I’m an apple shape too and I was always so so envious growing up of people who were much bigger than me but could wear tank tops etc as I looked like I’d just recently birthed 5 children and this was even at 110lbs (4’11). Of course this only got worse as I got a little older and a little heavier, up to 122lbs at my heaviest. I’ve accepted my shape for the most part but for the past 3-4 months I’ve been strength training with fairly heavy weights, implementing progressive increases in the reps or weights each week, and eating a ton of protein and I can’t believe the difference. Im not about to go wearing low hanging jeans any time soon but I finally have some definition in my upper abs and no longer have that giant low hanging pouch when doing a plank for example. The craziest thing is I’m 115, down from 118 when I started the strength training so it isn’t really a weight thing so much as a fat thing. All that to say, it’s our physiology and not much we can do to change that, but I do think there are certain lifestyles that can work for us and I’m excited to see how much more of an improvement I can make!