Females - Abs/Waist measurement - how/where?

Microfiber
Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I measure mine around the belly button and call it my waist measurement. Is this accurate? :smile:

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  • carlysuzanne85
    carlysuzanne85 Posts: 204 Member
    http://www.ehow.com/how_2307504_measure-waist.html

    This walks you through it.
  • Petrapoo45
    Petrapoo45 Posts: 271 Member
    Thanks for posting this!! Ive always been kinda curious about this myself, but never really took the time to look it up.
  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
    Thank you :smile:
  • nokanjaijo
    nokanjaijo Posts: 466 Member
    If your waist is smaller than your hips, you are just looking to get the smallest measurement you can get. It will be the thinnest part of your abdomen. Hips are going to be the biggest measurement you can get.

    If you have an apple shape, large belly, what have you, I would suggest always taking the measurement at your belly button or just above it because it is a natural point of reference you can use to know you are taking the same basic measurement.
  • chelseajoette
    chelseajoette Posts: 2 Member
    Belly button positions kind of vary on some people, so while youre probably doing it right, your natural waist is between your rib cage and your hip bones.
  • Jonesie1984
    Jonesie1984 Posts: 612 Member
    i'm fairly crazy I measure my waist in three areas: smallest point, belly button, and largest point (about a inch or two under belly button). I like to know that the other areas are going down and lower belly is a tough zone for me. Keeps me excited watching the number go down lol
  • maricash
    maricash Posts: 280 Member
    It depends on what you want to use the measurement for. If you just want to track changes then the belly button is a nice point of reference. If you are ordering clothes online though, then you probably will want to measure a few inches up from the belly button at the narrowest point of the waist. The numbers might not be that different for some people, but, for me, I'd be ordering clothes 1-2 sizes too big if I went by the belly button measurement.
  • Rum_Runner
    Rum_Runner Posts: 617 Member
    My natural waist is above my belly button. My natural waist is about 1" smaller than measured around my belly button.
  • teamstanish
    teamstanish Posts: 274 Member
    i'm fairly crazy I measure my waist in three areas: smallest point, belly button, and largest point (about a inch or two under belly button). I like to know that the other areas are going down and lower belly is a tough zone for me. Keeps me excited watching the number go down lol

    I do the same!
  • ThisGirl2013
    ThisGirl2013 Posts: 220 Member
    I used to do the same thing but yeah - waist measurement is usually above the belly button like someone else said - between rib cage and hip bones. Around the belly button tends to be the widest.
    I don't wear my pants that high so I never do the measuring properly ;)
  • calisunrise
    calisunrise Posts: 307
    i measure my waist in the thinnest part of where it gets like ) (
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Yeah, like others said, usually at the smallest point. Which for me is just above the belly button (below that and it starts the slope out towards the hips/booty, and above that it goes out slightly for my rib cage).
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    Your natural waist is the smallest part of your torso, generally where your body bends if you lean to the left or right.

    That being said, I think it's good to measure your torso in SEVERAL areas.

    CHEST -just under your breasts
    WAIST -as described above
    ABDOMIN -across the belly button
    LOWER ABDOMIN -about 1.5 to 2 inches below the belly button
    HIPS- at widest point.
  • Wen37
    Wen37 Posts: 218 Member
    This. I measure all 3 places.



    i'm fairly crazy I measure my waist in three areas: smallest point, belly button, and largest point (about a inch or two under belly button). I like to know that the other areas are going down and lower belly is a tough zone for me. Keeps me excited watching the number go down lol
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  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
    Thanks everyone :smile:

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