I’m 5’5" and weigh 112lbs. I have a pear body and am trying to look proportionate. I’ve started keto and fasting, as well as weight lift at the gym (45min to 1 1/2 hours) every other day, sometimes every day.
It seems like no matter how much weight I loss, my thighs/hips are larger than my upper body. From your weight loss experiences, will I ever lose enough weight to look proportionate? What’s the best route?
If you had weight to lose you might see some change but as you’re already so light I can’t imagine a significant change in body shape. Are the other women in your family a similar shape?
Only my grandmother, who is much shorter than me and has fluctuated with diets/weight for years. I’m thinking building muscle mass in my upper body? But I’m not sure, I’m new to keto and the body’s process.
Building the upper body certainly sounds like a good plan & people on keto do frequently see changes in body composition that they don’t see with other diets/lifestyles but genes will have an influence also. The weight training will definitely help 
FWIW I’ve found that deadlifts do more for my shape than weighted squats which (probably due to my smaller/shorter build) seemed to grow my cyclists quads more than I personally liked Bodyweight squats are fine so I stick with those.
I would do medium distance running (5k to 10k) or swim laps. Runners and swimmers have a string bean physique. Weightlifting probably helps too. It sounds like you’re at a fairly healthy weight though.
Runners have lean physiques due to atrophy in the upper body and often an accompanying premature ageing of the face. Swimmers do build upper body muscles, but not without much time-consuming training. I’d recommend doing super-slow resistance weight training, which builds specific muscle fibers that enhance whole-body mitochondrial energy burning/metabolic boosting and only requires 1-2 workouts per week of 20 minutes each!
It’s whole body muscle health you want to develop for whole body joint protection and metabolic force!
For more on that see the book Body By Science by keto physician Doug McGuff MD, and also The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution by Fred Hahn and the LCHF/keto physicians Mary Dan Eades MD and Michael Eades MD.
Give it time - as in seasons not weeks. Keto restores muscles in the upper body and legs and recomposes fat through a water cycle every few months (depending on your age and hormonal state and gut health).
70% of women are pear-shaped - yet the actual composition of the majestic pear can vary wildly 
depending on visceral fat and metabolic health. For myself as a non-obese and metabolically rather healthy pear gal, have lost significant fat in the upper hips (2 inches) and lower hips (4-5inches) and thighs (about 2 inches each) that I truly was not expecting to lose! Meanwhile, I have leg quad muscles that are easier to find lol. So, am now more a Concorde Pear rather than a Bosc Pear.
The body prioritizes recomposition according to the most urgent health needs at hand. It’ll work on hidden visceral fat wrapped around organs and stored in the ab cavity long before it works on more cosmetic areas like pear reserves. The stronger your digestion & assimilation/synthesis is the better. Ginger supplementation has been a good ally for me to reduce cortisol and allow the belly area to start to recompose long before it typically does with keto. If you use the search bar there are lots of past posts on Ginger. I’m now down to only 1 capsule per day or less, due to my GI health.
I just bought the slow-burn book and asked for variable-weight dumbbells for Christmas!
I assume you need less (ginger) because your gut is healthier? I’m not sure what to watch for as signs of improvement.
You sound like you don’t need to lose weight. You are quite ideal for your height.
I wonder if this has something to do with genetics? Some women just seem to have large thighs and hips even though they don’t have much body fat. As someone else here suggested, maybe toning the upper body will even things out a bit better.
Welcome to the forums btw.
Yes - seems my 5-6 feet of intestines have cleared out any excess congestion apparently 
If I take Ginger twice a day, or without food, it’s too heating - the cosy activation of the low belly starts to feel a bit burny/irritating. Dry Ginger dosing is considered more activating on a blood level in eastern medicine, compared to fresh, etc. After supplementing with 3 grams a day for several months, then 2 grams, then 1 - now just a wee 1/2 gram is doing the job!
Signs of improvement: aches & pains quick relief (post-workout, post moving furniture whatever), quick digestion of dairy, speedy recomp, accessing belly fat (from the outer circle inwards, becoming water-filled and squishy in prep for swooshing but very nice compared to nothing), great circulation in lower extremities even when sedentary, etc. Hope that helps!
Weight per height does not necessarily indicate bodyfat/muscle ratio. 112 at your height can still mean some degree of muscle atrophy, as many females lack upper body muscle mass. You didn’t mention your age - but muscle mass restoration helps whole body health/cardiovascular/joints etc.
Also - TOFIs - thin outside fat inside, can have metabolic health concerns anyway - so LCHF/keto helps many bodies recompose in line with health.
Just for fun -
I definitely think you can recomp a pear shape.
I had significant weight on my legs bum and thighs, and have also significantly reduced it
I am 5’5 and currently 63kg
My before photo is quite pear
I don’t really think I can say that now though as my shoulders are wider than my hips
Good to know! Thanks for providing your photos, going to keep going 
hoping by 1-2 weeks with fasting and limiting calories in keto I’ll be able to even out a tad, then really focus on muscle building.
No need to limit calories on the Keto diet.
It’s not about calories in vs calories out, it has everything to do with hormone and insulin control/thermodynamics.
Focus on keeping your carbs below 20g, meeting your protein goals and eating fat to satiety.
I didn’t start working out until I lost a majority of my weight also, I lost 15kg before I got into the gym at Month 5.
That’s inspiring. I’ve been eating keto for nearly 6 months and I’m screwing up the courage to get back to the gym. I’ve ramped up the walking and have started some wimpy wall pushups. Time to dust off the dumbbells
I haven’t done keto properly but I skidded off my gym and running routine completely for over a month. It’s a good way to start- just a very slow approach.
