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Measuring question

EchoOfYourPast
EchoOfYourPast Posts: 459 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
When you measure your waist...you measure straight around the belly button correct?

Thanks!

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  • ili_s
    ili_s Posts: 66
    Depends. Personally I keep track of two measurements. The narrowest part of my waist, and then the actual circumference around my belly button.
  • jsp2374
    jsp2374 Posts: 131 Member
    Depends. Personally I keep track of two measurements. The narrowest part of my waist, and then the actual circumference around my belly button.

    I do this as well. Some calculators also tell you where to measure at as well. For one BMR calculator I discovered I was using the wrong measurement.
  • AlyssaDarby13
    AlyssaDarby13 Posts: 158 Member
    The "true" waist is where you are the smallest, but a lot of people do measure around the belly button. I track both. Are you asking just for tracking, or to put it somewhere (like a BMI or body fat% calc)?
  • EchoOfYourPast
    EchoOfYourPast Posts: 459 Member
    Thanks guys....i am tracking. I just added the other measurement :) Y,not :)

    San :)
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