How do I get a 24-25 inch waist?
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mirrormirror77 wrote: »So, OP, you're about 36-27-36 in inch measurements. That seems like very lovely proportions, to me.
Some of us are not constructed in such a way that we'll have a tiny waist. At a quite-low weight for me (BMI under 20), my waist is about 26.5 inches/67.3 cm, and my chest and hips are narrower than yours (chest 34 inches/86 cm, hips 35 inches/89 cm).
You are 20, and I am 63. Please let me try to persuade you that one of the greatest life-gifts you can give yourself is to appreciate the beauty and usefulness of the body that nature has given you. Value it by eating nutritiously (and enough), maintaining a healthy weight, and getting regular exercise (strength and cardiovascular). Those things will maximize both your inherent physical beauty, and the amazing things your body can do for you as you move through your life.
Chasing arbitrary measurements or benchmarks, or "looks" sold by photoshopped celebrities . . . that's a formula for unhappiness. You are the perfect you, even as you may choose to have certain self-improvement goals.
Normal girls my height and weight have 25inch waists! I wonder how they did it!
You are a normal girl your age.
All of us have different genetics. Among other things, that gives us different physical builds.
There are other women my age who have 25 inch waists, too. That doesn't make me abnormal, make me 'less than', or take anything at all away from me.
This isn't about age. It's about confidence and self-valuing.24 -
mirrormirror77 wrote: »Normal girls my height and weight have 25inch waists! I wonder how they did it!
How do you know they actually do? Do you go around measuring people's waists?
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This isn't the Victorian age where women wore tight corsets to get tiny waists and suffered the consequences. Don't be Scarlet O'Hara. It's not worth worrying over.14
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First of all, if you are actually eating 1100 calories per day, then you are undereating. However, if you are not using a food scale to weigh all solid food, then you're eating more than you think you are.
Second, you are within the optimal BMI range for your height. This means your potential options are:
1) fat loss, which would happen VERY slowly and require meticulous logging;
2) recomp to build muscle and cut fat;
3) being okay with the fact that there is no reason why you need to reach that specific waist measurement.
With either option, it is entirely possible that your genetics simply do not support the arbitrary waist size you've chosen.10 -
mirrormirror77 wrote: »First of all, if you are actually eating 1100 calories per day, then you are undereating. However, if you are not using a food scale to weigh all solid food, then you're eating more than you think you are.
Second, you are within the optimal BMI range for your height. This means your potential options are:
1) fat loss, which would happen VERY slowly and require meticulous logging;
2) recomp to build muscle and cut fat;
3) being okay with the fact that there is no reason why you need to reach that specific waist measurement.
With either option, it is entirely possible that your genetics simply do not support the arbitrary waist size you've chosen.
I use a food scale
Fine then, I will accept it >< my bust is a D cup btw, normal girls my weight can’t get that XD
I'm going to approach this delicately as I see you are only 20 years old, so you have a lot to learn. Trust me, I look back at things I've said and done at your age and I cringe. That being said...
There are women your weight who have a smaller cup size than you, there are women your weight who have a larger cup size than you, and there are women your weight who have the same cup size as you. Guess what else they have in common? They're all "normal".
You may not mean to, but you seem to have this aura of competitiveness against other women or "girls" as you put it. Oh, I may not have the 24 inch waist, but at least I have a D cup! Is there a trophy you get for that? Who exactly does it benefit? There are women out there who are your weight, with your cup size, and the 24 inch waist. Are they better than you? No.
Learn to love the body you're in. Maybe with enough time at a deficit you will have a 24 inch waist, maybe by incorporating strength training you'll have a 24 inch waist in the future, or maybe the 24 inch waist you once had while you were still developing is a measurement you'll never see again. In any case, you're still a normal woman and no lesser than just because you haven't achieved what you believe are some sort of body measurements that are indicative of perfection.72 -
I'm 152.4cm and 52kg. Measurements 92.7 - 68.5 - 92.7. I consider myself very hourglass with a lovely waist. I guess it is about perception. I don't think your waist will get much smaller, even with more fat loss, it is very proportional to your body. You could temporarily alter or enhance your silhouette with shapewear.3
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Worry about your health, not your vanity darling.17
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mirrormirror77 wrote: »First of all, if you are actually eating 1100 calories per day, then you are undereating. However, if you are not using a food scale to weigh all solid food, then you're eating more than you think you are.
