Measuring waist...belly button or crease?

Burlesque12
Burlesque12 Posts: 177 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Ive researched how to measure waist because I have a high waistline and my belly button is lower, and so I dont know which to use. Ive been measuring the widest part, which is where belly button is (I have that post partum diastis recti pooch).
Should I be measuring at crease when I bend? This is the smallest part of my torso.
Does anyone else have this issue? If so, where do YOU measure??

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  • sevencallmemom
    sevencallmemom Posts: 505 Member
    I measure at the bellybutton, but I don't think it matters as long as you measure the same place each time.
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    I measure at my belly button and at the narrowest place and track both. I'm never sure what to do for ordering clothes or for those body fat calculators that ask for a waist measurement. the narrowest part of my waist is a few inches higher than my belly button.
  • Sundance722
    Sundance722 Posts: 20 Member
    I measure at my natural waistline (where I bend), and 3" below my belly button.

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