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Measurements

jellyxbelly85
jellyxbelly85 Posts: 27
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm a little confused where I should measure for my waist and hips. I carry at least 95 percent of my weight in my lower stomach so if I try to measure around my hips it's going to be in the measurement. So I figured I measure there for hips and the smaller part if my stomach for waist cause that's where I wear my jeans. I was trying to use a body fat calculater online though and if I go by those measurements I only have 33 percent body fat which like 30 something percent less than what my scales say and kinda hard to believe since I weigh 342

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  • Sobus76
    Sobus76 Posts: 242 Member
    To correctly measure your waist, stand and place a tape measure around your middle, just above your hipbones. Measure your waist just after you breathe out.
  • kateandkevin
    kateandkevin Posts: 13 Member
    I had the same question just the other day and used this article as a reference: http://www.webmd.com/diet/waist-measurement
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,150 Member
    I measure my waist at the point where it bends when I do a side bend.

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