Second, you are within the optimal BMI range for your height. This means your potential options are:
1) fat loss, which would happen VERY slowly and require meticulous logging;
2) recomp to build muscle and cut fat;
3) being okay with the fact that there is no reason why you need to reach that specific waist measurement.
With either option, it is entirely possible that your genetics simply do not support the arbitrary waist size you've chosen.
I use a food scale
Fine then, I will accept it >< my bust is a D cup btw, normal girls my weight can’t get that XD
Then in addition to accepting your body shape, you need to stop undereating. Set your MFP goal to maintenance and eat that number of calories.13 -
A lot of people have already mentioned that you can’t change your body shape (ie ruler, apple, hourglass) without some help from shapewear or surgery. I would add that a small waist is almost an illusion- it’s a ratio rather than a specific measurement.
I think the best thing you can do is work on your overall health and fitness. What good is a 24 inch waist if the rest of your body has suffered for it?
Posture can help your waist look smaller as can wearing clothing styles to help create an illusion such as wrap dresses, belts around your waist and high waisted items.
Remember there’s more than one way to be gorgeous- petite or willowy, curvy or slender and as cliched as it sounds being healthy is way more beautiful than a weight, measurement or size9 -
Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.2 -
I can't.1
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Like others have mentioned, waist size is genetic and there is not much you can do about it. I had to come to terms with this myself! So I decided to lift in order to create the illusion of a smaller waist by building up my legs/hamstrings as well as shoulders.2
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mirrormirror77 wrote: »missysippy930 wrote: »Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.missysippy930 wrote: »Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.
Yeah so I was like, how could ppl achieve that?
Mostly, they couldn't. I know: I was alive then, old enough to be aware.
Unconfident, anxious, or vain people worried about it. Confident people went on with happy life in the bodies they had. Mean girls said unkind things about others whom they felt didn't measure up.
Some things don't ever change.22 -
mirrormirror77 wrote: »missysippy930 wrote: »Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.missysippy930 wrote: »Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.
Yeah so I was like, how could ppl achieve that?
Its one of those things that not everyone can achieve (like thigh gaps). It just depends on your genetics.
My waist as an adult has never been smaller than 26” (66.04 cm). I don’t think it’s possible for me to get any smaller with the way my body is built. Even now my waist is 27.5” (69.84 cm). I would like to cut a bit of fat for vanity reasons, but I don’t think anyone would look at me and think my waist was big.
As for waist size changing throughout the day, around TOM, when constipated...all normal. It’s just how bodies work.
I think instead of focusing on something that isn’t possible for you to achieve in a healthy way, you should focus on finding confidence and learning to love the body you have.8 -
mirrormirror77 wrote: »missysippy930 wrote: »Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.
Yeah so I was like, how could ppl achieve that?
Until I believe the 1960's or so (I could be wrong, I wasn't around then) women often wore girdles.
Clothing was more structured with little or no stretch. It makes figures look different and required different foundation garments.11 -
mirrormirror77 wrote: »missysippy930 wrote: »Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.missysippy930 wrote: »Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.
Yeah so I was like, how could ppl achieve that?
people were just smaller. heights, frames, etc. over the decades/centuries, humans are on average getting larger.5 -
shadow2soul wrote: »mirrormirror77 wrote: »missysippy930 wrote: »Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.missysippy930 wrote: »Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.
Yeah so I was like, how could ppl achieve that?
Its one of those things that not everyone can achieve (like thigh gaps). It just depends on your genetics.
My waist as an adult has never been smaller than 26” (66.04 cm). I don’t think it’s possible for me to get any smaller with the way my body is built. Even now my waist is 27.5” (69.84 cm). I would like to cut a bit of fat for vanity reasons, but I don’t think anyone would look at me and think my waist was big.
As for waist size changing throughout the day, around TOM, when constipated...all normal. It’s just how bodies work.
I think instead of focusing on something that isn’t possible for you to achieve in a healthy way, you should focus on finding confidence and learning to love the body you have.
Ha. When I'm close to being underweight, my waist is about 65cm. But then I have a really sharp edge at the top of my pelvis bone, which not only looks ridiculous but is also very uncomfortable to sleep on. Think wearing trousers that are too wide in the waist, but made from bone.3
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