NSV - My waist is 6" smaller than I thought (with pics)

pocketmole

My boyfriend and I were discussing waist measurements and how it relates to insulin resistance (he's reading a book about it at the moment). I told him, "Well I already know that my waist is X inches around so I'm in pretty bad shape there." We whipped out the tape measure and took turns checking one another's waist sizes. It turns out my waist was 6 inches smaller than I had imagined it to be in my head. 6! That was a crazy realization for me. My brain still thinks of my body as being the same as it was back in 2010, so that was a bit of an eye opener I guess. A nice one.

And a couple of bad photos for comparison:

adeleinex

Haha, that's awesome !

rougette66

wowza 6 whole inches off is actually a pretty big number! congrats!!

wifealiciousness

Brilliant

aprmay

That's pretty awesome! And yes, can totally see it from the pictures! Congrats!

Markguns

Record measurements in Goals and update them every month.. positive reinforcement and a visual reminder of progress even if the scale hasn't moved much.

FitToBeKim

Great job ! I can totally see the difference !
WOOP ! WOOP !

ShallaLovee1

LOL, that is an amazing realization. A huge difference in those photos. Great job! Keep up the good work with whatever your doing!

vtmoon

Great NSV, measurements always makes me happy when the scale ain't moving.

Katieloula

6 inches is massive! Congrats Have you done anything in particular to try and target your belly fat? My waist has always been a sticking point for me, even when I was 17 and a size 8 I had a 27.5 inch waist . Currently 30 inches.

SexyLovinmeCook

Honey you did that...nice results

donnab83

That's amazing! Well done!

pocketmole

6 inches is massive! Congrats Have you done anything in particular to try and target your belly fat? My waist has always been a sticking point for me, even when I was 17 and a size 8 I had a 27.5 inch waist . Currently 30 inches.

There isn't any way to target a specific area to lose fat, just try to slim down the overall. Some people are lucky enough to have tiny waists, but apple-shaped people like me will never sport an hourglass figure unfortunately! I try to compensate a little by working on my butt with things like dead lifts and other glute exercises. I do chest exercises to try and keep my boobs looking as good as I can manage. My hope is that keeping those other areas perky will help make my waist seem slimmer. Otherwise I just gotta keep shedding those pounds :]

Everyone else - Thanks a bunch!