arts in the evenings. He is 5'6". He weighs two hundred pounds, but isn't fat. However, he is very solid with defined muscles all over his body. He is very athletic and is a former gymnast. He turns some flips for me. His frame is rather squarish and his legs and arms bulge with muscles. He wears a tight black T-shirt and workout pants. He tells me that he works out everyday. He lifts weights and trains daily in Shaolin Kung Fu. Like Storm, he eats whatever he wants. He has good posture as well.


ISFP
Subject One: Deb

Deb is a 49 year old White-Mexican female. Her dark hair has been dyed blondish. She is neither fat nor thin but seems "soft". She is very curvy with large breasts and prominent hips. She does not work out and she confesses to yo-yo dieting. She does not have well-defined muscle tone and has thin legs. Her face is thin and her chin small as if though maybe she is meant to be thin. She is feminine in a way that reminds me of a Rembrandt painting. She twists when she walks and everything about her seems very soft and feminine. She was wearing jeans and a white button-up top.

Subject Two: Lori
Lori is an artist in her mid thirties. She has curly blonde hair that is loosely gathered into a pony tail. She wears jeans, no make-up and a feminine princess style blouse. Lori is pear shaped and she, too, appears "soft." Lori is not fat. She is merely soft looking. She is a stark contrast to her ENTJ husband. I think she looks like Rodney McKay's sister on Star Gate Atlantis.

ISTP...I had trouble finding two f this type...

Subject One: Quentin

I am unsure that Q is in fact an ISTP, however I believe him to be so. He is a White male in his early thirties. He works closely with law enforcement. He is lean and solid. He stands about 5'10" wears his hair in a spiked fashion, wears a gray fitted T-shirt, straight-legged jeans and sneakers. He has super defined muscle tone and his friend, Geoff, says that he "lives at he gym." I believe him. Quentin doesn't say much. He has shifty eyes and a crooked grin that is kind of a snarl. Still, he has pretty good posture, stands around with his arms crossed a lot and tends to not look people in the face.

Eva

Eva is a 37 year-old Cherokee woman with thick black hair, olive skin and piercing blue eyes. She is 5'4" tall and weighs about 150 pounds, yet, she is solid for her weight/height ratio and just appears compact rather than fat. Her figure is what I would describe as rectangular with no well defined curves. She has a manly appearance. She is quiet and direct when I question her, not shy, just quiet. She doesn't "workout" but gets exercise through her hobbies. She enjoys building things and doing carpentry work. Eva is also a licensed electrician. She tells me that she enjoys working on appliances. She seems rather tomboyish in her walk and in her manner of dress. She wears jeans and a tank top but there's something about the "way" she wears them that seems kind of guy-like. She told me that she only wears dresses or skirts it she is going to a wedding, funeral or a special church service.

I will post the other notes I took as soon as I type them up, probably tomorrow. I'm going to watch television now

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